Junior world champ Cooper prepares for European campaign

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Anton Cooper (Cannondale Factory Racing)

Anton Cooper (Cannondale Factory Racing) (Image credit: Ale Di Lullo)
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Anton Cooper celebrates the closest of wins over Dirk Peters in the men’s cross country race at New Zealand MTB Nationals

Anton Cooper celebrates the closest of wins over Dirk Peters in the men’s cross country rac🍒e at New Zealand M🍨TB Nationals (Image credit: Alan Ofsoski)
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New Zealand national champion Anton Cooper (Cannondale Factory Racing)

New Zealan🧸d national champion Anton Cooper (Cannondale Factory Racing)꧋ (Image credit: Sue George, Mountain Bike Editor)

Anton Cooper is used to winning. As a junior, he had a pe🥀rfect record of entering every World Cup he entered. After capping off a stellar young career with a 2012 cross country junior world title, the New Zealander joined Cannondale Factory Racing and just moved up to the U23 ranks, where he will face tougher competition.

Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews.  She coordinates all of🤡 the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.