MTB World Cup XC, DH & 4X #8 - B

Fort William, Scotland, September 10-11, 2005

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A huge crowd turned out for the downhill.
Bryn Atkinson gets some air.
Tom Braithwaite sees how close he can get his front wheel to the photographers
Stu Thomson gives his bike a moment of freedom from control
Filip Polc goes for the 'point bike in direction of travel' tactic
Justin Havukainen gets it sideways
Will Longden
Fabien Barel shows off his world championship-winning skills
Bryn Atkinson goes big
Michael Hannah styles it up
Justin Leov
Matti Lehikoinen - just off the podium in fifth
David Vazquez Lopez - just inside the top ten
Chris Kovarik - second of two Aussies on the podium
Greg Minnaar - Hey, I can see your house from here!
Cedric Gracia - stylish as ever
Sam Hill followed up his world's silver with seventh at Fort Bill
Gee Atherton took fifth spot
Nathan Rennie would finish third
Steve Peat on the way to victory
This is Steve Peat with a thousand camera flashes going off at once!
This is Steve Peat's bike
Steve Peat in the crush of photographers and journalists after his long-awaited home turf win.
The podium - Chris Kovarik, Greg Minnaar, Steve Peat, Nathan Rennie, Gee Atherton

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Guido Tschugg on the way to fourth
Mickael Deldycke - the world champ had a disappointing day
Hoots, mon what a hat! Brian Lopes (6) goes native.
Gee Atherton (1)
Filip Polc
Leiv Ove Nordmark (18) and Brian Lopes (6) filled the first two spots
Kyle Strait
Greg Minnaar
Leiv Ove Nordmark was a surprise winner, beating Lopes in teh final
Guido Tschugg
There's always one.
The race podium - Guido Tschugg, Brian Lopes, Leiv Ove Nordmark, Gee Atherton, Greg Minnaar
The World Cup podium - Guido Tschugg, Brian Lopes, Cedric Gracia, George Atherton
Team Specialized

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Jill Kintner (1) won yet another four-cross
Jana Horakova (2) was runner-up behind Kintner
Melissa Buhl was third
Melissa Quin took fifth spot for New Zealand
The World Cup podium - Fionn Griffiths, Anneke Beerten, Jill Kintner, Joey Gough

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The men's XC race gets underway
Julien Absalon (Bianchi Agos) - the world champ wasn't quite in teh same shape this weekend
Sir Bart Brentjens (Giant) does the Bartman on the way to sixth
Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida) leads Christoph Sauser (Siemens-Cannondale)
Lado Fumic shows off the stripes of German national champion
Christoph Sauser (Siemens-Cannondale) powering along. His second place made no difference to his World Cup overall title
Adam Craig (Giant) leads a small group on his way to seventh place, best North American at Foirt William
Julien Absalon - resplendent^TM in the rainbow jersey
Christoph Sauser in the thick of teh chase
Ralph Naef (Miultivan Merida) would be a surprise winner in Fort William
Liam Killeen (Specialized) managed 14th at his home event
Bart Brentjens
Sid Taberlay (Specialized) goes BERM!
Adam Craig leads Manuel Fumic
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Siemens Cannondale)
Christoph Sauser
Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida)
Cedric Ravanel (Orbea)
Thomas Frischknecht
Liam Killeen
Jakob Fuglsang (Heijdens-Ten Tusscher) on the way to winning the under-23 category
Ralph Naef (Multivan Merida) takes the win ahead of Christoph Sauser
The podium - Jose Hermida, Christoph Sauser, Ralph Naef , Fredrik Kessiakoff, Julien Absalon

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Gunn-Rita Dahle leads from the start
Gunn-Rita Dahle (Multivan Merida) once again put plenty of space into her rivals in the first lap
Sabine Spitz (Specialized) would grab the second podium spot
Irina Kalentieva (Multivan Merida) on the way to third
Kiara Bisaro (Gears Racing)
Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mountain) succumbed to food poisoning
Mary McConneloug (Seven)
Sabine Spitz
Gunn-Rita Dahle - can anyone stop her?
Sabine Spitz (Specialized) looks confident in second
Celebration! - Gunn-Rita Dahle cracks the bubbly
Gunn-Rita Dahle celebrates at the finish
The podium - Petra Henzi, Sabine Spitz, Gunn-Rita Dahle, Irina Kalentieva, Nina Gohl