Whistler
DH, 4X

Greece
DH

As you all have probably heard, I had a little accident at the weekend [July 14th/15th] and as I know how rumours spread I thought it was time to let you all know the real story.

I was at the British National champs at Rehola and had been practicing all day Saturday. I went up for my seeding run at 6pm and was on a good one, 4 secs up on Marc Beaumont at the split then I came into the infamous “Star Wars” section of the track, I slipped on a root coming into it and stuck my left foot out to take a steadying dab, but little did I know at that speed but there was a big whole that my foot went into and as soon as it touch the mud it popped straight out of socket I carried on with my crash knowing that when I would stop rolling around my foot was in the wrong direction to the rest of my body. I let a few swear words out then crawled out of the mud pit to some dryer land to wait for the Extreme Medic guys to come help.

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Rugog, North Wales
DH

SCHLADMING, AUSTRIA
DH

Sunday July 8, 2007
Schladming, Austria

After rain early in the week, riders were greeted with a beautiful sunny day for the downhill finals at the Nissan UCI World Cup Downhill held in the charming town of Schladming, Austria. Sam Hill continues to dominate with a commanding win margin 5.14 seconds ahead of 2nd place Gee Atherton. The Honda boys come 3rd and 4th with Minnaar just .05 seconds ahead of Lehikoinen. Santa Cruz Syndicates Steve Peat rounds out the podium and Nathan Rennie comes 8th. Hill leads the overall with 807 points and Peat second with 639 points.

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Nevis Range Gondolas branded with UCI Mountain Bike World Cup winners

At Fort William’s 2007 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships ‚Äì powered by Nissan Sports Adventure ‚Äì mountain gondolas that transport riders and spectators up to the start of the downhill course on Aonach Mor have been re-branded with pictures of the world’s leading downhill mountain bike riders.

Eight of the 80 Nevis Range gondolas will feature riders who have won the UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cups at Fort William since 2002 in both the Men’s and Women’s Elite categories. British riders and current Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup Champions Steve Peat (3 times UCI Downhill World Cup Champion) and Tracy Moseley (3 times winner of downhill World Cups at Fort William), are two of the riders to have their own branded gondola.

At the recent Scottish Downhill Association race (15-16 June 2007) at Fort William (a test event for the newly upgraded downhill track at Nevis Range) Tracy Moseley and Steve Peat – both of whom won their races – unveiled their own gondolas in preparation for the upcoming UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships.