What a downhill final here in Val Di Sole today, hot weather and a surprise in the men’s final. The women kicked off the day with Emmeline Ragot taking the win, 2 weeks in a row. Marc Beaumont threw the cat amongst the pigeons and [...]
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Saturday at Val Di Sole brought us a little practice session for the downhill boys and the 4X finals. With a gap of around 5 hours, a few Brits headed downstream in the river which runs through the valley to cool off. Meanwhile the cross [...]
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At last the sun came out and dried the downhill riders out. After yesterdays downpour the forecasters promised good weather and they delivered. The course was still a little damp in places but by mid morning the dust was back and the riders seemed happy [...]
With a dry start practice got under way at the penultimate round of the 2010 World Cup series at Val Di Sole, Italy. Rain soon drifted in later and it stayed for quite a while, in fact it just stopped after practice finished for the [...]
After the slop and slog of qualifying, race day could only be better. With no real rain to speak of, the track started to dry out – getting gloopier, stickier and slower. A lot of riders were coming off line and coming off their bikes- [...]
Flat and Wet. Two words to sum up today in Champery. Deep in the Alps, or should that be steep in the Alps, Champery’s reputation preceded itself as riders arrived. The track was technically a brute, and this year it is just as tough. Practice [...]
