It was the ultimate end to the season, the battle between Gee Atherton and Greg Minnaar came down to just 0.37s with Gee taking both the round and series win. Steve Peat looked like he was going to put together something special, being 1.4s up at the split but crashed on a drop some 30 seconds from the line.
Rachel Atherton showed that she was ready for the World Champs next weekend by destroying the womens field, with Tracey Moseley 2nd and Emmeline Ragot 3rd. Healing vibes go out to Manon Carpenter who suffered an injury to her elbow in practise.
“Incredible day in Windham New York today for Qualifying. Gee Atherton and Greg Minnaar are separated by just 4 points going into Sunday’s final now. This is going to be an epic race.”
All go this weekend for the World Cup finals – who will take the overall? It’s all down to the very last run of the season, Gee man and Greg are neck and neck with just seven points seperating them.
Si Paton and Dave Franciosy the organisers of the Halo British Downhill Series have been awarded the contract for the British Cycling National Championships in 2011.
British Cycling in consultation with the MTB Gravity Commission are pleased to confirm that the BDS organiser’s bid for the 2011 National Downhill Championships has been successful. Their bid was considered to be at the right level with a drive towards improving presentation standards, communication, marketing, use of technology and venue.
Episode 8 kicks off with Gee heading for the British Champs up in Scotland without his injured siblings, Rach and Dan. Gee finds that he misses the inspiration and support of his brother and sister during competition but at the same time realises that to stay at the top, sometimes, he’ll have to manage on his own.
Then it’s on to WC Round 4 in Champery, Switzerland. With brother and sister still at home, Gee takes on the highly technical and challenging course alone. After some lightning-quick qualifiers on a dusty track, some serious rain sets in and turns it all to treacle. With Gee neck and neck with Greg Minaar in the overall placings this season, anything less than a win is a disappointment. Can he beat the mud and bring the points home?
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After a mega wet Saturday practise, things dried out for Sunday and the dust reared its head for race day.
The usual track at Moelfre had a few additions with a few berms here and there and strangely, a trip down the last straight of the 4x track which caught a lot of riders out.
In the Womens Elite the podium was:
1. Tracey Moseley (Trek World Racing)
2. Katy Curd (Rose Bikes)
3. Jess Stone (Trek Gravity Girls)
The Mens Elite Podium:
1. Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate)
2. Marc Beaumont (GT Bicycles)
3. Josh Bryceland (Santa Cruz Syndicate)
4. Rich Thomas (Ancilloti)
5. Harry Molloy (Last)
Super dry and dusty, so excuse some of the dust on the lense/brightness. Epic heat, plus lack of water = shady footage.
It was a rush to fit as much track in as possible as it was a huge walk down, skipping in and out of corners between riders.
A stacked field, with Kovarik, Simmonds, Matti, Hart and Cole, making for some awesome racing.
Kovarik looked dominant all practice, foot out, literally destroying berms. In the first two runs, Kovarik was up by some 4 seconds on Cole, but during the ’super’ final (top 50) he had a mechanical causing him to slip back through the ranks, leaving the door wideopen for Cameron Cole of Maxxis/Rocky mountain to take the win.
Most noticeable performances came from Harry Heath in 4th and young Tarhee Seagrave in 3rd in the womens. Check out ThisIsSheffield for more from Joe!
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It was the ultimate end to the season, the battle between Gee Atherton and Greg Minnaar came down to just 0.37s with Gee taking both the round and series win. Steve Peat looked like he was going to put together something special, being 1.4s up at the split but crashed on a drop some 30 seconds from the line. 
