The world governing body for cycling has announced changes to the format for mountain bike World Cups with the elimination of 4 Cross and in the introduction of short track cross country eliminator (XCE) racing to the calendar.  Enduro racing is also to be added to the calendar as official events under the title Gravity [...]

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Team rider Matti Lehikoinen was unfortunately injured at the recent Nordic Downhill Championships in Kungsberget-Sweden.  Details are sketchy but the injuries would seem to be serious.  Get well soon Matti!

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The Road World Championships are currently taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark and Wednesday saw the Time Trial rainbow jersey on new shoulders.

Despite threatening weather, sixty-five riders took to the 46.4km course to decide on the top Time Trial honours for 2012.  At the end of the day Tony Martin emerged victorious with a masterful ride [...]

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At last weekends World Championships, Jaroslav Kulhavy took gold.  Bike geeks watching closely will have noticed something special on the winning bike. The 26-year-old Czech, who took the XC world by storm this year and also won the World Cup, had a secret weapon: SRAM’s new 10-speed BlackBox Grip Shift® twist shifters.

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Specialized have a new XC World Champion, Jaroslav Kulhavy.  Following a dominant season the team headed to Champery and this is what happened.

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The one everyone has been waiting for, inside the Giant camp on World Champs Sunday with Danny Hart.

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Sam Hill makes a return to racing but admits he is not 100%.  HOwever he is not the one to watch in this episode from the Specialized boys.

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Yet more videos from Champery (plenty to come too).  This time it is the Trek World Racing boys and girls including defending female DH champ tracy Moseley.   Downhill first with XC below.

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In the wake of a tough World Champs, GT are the first to produce a video on their teams performance.

More Mountain Biking Videos

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Last weekend saw the best riders in the World head to Champery in Switzerland for the World championships.  First up lets take a look at the Downhill.
The Champery downhill course is renowned for its high degree of difficulty and its steepness. It has claimed many victims over the years and has seen a number of [...]

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Ever wondered what it is like to ride a World Championships course?  Lets take a run down the Champery course with Chainreactionscycles Matti Lehikoinen.

Champery 2011 World Champs Track Helmet Cam from chainreactioncycles on Vimeo.

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Five hundred and eighty riders signed up for the 13th official Single Speed World Championships which took place last weekend at the Ballyhoura mountain bike trail centre in County Limerick, Ireland.  Ireland’s Niall Davis of biking.ie emerging the eventual male World Champion to take the coveted tattoo first prize. Competitors faced a gruelling 38 [...]

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With a little over a week and a half to the 2011 World Championships, the Irish team who will travel to Champery for the Downhill have been announced.  Earlier consternation following the announcement of the team without the reigning National Champion, Ger Wolfe has been appeased as he has now been added to the ticket.

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For the first time the Single Speed World Champion (SSWC) will be held in Ireland in late August.  Registration is close to closing so be sure and make sure you are on the start list.  To race all you need is a single speed mountain bike and it is easier than you think to convert [...]

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Singlespeeders are a rare breed, eschewing gears for what is considered a pure element of the sport.  It is a niche area of a niche sport and the racing is even more so with fancy dress almost the norm, tattoos for the winners and craic a huge element of the racing.  This was born out [...]

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The Trek World Racing team are off to the World Championships where things go rather well…

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Former 3 time Mountain Bike World Champion Marguerita Fullana has tested positive for EPO in an out of competition test on August 30th.  The Spaniard has admitted taking the substance following what she described as a ‘difficult year’ and comes at a time when Spain is under the spotlight following positive tests for Alberto Contador [...]

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On Sunday the Worlds top road racers descended on Geelong in Australia for the annual one day event to decide who wears the coveted rainbow jersey.  Last years winner Cadel Evans was eager to try to retain his jersey on home turf and put in a very good ride but it was the big Norwegian [...]

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Last weekend the Worlds best fought it out for the right to wear the rainbow jersey for a year.

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Two new World Champions were crowned in Mont Saint Anne, Canada on Saturday in Mens and Womans XC after some furious racing on what is one of the most technical courses on the World Cup circuit.

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Amid huge pressue the Atherton boys show up at the World Champs looking to hold on to one World Championship jersey and add another to the collection but not all goes to plan…

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Amid the hot and technical Cross Country course in Australia 75 men and 50 ladies fought for the World Championship.

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After 16 years on the circuit, 17 World Cup victories, 50 podiums and 4 World Championship Silver medals Steve Peat finally stood on the top step of the podium at the World Championships in Australia yesterday.

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Ryan Sherlock has had something of a tumultuous season.  A broken collar bone early on hampered things greatly but following surgery he has been have something of a renaissance, finishing 2nd in the National Champs on one of his first MTB rides back fromt the op and riding in the Mountain bike World Marathon Champs.  [...]

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On Tuesday Team Animal-Commencal had it’s 2009 press launch.  Present were all three of the amazingly successful Atherton’s resplendent in their new team kit.  World champions Gee and Rachel Atherton will again focus on Downhill for the coming season with eldest brother Dan riding both downhill and 4 cross.

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Fox Racing Shox have just released details of some limited edition versions of their double World Championship winning 40 RC2 fork and DHX RC4 rear shock.

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The lineup for the 2009 MTB international season has just been announced with the addition of a round in South Africa and La Bresse in France. 

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21 Irish Mountain Bikers made the trip to Pra-Loup for the 2008 Masters World Championships.

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Christoph Sauser’s appeal to the UCI over his relegation to second place at the Marathon World Championships on the 6th July, has failed.

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Details are emerging regarding newly crowned XC World Champion Christophe Sauser’s new Specialized S-Works Epic. Kept under wraps until the start, the bike is a redesign of the immensely popular full suspension bike which sees a change in shock placement more reminiscent of the Stumpjumper and a drop in weight of a reported 700 grams [...]

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