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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Last weekends World Championships are now history, but entertaining history at that. A fantastic Saturday for the British saw them win three rainbow jerseys, while Sundays cross country was all about the Swiss.
Cross Country
The men’s race saw a hither to unknown quantity when Julain Absalon climbed of his bike but the day belonged to [...]

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The downhill event is more unpredictable than Cross Country due to the high rate of crashes. Last years event was marred by mechanicals, crashes and weather which accounted for many of the top seeds. With no Olympics on the horizon this is the event for the downhillers in 2008.
Mens Downhill
Sam Hill
The king of [...]

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This weekend sees the MTB World Championships take place in Val di Sole in Italy and in this the first of two posts I’ll examine the contenders for the Cross Country races. This years event has added significance as many nations will use it as part of their selection process for the up coming [...]

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Dan Atherton has broken his collar bone on the first day of training for the World Championships to be held this weekend in Italy.
Winner of the 4 cross at the Andorra round of the World Cup, the injury rules him out at a time when he was expected to be a serious contender for the [...]

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