The Trek World Racing team are back for their 6th episode with young Mathias Flueckiger enjoying some success.

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With Dan in the hospital and Rachel banged up too its all up to Gee to fly the Team Atherton flag.  First up the British Champs and then its off to Champery for the penultimate World Cup round and a continuing battle with Greg Minaar for the overall title….

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A week after Champery and the World Cup’s elite riders headed to Italy for the penultimate round of the series, this time on dry trails.

Video courtesy MTBCut

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Off to Leogang for some World Cup action after the excitement of Fort William…

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Rachels in trouble with a broken finger as the trio head to Maribor for the first round of the World Cup…

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The 3rd round of the Downhill World Cup took place at the weekend in Leogang, Austria.  Riders faced a wet and muddy course with rain falling for the top 20 qualifiers on finals day.

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Off to Offenburg for the Trek XC team while the downhillers head to the US.

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Thanks to MTBCut for the footage.

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World Cup time for the new Trek World Racing team.

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The new Trek World Racing team is running a a video series for 2010 similar to “The Atherton Project”.  “In Pursuit” will follow the team on the circuit this year and here is episode 1 -

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Highlights from the first round of the MTB XC World Cup will be shown tonight on Eurosport 2 from 5pm till 6.30.

Sidi athletes Julian Absalon and Nino Schurter battle for the win.
Be sure to set your recorder or check the schedule for repeats.

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For 2011, the new XO returns as a complete product family, featuring the legendary XO rear derailleur, trigger shifters and an all new 2X10 crankset with front derailleur which promises amazing shifting performance. New Avid XO brakes provide the first XO specific brakeset to complete the family.

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Returning from a difficult World Champs the team head to Schladming for the last round of the World Cup and Rachel is finally back on a bike.

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On Sunday the 20th of September the final round of the 2009 World Cup Mountain bike series took place in Schladming, Austria.  Riding in the Downhill was Irish rider Ben Reid and here we have a video of Ben practising the course while wearing a chest cam.

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Once again we delve into the lives of World Cup racers as Dan and Gee tackle 4 Cross and Downhill at Bromont in Canada.  Both finish in the same position but one of the brothers comes of much worse following a crash.

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The Athertons on road bikes?  The last time we saw tis it was a disaster with Rachel out for the season with a busted shoulder.  Dan and Gee take on a road time trial here before heading to Mont Saint Anne for a World Cup.

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Bromont hosted the penultimate round of the World Cup in Canada this past weekend.

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Rachel is off to have her shoulder operation, Dan is recovering from breaking his scapula but still rides the Fort William 4 Cross World Cup and Gee, well he is racing DH in Fort Bill.

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Back to our behind the scenes look at the life of a top Downhill team.  In part 4 the Athertons travel to Andorra for the World Cup and then on to the States for the US Open.

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Irish cyclist Connor Mc Convey has overcome the recent problems with the now non existent Felt MTB trade team by immediately signing with the Dutch based team Focus De-Brink Ten Tusscher.  Despite the problems for his former team, it has been a breakthrough year for the young Ulster-man who is ranked inside the top 5 [...]

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At the weekend the World Cup circus rolled into Slovenia for the Maribor round of the Downhill World Cup.  The podium’s top step was occupied for the first time by a non-Santa Cruz Syndicate rider  after a tough days riding on a great course. 

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Dates have been announced for the 2010 MTB World Cup series with new courses in the US and UK featured.  The series will open with a round of the Cross country in Dalby Forest.  Unsurprisingly then Fort William will again host downhill and 4 Cross but not XC in June.  
Our pick of the bunch [...]

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Last weekend saw the staging of the 4th round of the UCI Downhill World Cup and 4 Cross in a sunny Fort William in Scotland.  Racing was tight and close with Greg Minaar taking his second win of the season and Sabrina Jonnier taking her third consecutive win.  Below is a video (courtesy of freecaster.tv) [...]

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Britain’s Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate) proved he still has it with a commanding win in La Bresse, France on Sunday.  The veteran rider won by 1 second over Sam Hill (Monster Energy/Specialized/MadCatz) with compatriot Michael Hannah (GT) coming in third.

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Sunday sees the secound round of the Downhill World Cup in France.  The course on first look does not seem very technical at all but a closer look shows steep technical sections between long sprint flatish sections so favours the more powerful riders.  Below is a video of the course taken with a head cam.

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Last weekend in Belgium the worlds best faced a tough test at the notorious Houffalize course.  20,000 spectators lined the course as Julian Absalon powered home in the men’s race with World Champion Margarita Fullana topping the female podium.

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Mel Spath continued her maiden World Cup season with a trip home to Germany for Round 2 in Offenburg.  Here she describes practise and the race day itself.  Over to Mel…
Last weekend I took part in my 2nd World Cup, in Offenburg, Germany. This one is regarded to be one of the classic ones, [...]

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Last weekend saw the second round of the Cross Country World Cup take place in Offenburg Germany.  The course is renowned for its technical nature and being the first European round of the series, attracted a big entry.
First up were the girls with 6 laps of the course for a 36 kilometre distance.

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