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World Champs Friday Morning Weather Bulletin

Once more the forecasting curtains where thrown open this morning and the weather streamed in. And that weather is…. lovely blue skies, with tiny wispy...

World Champs Friday Morning Weather Bulletin
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World Champs Seeding results

Elite Men 1/ Gee Atherton 3:24.81 2/ Greg Minnaar 3:28.52 3/ Justin Leov 3:29.95 4/ Sam Hill 3:32.32 5/ Sam Blenkinsop 3:35.72 6/ Mickael Pascal 3:36.85 7/ Steve Peat 3:38.59 8/ Bren Fairclough...

World Champs Seeding results
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Victors 5-a-day World Champ photos

This does what it says on the tin…harmfull if swallowed…no I mean 5 photos a day from Victor Lucas aka Vincent Van Flugal Horn. It might...

Victors 5-a-day World Champ photos
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World Champs seeding

Riders are still scooting down the hill, but the scores on the doors as I was sprinting to the press booth looked like this: I haven’t...

World Champs seeding
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Helen Gaskel injury update

In Maribor the 1st round of the World Cup Helen hurt her back on Sunday Morning in practice just before the Qualifying… Since then she has...

Helen Gaskel injury update
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howies tee shirt of the week

This week’s T-shirt of the Week is Bumpkin. Are you proud of your country roots? Perhaps you’re from the city but really your heart is pure...

howies tee shirt of the week
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Todays World Champs Schedule

A little earlier than usual, the seeding runs are taking place today, with the race being held on Saturday. Will anybody be doing a tactical seeding...

Todays World Champs Schedule
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Thursday World Champs Weather Flash

I haven’t just cut and pasted yesterdays photo, the eagle eyed cherries amongst you might note different cloud formations and time on the church clock...

Thursday World Champs Weather Flash
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Big Bad Blogger Ben Walker

If you read the Scott article a while back in Dirt (forgot the issue number), anyway we met this guy Ben Walker, an American living...

Big Bad Blogger Ben Walker
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World Champs Day 2 part 2 section iii

Sun and blue skies all day today, the track is drying up pretty quickly, but as Gee Atherton says “The word of the day is...

World Champs Day 2 part 2 section iii
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There's no business like shoe business

“You can never have too many shoes” Imelda Marcos said that, but then again she did have around 50,000. These new Nike 6.0 Air Zoom Cush...

There's no business like shoe business
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Mid Morning World Champs Snippets Day 2

Val Di Sole actually means Valley of Sun, not Sun Valley Chickens or anything like that, so it’s good that the sun has finally come...

Mid Morning World Champs Snippets Day 2
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World Champs Weather Bulletin-Day 2

I threw back my expensive designer Italian curtains this morning, and this is what I saw…blue sky and sun The view from my Italian Goat Hut...

World Champs Weather Bulletin-Day 2
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4x from Chicksands

It’s all go at the moment, here’s Butchers words and photos from the Chicky 4x last weekend. NPS Four Cross. Chicksands revisited. So here’s the deal. I’m...

4x from Chicksands
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World Champs Day 1 Pt two

More photos from day 1 here at Val Di Sole. (see here for part 1) (Oh, and there’s a competition at the very bottom) Syndicate, special Worlds...

World Champs Day 1 Pt two
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Round 3 of the SDA series from Aberfeldy 14/15 June

Round 3 of the SDA series from Aberfeldy 14/15 June Words and Pictures George “Wrecking ball’s bro” Jones Round 3 of the Scottish downhill series brought...

Round 3 of the SDA series from Aberfeldy 14/15 June
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Wanna have a flutter on the Worlds?

There’s two easy ways to have a bit of a wager on the World Champs. The first is pop over to the Dirt forum, place your...

Wanna have a flutter on the Worlds?
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e.thirteen introduce the Staccato 8 flat pedal

e.thirteen introduce the Staccato 8 flat pedal. Here’s what Dirt’s Your Neck contributor Pete Drew told us: We first saw images of these pedals a few months...

e.thirteen introduce the Staccato 8 flat pedal
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Bullhead Cartoon

A while ago a lad called Paul sent me some funny drawings. After watching and listening to Dave “Bullhead” Wardells latest root/collarbone escapade he decided...

Bullhead Cartoon
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Dan Atherton out with a suspected broken collar bone

Bad news for Dan “Affy” Atherton as he took a hard slam during downhill practise this morning. I just spoke to his mechanic Stevie Bell...

Dan Atherton out with a suspected broken collar bone
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Val Di Sole Day 1

We have just arrived in Commezzadura ,or Daolasa as the locals call it, after an eventful journey. At midnight, after driving for three hours...

Val Di Sole Day 1
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GREAT BRITAIN WORLDS TEAM

Our intrepid reporter Billy Trailstar and photographer Victor Lucas arrived last night only to get caught up in a landslide on the way to the...

GREAT BRITAIN WORLDS TEAM
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2009 UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CUP DATES ANNOUNCED

It is a mixture of old and news. South Africa makes a welcome return with the first round in Pietermaritzburg. then there is an odd...

2009 UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CUP DATES ANNOUNCED
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What goes on in the Santa Cruz Syndicate pit?

Two hours before the World Cup final in Andorra and all seems normal in the Santa Cruz Syndicate pit area, Peaty and Rennie chilling and...

What goes on in the Santa Cruz Syndicate pit?
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