Victor Lucas shows us his 5-a-day from Thursday at Mont Sainte Anne

Dan Atherton is back in action 100%. He says the shoulder is all fixed and it certainly looks it here.

Shaun Palmer was the original mountain bike rock star, and this is his first World Cup in 10 years. Things have changed a bit but the Palm seemed to be having a good time.

The boulders in the famous MSA rock garden seem to have grown even bigger. Somebody must have sprinkled fertilizer on them. Ben Reid threads a line through the carnage.

Jared Graves testing out the 2nd of 3 gnarly rock sections in the 4X. Will this encourage a few people to run springs front and back? Will there a bit of passing?..wait and see I guess.

And finally, the kings of ROCK. Slayer. Now who’s shoes are these I wonder? Guesses on a postcard to Billy, the back of a car, somewhere in Quebec.

Words and photos:Victor Lucas

Victor Lucas shows us his 5-a-day from Thursday at Mont Sainte Anne