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| A DETAILED LOOK AT THE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE | At the end of May, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup comes to Scotland for the event at Fort William and to celebrate this momentous occassion, here at British Cycling, we'll be bringing you a number of features. The 2003 Mountain Bike World Cup at Fort William, follows from the award winning event last year and 2003 promises to be even bigger and better with a triple World Cup incorporating Downhill, Cross Country and 4-Cross. This will be the first ever triple Mountain Bike World Cup in the UK, and Fort William is anticipating their biggest ever crowds, enthusiastically supporting all of the World's top mountain bikers. British interest will focus on the Downhill where in the mens event, World Cup star Steve Peat (Orange UK) is the hottest of hot favourites along with Tracey Moseley (Team Kona Clarks) in the womens event as she defends her crown she won last year. In the 4-Cross, these and many other British entries will also be revved up for the high speed challenge. In the Cross Country, riders from the UK including the Great Britain team will be battling for UCI points and in this feature, you can learn more about the Great Britain cross country team. Our national champion in the Cross Country Oli Beckingsale (Scott/MBUK) said earlier this year "the World Cup in Fort William is a big deal. That's all I'm thinking about at the moment". And he isn't alone with the event approaching faster than Steve Peat down Anoach Mor, its time to get ready for what will be the biggest cycling competition of the year in the UK. THE
GREAT BRITAIN MTB TEAM -- ON THE UP IN 2003 words and pictures by Phil Ingham The Great Britain mountain bike team are poised to embark on their most important season for three years with the demands of Olympic qualification a vital sub-text to their 2003 World Cup schedule. The qualification system is relatively simple: at the end of 2003, each nation will be ranked according to the UCI points gained by its top three riders. The top 5 nations then qualify three riders for the Olympics, with two places going to the next ten nations. With no riders in the current world top fifty rankings and only two, Liam Killeen and Nick Craig, in the top hundred, on paper at least the GB team face an uphill task to qualify for Athens. However, the team believe that as long as Liam and Nick can repeat their 2002 rankings and if Oli Beckingsale can move into the top one hundred, two places at Athens should be possible. For the record, GB is currently the 19th ranked nation. Britishcycling.org.uk travelled with the team during their recent visit to Fort William to test the brand-new World Cup Cross-Country course. Present on the trip were riders Phil Dixon, Phil Spencer, Oli Beckingsale, Simon Richardson, along with Technical Coach/rider Nick Craig, Conditioning coach Neil Walker, mechanic Craig Denning and masseur Anne-Marie Ludekens. Two days spent in close proximity to the team convinced us that they are very much on the up and that 2003 will be a season of genuine achievement.
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