Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup 2008
Event Dates: 5-8 June 2008
REPORTS
In the women's event, Tracy Moseley put behind her the disappointing start to the season she's had, and her problems at the venue at last year's worlds, with a stunning victory over the two women of the season so far, Sabrina Jonnier and Rachel Atherton.
In the men's event the mercurial Greg Minnar upset the party for the Brits, but with Gee Atherton and Steve Peat on the podium the home riders did us proud again! Full Report | |
They were led by Oli Beckingsale, who took a well-deserved 9th place. We have a full report, results and lots of images from a tough, hot day. There's also post-race feedback from all the top british riders Full Report & Results
GB Academy Report Part 2: Luke Webber looks at the final preparations of the GB Team's Under-23 Academy riders in the last few hours before the big race GB Academy Part 2 | |
Friday Training & Qualification Round-Up: First news from the Fort William World Cup from our correspondent Joolze Dymond, who has been watching the build up to the event and has news of how the downhillers are getting on and of 4-Cross qualification Report
Friday - Report from the GB "Academy" Under-23 Camp: Luke Webber reports from inside the GB Team's Under-23 "Academy" mountain bike team as they build up for the Fort William World Cup race on Saturday. For the riders, Ian Bibby, Dave Fletcher and Ross Creber, it's a time to re-acquaint themselves with the course and make last minute adjustments to kit and tactics Report |
Downhill Report: What a brilliant finale to another spectacular weekend at the ever-popular Nevis Range venue. Wonderful sunny weather greeted the Downhillers and they served up a treat for the huge crowd down at the finish as both races went right down to the wire.
Cross-Country Report: Whilst Swiss rider Florien Vogel and Canada's Marie-Helene Premont took the main plaudits, winning the Cross-Country races, there was much to cheer for the home crowd as they watched the best British men put on a determined show over the tough Fort William course. 
4-Cross Report: Britain's Dan Atherton picks up third place in the men's 4-Cross as the World Cup gets underway with a typically exciting 4-Cross competition on the challenging Fort William course in front of a big crowd
OTHER INFORMATION
Schedule: The 2008 Fort William World Cup takes place from 5 to 8 June. With the Thursday dedicated to training, the action really gets going on Friday evening with the finals of the 4-Cross. Saturday is Cross-Country day, with the elite men's and women's races. Sunday sees the Downhills. Full details of the four days - Fort William Schedule
Top Riders: Seeing the best riders in the world in action in the beautiful and dramatic setting of the Fort William venue is one of the great attractions of the World Cup weekend. There will be particualr focus this weekend on the Atherton family, fresh from their triple world cup race winning weekend last week in Andorra: Athertons' Triple Top - But of course, there are many more top British riders in action over the weekend - we're identified a small selection ofr you to look out for: Fort William - Home Riders to Watch
Reports: We'll have Joolze Dymond reporting back throughout the event and we'll be updating our coverage regularly. And for a taste of what the World Cup might have to offer, check out our coverage of last year's World Championships 2007 Worlds Coverage and of the 2007 World Cup
Link: Event website - www.fortwilliamworldcup.co.uk
