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After a two week break the World Cup is back at one of the oldest and most brutal courses on the circuit – Mont Sainte Anne! It was here in 2008 that Aaron Gwin exploded onto the downhill scene finishing tenth in his first World Cup race. Gwin won here last year and as the […]

Aaron Gwin has just blown the competition out the water, winning the second round of the UCI Downhill World Cup by nearly eight seconds. Gwin is now tied with Greg Minnaar, who finished second today, in the overall standings. In the women’s race Rachel Atherton made an incredible return to World Cup racing winning the […]

Never before in the history of downhill racing have the words “worst kept secret” been used so frequently in the off-season. In fact in many cases when the press releases were finally sent out their contents were no longer news at all. Still, rumours and gossip aside we were all sat at our screens waiting […]

There is now just over a week to go until the opening race of the 2012 UCI Downhill World Cup, so lets take a look back at some of the action from last year’s series. Similarly to this year the series kicked off in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The course had been treated to a slight […]