For the first time in a long time the conditions at Fort William are sunny and dry! The track is so dry it is catching a few riders out, some more serious than others! The other item of note was there was lots of punctures, will this come into play on Sunday?
Booosshhh! Here we go, World Cup number 1 is upon us…We head to Fort William and the conditions are good. The Aussie junior team is on hand to get use to World Cup conditions, bar Ben Hill, who due to a UCI ruling can’t ride until next weekend at round 2. Today’s trained practice saw Mic Hannah top the time sheet with a 4.43.921, being timed practice it is hard to make accurate predictions but no doubt SicA�Mic will be amongst it come Sunday. Rachel Atherton clocked aA�5.25.477 to be the fastest female on course, having never won her home World Cup she will no doubt be feeling the pressure. Enjoy the photos;
Fastest in practice and looking good. Sic Mic is stamping his authority early.The fastest female during timed practice, Rachel Atherton has never won at home but will be out to change this come Sunday. Let’s hope Tracey Hannah has something to say about this…The newest section on the track is this road gap (over a creek?!) here Aaron Gwin sends it. No doubt he will be one of the favourites but with a new team and new bike will this play into the finals on Sunday?Talking about new teams, Sam Hill will be keen to get back on top of the podium, especially after a dry few seasons, by his standards anyway!Now with a new team mate and returning from injury, Troy Brosnan had a lax timed practice run but as he said “tomorrow’s another day”, wisdom beyond his age and we would love to see TB snag his maiden World Cup victory.
We will be back with more images from qualifying soon.
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Spot Deano doing a bit of track side maintenance
Well spotted Crundy!