My first UCI mountain bike world cup is finally here, and more importantly I’m here too, luckily contingency plans for travelling to the UK by ferry weren’t needed and I was able to fly last night. I was up at the course this morning in the sun for some training – its great fun but will also be very hard. Theres something of everything, super steep killer climbs, big technical drops, fast dusty singletrack, steep technical climbs. It was all a bit surreal for me going home to the world cup, riding around Dalby (one of the places I first mountain biked) behind all the famous world and Olympic champions. Awesome! The speed of some one the guys coming down the technical sections is insane, they’re pro for good reason.
Check out the race live on freecaster internet TV here.
And theres a good description of the course on cyclingnews.com