Home favourite Gee Atherton (Commencal) blitzed his way to the win in a thrilling men’s downhill final at today’s UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round in Fort William, Scotland. (more…)
From: Dirt Magazine | http://dirt.mpora.com/news/sam-hill-fort-william-smash.html
June 4th, 2010 @ 5:56 PM
Sam Hill had a massive crash during official timed practise today at Fort William.
From the gondola I saw Hill slumped on the grass looking very shaken near the fast rocky drop/left hander a few corners up from the entry to the woods.
The latest news is that he has been to the local hospital for xrays to his shoulder.
Team mate Brendan Fairclough said “Sam doesn’t normally moan about injuries but he was looking pretty bad”
Healing vibes out to Hill and hope he’s back in the saddle for Sundays final.
Photos: Szymon Nieborak
Update: Sam speaks… sort of…
from http://dirt.mpora.com/news/dirttvsam-hill-injury-interview.html
April 7th saw Commencal and the Athertons launch their new look team, as the complete family roster prepare for a 2010 season back at full strength. 2008 World Champion Rachel, returns this year after having to sit out last year due to an injury sustained in a training accident. With her form nearing one hundred percent you can be sure she will be in the mix for the overall World Cup title and in medal contention once again at the World Championships in September. Despite qualifying fastest at Andorra, Slovenia and Fort William last season, Gee found himself on the other steps of the podium too often come the finals. He finished the season in fourth place and is out to better that this year with an ambitious assault on the Downhill overall title, kicking off in full force at the Slovenian hosted first round in May. Eldest sibling Dan has undertaken a tough winter training schedule, with more emphasis on his speciality Four Cross. Working on his weaknesses from 2009, Dan is now ready to unleash these improvements on the World Cup series.
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Video action from Sunday at the Fort >
Orange confirm the STRANGE bike that has been knocking around the pits at recent events is a 225 prototype!
Seen wearing a BOS stoy shock this pic appears from this weekends Fort William racing… (more…)
Greg Minnaar takes the win powering out the bottom section to beat Sam Hill into 2nd after barn storming the exposed peak at Fort William.
Blenkinsop comes in 3rd followed by Gee Atherton in 4th and Mik Hannah in 5th.
Steve Peat finishes 6th with a broken knuckle suffered at the Lisboa Down Town.
Sabrina Jonnier destroys the field to take the win by just over 9 seconds for the women.
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The global stars of Downhill and 4-Cross are gathering in Fort William for another blistering weekend of high speed action on the slopes of Aonach Mor on the first weekend of June 2009.
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