Minnaar Wins Record 18th World Cup, Atherton Extends Lead
The fourth round of the Downhill series in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, saw South Africa’s Greg Minnaar win the 18th World Cup of his career on Saturday, a men’s record, while Rachel Atherton (GT Factory) took her third straight win in the women’s series. Atherton extended her […]
Interview: Rachel and Gee Atherton of GT Factory Racing
We caught up with Rachel and Gee following the UCI MTB World Cup Downhill qualifiers on Friday. They shared some insights about their qualifying runs, the season ahead and their bikes. Rachel Atherton An under the weather Rachel Atherton still impressed as she managed to fight her way to second in qualifying on a hot […]
Golden success for Rachel Atherton at Worlds
World number one Rachel Atherton of Great Britain proved precisely why she has been the one the rest of the globe’s top elite women downhillers have been chasing all year as she destroyed the competition en route to her gold medal and world title at the UCI MTB & Trials World Championships at Cascades MTB […]
Smith and Atherton gain psychological advantage ahead of downhill shootout
With the globe’s mountain biking community eagerly counting down the hours to the start of Sunday’s men’s and women’s downhill events of the 2013 UCI MTB & Trials World Championships, Saturday morning saw Canadian Steve Smith and Rachel Atherton of Great Britain post the fastest times of the official timed runs in the men’s and […]
Atherton siblings seek 2013 World Champs spoils
Pietermaritzburg – Current men’s and women’s world number one Downhill mountain bikers Gee and Rachel Atherton of Great Britain head into the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships in Pietermaritzburg hoping to become the first siblings to not only be top of the world rankings, but become reigning World Champions as well. Britain’s Gee Atherton […]