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DOWNHILL mountain biking: there can't be many sports where the gulf between amateurs and pros is wider. Consider the course at Fort William, where the best downhill racers on the planet will be competing this weekend on the fourth stop of this year's Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup tour.
A decent amateur will typically complete the course - which drops 525 vertical metres in 2.7km - in around 15 or 20 minutes, perhaps ten if they're really going for it. The pros, however, will expect to get down in about four minutes, hitting speeds of 40mph and upwards and spending a good deal of time flying through the air. It all makes for spectacular viewing, which explains why the event organisers are expecting 20,000 people to turn out to watch today and tomorrow.See the full content of this document
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Glorious Descent
There are eight stops on this year's World Cup circuit, ranging from South Africa to Slovenia, but for the pros, Fort William is the big one - it's the stage they all want to win.
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