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British Mountain Bike Championships 2010
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It's the biggest weekend of National racing of the season - find out how the National Cross-Country and Downhill Championships panned out in our exclusive reports from Pippingford and Ae Forest
RACE REPORTS
Cross Country Report All the action from the tough Pippingford course - Liam Killeen and Annie Last are the 2010 Senior National Cross-Country mountain bike champions, following a fine day of racing at Pippingford.
Downhill Report Steve Peat and Jess Stone are the new British Downhill Champions following weekend of racing in the most challenging conditions at Ae Forest. The Scottish Borders were the scene for Peat's incredible ninth British Champions title, though it didn't come easy as he endured a nasty crash in timed seeding and - along with the rest of the field - a day of changeable and always inclement weather on Sunday. For Jess, it was the biggest win of her young career and really puts her on the map as an up and coming rider.
Fourcross Report Will Longden and Katy Curd are the new British Fourcross Champions. Will Longden has continued his domination of the domestic fourcross campaigns, at South West Extreme, but there was controversy as Longden and defending champion Scott Beaumont came together before the first corner.
PREVIEWS & PRE-RACE INFO
CROSS COUNTRY
Preview If you want to see Britain's Olympian cross country and world-beating downhill racers in 2010 then there's only one chance - the British Mountain Bike Championships this weekend. Read Luke Webber's preview now and keep it locked to British Cycling Online for all the latest news from the race throughout the week.
Courseride With just weeks to go until the biggest event in the British XC calendar, we check out the venue which will host the 2010 British XC Championships.
National School Of Racing After the success of the Forest of Dean RSR and the recent Sherwood Pines NSR, The Olympic Talent Programme has secured the course at Pippingford Park, venue of the National Champs, to run a "pre-nationals" National School of Racing on 27 June 2010.
Initial Details We've got the first details from the organisers of the 2010 British XC Championships, to be held on July 17-18 at Pippingford. With entries closing soon, it's essential your licence is up-to-date and you entry is in to guarantee a championship winning chance.
Retrospective:
Ever wondered what the National Championships looked like when men were men and bikes had no suspension? We've been digging through the archives to find some amazing videos thanks to Youtube including footage from the first ever National Championships held in 1989 in Aviemore, the 1993 and 1995 competitions and results from the past two decades.
DOWNHILL
Preview If you want to see Britain's world-beating downhill racers in 2010 then there's only one chance - the British Mountain Bike Championships this weekend. Read Luke Webber's preview now and keep it locked to British Cycling Online for all the latest news from the race throughout the week.