LAUSANNE, Switzerland (transcendmagazine.com) -- The 2007 World Cup schedule is out (but may be updated through October). UCI World Cup DHI/4X #1 May 12-13 Vigo (ESP) UCI World Cup DHI/4X #2 June 9-10 Champéry (SUI) UCI World Cup DHI/4X #3... ...[more]

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Champery, Switzerland is now a confirmed event for next season. The venue will be host to a triple world cup event on the weekend of 9-10 June, 2007. Schladming and Maribor are now also rumoured to... ...[more]

SCHLADMING, Austria (transcendmagazine.com) -- Quick results are in. Sam Hill once again wins and put a huge buffer between him and second place. Are we seeing the emergence of a new super power in downhill? My rough calculations say Peat... ...[more]

SCHLADMING, Austria (transcendmagazine.com) - The UCI gave Michal Prokop special permission to fly in from California (where he was racing a UCI BMX olympic warmup event) and compete in the WC 4x finals now that the titles were sealed up.... ...[more]

SCHLADMING, Austrai (transcendmagazine.com) -- 4x qualifying results are now in from Autria. They are rather...strange. Prokop (World Champ) and Rinderknecht (3rd at worlds) both didn't start. Kintner not on women's start list. Trying to get more info on this now.... ...[more]

SCHLADMING, Austria (transcendmagazine.com) -- Thanks to Mike Rose at Dirt Magazine for the official timed runs results. These don't really say much, but can give a good idea of course times. Minnaar is at the event and limping around with... ...[more]

CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) -- The rain has held off and weather is perfect for a race we are being told. Rachel Atherton just took her first World Cup win, the men are now on course. Matti Lehikoinen makes his first... ...[more]

CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) -- DH qualifying results are in for the men. Men . Samuel Hill (Aus) 2:19.85 0 2. Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 2:19.97 0.12 3. Greg Minnaar (RSA) Team G-Cross Honda 2:20.84 0.99 4. Michael Hannah... ...[more]

CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) -- Kintner and Prokop took the wins tonight, which seals up the overall titles for both of them. It was a crash filled evening for the ladies, which included a trip to the hospital for Anneke Beerten... ...[more]

CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) -- More reports are coming in now from 4x qualis. Thanks to Rafael from dhbrasil.com.br for sending this one over. Today its was not raining, but the course was pretty wet, some pilots was riding intermediate tires.... ...[more]

CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) -- First reports are now starting to trickle in from Camboriu. It started to rain yesterday, and it looks like rain will be on the menu throughout the weekend, with possible heavy storms on race day (Sunday).... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- 4x was run tonight at 7pm. There was a large men's field, but only 8 women decided to race. Perennial favorite Brian Lopes is at home in Whistler recovering from a 2nd degree shoulder... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Downhill just ended. Chris Kovarik, rockin' a mohawk, killed "the carousel" berm section and even got in a few pedal strokes before and after. Men 1. KOVARIK Chris (AUS) 4:44.20 2. MINNAAR Greg (RSA)... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- 4x qualis were run this evening just as the light was getting good. Jill Kintner CRashed in her run and qualified last of the 8 women who showed up. Photos after dinner. Men> 1... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The course will not be drying out this evening. We were just forced out of the hottub by torrential thunderstorms. The lightning display was great until the skies opened up and dumped buckets of... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Rain once again steals the show at a major downhill event. The skies opened up about 10am and dropped 15mm of rain ont he course inside of 2-3 hours. Things got sloppy fast. Sun... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The new long course here at Ste Anne looks to be a ripper. The many technical sections of the course have been toned down and the speeds have gone way, WAY up. Everyone took... ...[more]

WILLINGEN, Germany (transcendmagazine.com) -- Contributions by Martin Whiteley & Kathy Sessler The course has dried out considerably by quali and race time. Expect FAST times according to our lady on the ground. The downside to this, is that it dried... ...[more]

WILLINGEN, Germany (transcendmagazine.com) -- DH qualis are now over for the men. The top 80 who go through to the finals were 13.41 seconds from first to last, things are getting tight! Over 180 men attempted to qualify, along with... ...[more]

WILLINGEN, Germany (transcendmagazine.com) -- Men 1 Jared Graves 2 Joost Wichman 3 Roger Rinderknecht 4 Michal Prokop Women 1 Jill Kintner 2 Katrina Miller 3 Tara Llannes 4 Anneke Beerten... ...[more]

WILLINGEN, Germany (transcendmagazine.com) -- The sun came out in willingen in time to dry some of the 4x track out for qualifying. Lopes is out due to a crash in practice. Thanks to Jill Kintner for the results. Men 1.... ...[more]

WILLINGEN, Germany (transcendmagazine.com) -- Berny P just checked in with a report from the first day's practice in Willingen. It has been raining for about a week, and the course is muddy and slippery. "The course is good.. is not... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Men Australian Sam Hill rode a spectacular race in Fort William this afternoon on an extremely weather beaten track to clinch the second leg of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, narrowly beating French rider... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Full write up shortly, results are in. Men 1 PROKOP Michal 2 LOPES Brian 3 KOVARIK Chris 4 DELDYCKE Mickael 5 GRACIA Cédric 6 ATHERTON Gee 7 TSCHUGG Guido 8 MAROSI Michal Women 1 KINTNER... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- 4x qualis were run this afternoon under ridiculously crummy conditions. Sheeting rain and blustery wind were the word of the day. Thanks to Jill and Lopes for the results MEN 1. Prokop 23.67 2. Tartaravic... ...[more]

VIGO, Spain (transcendmagazine.com) -- Preliminary reports are in from Spain and it looks like Hannah managed to keep it together for the first World Cup downhill win of the season. Perenial favorite, Greg Minnaar, caught a tree stump in practice... ...[more]

VIGO, Spain (transcendmagazine.com) -- Men 1 - Mickael Prokop 2 - Roger Rinderknecht 3 - Kamil Tatarkovic 4 - Joost Wichman Women 1 - Jill Kintner 2 - Sabrina Jonnier 3 - Anneke Beerten 4 - Joey Gough... ...[more]

VIGO, Spain (transcendmagazine.com) -- The course was dry and fast for this afternoon's qualifying runs. The course is pretty chewed up from pushing 300 riders down it for 2 days of practice. There is a little bit of rain int... ...[more]

VIGO, Spain (transcendmagazine.com) -- Lopes is sitting out this race due to having a humongous crash in practice yesterday. He is fine now and just couldn't make it back to qualifying in time. Women 1 - Jill Kintner 2 -... ...[more]

VIGO, Spain (transcendmagazine.com) -- Downhill Practice went off without a hitch today in Vigo. Temperatures were hovering around 20c and the course is bone dry, dusty and slippery. Bertchold is out with a broken pinky finger. Over 250 racers are... ...[more]

VIGO, Spain (transcendmagazine.com) -- First reports are coming in from Vigo, Spain; this year's venue for World Cup Downhill #1. Racers broke in the course last week at the Open Guak local race. It was won by Claudio Caluori and... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Steve Peat finally wins at Fort Bill! Peaty just streaked down the course, recording the fastest qualifying, then fastest split, and finally the fastest time where it matters...across the finish line. It was an all... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Men 1-Steve Peat 4:15 2-Marc Beaumont +.45 3-Nathan Rennie +1.52 Women 1-Tracey Moseley 2-Sabrina Jonnier 3-Rachel Atherton Your #1 qualifier, Steve Peat.... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Practice has ended and qualifying is set to begin here in about 10 mins. Peaty, Kovarik and Barel are tearing this course a new one, going bigger off just about everything in site. No photos,... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- The Fort William 4x was easily the best event of it's kind this year and possibly in history. 15 000 screaming fans would probably tend to agree. Phil Saxena and his course building crew have... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- 4x practice and then the finals are due to start here in just over an hour. Rain doesn't seem to be in the forecast, although it is far from sunny. It has been a generally... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Practice this morning took place under clearing and warm skies here in Fort William. The riders took to the course for an ultra early 8:30am practice on a dry track. Especially fast riders seemed to... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) - The sun is shining here this morning and burning off the fog. DHers have just taken to the course and will be on track until 10. 4x finals runs this afternoon at about 5. Downhill... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- The clouds stuck around, but the rain held off all day today here in Fort William. Due to sattelitte issues, updates have been slow. Timed runs as well as 4x qualifying took place under sunny,... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) - So far today we have had blazing sun, pea soup fog and pouring rain. It’s now sunny and warm again..for now. The big problem are the Scottish midges, little tiny biting bugs that seem to... ...[more]

FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- We just rolled into Fort William for the final world cup of the season. The rain is coming down here fairly heavily, and it is only 15 degrees celcius. It is going to be a... ...[more]

LIVIGNO, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- Well it isn't a gravity event, but it sure as hell is fun to watch. The trials circus was all over the bike village here in Livigno today. Results below. Elite Men 20" 1. Benito Ros... ...[more]

LIVIGNO, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) - Brian Lopes and Jill Kintner continued their domination of all things 4x as they flew to wins to become the 2005 Mountain Bike 4x world champions. The track was 50+ seconds long, testing riders stamina until... ...[more]

LIVIGNO, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) - Fabien Barel and Anne Caroline Chausson are your new Downhill MTB world champions. For the women it was an all french podium, with AC Chausson, Sabrina Jonnier and Emilline Ragot standing comfortably on the steps. On... ...[more]

LIVIGNO, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) - The 4 cross qualifying took place under threatening skies tonight, but not after a little drama. The organizers have hired a goon squad of mountain rescue guys to run security, their egos are a tad large.... ...[more]

LIVIGNO, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- 4x practice is set to start in a bit over an hour, and the rain has just begun to fall lightly. Showers are in the forcast for this evening, with T storms on and off through... ...[more]

LIVIGNO, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) - Dh practice has just ended for the day. This was the last long practice session for the week, and riders were taking full advantage of it. The clouds rolled in about midway through, but he rain... ...[more]

LIVIGNO, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) - The downhillers have taken to the course for their last large practice session (9-12). Not sure if they will do timed runs, as it is not on our list, but we are told they may. The... ...[more]

LIVIGNO, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- DH qualifying just ended here in Livigno. Scarlett Hagen (New Zealand) is taking the lead for the junior women, posting a time of 4:31.42, 6.48 secs ahead of Rachel Atherton (GB). For the junior men, Brendan... ...[more]

LIVIGNO, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) DH practice ended about an hour ago and qualifyng starts at 2:30 here (GMT +7). Same Hill and Peaty are both looking ridiculously fast on what amounts to a freeway down into the valley. There are a... ...[more]

LIVIGNO, Italy (transcendmagazine.com). Following a hectic drive though the italy backcountry, Josh from Motion boy and myself have arrived in Livigno. The fog is lifting this morning and the sun is starting to peek through. Downhillers have taken to the... ...[more]

LIVIGNO, Italy (transcendmagazine.com). Following a hectic drive though the italy backcountry, Josh from Motion boy and myself have arrived in Livigno. The fog is lifting this morning and the sun is starting to peek through. Downhillers have taken to the... ...[more]

PILA, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- World Cup final results are now in from the second to last DH World Cup round of 2005. Sam Hill makes his comeback from injury in fine fashion by taking the win over Greg Minnaar. MEN... ...[more]

PILA, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- Semi Finals results have arrived for todays DH world Cup round in Italy. Men 1. HILL Samuel AUS 4:21.95 Course length : 2600 m / 1.62 Mile - Average Speed : 35.73 Kmh / 22.20 Mph... ...[more]

PILA, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- Timed runs from todays Dh practice are now in. Sam Hill is back in fine form, and perrenial ripper AC Chausson is racing one of her select events for the year, with a 9 second buffer... ...[more]

PILA, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- Results are in for this afternoons 4x in Pila, Italy at the second to last WC round of 2005. With the win, Kintner is just 10 points off the lead going into Fort William, Scotland. Lopes... ...[more]

PILA, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) - The last regular World Cup round goes off this weekend in PIla, Italy. RedBull/Yeti/Fox Racing Shox rider Jill Kintner sent over a few quick photos of the 4x track. Check them out in the gallery. Click... ...[more]

ANGEL FIRE, New Mexico (transcendmagazine.com) -- 4x finals took place tonight at the final North America world cup of the season. Win tonight's win, Jill Kintner (220 points) comes to within 30 points of points leader Anneke Beerten (250 Points)... ...[more]

ANGEL FIRE, New Mexico (transcendmagazine.com) -- Sabrina Jonnier continued her domination of the women's DH class by absolutely crushing the rest of her class this afternoon in New Mexico. Her winning margin of 12.79 secs is the largest so far... ...[more]

It was sunny, dry and calm this morning for DH qualifiers in New Mexico. Hopefully the conditions stay optimal for the finals. Jared Graves has a fairly fat 2.88 second lead on Greg Minnaar going into final runs in a... ...[more]

ANGEL FIRE, New Mexico (transcendmagazine.com) -- Berny Pizarro checked in again with us today following downhill practice, here is what she had to say. Good luck tomorrow Berny. ------ There is nothing really interesting to tell today in the Downhill,... ...[more]

ANGEL FIRE, New Mexico (transcendmagazine.com) -- The thunderstorms that were threatening rolled out and the qualifiers went ahead as planned. Kintner continued her domination of the women's division, well lopes scored par for the course again in the men's. Women... ...[more]

ANGEL FIRE, New Mexico (transcendmagazine.com) -- Timed training runs are in from the Angel Fire world cup Downhill. These are usually a pretty good judge of race times for the finals (as long as the fast guys elected to do... ...[more]

ANGEL FIRE, New Mexico (transcendmagazine.com) -- Just got this weekend's first update in from Berny Pizarro (Cannondale/Redbull). They should be coming in regularly now all weekend. --- I am up here in Angel Fire, in the World Cup ! Today... ...[more]

BALNEARIO CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) 4x results are in. Not sure exactly what happened with the men's race, which saw Lopes head to the consolation round. We will find this out tomorrow as the reports roll in. The women finished as... ...[more]

BALNEARIO CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) -- DH results are just in from Brazil. Writeup shortly. Men 1- Greg Minaar 2:25.21 34.96 km/h 2- Markolf Bertchtold +1.75 3- Mickael Pascal 4- Fabien Barel 5- Cedric Gracia 6- Gee Atherton 7- David Vasquez... ...[more]

BALNEARIO CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) -- DH qualifying reults are in. The race is set to start in just over an hour. Men 1-Greg Minaar 2:26.23 34.71 km/h 2-Fabien Barel +1.63 3-Nathan Rennie +1.89 4-Markolf Bertchold 5-David Vasquez 6-Mickael Pascal 7-Gee... ...[more]

CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) -- The 4x qualifying results are in. Won't be much of a 4x for the women, only 4 are entered, and Kintner has a sizeable lead of 1.5 secs. The men have a full field of 36... ...[more]

CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) -- We just received word in from the world cup in Brazil that Mickael Pascal was the fastest today in timed training runs with a time of 2:30. Markolf Bertchold was #2 with a 2:31 and Greg... ...[more]

CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) -- American 4x Queen Jill Kintner hooked us up with a mini writeup and some bitchin' photos from South America to share with everyone. Thanks Jill! -- Brazil is paradise. We could not have asked for a... ...[more]

CAMBORIU, Brazil (transcendmagazine.com) -- Just got this quick update in from Berny Pizarro who is in touch with numerous riders at the venue. We will keep you up to date on the proceedings as fast as Berny can Translate for... ...[more]

About a dozen photos from the 4 cross finals last night are now up. Sorry for the delay, but I wasn't feeling up to par last night and went to bed almost immediatley following dinner.... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE' Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Full story and photos coming - results in. Minaar says he lost a pedal in the woods and couldn`t get back in..went slowly through the technical sections at the top. Kovarik: This is a... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The rainstorms predicted are now here in sight. The course is only getting faster by the minute. Minaar is the top qualifier unofficially at this time, he put down a ridiculously fast 5:05....sitting up... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com ) -- Men 1-Mickael Prokop 2-Guido Tschugg 3-Cedric Gracia 4-Brian Lopes Women 1-Jill Kintner 2-Aneke Beerten 3-Katrina Miller 4-Tara Llanes Photos to follow.... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- 4x Qualifying just ended. Here is how it`ll look at 7pm Est. Men 1-Brian Lopes 2-Michael Prokop 3-Mick Hannah 4-Gee Atherton Women 1-Anneke Beerten 2-Jill Kintner 3-Tara llanes 4-Melissa Buhl... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The heat has arrived, 39 degrees celsius and climbing today with the humidex. The downhill course was fast and rough this morning int he last practice session before race day. 8am, and almost everyone... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- 4x practice was fast and dusty this evening. Hard to tell who is looking fast, but the usual suspects are all in line - Lopes, Prokop, Gracia, Kovarik. If the course stays dry, tomorrow... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Downhill practices are over fot the day. 4x practice begins at 6pm this evening, and there is currently the redbull combat street event going on downtown in Quebec City. Nothing much in the way... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE (transcendmagazine.com) -- It has been raining on and off here all morning during DH practice. Some sections of the course are getting slick, mostly in the lower technical sections at the bottom of the course, where riders... ...[more]

The latest group of photos is going up in the photo gallery now. It takes a bit to process them out, so be patient. First half dozen are up now. Use the link from the main Ste Anne (right hand... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The beast is back. Riders took to what is perhaps the downhill circuit's most grueling course today. The legendary 5 min downhill is back. Tight singletrack for 65% of the run, the 4km course... ...[more]

MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The sky is clear, the sun is out and the course is looking as good as it gets. The 2005 Mont Ste Anne world cup is ready to kick off early tomorrow morning as... ...[more]