The mountain bike World Cup has moved to Fort William, Scotland, for round five of the cross-country and round three of the gravity events this weekend. The actions gets under way Friday evening with the 4-cross, followed by the cross-country on Saturday and concluding with the downhill on Sunday. On the women’s side, some of the missing names from last weekend are back, among them Sabine Spitz (Ghost) and Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Multivan Merida). However, world champion Irina Kalentieva (Topeak Ergon) is still missing due to illness, and sixth-ranked Nathalie Schneitter (Colnago) has skipped the race to prepare for the world championships in the U23 category. Both categories are well down in numbers, with 92 men and 49 women on the start list.
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