Gravity racers ready for next round of UCI World Cup
This weekend the final event in the spring campaign of the UCI World Cup presented by Shimano will take place in Maribor, Slovenia. Maribor, one of the friendliest and most intimate stops on the World Cup Tour, will play host to round five of the downhill series. While the teams are enjoying sunny weather in training, there is a strong possibility of rain for the weekend, which could have a huge impact on racing.
The 2.5 kilometre downhill run drops 448 metres, with a mixture of terrain that requires riders to be all-round performers. Out of the start gate, riders cut across a fast meadow sections before hitting the first wooded section of the course, with rocks, roots and dropoffs. From here it is back to …Â Details
Former mountain biking world champion Melissa “Missy†Giove was in custody Thursday on federal drug charges after authorities said they seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana from a truck she was driving in upstate New York.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials said Wednesday that the 37-year-old Giove, of Chesapeake, Va., and 30-year-old Eric Canori of Wilton were charged Tuesday with conspiring to possess and distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana.
Authorities said they seized nearly 400 pounds of pot from the truck and from Canori’s home outside Saratoga Springs, 25 miles north of Albany.
Giove and Canori were in the custody of U.S. Marshals pending detention hearings Thursday afternoon in Albany…Â Details