In the new issue of What Mountain Bike (on sale July 31), we give you the lowdown on what you can look forward to when the cream of the XC mountain biking crop descend on Essex to tackle the purpose-built Olympics mountain bike course.
You can read about our Team GB contenders hoping to go for gold, Annie Last and Liam Killeen, the best places to watch the thrills and potential spills at the venue or from the comfort of your own sofa and more. Here we bring you the full interviews with the people who are responsible for building that all-important course and overseeing that the event goes smoothly.
Val d’Isère, France (July 30, 2012) — American Aaron Gwin’s (Temecula, Calif./Trek World Racing) fifth-place finish in yesterday’s downhill competition at the RockyRoads UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano in Val d’Isère, France, was enough to secure him the overall downhill world cup title for the second year in a row.
Gwin finished just over a second back on winner Brook MacDonald (NZL/MS Mondraker Team), but South African Greg Minnaar (RSA/Santa Cruz Syndicate), who placed fourth, wasn’t able to  … More
The time we spent in Llinars del Valles with Andreu was quite entertaining, and here you can see the full story of what happened during the week of production.
FMX rider Edgar Torronteras came to ride with Andreu at his compound, and legendary BMX rider Cory Nastazio joined in for a session at Andreus´ trails.