The 2011 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships continued Saturday in Beech Mountain, N.C. with the dual slalom competition. The day started overcast and foggy, but slowly cleared, leaving the racers to compete in cool temperatures under partly cloudy skies.
When the professional riders assumed center stage Saturday, Mitch Ropelato (Ogden, Utah/SPS North America) and Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash./RedBull-Transition Racing) topped the men’s and women’s podiums.
Kintner, who won the  … More