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Hey, we won the UCI Rainbow award for
best DH World Cup in 1999. So, 2002 is
just whip cream on top. Am I drunk?
07/20/02
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This is a view of the last part of the
course, as well as the city of Maribor
and looking toward Graz Austria.
07/20/02
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The DH course follows the ski slope
running down the center of the
photo.
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The Dual race was really exciting, and
was run down the street in from of the
great party place - Takos!
07/20/02
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We loved the cars, which some
riders were able to jump over
and some weren't.
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Anyways, the crowd loved it, and it
was great to see everyone having a
great time.
07/20/02
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This was the first time a 4X race
was held in Maribor. It was a steep
course with some big air.
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For the 4X, the finish jump of the
DH was used, and the result was some
big air jumps.
07/20/02
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These photos were taken during the 4X
rider practice runs, but there was
still a big crowd.
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Katrina Miller is one of the few women
riders who could get big air on the
final jump.
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This was one of my favorite views of the
4X,as the riders launched themselves in
to space. Go Buck Rogers!
07/20/02
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This is the second to last birm, and was
a place of contact and crashes. One guy
jumped the birm, and broke something.
07/20/02
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The shutter bumps before the final jump
kinda shook all the riders up and made
sure they didn't get board.
07/20/02
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This photo shows just how big the final
jump is. How many time on your normal
bike ride do you jump this distance?
07/20/02
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After the birm jump, is the last birm -
this rider landed in the birm and hit so
hard he popped the tubes out of his tires.
07/20/02
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Cedric Gracias and Wade Boots have a
quick chat about the course and how
to deal with it.
07/20/02
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This is a view of the 4X race, as it
starts. Mike King ended up winning
it, and boy was he happy about it!
07/20/02
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Mean while on the DH hill course, the
riders had fun on some of the more
intense and faster sections.
07/20/02
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This section has a jump which is
visable even from the finish, making
for a good show.
07/20/02
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Having an average grade of 22% mean
that the riders needed some pretty
deep birms to make some of the turns.
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Sorry about the crappy photo, but my
little camera was pushing it here. I
thought it was cool to do this.
07/20/02
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This birm featured some real high
speeds, and many times the riders
were parallel to the ground.
07/20/02
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This is just before one of my
favorite parts of the course
because it is kind of weird.
07/20/02
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Here a rider is running through
the turn, which is like a snake
with a little jump after this.
07/20/02
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Rocks and Roll only seems to get
better, and in 2002 it is longer
which made for a fun time.
07/20/02
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For much of the practice runs, the
course was dry, but for race day
started raining.
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The areas in the forest didn't get
very wet on race day, so all the
riders rode the dry rocks on mud tires.
07/20/02
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A another beautiful view of Maribor
and Graz, Austria, just before the
riders enter Rocks and Roll.
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Here is another one of my favorite
sections - Aleluja. It is a good
test of off-camber turning.
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The final strech just before the
final launch in to space jump that
puts the rider into the finish area.
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