More Fort William Racing Action

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Romain Saladini was back from an injury and quickly back on form, taking fourth in the final.

Anneke Beerten owned the early rounds, but couldn't maintain the power required to own the opening straight during the final and settled for fourth.

"Grubby" Graves having a little fun at Michal Prokop's expense on the podium with the sponsor block. Prokop knows what's going on, but can't do a thing to get Graves' monster can off his red bull hat brim.

Unloading the gondola at the top of Ben Nevis.

"I only use four gears. I'm no weight weenie, it's just efficiency. Most races I only use one or two, anyway" - Jared Graves

Chris Kovarik won a race held here the week prior to the Maribor WC and a ninth place during qualifying showed his familiarity with the new track. "I hate the woods the most. Not so much the actual trail, but coming into the woods at speed from the open trail. It's damn hard to see and you're already beat to shit from the upper section."

Minnaar was the final rider on the track in practice and took an unusual-for him-number of runs before qualifying (5 vs his typical 2). But the extra laps were worth it: he owned the track today, beating all comers.

Rachel Atherton was on form, beating out Sabrina Jonnier by 2.02 seconds. Not bad for racing with a broken finger.

"Sluggo" Beaumont came down eighth on the day, nearly 6 seconds back. "I left some seconds up there for sure... But I know where I messed up, so I'll be faster tomorrow."