smoranc, there's no more then half minute of post-prod in this photo. maybe I was just lucky...
here you have a few more:
www.flickr.com/photos/61412507@N06/5775488918/in/set-72157626839268302
www.mtb.si/novice/229-dh-cerkno-fotogalerija-lestvice-.html

 sorry... didn´t mean to offend you.

Maybe I'm not that good judging or analizing photos. Sorry dude.
It is just that everything in first palne is focused and the back doesn´t. I can't figure out how you made it happen. All my panning shots just concentrate the focus area in the rider. This is awesome, the way you managed to take this shot. Can I ask... what were your settings in the camera?

Thanks man and sorry again if you felt ofended by my comment.
Cheers.

 BTW... you got some serious shots in your gallery. Great work man.

 1D3, 17mm, f5.6, 1/50 sec, ISO200; 580EX from behind, just outside of the frame, zoomed to 50mm at about 1/4; 430EXII one metre on the right of the camera, zoomed to 28mm, about 1/2 of power; PWplusII

Cheers