Fort William World Cup 2011 4X Finals Gallery by IanHylands

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fly4fun (Jun 5, 2011 at 0:41)

Anneke Beerten did not 'easily take the win' in the womens. Joey Gough was out front by a mile until the rock garden, where she slightly came off line and slipped a pedal coming out, enabling Anneke to just get past. It was good, tight racing. And Wichman broke his visor in a crash with Prokop in the semis, hence why he's wearing a different helmet in the finals.

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downhillnirvana (Jun 5, 2011 at 1:18)

Joey left a barn door open in the right hander before the rocks and Anneke went through, simple as. shame tho, it was shaping up to be a good win for her!

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haegar (Jun 5, 2011 at 2:26)

Awesome changes at the Fort Bill track!
That's what all of Fourcross should be like!
No freakin pedalling out of the gate, but technical riding, and massive moves, inside/ outside linechoices that work so you'll never know who'll take the win in the End! I saw some awesome racing, want more of that!

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brooce (Jun 5, 2011 at 2:37)

Yeah, what a CARNAGE! There's always a great racing in FW

It's a pity that Prokop did such a stupid fall, though...

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craigmclennaghan (Jun 5, 2011 at 13:48)

Have to admit i was skeptical about these course changes at first when looking at them on the computer before going up , but once racing got underway it was obvious the changes where both much needed and very well thought out there was plenty of drama , crashes , moves , contact and dont forget crazy hucks of the rock garden . Definitely the best 4x if have ever seen at fort william and up there with the best racing i've seen in 4x

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lewisstp (Jun 6, 2011 at 1:14)

huck the rock garden to flat!!!!:P

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Mudstud (Jun 6, 2011 at 4:29)

I saw some spectacular racing at Fort William. And a solid proof that the problem is not the format of 4Cross, but the course layout in detail. The changes made for this year's race were spot-on, the mix of banked and flat corners, loose surface and most of all the rock garden made for great and entertaining races. Marosi's move against Rafa Alvarez was plain nutters, but successful, loved it. If this does not make the 4cross-haters and dual promoters shut up, what will?

By the way, just to set this straight: Rinderknecht and Graf are not from Zurich, them boys are from Winterthur (as I am myself). It's in the state of Zurich, but 35kms to the northeast and one-third the size of Zurich itself.

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Chris-the-Ripper (Jun 4, 2011 at 23:06)

wow, 4x is just chaos!

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p-romano (Jun 5, 2011 at 0:29)

watch it on freecaster. So many crazy passes and crashes.

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japhex (Jun 4, 2011 at 23:41)

Great moves on the rock garden

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Arin (Jun 5, 2011 at 2:41)

Go Grubby Go Go!!!!!!!!!!!!