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USA Cycling Mountain News The latest mountain bike news from USA Cycling Mountain Bike Worlds open with team relay and junior women's XC by kkahn@usacycling.org 1 Sep 2010 at 10:57pm The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships kicked off on Wednesday with Todd Wells, Rob Squire, Seth Kemp, and Katie Compton placing the U.S. ninth in the team relay and junior rider Essence Barton riding to 13th place in the junior womenandrsquo;s cross country event. Aaron Gwin fourth overall in the Downhill World Cup standings by kkahn@usacycling.org 29 Aug 2010 at 10:17pm The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is officially in the books as racing wrapped up on Windham Mountain in New York's Catskills on Sunday with the men's and women's downhill contests. Reigning U.S. national champ Aaron Gwin earned a spot on the overall World Cup podium in only his second year racing the World Cup circuit. His fourth place finish in Sunday's final earned him fourth place overall in the final World Cup standings. Koerber ends World Cup season in 2nd overall as U.S. hosts finals by kkahn@usacycling.org 29 Aug 2010 at 12:10am Saturday was a good day for American women as both Willow Koerber and Georgia Gould wrapped up the Mountain Bike World Cup season on the podium, in second and fourth respectively in the final overall standings. The women's success came during a busy day of racing at New York's Windham Mountain. The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup finale not only featured the elite men's and women's cross country contests on Saturday, but also the elite four cross competitions and the junior men's and women's cross country events. World's top riders converge on Windham for MTB World Cup finale by kkahn@usacycling.org 25 Aug 2010 at 10:11pm For the first time since 2005, a UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is being held in the United States. It gets underway this weekend with the top off-road athletes from around the world gathering in Windham, NY for the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup finale. Citizen bicyclists are invited to join in on the action during the Race the World events taking place at the Windham 2010 Mountain Bike World Cup Festival this week. USA Cycling nominates 53 to U.S. team for Mountain Bike Worlds by kkahn@usacycling.org 11 Aug 2010 at 10:05pm USA Cycling announced today the 53 athletes nominated to represent the United States at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Saint Anne, Quebec, September 1-5. Park, Looney compete at Mountain Bike Marathon Worlds by jhammond@usacycling.org 9 Aug 2010 at 7:01pm Americans Krista Park (Madison, S.D./Cannondale-incycle.com) and Sonya Looney (Boulder, Colo./Topeak Ergon) wrapped up competition at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships on Sunday in St. Wendel, Germany. Pre-race checklist videos for MTB World Championship competitors by jhammond@usacycling.org 3 Aug 2010 at 10:32pm Heading to the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships? These videos will help you arrive with your ride in prime condition for competition. Kintner extends Pro GRT lead, Smith into 5th after Crankworx by asmith@usacycling.org 3 Aug 2010 at 8:49pm USA Cycling continued its 2010 Pro Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) last weekend with the Crankworx Colorado event at Trestle Bike Park in Winterpark, Colo., the penultimate race in the 2010 series. Jill Kintner came away with the win in the women's downhill to increase her overall lead while Waylon Smith used his victory to move into the Pro GRT's top five. The nation's premier gravity mountain bike series will wrap-up Sept. 10-12 at Whiteface Mountain Bike Park in Lake Placid, N.Y. Compton finishes fourth at Val di Sole UCI World Cup #8 by asmith@usacycling.org 2 Aug 2010 at 7:12pm Katie Compton finished fourth in the elite women's cross country competition at the latest UCI Mountain Bike World Cup event in Val di Sole, Italy. Compton was one of five riders in the top 20 from the United States, the top-ranked country in the world in women's mountain biking. The World Cup concludes on American soil Aug. 28-29 in Windham, N.Y. Pro GRT continues this weekend with Crankworx Colorado by kkahn@usacycling.org 29 Jul 2010 at 6:40pm The 2010 USA Cycling Professional Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) makes its way to the Rocky Mountains this weekend with a stop at Winter Park Resort's Trestle Bike Park, July 29-August 1. The Colorado event is the fourth of five international-grade downhill events on the Pro GRT. Winter Park will host many of the world's top riders as they look to gain points in the season-long series. Newsfeed display by CaRP