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Photo Gallery: 2019 Fort William World Cup Slip ‘N’ Slide

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Fort William provided the goods again for this year’s round of the UCI Downhill World Cup, but before we move on to the next leg, let’s check out some the images we caught at the Nevis Range.

With a grueling track, extreme weather and crowds not seen at any other DH World Cup rounds on the calendar, there are plenty of opportunities to snap away and gather quite a collection of photographs. This year I spent a fair few hours over 4 days, prowling the pits and climbing the track to grab some photos. What I’ve curated below are a few photos that I feel give you an idea of what we all experienced at the 2019 Fort William DH World Cup, and I’d even go as far as saying there are a couple of “bangers” thrown in too.

If you’ve enjoyed our 2019 downhill WC coverage so far, and you would like to see us at more UCI World Cup rounds please let us know in the comments below.

What photography kit did I use?

I’m not a professional photographer by any stretch so you’ll see that my camera equipment isn’t Sven Martin level. Still, I do enjoy photography and I think a couple of the images go to show that you don’t necessarily need to spend £1000’s to get a good photo.

My kit included;

2019 Fort William photo gallery

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Here comes the rain again.
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The weather didn’t see to bother Phil Atwill.
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James spied a little moto that caught his eye.
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There was some serious toolbox game in the pits.
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Loic’s RedBull race helmet.
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Plenty of different line choices in the woods to mix things up.
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Windy at the top
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Amaury Pierron looks happy with his new 29er Supreme.
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A brief moment in qualifying when the sun appeared.
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Plenty of riders were sporting the new Fox Zebra pants.
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I wouldn’t hit this wallride in the dry nevermind the wet!
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The iconic Silverline wall ride.
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There was a lot of ingenuity going on to divert the floods.
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Jack Moir’s puddle laundromat
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Slip n slide.
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Some took it wide some took the direct approach.
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Keeping clean was tricky this weekend.
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Anyone know where we were racing this weekend?
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Laying it flat.
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Commencal Vallnord had one of the neatest pits.
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The hot seat.
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Even on race day, there was time to style it up.
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Even the rain didn’t stop fans walk up the track.
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Finn Iles had one hell of a run at Fort Bill.
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The Fort Bill crowd provided a deafening roar that greeted racers as they crossed the finish line.
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There aren’t many sports when top athletes get along so well.

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Andi is a gadget guru and mountain biker who has lived and ridden bikes in China and Spain before settling down in the Peak District to become Singletrack's social media expert. He is definitely more big travel fun than XC sufferer but his bike collection does include some rare hardtails - He's a collector and curator as well as a rider. Theory and practice in perfect balance with his inner chi, or something. As well as living life based on what he last read in a fortune cookie Andi likes nothing better than riding big travel bikes.

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