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MTB World Championships, Rotorua, New Zealand, August 22-27, 2006

Four Cross, August 25

Crash during finals
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Crash near the top
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The new world champion
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Riders fly
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A huge crowd turned out
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Brian Lopes (USA)
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Riders have no time to enjoy the view
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Brian Lopes (USA)
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Former downhill world champion Cedric Gracia
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Mountain bike legend Brian Lopes (USA)
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The new world champion
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Cedric Gracia
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Brian Lopes
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Lopes stops
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Practice was
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Gracia lays
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Jill Kintner
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Lopes leads out
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... and ex world
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Gracia turning in.
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Kintner in her
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Spectators enjoying
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Lopes in seeding
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Prokop does his thing.
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Brian Lopes (USA)
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Looking up the spectator-lined course.
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Alex Lloyd (Australia)
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Michal Prokop (Czech Republic)
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Lopes looked so comfortable
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Mickael Daldycke (France)
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Eventual second place getter Roger Rinderknecht
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Third place getter Guido Tschugg (Germany)
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Lopes again
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Jill Kintner leading Jan Horakova
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Third place getter Anita Molcik
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Prokop leading Will Longden (Great Britain)
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The start-gate for the semi-final
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Marosi tries to cut in on Lopes
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Lopes trying to pick up the pieces
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Joost Wichman
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The gate drops
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Kintner leads Beerten
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The men’s final!
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Tschugg aims it right for the berm
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Dan Atherton
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Atherton after the finish.
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Kirkcaldie the Oceania 4X champion
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Prokop getting ready to slip into something more comfortable
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Anneke Beerten (Netherlands)
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Molcik clung on for third.
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It gives you wings apparently.
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Tschugg didn’t make friends with Lopes
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Your new Men’s 4X World Champion
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Michal Prokop
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Mike Haderer
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Gee Atherton
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Gee Atherton
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Guido Tschugg
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Kamil Tatarkovic
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Kamil Tatarkovic
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Cedric Gracia
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Gracia runs
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Gracia takes
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For Brian Lopes
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Lars Sternberg
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Mickael Deldycke
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Craig Pattle
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Jurg Meijer
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Kiwi's are
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Brian Lopes
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Lars Sternberg
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Roger Rinderknecht
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Michal Prokop
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Will Longden
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Dan Atherton
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Joost Wichman
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Michal Prokop
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Michal Prokop
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Guido Tschugg
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Guido Tschugg
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Dan Atherton
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Podium
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Podium
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Jill Kintner
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Tara Llanes
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Tara Llanes
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Anneke Beerten
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Joey Gough
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Joey Gough
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GOOD crowd!
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Jill Kintner
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Anneke Beerten
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Jana Horakova
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Jana Horakova,
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Podium
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