Katerina Nash (Czech Republic) rides the big rocks
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Catherine Pendrel (Canada) tries to chase down Maja Wloszczowska (Poland)
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Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) with a 10-second lead on the field
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Katrin Laumann (Switzerland) runs with her bike
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Mary McConneloug (USA) loves to ride courses that are muddy and technical
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Eva Lechner (Italy) gets off to a fast start but drifted back to 10th
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Elisabeth Osl (Austria) is off her bike quite a bit today
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Irina Kalentieva (Russia) has no trouble in the rocks and roots
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Willow Koerber (USA) being chased by Kalentieva
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Willow Koerber (USA) uses her patented low climbing style
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Willow Koerber (USA) riding her 29-inch bike up the switchbacks
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Georgia Gould (Luna Pro Team) finishing fifth
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Willow Koerber (USA) lets her big wheeled bike do the work
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Willow Koerber (USA) smokes a technical descent
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Kate Potter (Australia) decides it was faster to run the "A" line of the
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Heather Irmiger (USA) tries to crack the top five
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Sabine Spitz (Germany) rides to an eighth place finish
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Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) crosses a wooden bridge with the lead
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Olympic Champion Sabine Spitz (Germany) is quite competitive today after
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of the many breakaways during the stage.
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Elisabeth Osl (Austria) leads a long train of riders down some switchbacks
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Heather Irmiger has one of her best starts in international competition
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Heather Irmiger (USA) on the starting line
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Last season's World Cup champion Elisabeth Osl (Austria)
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Crowd favorite Marie-Helene Premont (Canada)
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The elite women's start on pavement
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Katrin Leumann (Switzerland) has been a terrific starter this year
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Marie-Helene Premont (Canada) on the uphill switchbacks
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Former world champion Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa rides to 18th place today
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Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) wins the world championship
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Irina Katentieva (Russia) rides in third on the start loop
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Catherine Pendrel (Canada) rides in second place on the start loop
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The women's race made a left hand turn almost immediately after the start
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Mary McConneloug and Willow Koerber represented the United States on the
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Willow Koerber (United States) edges out Catherine Pendrel (Canada) for
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Irina Kalentieva (Russia), by finishing second, is not able to repeat
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Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) is ecstatic about her win in the women's cross
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Maja Wloszcowska (Poland) stumbles while running down the most treacherous
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Maja Wloszcowska (Poland) leading in the woods on lap two.
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Maja Wloszcowska (Poland) rounding the uphill switchbacks with one lap
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Maja Wloszcowska (Poland) wins the World Championship in convincing style.
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