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UCI World Cup Finals Hampered by MudSeptember 14, 2003 Racers endured
persistent rain and a mud-spoiled course at this year's World Cup finals. USA's Marla Streb perservered to win the downhill.
Meirhaeghe and Spitz Claim Cross-Country TitlesSeptember 7, 2003 Filip Meirhaeghe and
Sabine Spitz took advantage of early falters by defending champions to become the new cross-country UCI Mountain Bike World Champions.
Chausson Dominates Downhill...AgainSeptember 6, 2003 There was no stopping Anne-Caroline
Chausson as she continued to dominate the 2003 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, winning the gruelling downhill for her second gold.
USA Takes Three Medals at MTB Worlds 4-crossSeptember 5, 2003 Michael Prokop snatched
the gold at the 2003 UCI Mountain Bike World Championship 4-Cross event, while Anne-Caroline Chausson proved why she's the best female gravity rider
on the planet.
DH /X-C #5 /4X #5: World Cup Blasts Through Grouse MountainJuly 13, 2003 Wet and muddy
conditions greeted riders at the fifth World Cup stop at Canada's Grouse Mountain. Gunn-Rita Dahle and Fionn Griffiths continued their dominance on the
circuit.
DH #3 /X-C #3 /4X #3: Canadian Pile-UpsJune 29, 2003 Those Canucks love a good
show, and they got one with the multitude of pile-ups and crashes at the fourth UCI World Cup
stop at Canada's Mont Sainte Anne. Steve Peat narrowly beat the field to win the downhill while Fiona Griffiths won her first World Cup title...
DH #2/4X #2: Alpine Mud SlideJune 8, 2003 Take a gravity-defying, 21-switchback course at France's Alpe d Huez, mix it with rain and you get mud wrestling on wheels. Yup, that's what happened during the 4X finals at the third World Cup event. Luckily, sunshine on the second day spared the downhill...
XC #2/DH #1/4X #1: Battle at Fort WilliamJune 1, 2003 The second stop on the World Cup took riders to the steep Nevis range at Fort William. In the downhill, World Champion Steve Peat raced the punishing 2.6k course despite an injury and still managed to limp home in 19th place.
World Cup XC#1: Perfect Conditions, Perfect World Cup Opener May 25, 2003 The 2003 UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) Mountain Bike World Cup kicked off at St. Wendel, Germany in perfect conditions. Swiss Rider Christoph Sauser and reigning World Champ Gunn-Rita Dahle bested the tough field for top honors.
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