If there is something I cant stand its people who support riders from other country's more then they do there own. For instance what is all the fuss over hill if your from the UK. Surely Peaty, Gee etc are the guys you should be rooting for. Same with Gwin Its a sport and I think you should root for your home grown first before anyone else. I am presonaly pretty gutted that Pete and Gee didnt end up in the top 3 but then its good to see the up and coming riders coming through.

I would have loved to start at position 30 in my qualifier, pretty much garuntees you qualification unless your useless. I started at 145th and finished in 112th with a 2 minute stop to chat to a Marshal I knew. Next year i'll be entering as early as possible and training harder so that If I do start behind a bunch of slow XC riders that run down the steep stuff I can just barge through them.