June 05, 2014 (Fort William, Scotland) – Fort William is the third stop on the 2014 Downhill World Cup tour, so the battle lines have been drawn and the leading contenders for the overall season title are in position. Now it’s Fort William – a very different type of course where not only must you battle down the tough upper section but you need to keep something in reserve for the final sprint along the huge jumps of the Motorway.

Twelve Canadians are registered for the event with seven Elite men, four women, and one junior man on the start list:

Elite Men
– Forrest Riesco (Can)
– Steve Smith (Can) Devinci Global Racing
– Kyle Sangers (Can)
– Remi Gauvin (Can)
– Kirk McDowall (Can)
– Mark Wallace (Can) Devinci Global Racing
– Matthew Beer (Can)

Junior Men
– Jack Iles (Can)

Women
– Micayla Gatto (Can) Pivot Factory DH Team
– Casey Brown (Can) Bergamont Hayes World Team
– Miranda Miller (Can)
– Jaime Hill (Can)

Check out the action live here – if you can’t make it on 7-8 June.

There are no major course changes to the Nevis Range Downhill track this year – just lots of subtle changes to sweeten the line choice. Could we see an improvement on Gee Atherton’s fastest time of 4 min 35.7 sec, recorded in 2010 or sister Rachel’s fastest women’s time of 5min 08.85 secs recorded in 2013?

Make sure that you are there to find out.