British Cycling Online's Rider Diaries

Read the latest diaries from Britain's best professional mountain bikers, with behind the scenes gossip, info and the latest news - including Tracy Moseley, Sally Bigham, Scott Beaumont, Oli Beckingsale, Sue Clarke and Steve James.

STEVE JAMES
The racing development phenomenon of 2009, the first-year Junior mixing it with Elite racers in March; a selection for the World Championships and multiple nominations in the XCRacer annual awards - there's little denying Steve James made a massive impact on cross country racing last year. 2010 marks the start of his second season. Read about year one, following his British Cycling journey on Road To 2012 and follow Steve's personal account of racing right here.

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TRACY MOSELEY
Britain's most established female downhiller, Tracy Moseley has been racing at the highest level for 15 years and is one of the only gravity racers to have won a round of both the downhill and fourcross World Cup, alongside multiple national titles and the prestigeous UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup in 2006. With only the rainbow stripes elluding the Malvern-based rider, 2010 and Mont St. Anne would be an apt counterpoint to Steve Peat's astonishing World Championship title in 2009. Read Tracy's feature-length interview here, before catching the latest in her rider diary.

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SALLY BIGHAM
Racing for just three years but already ranked number three in the world for marathon, Sally Bigham has had an extraordinary rise to fight against the World elite. Entering into her fourth season of racing and full-time employment, Sally looks to find a perfect balance between winning, work and perfect alpine singletrack. To find out all about Sally read her feature-length interview, and get the latest from her epic adventures right here.

 

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SCOTT BEAUMONT
A double World-Champion at BMX, racing internationally before most kids were off stabilisers and now a fourcross specialist and Freecaster commentator, Scott Beaumont has every angle covered and is the pros pro. To find out all about Scott read his feature-length interview - Racing In The Blood, and get the latest on his 2010 preparations right here.

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OLI BECKINGSALE
Britain's foremost cross country racing ambassador, Oli Beckingsale is a three-time Olympian and has achieved top ten results on the World Cup circuit and at the World Championships. Now riding for Giant, Oli embarks toward his fourth and final Olympic Games with the hope of representing Great Britain at a home Olympics. To find out all about Oli read his feature-length interview, and get the latest from his season right here.

 

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TEAM GB
Keep up with the happenings of the British Cycling Mountain Bike Team with behind the scenes updates from the riders and team management.

 

 

 

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SUE CLARKE
Racing cross country and representing Great Britain since 1994 when she rode as a Junior in the World Mountain Bike Championships, Sue Clarke has been British Champion, competed in the Commonwealth Games and is now making a return to top level racing with help from husband and XC racing legend, Barrie Clarke. To find out all about Sue read her feature-length interview, and get the latest from her comeback right here.

 

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