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Creber gives good showing at World's

The weekend saw U-23 rider Hamish Creber finish a credible 39th within a 102 strong field in the men's U-23 cross country discipline at the World Championships in Vale di Sole in Italy.
 
Though hoping to record a top 30 finish, the Edinburgh rider finished survived the heat and punishing five-lap long course to complete the race in 1hr 50: 21; fifteen minutes behind winner and 2008 European Junior Mountain Bike Champion, Peter Sagan of Slovakia (1hr 35: 21).
 
After Scotland's Ruaridh Cunningham's stormed down the Fort William course last year to be crowned Junior World Downhill Champion, twelve months later and in Italian sunshine it was Englishman Josh Bryceland who took the coveted junior world title. 
 
And in a memorable week for British downhill mountain biking, Bryceland's gold medal winning feat was then matched by siblings Gee and Rachel Atherton who won the respective men's and women's senior downhill titles.
 
Sheffield's Steve Peat was once again denied a World Championship title and had to settle for silver.
 
However, after launching his World Cup season in May with a 17th place in Slovenia, Oban's Ben Cathro also showed promise on the tough men's elite downhill course, finishing in 26th place and 21 seconds down on winner Atherton.