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Briton Joe Oakley receives a one-point penalty for "dabbing" the ground with his foot. The official indicates this with a raised finger. The general principle in a bike trials competition is to ride a number of pre-marked sections (usually two laps of ten sections or three laps of seven sections), the winner being the rider with the fewest points at the end of the competition.
Ryan Leech (born February 20, 1979, in British Columbia, Canada) is a professional trials mountain bike rider. [1] At age 13 he began racing cross-country and downhill mountain bikes. In the spring of 1996, Leech joined Team ORB which subsequently changed into The Norco Factory Team [2] in 1998.
Daniel MacAskill (born 23 December 1985) [1] [2] is a Scottish trials cyclist, from Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye.He works professionally as a street trials and mountain bike rider for Santa Cruz Bicycles. [3]
Martyn Ashton (born 2 December 1974) [1] is a former British and World Champion mountain bike trials rider, stunt rider and team manager. [2] He had been riding professional trials since 1993, [3] and has been described as a mountain biking legend, [4] [5] and credited with turning trials riding into one of the fast-growing areas of the sport of mountain biking. [6]
Mountain bike trials is a sport where riders navigate natural and human-made obstacles without putting down their foot, or "dabbing". It is similar to motorcycle trials. Points are awarded for bike handling skills. The first UCI Trials World Championships took place in 1986.
Hansjörg Rey, aka Hans "No Way" Rey (born 4 June 1966) is a pioneer in mountain bike trials and extreme mountain biking also known as Freeride /"Freeriding". Rey began riding in the late 1970's, since 1987, he has ridden exclusively on GT bikes. In 1999, he was inducted to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.
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The men's downhill is an event at the annual UCI Mountain Bike & Trails World Championships. It has been held since the inaugural championships in 1990. It has been held since the inaugural championships in 1990.