Is it that time of the year already? It only seems like yesterday we were starting the race season here in Italy and this weekend we are bringing one series to a close. For the final round of its first season, Supermountain has headed to Scopello in the mountains of Novara. The Alpe di Mera bike park has held downhill races here for years, but this is the first time anyone has run a mass-start race like this here. That DH history shows in the course and it's maybe the most technical of the three rounds so far, even if the course is slightly shorter, with the fast guys coming down in around seven minutes today, there's plenty of gradient to play with. Coming into this last round Manuel Ducci leads the series, Davide Sottocornola is right on his heels though and this is only a short drive from his home, so nobody would be surprised to see him do well this weekend... In the women's competition it is looking like Valentina Macheda will take the overall victory this weekend.
A little rain isn't going to stop the fun tomorrow though. All season long Supermountain has meant good fun on the bike for riders and exciting racing for those of us on the other side of the tape, some water between now and when it all kicks off at 10 in the morning isn't going to change that one bit.
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EDIT: Also thanks for the huge pictures sizes. I've got a bunch of new desktop wallpapers