Well on the whole we had a fantastic weekend at Fort William. The race, weather and whole event was amazing. As you can see we took top honours for the weekend winning the best team award. It was great having the while team up on the podium in front of the cheering race fans.

ChainReactionCycles.com/Intense riders Matt Simmonds and Ruaridh Cunningham took part in their first ever IXS Cup in Innerleithen last weekend.  Matt ended up in 3rd place while Ruaridh finished up in 6th.  Here’s Matt’s round up of the weekend.

So this year, with a new addition to the team, some brand new bikes and a fully fit group of riders, 2010 could very well see Chain Reaction Cycles/intense in the limelight of the world Circuit.

The race today in Maribor was a total mud fest but with surprisingly very close times.

With all the rain yesterday and this morning the track turned into peanut butter for the riders with huge holes and very slippy rocks and roots making it one of the most physical World Cup races in a long time.

In the Mens race Matt Simmonds had a great ride placing 14th in the end, less than 3 seconds off the podium and on the same second as 8th. This result equaled Matt's best World Cup finish to date and continues his great form this year. He has put in the work over the winter and it is definitely paying off. We are all proud of you on the team Matt, well done and we know you can improve on this even more as the year unfolds.