de todo un poco/driver who killed two cyclists ,only five-year driving ban and 300 hours of community service

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Nicolas Vouilloz - The relentless pursuit of balance - SRAM MTB Wheels
After 10 World Champion titles and 5 overall World Cup wins, Nicolas Vouilloz still wants to be and feel fast. A different kind of fast, perhaps. While racing DH, Nico was known for his unconventional and extreme equipment choices. He is now getting ready for the first Enduro World Series season. A riding style that requires a different bike setup, a discipline where racing is spread over an entire day, with many stages and kilometers of riding. Because of these differences, gone are the days of ridiculously low spoke tension, or extreme suspension setups. Nico now makes choices based on a balance of factors such as weight, efficiency and durability. These choices allow Nico to be his fastest and a true pleasure to witness riding.

After being the most successful male mountain biker of all times, and a rally car racing champion, Nico now embarks on the next phase of his competitive life. This time, in the pursuit of balance.

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2013 Moutain bike World Cup season preview

The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano has a late start to the 2013 season, with the first event finally underway this weekend, in Albstadt, Germany, for the opening rounds of the Cross-country and Eliminator. Usually, competition would have started six to eight weeks earlier at what has become the traditional South African venue of Pietermaritzburg, however, this year Pietermaritzburg will host the UCI World Championships later in the season.

While the London Olympics overshadowed every other competition last year, for 2013 the focus returns to the World Cup. After early season competition at various national and regional series events, the top riders in the world are eager for the return of the top level of competition.

From Albstadt, the Cross-country and Eliminator move a week later to Nove Mesto na Morave in the Czech Republic, an event that is rapidly becoming a classic stop on the circuit, renown for enthusiastic fans.

The focus then shifts to the Gravity World Cup for the opening round in Fort William, Scotland, in early June. Fort William is a centre for Downhill, and the top gravity riders will all be looking for a good result here, on one of the longest courses in the series.

A week later, all three disciplines come together in Val di Sole, Italy, site of the 2008 world championships and many previous World Cups. This will be Round 2 of the Downhill, and Round 3 for both the Cross-country and Eliminator.

The World Cup then takes a break until late July, when all three disciplines get back together in Vallnord, Andorra, in the Pyrennes between Spain and France. This will be followed by Mont Ste-Anne, Canada, for Round 5 of the Cross-country and Round 4 of the Downhill. Mont Ste-Anne is truly a historic venue, the only site to have held World Cup competition every year from the beginning of the Series in 1991 - with the exception of the two years when it hosted the world championships.

After a break for the world championships, the World Cup returns to Europe for its final two rounds in mid-September. Hafjell, Norway, steps up from hosting a Downhill to organizing a triple - the final Rounds of the Cross-country (#6) and the Eliminator (#5), plus the penultimate fifth round of the Downhill. Finally, one week later, the Downhill World Cup series concludes in Leogang, Austria, site of the 2012 world championships.


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Tougher sentence demanded for driver who killed two cyclists

Audrey Fyfe's daughter, Aileen Brown, described her mum as a "best friend" – the two are shown here cycling together (CTC)

The families of two cyclists killed by the same motorist have launched a formal appeal to have the “scandalous” sentence for the driver’s latest offence overturned today.

In early May, Gary McCourt was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and given a five-year driving ban for killing Audrey Fyfe in Edinburgh in 2011. A 22-year-old cyclist, George Dalgity, was also killed by McCourt in 1985 – he was given a 10-year ban but only held a provisional licence at the time.

Fyfe’s husband, Ian, and Dalgity’s daughter, Ann, handed a letter to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in Edinburgh this morning, registering a formal request to have McCourt re-sentenced.

The family members were accompanied by the chief executive of the CTC, Gordon Seabright. Audrey Fyfe was a member of the CTC and her family contacted the charity to help campaign for the sentence to be appealed and McCourt given at least a lifetime driving ban.

McCourt, who the court heard had shown signs of depression and post traumatic stress disorder, was not given a prison sentence for killing Fyfe. In the view of Sheriff James Scott, who presided over the case, there were no aggravating factors such as driving under the influence, and he had “momentarily” lost concentration. He said that the fact Fyfe wasn’t wearing a helmet, in his view, contributed to her death.

After McCourt was sentenced on 3 May, Peter Hayman, of CTC Scotland, said: “This 300 hours of community service and only a five-year ban as a sentence is scandalous and goes against the efforts to encourage cycling.”

More than 2,800 emails have already been sent directly to the public prosecutors in Scotland demanding they press for McCourt to be re-sentenced. The Crown Office said this morning they will give “careful consideration as to whether the sentence was unduly lenient”.

Later this week, thousands of cyclists are expected to join the Pedal on Parliament rally to demand that Scottish politicians make roads safer and that laws to protect more vulnerable road users are properly enforced.

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