Finale Ligure Enduro World Series Practice Slideshow

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This looks like race day, but it's really a slightly nervous group of riders trying to figure out top of Stage 5. No problems for Jerome Clementz. -Lee Trumpore
Sam Hill has been doing a cruiser run followed by a flat out run on each stage so far. This is from the latter on the top of stage two. -Sven Martin
Richie Rude's front wheel was off the ground for almost this entire corner, and he still railed it faster than anyone else. -Lee Trumpore
Richie bumping up the travel and and the air pressure for Finale! He has been charging like a wild beast here thus far (when he is not on his phone racking up the data roaming charges). -Sven Martin
Cecile Ravanel has already clinched the Women's EWS championships, but is looking pinned as ever Finale. -Lee Trumpore
Nico Vouilloz in his last, official EWS. The Alien, flat out the few times I have managed to catch a glimpse of him. -Sven Martin
Anne-Caroline Chausson is here for what is rumored to be her final EWS race, too. -Lee Trumpore
Curtis chases Jared down stage five, the rocky, white ridge line. -Sven Martin
Alexander Cure slalom training down stage seven rocks. -Sven Martin
What would be on your mind right here? A swim? A rock jump into the cooling Med? Some fishing? Seafood or surviving the final reaches of gnarly stage seven? -Sven Martin
Martha Gill, sitting in 3rd in the Junior Women's, sending it off one of the drops up top of stage seven. -Sven Martin
Thomas Lapeyrie armpit sniffing on stage seven. -Sven Martin
Untaped corners = French lines on stage seven. -Sven Martin
Practice #tweakers from the Santa Cruz Mob. Mark Scott before he gets down to business. -Sven Martin
The other #tweaker with his patented Iago Tweak. He promises to have a new move in 2017. -Sven Martin
Anita Gehrig sitting in 3rd overall. She will have to have a solid weekend to keep Ines at bay who is just behind her in points. -Sven Martin
Casey Brown PoW Brown on stage four this morning. -Sven Martin
Caro Gehrig not afraid to spray roost with the best of them. -Sven Martin
Photobomb, Finale style. -Sven Martin
Nico Lau pushed up a few times on bits of stage seven. Hauling ass down after each push up. Already up to speed, I worry how fast they will come down here on race day. -Sven Martin
Miranda Miller on a more suited bike this weekend and she is looking super confident and fast out there. -Sven Martin
Josh Carlson on stage three. A fun feature-filled stage that winds its way down a terraced hillside. -Sven Martin
Tony Ferrari (spelled that way because we're in Italy). -Sven Martin
Anneke is back, happy and healthy! -Sven Martin
Greg Callaghan negotiating the tech bits before the even more tech-er-er bit. -Sven Martin
Trading pedals for spokes in tight, awkward places on stage one. -Sven Martin
Whistler Bike Park warriors have found their way to Italy. -Sven Martin
Adrien Dailly on a tight inside line that no one else managed to get to. It's all about exit speed on this infamous Varigotti corner. -Sven Martin
Matt Wragg forgetting he is turning on a bicycle and not a jet ski or snowmobile. You can't blame him though with all the distracting views on offer. -Sven Martin
Marco Osbourne doing his best to dodge me on his first run up top of stage five. A brand new trail meant it was the first time any racers rode this piece of earth. -Sven Martin
Cody Kelley about to order a funghi pizza. -Sven Martin
Mateo Delormo up top of stage four this morning. Quite a contrast to the glaring sun in the afternoon. -Sven Martin
Old and new. It's the Finale fusion. -Sven Martin
Jared Graves dropping in to 'Rocche Gianche' (white rock), named for the massive rock slabs and loose gravel making up the top of Stage 5. -Lee Trumpore
Cecile and a few of the other RockShox riders are on the new remote lock-out coil shock here. -Sven Martin
Best pump track location ever? The sand keeps it feeling natural, too. -Sven Martin
Martin Maes about to experience a very abrupt wheel check. Probably planned though, to flick the wheel back around for the approaching tight left-hander. -Sven Martin
Cedric Ravanel getting Scandi into the tight, steep switchbacks of stage two. -Sven Martin
Damien Oton padding up for this weekend. Dressed like this, expect checkers or wreckers! -Sven Martin
Half the joy of practice is all the sweet coffee and gelato stops. Caro and Anka celebrate another run done. -Sven Martin
Sam Hill came, Sam Hill looked, Sam Hill sent. Off the ledge and straight down the middle. -Lee Trumpore
Remi Gauvin, requesting permission to land. -Lee Trumpore
Stage 1 was fresh cut and covered in leaves in spots, making it a challenge for riders to spot the racing line at speed. -Lee Trumpore
The uncreative, obvious line is to zig-zag the gully at the bottom, but Mark Scott did his Vital MTB homework and took the highline for extra speed. -Lee Trumpore
Caro Gehrig getting horizontal on the toboggan corners of Stage 4. -Lee Trumpore
So much #lightbro, so few riders. -Lee Trumpore
Martin Maes has been a wild man in practice. With nothing to lose, might he finally claim his first EWS win? -Lee Trumpore
McKay Vezina, has been a quick study at enduro, winning bragging rights in Valberg as the fastest Giant rider, he's not looking any slower in Finale. -Lee Trumpore
Sam Hill fully lit through the top of Stage 2. -Lee Trumpore
The first riders were the leaf blowers for the rest of the field. Elliot Trabac didn't seem to mind the extra effort. -Lee Trumpore
Rene Wildhaber, up with the sun for a long day in the saddle. -Lee Trumpore
Here's to hoping the rest of his day went a bit better. Race action starts soon! -Lee Trumpore
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Riders took to the diverse and abusive Finale Ligure, Italy, trails to learn their lines for race day. This is the final test of the 2016 EWS season and riders are ready to hang it out for the last chance at glory. Sven Martin and Lee Trumpore deliver the action!

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