As the rain fell and the mud began to cling, South African Greg Minnaar flew down a hill in Scotland to win the second leg of the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup in Fort William on Sunday. It was Minnaar’s 20th World Cup win, entrenching his position as the most successful downhill mountain biker on the planet on a course that has played host to some of the most significant times in his career. Minnaar has won seven times on the Scottish track, overcoming a slippery and muddy middle section that caught many out, and repeating his victory from 2016.

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