Gee Atherton back in rainbow stripes after six years

Gee Atherton won his first elite downhill world championship title in Val di Sole, Italy in 2008. Then the competition got tougher and year after year passed without another world title. Finally, on Sunday, six years later, he won his second rainbow jersey.

Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews.  She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.