Sparks to fly at World Cup warm-up in South Africa

World champion Christoph Sauser, heads up the strongest field ever assembled

World champion Christoph Sauser, heads up the strongest field ever assembled (Image credit: Gary Perkin)

Just one week before the opening mountain bike World Cup in South Africa, many racers are getting over the jet lag and testing their legs at round five of the 2009 MTN National Mountain Bike Cup in Pietermaritzburg.