Third time a charm in Pietermaritzburg for Absalon

The Cascades MTB Park has in the past proven to be a place where current men's cross country world ranked number two Julien Absalon (BMC) has never quite been able to step onto the top spot of the podium; however, he sees the upcoming UCI Mountain Bike World Championships as the perfect opportunity to claim that elusive number one spot when he takes to the popular course in KwaZulu-Natal's "Bike City".