RECON - Enduro World Series, Val di Fassa, Italy - Mountain Biking Pictures

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It's been a busy week for the Enduro World Series community. Richie Rude announced a return from a banned substance infraction and Martin Maes announced a suspension for banned substance infraction. Thankfully the mountains are greater than the drama, and the Italian Dolomites provide the perfect backdrop to help us forget about the opinions and get on with the racing. Sven Martin and @maddogboris drop the pics in between gelatos.

An anti-doping educational seminar was held here last night and was attended by all the top riders. Lots taken away from the meeting and hopefully this will help riders make better informed decisions. Greg Callaghan in audio. -Sven Martin

Cecile Ravanel did a little tour of stage five. Taking it easy, it is still early days in her recovery and rehab, but she was all smiles to be in the mountains on two wheels again. -Sven Martin

Dimitri Tordo taking the high line to get into the first proper corner of Stage 1 @maddogboris

Jesse Melamed. -Sven Martin

Casual morning light in Canazei. @maddogboris

With the heat, it been cold Spritzes as the drink of choice, rather than cold beers. Sante. -Sven Martin

Mark Scott keeping the milliseconds on the right side of the clock. Tuck FTW. -Sven Martin

Iago effortlessly gapping the natural step-down which most chose to skip or safety case. None of that from Iago. -Sven Martin

Notebooks can't run out of battery or fail you. Kurt McDonald keeps track of Eddie's clicks. @maddogboris

Starting an avalanche. -Sven Martin

Thanks to Wylly Basilico and his crew. They're why we are here in Canazei this weekend. @maddogboris

Richie Rude on a freight train. -Sven Martin

Wyn Masters on stage three. Titans. Natural, fresh-cut track with a few man-made enhancements. But it's all fresh roots here. -Sven Martin

Natural tracks cut into magical forests with amazing backdrops. Stage five, Tutti Frutti is the Queen stage for this race. -Sven Martin

That's a proper lift. #dolomitesstyle @maddogboris

Martha Gill don't need no 900m gondola. Go on girl! -Sven Martin

Little Isabeau Courdurier on a bike with big wheels in front of even bigger mountains. @maddogboris

Jesse Melamed on Stage 5! You can nearly see the finish of this stage in town. @maddogboris

Maxime Chapuis. @maddogboris

One of the few straight bits of trail you will find out here this week. -Sven Martin

Spotlight on Sam Hill. New bike and rearing to go. -Sven Martin

Lifts and gondolas everywhere in Val Di Fassa. -Sven Martin

Marco Osbourne fresh off a Trans-Provence win, mending wheels to keep on rolling this week. The most blue collar factory racer out here. -Sven Martin

Maddog making sure he gets proper contact with the bar drag while waiting for riders today. -Sven Martin

Ines Thoma is looking strong and focused! -Sven Martin

Lee Trumpore just started Stage 4. -Sven Martin

Yes Marco Osborne! Doesn't matter if you just spent 600 euro to repair your fisheye after too many roost-rock-shots. We always get stoked about some drifts. @maddogboris

Cody Kelley and Iago Garay should have a tweak-off champs in Finale. Cody gets extra bendy with this one. -Sven Martin

Bikes and big mountains. A perfect match. -Sven Martin

Antoine Vidal, junior series leader, smashing corners, feet-up and no problem on the stage five ridge line. -Sven Martin

Canyon Team Manger Larry is one of the most passionate guys in the pits and that's why we love him. @maddogboris

Adrien Daily is on a mission and we wouldn't be surprised to see him on the podium. @maddogboris

The local school designed the trophies for the race. @maddogboris

Cole Lucas not afraid of an off-camber rooty landing. -Sven Martin

Who doesn't like a good Kiwi story? Charley Murray (on the right) tells us about his Grand Canyon exploits and 2500 beers. -Sven Martin

Robin Wallner in action. -Sven Martin

While there is a lot of loam and mulch, there are still plenty of rocks that bite back. -Sven Martin

Ella Conolly dropping into Stage1 to start two days of training. @maddogboris

The Pope and the Mayor. The two most powerful people here in Canazei this week. -Sven Martin

Sweltering mid 40's heat wave out here makes the media a bit dilly at times. -Sven Martin

The 50th EWS and the people who bring it to you. Can you believe we have hit fifty already. -Sven Martin

Kevin Miguel shredding down Stage 5. @maddogboris

New series leader, Florian Nicolai, loving the tracks out here that suit his style perfectly. -Sven Martin

Rae scrubbing the steep chutes on stage four. -Sven Martin

Like a drawing?! @maddogboris

Canazei is as rad as the trails here. @maddogboris

Miranda Miller looking confident and fast here in Italy! @maddogboris

Morgane Charre slicing her way down the piste on stage five. @maddogboris

Eddie had some bad luck with some chicken dinner...maybe he took it from the plate of someone else? @maddogboris

Spirit is still high in the GT Factory Racing pit. @maddogboris

Flo was not the only one sending this "jump" big time...Theotim Trabac in action. @maddogboris

Good to see Martin Maes here in Italy. He was open for questions and took time to explain his situation. @maddogboris

Just our Sven :) @maddogboris

Bex Barona on Stage 5. At the end of this stage she had a crash on a wooden feature in town just before the finish. We hope it isn't too bad and that we will see her racing tomorrow. @maddogboris

Good to have Richie Rude back! @maddogboris

Let's keep that thing going -> #whereiswaldo @maddogboris

Your series leader, Florian Nicolai, seems to have the time of his life. Even though he's super focused while training, he pushed back up for us and had fun on the natural (gnarly) jumps. @maddogboris

Pedro Burns. @maddogboris

GT Racer Noga Korem sending over some roots. @maddogboris

EWS Director Chris Ball probably thinking about how beautiful Canazei is. @maddogboris

#Mediasquids are stoked to be in Canazei! @maddogboris