Mountain Bike photos - day three

The third day of competition at the World Mountain Bike Championships at Fort William, Scotland gets underway

Riders travel up the mountains on a day that will see the Junior Men's Cross Country title decided

It is a gruelling 34.2km race through the forests and Britain's David Fletcher is among the early leaders

Fletcher chases Poland's Piotr Brzozka on lap three of four as the battle for second place hots up

The 18-year-old, in has last year as a junior, fails to overtake Brzozka but picks up Britain's first medal at the Championships

The bronze medal is also Britain's first at the World Championships since Liam Killeen's Under-23 silver in 2004

Switzerland's Thomas Litscher takes the gold medal in one hour, 37 minutes six seconds - 40 seconds ahead of Fletcher

Alex Paton, who helped Britian to ninth in the Team Relay earlier in the week, comes in 17th in his first year as a junior

Hamish Creber meanwhile suffers a suspected broken nose on lap one and then punctures a tyre on lap three

Following a lengthy run with his bike, Creber repairs his tyre and rises from almost last position to finish 55th out of 89

Shaun Hurrell trails in 61st after more bad luck when he punctures his rear wheel on the final lap

World top ten ranked rider Gee Atherton qualifies second fastest for the Senior Men's Downhill Championship

Reigning World Cup champion Steve Peat is 13th just six weeks after sustaining an ankle injury at the Nationals

In the 26" wheel junior men's trials, British duo Joe Oakley and Scott Wilson qualify for the finals

In the Senior Women's Downhill Rachel Atherton and Tracey Moseley qualify for the final in first and second respectively

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