Tracy Moseley and Greg Minnaar ride their way to World Cup glory on Aonach Mor

In the end, it didn't disappoint. The tenth anniversary of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Fort William passed off yesterday evening after two pulsating Downhill finals.

Fans banged pots and pans and anything they could get their hands on, as the global elite in the sport battered their way down Aonach Mor.

At the conclusion, the lucky 20,000 spectators went home with sore ears, tingles and the memory of a British winner and runner-up.

Tracy Moseley posted an incredible fifth win in ten years on the challenging 555m Downhill course.

Fellow Briton Rachel Atherton made her work hard, despite just recovering from shoulder surgery, but Moseley's time of 5 minutes 21.898 seconds was unbeatable and she now has the honour of leading the World Cup series overall as well as being the reigning world champion.

"This was a really big one for me but, this year, the target is to try to win the World Cup series," she said, with sweat pouring off her brow. "I've started off pretty well and hopefully I can get that overall title. I've only won it once, so it would be nice to do it again.

"Every time I race here the atmosphere is incredible. I got all my lines together, I was more aggressive and it paid off."

In the Men's final, young Brit Danny Hart finished second, his first ever appearance on a World Cup podium.

Victory, however, belonged to South African Greg Minnaar in a time of 4 minutes 43.854 seconds. It was his fourth Downhill title here; he has also won a Four Cross gold for good measure.

"Every time here is hard. It's a tough race to win," he said. "It's physical and very long but winning here is special every time. I've been in contention for the overall World Cup series title three or four years now. I've won it once but lost it last year by fractions to Gee Atherton. I don't want that to happen again."

This tenth World Cup wasn't all about Sunday, though. Saturday saw spills aplenty. With spectators hanging out of pine trees as well as lining the course, the action was feverish.

Australian Jared Graves usually has the Four Cross finals licked at "Fort Bill", winning here the last three years.

Whether or not it was a touch of arrogance that undid him but he was left looking rather miffed with his fifth place.

In the end, Swiss rider Roger Rinderknecht took the honours after a final which had a touch of the wacky races about it. Dutch rider Joost Wichman looked to have carved himself a victory, emerging fastest through the first "rollers".

However, he missed the line at the perilous rock garden and tumbled overthe bars before throwing his bike across the track.World champion Tomas Slavik had to duck to avoid it and Rinderknecht rode through the melee to take the victory.

The ladies were just as fearless. British rider Joey Gough put in a heroic shift and will count herself unlucky not to have taken take the ultimate prize rather than second place.

Anneke Beerten managed to cut inside her during a turn and maintained her line to prevent Gough getting past.

It was the Dutch women's first Fort William victory in nine attempts. "I've been coming here so long so it is great to finally do it," she said.

The spectators have been coming here for ages, too. With action like this, they'll be back again in 2012.