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1) show more context. Where are these riders coming from? Are they shredding some downhill section? Are there technical bits that they're throwing a lot of "body English" to get around? Just muscled up something steep? Shooting perpendicular to the direction of travel doesn't do a great job of this. Aside from the rather small plumes of dirt under the tires, there's not a great sense of speed either. If they're really railing this corner, I'd slow the shutter a little bit to emphasize that.
2) show more dirt. It's harder in the summer when everything is dry, but these guys look too clean for a mountain bike race. Even in dry conditions, usually dust will start to cake a little bit on sweaty riders.
3) how long was course? If you only walked 1-2 miles, you probably missed a lot. If you aren't a cyclist yourself, this might be asking a lot, but I would TOTALLY do a lap of the course to get an idea of where the photogenic spots are, and where the hard spots are. Ideally, you'll find somewhere that is both.
There could be 1000 lightly sweeping dirt corners that are 1.5 bike lengths long on a mountain bike course. Why'd you pick this one? (That could also go back to 1 if there's context you're not showing).
If you have a mountain bike and a backpack camera bag (or can borrow either) that will also let you move around easier if you wanted to shoot more than one spot during the race, too, if time allows.
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