All in the timing Competition for places is hot, with selection decisions likely to be tougher than ever.
Taking the men's team to the ski slopes at St Moritz is apparently one of Grobler's favoured methods for building team spirit.
So, with the next trials in February and the first World Cup event in Munich in May, these time trials are crucial.
Reed and Triggs-Hodge win the first race of the day in the pairs, finishing more than eight seconds ahead of 2006 world championship finalists Colin Smith and Tom James.

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