World Championships 2007

[mredrock]

Hey guys, i'm in kinda late, what site are you watching this on?

[John P.]

Weather at the top is absolute $HIT. Reminds me of the Bromont Canada Cup a couple years back when some dude offered me $150 for my rain suit at the top of the mountain, and it was so f-ing cold, wet, and windy I didn't even consider it. :)

[pZyteX]

go hill!

[Whoops]

Hill!!!!

[danielsapp414]

check around page 26

[Dogboy]

Go Sam!

[John P.]

Hill on course.

[SnowboardinWA]

im watching worlds on BBC, according to the guy on the tv, looks like there only showing the big guns go down live, thyeve showed xc, 4x, and trails stuff already, now to the live DH, at least soon to the live DH

EREN!!! You where supposed to GO!!

[Eren]

arg showin re run of junior and women before the live men, damn

[jvnixon]

game over HIll is killing it
sam hil lsplit up 10 seconds@!

[Whoops]

looks good

[SnowboardinWA]

Go Sam Go!!!

[John P.]

Hill 10 seconds up at split!

[Whoops]

4:52!....

[pZyteX]

hill 4 52

[heikkihall]

Hill potentially had a crash but is still 8.5 seconds up in absolute crap conditions.

[Dogboy]

Hell yeah Hill!

[BC VAN]

8.5 on canal flix?

[RaID]

f@cken yeh dog

sammy for the win

[Eren]

hill in first! 458? i think

[Mark W]

Did you see the way he railed that berm at the top!? Holy f***!

[JohnnyBoyDH]

I thought Sam would have been faster.....

[SnowboardinWA]

Its over...... No one is going to beat Hill... I can get 3 hours sleep before I leave for the Seahawks game

[ZoRo]

Did you see the way he railed that berm at the top!? Holy f***!

Yep, that was epic! GOD, we all know it was gonna happen...

[SylentK]

Hill is unbelievable. Did you see how much more smooth and controlled he was? Speachless....

[John P.]

Hill in first by 8 seconds.

Still can't believe how skinny he is . . . no idea where he generates any power.

BTW, nice stubby visor there, Sammy. :)

[Inclag]

Damn Hill!

[SnowboardinWA]

EREN.... I thought your dad said you could go to Worlds??

[Carnaza]

Did you see the way he railed that berm at the top!? Holy f***!

that left turn where he was almost bottoming out the sunday?


hell yes i saw him¡¡

[stiksandstones]

keep all comments and posts rolling, its my only salvation with no TV

[lockstock]

Did you see the way he railed that berm at the top!? Holy f***!

FVCK YEAH!!!!!!!!

[stiksandstones]

How many left?

[Whoops]

rankin now

[RaID]

21 with the rest of the big guns aswell

dan atherton 3rd 5:01

[Dogboy]

How many left?
21 left.

[John P.]

Atherton in at 3rd.

But he made up about 5 seconds on hill in the last 90 seconds of the course. If anyone else can rail the top like Sam did, Hill's going to be in trouble.

[Whoops]

WOAH! nice save nathan

[heikkihall]

Strobel on deck.

Lets GO LUKE!!!

[Dogboy]

Nice save by Rankin.

[Whoops]

off the track now.. bummer

[RaID]

seriously i dont think anyone can de thrown sammy especially with more rain comming down

it looks very very loose

[Eren]

strobel! the local ripper

[Whoops]

showing his bum!

[JohnnyBoyDH]

Rain is affecting the course....lots of wind.


Rankin's ass is hanging out! HAHAHAHAHA

[Dogboy]

Rankin's ass! Ha!

[Whoops]

"the barefaced cheek of the man!"

[SnowboardinWA]

Hes a bit Cheakie

[John P.]

Rankin crashed and his whole ass is hanging out of his skin suit. LMAO.

[Damo]

nice ass rankin...

[RaID]

rankins arse is hangging out

pretty much summs up the deal for not wearing a speed suite

[JohnnyBoyDH]

20 to go

[heikkihall]

Fabien up soon.

What can he do?

[valve bouncer]

showing his bum!

involuntary brown-eye.

[Carnaza]

rank"ass"in

[lockstock]

gotta love Rankin runnin the assless skin suit

[jvnixon]

Hopefully the muppets are off the course for Fabien :)

[Inclag]

Ahahaha, classic with Rankin there!

[JohnnyBoyDH]

back after these words..........

[Whoops]

arghhhhhh - an ad? I want free coverage damn it.

[SylentK]

Anybody elses sound go out on mtbcut?

[JohnnyBoyDH]

Hill 4:52.01
Canals +8.28

[John P.]

Yo Heikki-

I think I just saw Toby hiking up the course with The Bang Bus strapped to his back.

[Mark W]

I've got a replay of Sam's run on MtbCut, sound is fine.

[Eren]

live coverage on BBC now. course looks hashed and is dark as hell, death like conditions

[stiksandstones]

Hill 4:52.01
Canals +8.28

Shouldn't sam be beating him by much more, even in worse conditions?

[Damo]

strobel is up

[Whoops]

strobel up now

[Damo]

strobel is down!

[SnowboardinWA]

I know LUKE!!!

[JohnnyBoyDH]

Luke Strobel is down

[Whoops]

he's down

[heikkihall]

Shouldn't sam be beating him by much more, even in worse conditions?

Canals Flix has snuck into the top 10 before in World Cups. Occasionally close to the top 5. Those Spaniards are getting quick.

[Damo]

strobel 7th

[Dogboy]

Strobel down. Bummer.

[John P.]

Strobel was honking and then slid out. :(

Conditions do look a little better though.

[JohnnyBoyDH]

Shouldn't sam be beating him by much more, even in worse conditions?


I thought so.....find out soon

Luke is in 7th 5:08

[Whoops]

would've been a good time -shame

[EM-EFER]

Strobel down

[Inclag]

Damn Luke would have likely been in second without that fall

[Damo]

barel less than a second down at split!!!!!

[dante]

uh oh...

[Damo]

barel 2nd...

[heikkihall]

Fabien goes 2nd

[JohnnyBoyDH]

Barel +.64!

[Acadian]

what a run by Barel!!! wow.

[SnowboardinWA]

Wow!!!!!

[Dogboy]

Whoooo. Barel so close.

[Inclag]

Damn Barel!!!! So close!

[[un]]

Good Job Fab, with your broken foot... the race aint over!

[RaID]

too close for comfort sick run by barel

[BC VAN]

i don't think thats the only bullet Sam will have to dodge today, we'll see?

[Mark W]

There was a rumour that Sam crashed in his run, any confirmation?

[John P.]

Can't imagine Hill's time will hold up with Barel so close and so many fast riders left . . . but we'll see . . .

[matsO]

must.buy.kona

[SnowboardinWA]

How many more racers?

[Damo]

matti up....

[heikkihall]

Matti on course

[JohnnyBoyDH]

Matti is on course

[SnowboardinWA]

Does anyone know where theres a list of the quilifing timeS?

[Damo]

matti 9.11 sec down

[dante]

There was a rumour that Sam crashed in his run, any confirmation?

would explain being up 10sec at the split and then only up 8sec by the end of his run...

[Damo]

matti 4th

['size]

Does anyone know where theres a list of the quilifing timeS?

here you go
link (http://www.uci.ch/UciDoc/MTB/2007/CM/DH_ME_SR.pdf)

[Damo]

the don is up

[Inclag]

No crash by Hill. Page speculated because he thought he saw mud on him but corrected himself when he saw that it was some splatter

[John P.]

would explain being up 10sec at the split and then only up 8sec by the end of his run...

If he did crash, he didn't get any mud on him, which would be pretty much impossible in those conditions. They showed a close-up of him at the finish, and all he had on him for dirt was mud splats from the tires.

[SnowboardinWA]

15 riders left...then sleep

[Mark W]

Yeah, I heard Page say it, but there was no follow up. Thanks all :)

[John P.]

Anyone see those f-ing flags at the top??!?? Gale-force winds.

[Damo]

c'mon reid!

[stiksandstones]

c'mon peat

[JohnnyBoyDH]

peaty coming up!

[John P.]

Peaty on deck. Prepare for a giant beer-soaked orgy at the finish if he takes first.

[Inclag]

Go Peaty Go!!!!!!!!

[SnowboardinWA]

Steve Peat next!!

[Yeti]

peat's on!

[heikkihall]

Peat on course.

[schwaaa31]

:rockout: :rockout: :rockout: :rockout: :rockout: Go Peaty Go!!!!!!!!

[Dogboy]

Go Peaty!!

[Damo]

peat not on the pace... he's cruising

[SnowboardinWA]

Hes not pedaling....ugh

[ZoRo]

peat is off... bummer

[heikkihall]

Peaty is sitting up after a crash.

[Damo]

no saddle!!

[John P.]

Peaty looks slow at the top

[jvnixon]

He has no seat

[Dogboy]

Props to Peaty for giving it a go.

[Damo]

peat 56th

[SylentK]

Peaty not lookin' so fast...what was that with the camera guy?

[SnowboardinWA]

Saddle is just dead weight

[stiksandstones]

hope his foot is ok

[Eren]

haha peaty no seat, i think the tv is 2 riders behind live coverage

[JohnnyBoyDH]

:( poor Peaty

[Damo]

vazquez 37th

[John P.]

Starting to look better for Hill . . . not a lot of big guns left.

[heikkihall]

Only 10 riders left to go.

[ZoRo]

Barel really pinned it. Man he's got to hot card for World Champs when he is healthy

[SylentK]

Still have Minaar, Rennie...who else?

[JohnnyBoyDH]

Hill has to be worried....not that great of a run IMO

[stiksandstones]

With Barels injury-you gotta go with the 'baddest mofo of the worlds' award.

[Damo]

holy s*** those flags are looking to be ripped off the poles! marc is on the course...

[jvnixon]

Minaar, Rennie, Hannah, Gee Atherton, Sam B., Pascal, stanbridge

[Whoops]

:spam:

Imagine how fast Barel would be if he rode a sunday!

:spam:

[Damo]

beaumont 6th

[Eren]

dan whoever on the orange went down HARD!

[stiksandstones]

:spam:

Imagine how fast Barel would be if he rode a sunday!

:spam:

Imagine how fast sam would have been NOT on a sunday.

[Damo]

stanbridge down big time

[heikkihall]

Pascal up next. Another great mud rider. How will he fair?

[jvnixon]

reason #1 to run an integrated stem right there..

[Damo]

those q-bikes look nice

[stiksandstones]

Pascal up next. Another great mud rider. How will he fair?

3rd or 48th

[Whoops]

Imagine how fast sam would have been NOT on a sunday.

heretic! burn the heretic!






lol

[Eren]

psacal down

[Damo]

pascal goes down hard too

[SylentK]

Minaar, Rennie, Hannah, Gee Atherton, Sam B., Pascal, stanbridge

Thanks! I'd say Hill has plenty to worry about.

Damn Stanbridge! Crash on the top of the course...

[Damo]

pascal 29th

[Eren]

pascal 29th

[Whoops]

go Sam!

[jvnixon]

Sammie B on course

[JohnnyBoyDH]

Dammit...Pascal was my darkhorse pick.....I think he would have been right up there.

[Damo]

sam blenki 10sec down

[JohnnyBoyDH]

^^^Pascal bailed

[Eren]

blenkinsop 5th

[Damo]

sam b 5th

[BC VAN]

sam b 5th

time for Sam B?

[heikkihall]

Sam B into 5th. Great run by the young rider.

[Eren]

rennie on course

[heikkihall]

Rennie on track, only 5 riders left to go.

[Damo]

rennie crashes

[Eren]

rennie goes down

[ekozy39]

thanks for pbp guys

[heikkihall]

Rennie a few seconds down on the pace.

[Damo]

rennie 7th with crash

[Eren]

rennie finishes 7th, way better if he didnt crash, loads of muyd on the jersey

[ZoRo]

Rennie crashed but we did not get to see it

[RaID]

rennie had an off 7th

[Eren]

florent payel, french man, slips a pedal on the start ramp!! owned

[Eren]

payet** 5th

[Eren]

mike hannah on course

[Damo]

mic hannah 8th

[Eren]

hannah finishes 8th

[Dogboy]

Mick looking strong.

[LukeD]

where are you guys watching this? i checked up on this kinda late and don't wanna look back 50 or so pages to figure it out haha

[Eren]

on course is some french bitch i think. . .

[jvnixon]

on course is some french bitch i think. . .

Hahaha. Only one i was rooting for was barel & cedric

[Eren]

camelli or whatever, ALMOST over the bars on the hipo jump, holy SH!T

[Damo]

camellini 5th

[Eren]

french bitch time was 5:01

gee atherton on course

[Damo]

gee up

[BC VAN]

how far are these guys off hills time?

[Dogboy]

2 to go!

[jvnixon]

Barel is .64 behind hill's time, everyone else is +9.67 or more

[Damo]

gee6.43 sec down

[heikkihall]

Gee a few seconds off the pace but looks great

[Damo]

gee 3rd

[Eren]

gee atherton goes into 3rd!

[BC VAN]

Barel is .64 behind hill's time, everyone else is +9.67 or more

thanks

[Damo]

go minnaar!!!

[Eren]

last rider on course!

minaar

[dw]

damn its killing me

[RaID]

gee 3rd

[Dogboy]

Great run for Gee.

[jvnixon]

Minnar looks timid. I call Sam Hill wins.

[heikkihall]

Minnaar off the pace

[Damo]

minnaar 8.26 down, sam hill is the champ!!!!

[ZoRo]

Hill world champ again!!!

[dante]

go SAM!!

[Eren]

Greg minaar finishes in 4

SAM HILL FOR THE WIN 2 years running, SAM HILL UNSTOPABLE

here comes the cash for iron horse, everyone wants the 6700 sam hill replica sunday. :) hehe

way to go sam

[Damo]

minnaar 4th!

[heikkihall]

Sam takes it!!!

[Yeti]

hill wins!!!!!

[RaID]

yeh Sammy for the win

[Dogboy]

Yeah Sam!! Looks like he's taking both titles this year!

[dw]

UNREAL

I am so psyched right now. I need to go calm down.

YEEAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!

[dante]

Sam and Sabrina are both champs again this year, right?

[ekozy39]

where did the top american finish?

[Eren]

uh oh, sam hill drinking a red amp! luckly the labels were taped off, hehe

[Whoops]

congrats to Sam (and IH - 1st in mens and womans again...)

[Damo]

hill, barel, atherton, minnaar.
Sam blenkinsop 9th. Nice work kiwis...

[RaID]

Sam and Sabrina are both champs again this year, right?

yeh another sunday clean up

[JohnnyBoyDH]

Great ride by Barel.....no one else was really close.

[jvnixon]

Hill 4:52.01
Barel +.64
Gee Atherton +4.37
Minaar +7.95
Pasqual +8.28

[Eren]

Sam and Sabrina are both champs again this year, right?

yea, i think

strobel top american? in 20th

[ZoRo]

My props goes out to Barel... What a ride!! Hey, he was back to back world champ too!!

But Hill owned 2007: nothing more to be said!

[Whoops]

strobel = 20th?

[dante]

Great ride by Barel.....no one else was really close.

jeez he can really turn it on at the big races. even injured.

[JohnnyBoyDH]

jeez he can really turn it on at the big races. even injured.

He was out for a while too wasn't he? Is this his first race back?

[DVNT]

he broke his foot 4 weeks ago at whistler

places 2nd only +.64 incredible

[Sandro]

Man, Sam sounds super excited

[JohnnyBoyDH]

That was pretty good coverage! Too bad it wasn't on real TV over here.

[Eren]

haha sam hill! yea i dont ride in the wet, so i just ride it likes its dry and it works for me.

and yea i held back in qualifing, i had some sneekier lines i didnt want people seein and everyones filming and taking pictures of qualies so i saved it for the race today and it worked out for me, haha!

[Damo]

hill jumping up and down in excitement!

[Damo]

goodnight america, good to have you onboard.
I'm off to do some more cleaning and organising my chalet...
later.

[Demomonkey]

That was mtb/interweb heaven:happydance: :happydance: :happydance:

[Mark W]

Awards are now on mtbcut...or not...not sure what event thats for.

[dante]

That was pretty good coverage! Too bad it wasn't on real TV over here.

too bad it wasn't available AT ALL over here in the US. look for a post of mine about boycotting various sponsors of that crappy WCSN website shortly. also thinking about contacting the UCI to a) voice my displeasure at their unconscionable decision to give WCSN sole coverage in the US, and b) inquire as to what it would cost to buy those specific rights. wonder if freecaster/cycling.tv/etc have any info on how much the rights would be to add on the US to their coverage...

[Damo]

Demomonkey & Whoops: You up early for this eh? Now you have to go to work red-eyed!

[valve bouncer]

Man, Sam sounds super excited
He was so laid back he was horizontal.

[Demomonkey]

wonder if freecaster/cycling.tv/etc have any info on how much the rights would be to add on the US to their coverage...

At a guess, they probably do and decided it was too much

[guytzuv]

mtbcut coverage was sweeet

[dante]

At a guess, they probably do and decided it was too much

well then maybe we'll just have to convince them it would be worthwhile to do so. :)

[lockstock]

mtbcut = the sh1t

[E.T.]

MTB Cut is officially one of he best websites. I only wish I could have figured out the proxy junk before Sam Hill's run. Oh well, at least I got to see like the top 30 or so. My heart almost jumped out of my chest on Barel's run. SO CLOSE... Big props to Luke Strobel for finishing 20th with a crash. Not Bad!

[dw]

Hill in first by 8 seconds.

Still can't believe how skinny he is . . . no idea where he generates any power.

BTW, nice stubby visor there, Sammy. :)

He doesn't generate a lot of power, but his dw-link doesn't waste much.. :) heh

[jvnixon]

He doesn't generate a lot of power, but his dw-link doesn't waste much.. :) heh

The fan-boy is strong in this one... :)

[bballe336]

too bad it wasn't available AT ALL over here in the US. look for a post of mine about boycotting various sponsors of that crappy WCSN website shortly. also thinking about contacting the UCI to a) voice my displeasure at their unconscionable decision to give WCSN sole coverage in the US, and b) inquire as to what it would cost to buy those specific rights. wonder if freecaster/cycling.tv/etc have any info on how much the rights would be to add on the US to their coverage...

I watched the live feed on mtbcut and I'm in the US. I just had to use a german proxy. I can deal with using a proxy for a few hours every year to watch the races. Although I agree that the lack of legal (?) US coverage is lame.

[skiforfree33]

hey does any one know what JD time was? how far was he out of first?

[dante]

I watched the live feed on mtbcut and I'm in the US. I just had to use a german proxy. I can deal with using a proxy for a few hours every year to watch the races. Although I agree that the lack of legal (?) US coverage is lame.

for some reason I got nothin' on any of the proxies I tried. tried connecting to everything I could find for 2 hours and finally gave up.

[DhDork]

hey does any one know what JD time was? how far was he out of first?

Swanguen? +4.01. Full results at Sicklines.com

I can't believe I forgot to try and proxy MTBcut. :banghead:

[SylentK]

Did you guys see how pissed off Graves was after his crash? It looked like he pulled off the course to get mad at himself. What a horrible weekend for him...