Never had an issue with a lot of riders. Even the old 80 was good for me. It's like ads before movies in cinemas. If someone doesn't like it one can always tune in late.
so we are at the top guys and still see only the top and from split 3 onwards?
Ha! Yes. We prefer rocks. You know, the ones the size of apples or cantelope that are loose and move. That's the best. Thanks.
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I live in New England and I'm still salty that so many racers who come out of the US did so while running on faster, open tracks like this, and relative to the EU racers can't seem to ride a bike quickly through woods (especially when wet).Ha! Yes. We prefer rocks. You know, the ones the size of apples or cantelope that are loose and move. That's the best. Thanks.
#irony
More families with disposable income out west, for funding things like bike and ski racing, as opposed to hockey and crap?
Any biker east of Michigan should have no excuse for not being exposed to wooded slime roots and rox.
Also, neither will be wearing the rainbow jersey tonight.Hej Nina....no I am Tahnee .....
Superb commentating.
Also throwing Aaron and Amaury under the bus by asking them to ask question, which clearly was not agreed on earlier. Good to know they grow the sport so professional.
Camera coverage was good though, only the editor missed sometimes the switching over points.
Loved that overhead drone shot for the full runs, was hoping they'd go even higher and get us some satellite photos.
I think the theories about ESO/UCI in cahoots with the larger trade teams to get the field whittled down to 30 riders - any of whom could win on a given weekend - have credence.
Time for a B league, I guess.
I think the theories about ESO/UCI in cahoots with the larger trade teams to get the field whittled down to 30 riders - any of whom could win on a given weekend - have credence.
Time for a B league, I guess.
What happened to the dynamic J&J duo? Weather come back in hot and heavy?
Worst results either of them have seen in their careers....
Worst results either of them have seen in their careers....
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| Rank | Prev Name / UCI MTB Team | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ILES Finn | 969 |
| SPECIALIZED GRAVITY | ||
| 2 | GOLDSTONE Jackson * | 816 |
| SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE | ||
| 3 | DAPRELA Thibaut * | 807 |
| COMMENCAL/MUC-OFF BY RIDING | ||
| 4 | VERGIER Loris | 782 |
| TREK FACTORY RACING GRAVITY | ||
| 5 | BRUNI Loic | 768 |
| SPECIALIZED GRAVITY | ||
| 6 | KOLB Andreas | 696 |
| CONTINENTAL ATHERTON | ||
| 7 | BROSNAN Troy | 605 |
| CANYON CLLCTV FACTORY TEAM | ||
| 8 | WILLIAMS Jordan * | 581 |
| SPECIALIZED GRAVITY | ||
| 9 | SHAW Luca | 540 |
| CANYON CLLCTV FACTORY TEAM | ||
| 10 | GREENLAND Laurie | 531 |
| SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE |
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UCI DHI Elite Women Standings 2023
After Round 4
Search:
| Rank | Prev Name / UCI MTB Team | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HÖLL Valentina * | 1242 | |
| ROCKSHOX TREK RACE TEAM | |||
| 2 | BALANCHE Camille | 1020 | |
| DORVAL AM COMMENCAL | |||
| 3 | HOFFMANN Nina | 868 | |
| SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE | |||
| 4 | CABIROU Marine | 713 | |
| SCOTT DOWNHILL FACTORY | |||
| 5 | ATHERTON Rachel | 616 | |
| CONTINENTAL ATHERTON | |||
| 6 | HRASTNIK Monika | 545 | |
| DORVAL AM COMMENCAL | |||
| 7 | HEMSTREET Gracey * | 496 | |
| NORCO FACTORY TEAM | |||
| 8 | SEAGRAVE Tahnee | 399 | |
| CANYON CLLCTV FMD | |||
| 9 | BLEWITT Jess * | 365 | |
| GT-CONTINENTAL FACTORY RACING | |||
| 10 | GALE Phoebe * | 287 | |
| CANYON CLLCTV FMD |
c/o this helpful site:
https://thesendicate.net/uci-world-cup-downhill-standings
Even Redbull.tv had abbreviated camera coverage for all but the final 10-20 race runs, with full runs for the top qualifiers/last to go down.
This year, though, the coverage is so terrible for all but the top racers that the decision seems intentionally designed to reduce sponsor exposure for all but the big factory teams who can pull in riders who consistently finish near the top.
The intent seems to be to have a field of no more than 30 riders in the finals, which would align with Chris Ball's public statements about "growing the sport" - get more sponsor and series buy-in money from the larger trade teams. Ironically, growing the sport in this way actually shrinks the pool of riders competing on a given weekend.
Wasn't Ball a rider's rep when A/B practice was introduced? I'm guessing he'd like to see that model in DH across the board. The points system is no longer a rewards system but instead is punitive and designed to exclude riders, not to offer more riders more opportunity to race.
It's a short-sighted plan, though, since there's no adequate feeder system into the top ranks. National series are mostly a joke no matter where one resides, so pushing the lower-ranked riders back to those series will put pressure on races already kept together with duct tape and shoestring.
In other words, ESO/UCI want theirs, and screw you if you're not a top-30 rider or a sponsor on the sleeve of one of those riders who relies on multiple smaller sponsors to get to the races.
DH racers should have formed a union. I'm sure that the big manufacturer trade teams didn't exactly offer open arms support for their riders who otherwise would have signed on, though.
All of this means that the grassroots will continue to steer toward young riders whose parents have the means to get them to races and support them with expensive bikes, equipment and coaching from their own pockets. I was at a regional enduro/DH race recently in the U.S. (ESC), and I was astonished at expensive camper/trailer hardware in the pits. There were a few dozen overnight setups that all gave me strong white-collar suburban vibes. We're not exactly building an inclusive on-ramp to the sport these days. I don't recall anything like this even in the heyday of the 90s.
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Do you mean during Bruni's run?
He mentioned Loic was wearing "special alcantara palmed gloves" He didn't mention any brand though. Loic's gloves appeared to be plain white with no discernable logos. and Alcantara is soft grippy suede material often used in gaming wheels. So maybe something new from Fox if he's still riding in Fox kit?
TBH I'd quite like it if the commentry did go into riders kit and equipment choices a bit more. including the odd bit of speculation and rumour. Warner was quite good at that without any of the blatantly obvious product placement Claudio and Pagey crowbarred in. Geniune nerdy tit bits of info we'd be interested in. Shit the new viewers (if there actually are any) probably wouldn't. Them explaining the basics of DH as a sport to newbs during the first GCN presentations was dire. nowhere near as bad as at Worlds tho.
With the new format there's around 5 hours of airtime to be filled over the weekend and there's only so much to say with limited camera placement and a most riders on the exact same lines and (to the untrained eye) going pretty much the same speed.