http://www.vallnordworldcup.com/ca/

Just seen that the race is tomorrow not Sunday. Nearly caught out by that.

Saturday race, I had forgotten that.

edit: snap

Yep, alternates with XC as to who gets the Sunday.

Bloody glad i looked at this. The Mrs is out as well 😀

I didn’t know Loic Bruni was back!
And right up there it would seem.

Anybody know why Rachel was so far back?

Oh – from Rachel’s Instagram

If it comes let it. If it goes, let it. ?? 8th today in Qualifying…. Pretty painful run down the hill but I got to be happy with that and proud of my body! Such a fun track here in Andorra, wish I was fit enough to have more fun!

Anybody know why Rachel was so far back?

I think she’s probably still recovering from dislocating her shoulder at Ft Bill

She must be hurting. Fair play though, if I dislocated my shoulder last month I’d still be lying on the couch whimpering, not chucking myself down Valnord

Course looks properly mint, excited about watching this one!

It’s going to be a busy w/e of viewing with dh on sat, xc on sun and TdF starting too!

Rachel must still be hurting but she may be keeping something back for the finals

Well getting ready here, racing should be good, Hannah for the womens? Looking strong and on form.
Mens Minnaar or Brosnan with Vergier snapping at the heels. Syndicate have pulled a blinder with the 2 new lads there, proper solid top 10 riders.

The link has now been updated to show start times for the riders. Fingers crossed that the weather plays fair end we dont get a repeat of Lourdes.

Nobody watching?

Mens show has just started

Nobody watching

Just making a cup of tea and I’ll be joining you. Should be a cracking race.

I’m with Claudio, my money is on Danny Hart to take the win, especially if they get rain.

Anyone ridden it? Looks crazy steep in parts.

Track is looking good, not so many different types of section though so harder to split it down.

Looking at the track, I really fancy Danny to pull it off, especially if he can avoid the wrong side of the edge he always rides on 🙂

Rain coming in…. Could this be another upset given the large off camber turn at the end?

Atwill obviously likes the steep stuff.

Gutted for Fearon there. Very nice, genuine reaction from the podium too, even though he was ahead of them all

Crazy now… everyone crashing.

I really don’t understand how these riders can ride so casually with a flat tyre, it is just incredible.

The six best riders in the world left to go.

Come on Danny!

WOW Danny!

talk about riding on the edge,crazy bugger;)

Danny Hart!! Jesus, was that a run or just a 4 min crash that he managed to save as he crossed the line?

Danny Hart. Amazing. Or crazy.

That was brilliant

That’s gonna be tough to beat.

I’m getting the feeling that apart from the very tall riders, there’s a swing back to 27.5.

Wow. Hard to argue he’s not the greatest of all time. What a rider.

Wow

One more wow. Great race.

Nice one Troy, deserved that.

Such a well deserved win, been rooting for Troy for ages.

🙂

That was a great final 5 there.

Thought Greg had wrapped it up but fair play to Brosnan, amazing riding.

Danny, despite not winning, that was fuckimg incredible to watch….nutter

Awesome race. I suspect the swing back to 27.5 might partly be due to what those brands have available for sale at the moment.

Unreal. Some big crashes and different approaches, I’m impressed Jack Moir got back on after that fall.

Brilliant racing…!

Lots of wow moments.

Finally managed to get time to watch it, wow what a race!

Disappointed that Tracy fell, i hope Manon starts to get better results and you could tell Rachel was still hurting.

Don’t know what to say about the men’s race …. I’m impressed Jack didn’t wind himself when he landed on his bars, Danny was nuts, Greg almost made it look like he wasn’t trying he was so smooth and I’m glad Troy won its about time he got a second win.