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You are applying so much pressure, pressure, there's no need for you to apply pressure to her, there's already so much pressure in the race, why do you want to put any more pressure?If she mentions Schurter's "little mishap" on the previous lap again, I might scream!
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Where has the Frenchie gone ? TV here rather stressed
Wonder what will become of that Olympic MTB course afterwards, it looks good - I mean it's bloody tough and would need some dumbing down as they did with Hadleigh but they've obviously put a huge amount of work into it.
"love mountain biking, but this I think is far duller to watch than the road race."
Each to their own. Thought this was great.
Well done Schurter.
I thought it was good to watch.
That slammed specialized bike is a terrible advert for 29ers.
Well done to Schurter! I saw a programme about his training regime, which I thought was pretty impressive!
Top finish funnel style by the Spaniard.
Great to see them so pleased to get silver and bronze!!!!
Great celebration for moo tache
Chapeau to Schuster - dominant.
TV here straight to the handball final not surprisingly (had been doubke screen for a bit)
@vickypea where did you see that ? Veloclub after the TdF coverage had a piece on the French prep where they had built some of the jumps/features
4th is "one of the worst" places to finish in, apparently
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Great to see them so pleased to get silver and bronze!!!!
+1
Kulhavy and the moosetache showing their class
17th for Ferguson, great result!
Grant Ferguson 17th place,good work fella !
what's the total distance and ascent they just did?
Be nice to see Grant Ferguson get some decent backing for future Olympics.
Nino on fire this season I though Absalon would do better especially after he tore the field apart at MSA 2 weeks ago but finished behind those riders today.
What a great race. Really enjoyed that, and pleased to see the comedy Spaniard get bronze, he looked well chuffed.
Given STW have declared the course a glorified blue route there sure seem to be a lot of pros that have crashed.
Loving the Spaniard nut grabbing celebration.
Crashes all part of mtb at the highest level? All part of it at the lowest level as well.
Enjoyed that too, neat.
Some of those crashes were brutal..
The Spaniard
Lots of damage to rims and bikes on a ' blue course'
Wonder what will become of that Olympic MTB course afterwards
I'm not convinced Brazil has as many fat IT managers who'll want to drive their Audis up there of a weekend.
Lovely shot of him 'suggesting' to Marmotte that he take a turn on the front. No subtle flick of the elbow there 🙂The Spaniard
Did they build a fake slum in the middle of the course?
Wonder what will become of that Olympic MTB course afterwards
The Commonwealth games course in Glasgow (2014) in Cathkin Braes is a legacy course now, which seems to attract a number of people. I feel like there's quite a bit of potential in it. Though I am not sure if someone maintains it.
Been there today for the first time, seen quite few cyclists.
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Yes. Then they set fire to it for added realism.Did they build a fake slum in the middle of the course?
Hoping this race would get Peter Sagan back into mtbing but maybe not now. Shame really. If he'd been on a Cannondale again he would have won it !!
Chapeau to the GB rider for making it to the games but congrats for 17th ?
17 out of 50 is pretty good considering how young he is...
Chapeau to the GB rider for making it to the games but congrats for 17th ?
..and you were opining earlier about the best way to encourage the development of XC racing in the UK.
Chimp.
He's 17th in the world today.
Did they build a fake slum in the middle of the course?
Yes I thought that was a rather strange nod to Brazilian "culture".
I dunno, I won't take away from the athleticism and skill, or the level of competition but as a televised event that was properly shit. I enjoyed the handball more and I had no idea at all what was happening in that. Not helped by the commentary and editing to be fair.
Do want a go on the track though. Not on their bikes though, that'd not end well.
Sadly many sports that I enjoy including cycling and tri make pretty poor TV viewing. Having said that I enjoyed that more than I thought I would, commentary apart.
Wonder what will become of that Olympic MTB course afterwards
UCI should add it to the world cup calender. The current spread of races is pretty poor for a world series, even the new boys EWS get around more.
I've read that it's on military land and may well be bulldozed after the games.
Chapeau to the GB rider for making it to the games but congrats for 17th ?
I guess it's a matter of your personal perspective but i thought Grant rode amazingly well to come in less than 6 minutes behind Nino, 17th place out of such a field is bloody good going
I'm not convinced Brazil has as many fat IT managers who'll want to drive their Audis up there of a weekend.
MTB is really popular in Brazil, just take a look on Instagram - there's loads of them at it.
that was properly shit.
In what way? I enjoyed it, some good battles and excellent camerawork throughout. Commentary a bit duff, but I'm inspired to see how Red Bull and Rob Warner do it at the next round of the WC.
Chapeau to the GB rider for making it to the games but congrats for 17th ?
Yeah, he's hardly David Bowie eh?
Also commentator said a wheel was "pretzeled" ?? It "Pringled" or "tacoed" because of the shape! Pretzeled would mean the rim is tied in a knot.He also said nino did a tail whip...
The commentary that bugged me was their inability to say Kul-har-ver correctly but the rest was par for the course
dunno, I won't take away from the athleticism and skill, or the level of competition but as a televised event that was properly shit. I enjoyed the handball more and I had no idea at all what was happening in that. Not helped by the commentary and editing to be fair.
I thought it was televised pretty well and the course was very TV friendly but it was just very boring to watch. I guess the big gap in abilities made it quite predictable and there weren't really any twists, turns or surprises compared to say the RR (which I thought was awesome)
guess it's a matter of your personal perspective but i thought Grant rode amazingly well to come in less than 6 minutes behind Nino, 17th place out of such a field is bloody good going
Completely agree. Can't fault the effort of a young guy getting a last minute entry and very little support. Came ahead of the likes of Gaze, Fontana and that dude who rides a bit of road. Similar kind of mark to Hermida and McConnell is no bad show.
that was properly shit.
Each to their own. thoroughly enjoyed it myself.