Yeah still took him 6 minutes to get down though.
Gwin was talking about not qualifying apparently, so his 13th with a dislocating thumb is pretty impressive.
Check the spread of qualifying times, crazy tight!! Less than 10secs for top 20
So any predictions? Women off in 20 mins.
Atherton to be back up there for the race run I think,
Mens - Hoping Luca Shaw can get his luck sorted out for one run here, certainly chance of another first time winner out there, Brook must be able to do something with all that form too
Can't see past Tahnee for the womensw, ahead high on confidence and fast here. Rachel looks out of sorts currently.
Anyone notice that Claudio is stumbling his words occasionally?
Well I think Rachel may spend a bit longer in the hot seat than she normally does!!
Well It's been a while since Rachel Atherton was an unexpected winner, Nicole lost it to the end there and I'd be expecting to see Seagrave taking a DQ for that excursion through the bank, making for some exciting racing so far
That wind should catch out a few people today I would have thought, although the men have now been warned about it.
I think that rules out Tahnee from the overall this year with Rachel and Myriam on form, very hard to make 150odd points up when you know your competitors will be up at the sharp end every time.
I’ve done the exact same thing as Tahnee on the same jump, had to switch onto the freeride track, the left hander after the jump before the stream gap is tight if you go too fast.
Close one for Nicole there - I'd have stopped on the course and had a little cry after that
Shame there isn't a slightly more complex system of penalties.
Deliberate corner cutting or advantage: Disqualification
Accidental advantage or equal: 5sec penalty
Took >10s to get back on track: no penalty
Really holding out for gwin, but would like to see norton or finn bag a win.
AlexSimon, you're forgetting one thing: it's the UCI and they don't deal in anything other than black and white rule decisions.
Unfortunately I'd say it needs to be black and white for this one, you have the don't go round a pole wiggle room but that is it. It's just about impossible to judge the time lost/saved etc.
Somebody needs to tell those new lads to calm it down out of the start!!
Good coverage and I'm loving the motorbikecam!
Motorbike cam and general coverage is indeed excellent.
Norton was flying there too, hopefully some of these young guys can hold form for the season - and Dean Lucas skipping a pole there
Times are so tight.
ohh, my fantasy league looking like a blinder for the first time ever
Gwin just monstered that last rooty secrion, almost like it wasn't there!
Blenky’s run, so cool
Well first of the big Guns down the track there!! On the limit from Gwinn, lets see what the kids have in them now!
Gwin saying he had little grip and had way more in the bag. Thought he was only going to get points.
Nice run by Wallace. Surprised how much time he made up near the end
Yeah, looks like there is time to be taken from Gwinns run there over the course, just need to get all those bits going green in one run, how hard can that be 🙂
Greenland mental as usual
see doing those whips on the jumps, is that not slower? watching bronsnan there. Think he could have took the 0.8 if he never done that and went straight through the jumps? Or does it not make a difference?
There was an explainer at the start, basically you are shortening the distance by keeping lower, go straight and your going up in the air then down, hitting the backside of the jump then generates speed for the next one too, however with a hell of a tail wind just opening up might just work out best!!
Come on Frenchie!!
Great riding
Damm!! Thought Luca was going to take that one to the line there, his day will come but this season really does belong to the youngsters here
Excellent event with great riding on a good looking course with good coverage.
Second for Gwin is a big result. Pierron is on a roll now, the old saying of once you win one you will a few is coming true for him.
luca will be frothing for the next round, and with pirreon on a high it's going to be some scrap of a season. gwin still in touch. pure class
good racing this! shame for shaw there!
Loving Greenland's riding this season. If he can hold a run together he might get a win this year.
Just finished watching the replay of both Men's & Women's.
What a cracking race - Gwin's run was superb, but Pierron was on another level.
Agree that Greenland looks capable of putting a good run together and getting a few more podiums.
Gutted for Tahnee that she got disqualified.
If Pompon hadn't had that moment over the roots I think she might have taken it.
Move of the day for me though was Dakotah Norton launching out of the tunnel and landing on the wall ride - mental!
It takes commitment that, I’ve got my front wheel on it a few times, but never landed both wheels on.
You’re doing close to 40MPH there I reckon, the compression into the wall ride is unbelievable.
Move of the day for me though was Dakotah Norton launching out of the tunnel and landing on the wall ride – mental!
Yep - we were judging everyone who came after - nobody managed or wanted to do that.
In fact his whole race run was on the edge and looked super-fast. Great to watch. Might have another look.
but Pierron was on another level.
Wasn't he? I mean Leogang is tight, and everyone is milliseconds apart; but he was on the very very raggedy edge of being out of control at some points. Great stuff. Feels like a generational change
Shaping up to be a great season for both Men & Women.
I'm guessing Tahnee will be out to prove a point at the next race after the disqualification.
Men's is looking like it could go down to the wire if Gwin canount a comeback.
Sorry to dispel you guys "move of the day"
If you watch the re-run you'll see <span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">Brendan also jumped out of the tunnel onto the wallride. Brendan was just messing about playing with the track by the motorway after a crash early on left him 10secs and out of contention. Brendan jumped onto it with a little micro eurotable/barturn/tweak thing. What this tells me is that jumping onto the wooden feature was not the fastest or smoothest move as far as racing goes.
</span>Watch Dakota's run again carefully and you'll notice he actually hooked up/had a slight bobble in the moguls before the track enters that tunnel meaning his exit speed from the tunnel would have also been slower than optimum. Hence jumping onto the boards when the faster guys weren't. Gwin, Shaw and Pierron all got their wheels down as soon as possible leaving that tunnel for more speed immediately before the wallride.
Dak and Bren did look cooler though.
Move of the day was Blenky’s manual off the 3rd table after Stoekl woods.
Yep, Blenki has it going on this year, same with Brook. Though I'd be more worried about Shaw sticking some runs together to disrupt the Mens more than anyone, he has been on the pace for all 3 rounds so far, remembering the syndicate vids and Cairns where he was a bit worried about not getting it right!!
Jumping onto the wall ride is sooooooo last year! (And yes I saw more than one rider do it this year as well)
Danny Hart did was rocking that move last year.
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Phil Atwill is recovering from knee surgery. Not sure he even raced the last two races.
