I don't think learning is one of Josh's strong points.
What an idiotic thing to say.
Bear in mind he's already been a junior world champ- and his run up to that jump wasn't some wild man hanging it all out, he looked composed and comfortable all the way down, very mature and clever ride. He had Nigel Page asking if he knew he was on his final run, even while taking seconds out of everyone else. Think it's pretty presumptious to assume you know why he overjumped it- maybe it was a moment of headbangerness, or maybe he just hit it with more speed than he did in practice- something to do with being, up til that moment, the fastest man in the world... Or maybe it's just part of the package, same as Danny Hart's whips in 2011, sometimes you can't take one part out without losing it all.
and better put than me Northwind, it's also worth remembering that the slowest girl down the hill today would wipe the floor clean with 95% of STW.
Brilliant weekend. I highly recommend volunteering for something like this if you can, really cool to see the work that goes in , the track , the riders, the tech teams etc. I am a very proud Brit in Norway
Now time to find the party - in the hospital it will still be the best one
Cannondale tent was the best last night. All the Italians in dressing gowns and a fight between two XC riders. Messy!
Can anyone find or make a link for the Neko Mullaly chainless run please? Some cracker that 😀 . Doesn't seem to be on youtube yet.
it's on the redbull tv feed
Any news on Ratboy yet?
His was one of the most stylish runs I've seen, shame he overcooked the last landing. Well worthy of being double World Cup / World Champ.
I just want his run though, not the full replay.
So, what were the actual results?
Great day of racing, Neko chainless was brilliant.
Hill back to his best. He was the fastest man out there (yes, quicker than Bryceland if you look at the splits) but to finish first, first you have to finish...
Harsh lesson for Bryceland, this won't be the last of him though.
Any news on 'basmati' bryce yet?
I think Hill and Minnaar could have make decent rugby players shrugging off impacts like that.
Some people tend to decry 'sour-faced' or 'dour' Gee, but it's his name on the trophy. He got it down the hill quicker than anyone else, end of story.
The bloke I really want to see win another World Cup or a world champs is Blenky. That lad is pure flair.
I only saw the last ten or so men, so I didn't see the chainless Mullaly. Great course and great racing.
Can Gee only win world champs when Sam Hill crashes?
Most of the fileld can win when Hill crashes. Riding fast is not the same as riding too fast.
Watched all 97 riders this afternoon. Mullaly's run was amazing. Heart sank when I watched Josh float over that bridge! He deserved the double.
Even tho Gee won he's still a dick.
Any news on rat boys ankle?
Poor Gee obviously hadn't wanted to win like that, unsurprisingly looked a bit awkward after Josh finished.
I really don't get this hatred for Gee: Just because he's focused and successful doesn't make him a dick.
I thought he gave a good interview at the end, wishing Josh well and clearly happy, but tempered by the fact that Rachel didn't win and the manner in which he won (no one wants to win as the result of a competitor hurting themselves).
People seem to forget that he won despite completely messing up that gap in the woods, after one of the rock gardens, and almost crashing himself. The rest of his run was blindingly quick.
I like Gee maybe he's not rock n roll enough for some but I'm glad he won today whatever the circumstances
People seem to forget that he won despite completely messing up that gap in the woods, after one of the rock gardens, and almost crashing himself. The rest of his run was blindingly quick.
Indeed, he completely deserved to win.
Bit of a shame for him that he's only the fourth-biggest story from the men's race, but he was quickest across the line!
Great day if racing! Feel sorry for Josh. Glad Gee took it although would have loved ratboy to do the double.
What about our girls though! Bloody brilliant.
I like Gee maybe he's not rock n roll enough for some but I'm glad he won today whatever the circumstances
its a bit like a machine winning, everything is calculated, rather than this
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why did we only get 3 seconds of peats runs as well?
Indeed, he completely deserved to win.
He deserved to win as he was the fastest down the hill!
I can only think of one example where someone deserved to win and didn't and that was Champery 07. Matti Lehikoinen played the tactics and put in a lame quali run in anticipation of it raining halfway through finals. It pissed down, but Hill came in third only a second or two behind. That single run blew everyone away. No one could touch Hill in those years, and because he needed the quali points for the overall it put him at the mercy of someone who wanted a win, but wasn't in contention for the overall. That final was basically run on two different tracks, yet Hill still nearly won. He qualified 14 seconds quicker than the next rider!
Josh Bryceland is a brilliant rider to watch, my guess is he either hit that ramp quicker than he was anticipating or something just knocked him slightly on the approach and left him not being able to absorb the upslope as much. Either way, it was an error, and one that cost him.
I'm off back to red bull to see if I can watch a bit more than just the last ten!
Kathy Sessler just posted that Ratboy is having surgery for multiple foot dislocations and fractures.
Ouch
why did we only get 3 seconds of peats runs as well?
i guess there's not much to watch any more. No doubt he's the done more than anyone for the sport (especially in the uk), but in the last few years do you not think he's been included in the Worlds team just out of courtesy?
WTF? Fastest with no chain!!
We run a chainless race, and are quite obsessive about chainless riding being faster (on the right course) anbd making you ride better. When Mulally's chain came off I said to people in the room "He'll be faster", no-one believed me...
I so wish he'd been on the podium with that. Best Worlds for a long long time.
Fantastic world champs full of drama!
rather than this
Shaun Palmer was the most irritating man ever to ride a downhill bike, all the other racers should have just kicked the **** out of his smug face.
i guess there's not much to watch any more. No doubt he's the done more than anyone for the sport (especially in the uk), but in the last few years do you not think he's been included in the Worlds team just out of courtesy?
He made the top 20, beating Danny Hart and Greg Williamson.
He made the top 20, beating Danny Hart and Greg Williamson.
He gets the occasional good result that someone 'coming up' would get, but he's 'going down'. It just seems like we should face facts and let him run syndicate and do all the other sweet stuff he's up to, Bren might have been a better bet.
I still love Steve though.
Shows the depth of talent the UK has in downhill though when it can be discussed that a legend like peaty, ranked 20th in the world and finishing 16th in the world championship can be discussed as maybe not the right choice for the team. I still think he was the right choice this year, but can see it being his last.
Shows the depth of talent the UK has in downhill though when it can be discussed that a legend like peaty, ranked 20th in the world and finishing 16th in the world championship can be discussed as maybe not the right choice for the team. I still think he was the right choice this year, but can see it being his last.
I hope it didn't come across like I was knocking him. I agree though that for some reason we're completely dominating DH at the minute and i'd be good to give some of the up and comers the experience.
The teams are picked way before the event so doesn't take into account late season form. There are a handful of UK riders that might be quicker than Peaty now but just not when the team was selected.
It was an incredible day's racing though. Gutted for Ratboy and Hill but Gee deserved the win for being both quick and staying upright; to suggest otherwise is churlish.
Don't really get the Bren'dog' thing. Seems like a nice lad and can do good whips but..Mike Jones next year please
Peaty deserved his place in the team over Brendog on merit: I'm not sure of the facts but I'm sure he puts in better results than Brendog on a fairly consistent basis.
Edit: Brendog is an amazing rider, but at the present he is not a top racer, and probably won't be until he takes his training seriously: Did you see that helmet cam course preview he did a few races ago, where he took over from Claudio? He was struggling for breath after only a minute. His team manager is fitter.
I hope it didn't come across like I was knocking him
It did. But then he didn't look at all happy with his race run.
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Brilliant weekend. I highly recommend volunteering for something like this if you can, really cool to see the work that goes in , the track , the riders, the tech teams etc. I am a very proud Brit in Norway
Good for you !
Gutted for RatBoy as that would have crowned what has already been a breakthrough season for him. I'm pleased for Gee (2nd win I think) after last years dissapointment.
What a race, gutted for the Ratboy.
Just for this on cycling news
The usual post-race celebrations were muted as Bryceland was carried off the course by teammates since he couldn't walk on his injured foot. The UCI later reported that he was taken immediately to the hospital and would be undergoing surgery, possibly for a fractured metatarsal and one or more dislocations.
Slight foot malfunction...
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Peaty deserved his place in the team over Brendog on merit: I'm not sure of the facts but I'm sure he puts in better results than Brendog on a fairly consistent basis.Edit: Brendog is an amazing rider, but at the present he is not a top racer, and probably won't be until he takes his training seriously: Did you see that helmet cam course preview he did a few races ago, where he took over from Claudio? He was struggling for breath after only a minute. His team manager is fitter.
Precisely what I have been on about for some time. Fairclough is (was) just as talented as Bryceland, but he's just not that arsed and it is a shame. I'm not sure how he still gets pro [u]racing[/u] contracts as he could piss most of the other off the park if he could be bothered to get fit. I'm afraid he's becoming a 'tits and ass' rider who does a good video whenever he needs a few quid. It is probably too late for him to turn it around. Hearing him say on 'three minute gaps' (2010 season) that he "hasn't got a racer head dialled in yet" after at least five years on the World Cup circuit was just a cop out. I hope he makes the decision to really give it a go. No one (or at least not many people) remembers a brilliant whip over a jump, names on trophies is what professional sportsmen are judged on.
Hope 'basmati' is ok, sounds like the kind of injury that could involve a lot of ligament damage and I think that would be the biggest concern from a career point of view. I wouldn't have liked to be in his shoes (no pun intended) as he sailed up into the air over that bridge. He had quite a lot of time to say "oh shit" before gravity did its job. 😐
If you want to re-watch Mulally's run on the redbull on demand jump to 2hr 56min.
Its interesting listening to the commentary as he heads toward the gap over the stream.. they're talking about chains n stuff but missing his smooth lines and speed through that section. Then Nigel's on about how hes still trying to get his tuck on.. then boom he's in the green on the split and it takes a couple of seconds for them to compute. Awesome run! Gutted for the josh.. heal quick ratboy.
Precisely what I have been on about for some time. Fairclough is (was) just as talented as Bryceland, but he's just not that arsed and it is a shame. I'm not sure how he still gets pro racing contracts as he could piss most of the other off the park if he could be bothered to get fit. I'm afraid he's becoming a 'tits and ass' rider who does a good video whenever he needs a few quid. It is probably too late for him to turn it around. Hearing him say on 'three minute gaps' (2010 season) that he "hasn't got a racer head dialled in yet" after at least five years on the World Cup circuit was just a cop out. I hope he makes the decision to really give it a go. No one (or at least not many people) remembers a brilliant whip over a jump, names on trophies is what professional sportsmen are judged on.
It's not that black and white, at all.
Take Gee, he is a successful racer, fast as hell. Yet you barely see any GT's at the races, or anywhere in fact.
Go to the races, there are Gamblers everywhere. All the kids want to ride like Brendan. That's why he gets good contracts, because he sells a truck load of bikes for the brand he's riding for.
It's not just about being fast (which he is, still, ridiculously so, considering his lack of interest in pedalling).
Gutted for the Rat. That photo of his foot is not nice. But he's young enough to bounce back (no pun intended).
Here's the jump from a different angle - one bike length too far.
(not my vid)
Hope he heals up soon for next year.
Great racing though, was absolutly bonkers.
Well played Gee and Manon. Let's hope Bryceland gets healed and gets back in the game.
It's funny. As I was watching the reply, and he is smashing all the 'impossible' lines, I was thinking there has to be an injury in his future, as has happened in so many riders career trajectories. And then he mashes himself on the last jump of the season.
Sam Hill's crash was pretty gnarly too.
