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Is it not on the red button for bbc?
I hope this sticks. I like loic but come on brosnan
Same here , definately deserves it.
Ahh he's too good
Good day for the French!
Just amazing how few crashes there are at the speed they are going
shockingly fast. I have no idea how they stay on their bikes
What an amazing last 2 runs, I though Brosnan had it, and then wow.
Holy shitballs. The casual front wheel drift from Bruni before the rock garden.
Got to feel sorry for Brosnan. He laid it down.
Great viewing.
Greenland's run was terrifying to watch, so fast and loose!
incredible racing! poor Troy!
Gutted for Brosnan , but the 3 french lads (Pierron , Vergier and Bruni ) are amazing. From watching downhill and even road cycling none of them seem arseholes. As opposed to football with the big bucks where quite a few seem like dicks. Great race , chuffed for pompon as well.
Gutted for Troy, really thought he had it.
70+ kph on the rocky grass field bit! I mean really, that's nuts!!!!
Nearly had a stroke watching that! Amazing racing. Inspiring comebacks from the women too.
Stoked for Miriam, gutted for Troy. Always the bridesmaid. Still, Bruni... Just incredible 😮
really thought he had it.
So did I. Watched Brosnan’s run skimming the tops of the rocks and thought it was unbeatable. Then Bruni came down
Interesting neg. correlation between top speed and race time (just top 40)
Loved seeing Finn come down in the green, but my god he looks prone to a crash, one camera caught him overshooting and having to go superwide over a huge rock, how he held on I dont know! But when Troy was 1 second up at split 1 then 2 at split 2 I actually swore in surprise, really thought that was the winning run. Then Bruni comes down in the green, couldn't believe it!
The women's was a surprise, I guess with Rachel, Tahnee and Myriam out if gave the others space to win and build some confidence but then for Myriam and Tahnee to come back and go first and second says something about the gulf in the women's. I was kinda of excited to see what Valli Höll would do timewise as at some of the world cups her time would of won elite womens, but her time was above 5mins and would have placed her outside the top 5 I think.
Flipping brilliant.
And what a wonderful sportsman Brosnan is. There was about a short clip in the RB footage as he, Pierron, and Hart watched Bruni cross the line. Brosnan puts his head in his hands for a split second as he realises the result, and then comes up smiling for Bruni. Incredible.
From the second Brosnan crossed the line Pierron had a face like a smacked arse! He must have wanted it much more than he let on.
Gutted for Troy though. He's done absolutely everything right this year but look what he's up against. I think Finn will figure it out. It's not that long ago that Bruni was the fastest qualifier who would psyche himself out and throw away his race run. Now look at him.
Would be nice to see where Greenland slotted in without that puncture. He was on an absolute mission of a run.
Women's downhill is in a sorry state. The series leaders got smoked by two people that have been in rehab all year. No disrespect to any of them but there's just not the depth of competitors to make a good competition. There's 5 or 6 women in the world who can throw down a convincing race run on a DH bike and they're never all racing at the same time. I still really hope Tracey wraps up the overall next week, she's been trying long enough.
+1 the lack of depth and competition in the women's field was certainly clear. Not only is there only a handful of women capable of winning (and half of them are currently injured) but the gap between the elite and the rest is a gulf.
Is it just me, or has Bruni got a touch of the nico voullioz about him these days? Seems to be abel to step up no matter what the pressure bearing down is!
Have just watched the men's race and it was incredible.
Gutted for Greenland and Brosnan, there was one moment in Troy's run that probably cost him all of that but Bruni's run was just awesome.
Such a spectacle and so many great stories throughout, it really deserves to be a much bigger sport.
Isn't that exactly the correlation between top speed and race time you would expect - faster top speed correlates with lower race time.