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Gwins crash was fairly impressive, shame there was quite so many crashes and injuries.
Nobody wants to see injuries, but the poor weather made the race IMO.
Fort Bill has been a snoozefest some years when conditions were better.
Only saw a quick clip of that nose bonk, I reckon momentum would have carried him over the line in first place even if he had lost it...
I reckon momentum would have carried him over the line in first place even if he had lost it…
Yeah, definitely. His skeleton is probably glad he stayed upright though. It would have been even better than Ratboy scoring a silver meal with a foot like a bag of twiglets.
the womens racing was just as brilliant.
Just got home from Fort William and it was a great weekend, yes the weather could have been better but the racing was brilliant.
I was surprised Gwin wasnt limping after the crash with his already dodgy ankle though.
Great race!
I do wonder how much the weather slowed down the qualifiers around 10th as the wind got up and then sped up the top few as the sun came out?
It was a decent day - the weather was better than forecast and the racing was good.
We saw Gwinn crash- pretty spectacular! Chatted to hime briefly as he pushed back up and he seemed in reasonable spirits considering I bet he was wishing he'd never come to Scotland.
Had a gander at the Atherton bikes - you know the old gag about On-Ones being made from badly welded together scaffolding tube........
Still it worked for Rachel today.
Felt sorry for that Wilson lad whose chain snapped. Surprised it happens on such well maintained bikes. Kind of wanted ilhes to win it but pierron was so so quick.
Gutted for Troy Brosnan, he must have thought he had it won when he took that much time out of everybody.
Pierrons run was something else though, it was one of those where you can just see he was visibly faster than anybody else.
Definitely a memorable race.
I’d love to see an interview with Rachel we’re she lets us know how much effort she’d decided to put into different sections of the track. She certainly seemed to be prioritising sections differently to Tracey.
Yes that would be interesting. She was even giddier than normal after yesterday;s race though, might take her a while to calm down.
Her podium chat with Tracey was entertaining. Did anyone else hear Tracey describing her run and using the phrase “shit my pants”? 😳
Can I also say thanks to Singletrack for the coverage over the weekend. Nice not to have to look elsewhere.
Seemed better coverage and yeah the mens race was epic.
What happened to Bruni's face? It looks nasty when you see it up close in Cathro's day 3 video!
Loic had a pretty mahoosive stack in quali - the damage to his face was apparently done by his goggles 😮
Pretty sure it was at the 'hip replacement' corner just at the start of the motorway section. We were just walking down to it when we saw a rider in white take a big stack, but then a huge cheer went out as he got back on his bike and carried on.
Absolutely loved it. Great watch. Some amazing runs.
Gwins crash was quite bad but did notice as he rolled he kept his bad ankle out the way and straight. Thought he’d take next week off but his Instagram suggests he is focussed on Sunday’s race.
A Cathrovision in-depth look at Gwinn’s crash:
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-how-did-aaron-gwin-crash-in-fort-william.html
Amaury has definitely hit the zone...must take serious unconscious skill to not stack on that nose dive
I'd love to see a side-on view of his last landing!
The whole event was fantastic - just a shame about the injuries, but then they're all so on the limit these days.
Interesting to hear just how much having to qualify affected Greg Minnaar.
Leogang might be a bit of a come-down but fingers crossed.
Cathro has footage of Gwin's crash.
By 'eck.
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Was stood just before the finish line...
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Saw the loic crash in qualifying too, he did about 3 somersaults down the track with bike very close behind, on the corner going into the motorway. The sound of him crashing and then the silence after was immense. His bike looked smashed but he just got back on and finished the run. He didn't even flinch. Full respect to him.