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aaarghhh, stop showing us slo-mo's of the battle for 5th!
MvdP out. That was one hell of a crash though.
Penultimate lap now.
Ondrej Cink one too much schralping!?
Have these commentators actually watched an XC race or followed the form this year?
Now on BBC1 for the finish in HD over. Red Button potato feed,
On the BBC now...
the red button on iplayer is still HD (if you need it for other events)
BBC in epic fail with GBR in medal contention. Watching on the live feed on, on the last lap they switch to canoeing...
go on Tim Podcock!
I think he's beginning to suffer a bit now. Mind you, everyone looks wrecked, that's a really tough course.
@snotrag I agree - the women’s field generally don’t have that same physical technicality as a whole.
Last lap!
Everything Crossed! Come on Tom!
Chapeau Tom!
Massive! Destroyed the field!
Go on son!
Smashed it!!
🍾🥇
skinny bugger isn't he
GET IN!!
Fantastic!
Boom!
I just hope there is a ‘pidcock effect’ and xc racing in the uk gets a boost!
Awesome race, started fourth row and won it. Great for British MTB and for his future!!!
Best Monday morning at work for a while.
On a side note, I underestimated how much more exciting Warner and Brentjens makes it
Amazing race. Go Tom!
Serrano had a fantastic last last too taking 3rd.
Really enjoyed that.
Superb
Great result.. Enjoyed that!
That was amazing
Absolutely brilliant.
Better get ready for work…
BBC in epic fail with GBR in medal contention. Watching on the live feed on, on the last lap they switch to canoeing…
Commentary "we are 15 minutes from a historic mountain bike Gold for UK, let's switch to canoe" shows how little respect mountain biking gets, can you imagine them cutting off Peaty to Sweden vs New Zealand table tennis?
Serrano put his giant hams to good use!
On a side note, I underestimated how much more exciting Warner and Brentjens makes it
It is how it is… 😉
Spanish commentators are very happy with that bronze, too.
I think MVDP might have crashed shortly after attacking Pidcock which might have unsettled him for the drop. Tom was lucky he never got wiped out by MVDP's fall.
Commentary “we are 15 minutes from a historic mountain bike Gold for UK, let’s switch to canoe” shows how little respect mountain biking gets, can you imagine them cutting off Peaty to Sweden vs New Zealand table tennis?
To be fair, they switched the MTB to the main coverage on proper BBC1 right after Tom Daley was done. I appreciated watching the last bit in HD!
If you watch the crash, it looks like he rolled off a bit slower than normal.
There has been a wooden ladder under the drop (to roll it) during practice, but removed for the racing. Wonder if he rolled upto the drop a bit slow and expected to hit the wooden ladder which wasn't there...?
Aaaarggghhhh. Put it on pause to sort the kids out, come back to them having changed channel. BBC you absolute tossers.
🙂 Super duper 🙂
Commentary “we are 15 minutes from a historic mountain bike Gold for UK, let’s switch to canoe” shows how little respect mountain biking gets, can you imagine them cutting off Peaty to Sweden vs New Zealand table tennis?
Oh get over yourselves. They took it off the red button and put it on BBC1 so the mainstream viewers could see it. If they'd left it on the red button as well then all the fans of table tennis or whatever would miss out on their chance for some coverage.
Mega! I have to admit I didn't think Tom would be able to pull it off at the start but I've never been happier to be wrong. I just hope he sticks with mountain biking for a bit after this.
I'm pleased that I can now wheel out my two Tom related anecdotes - shutting the door on him in the national champs and being ranked above him all this year (with screenshot!) - to unsuspecting members of the general public as well as cyclists. It's going to be a good year.
Commentary “we are 15 minutes from a historic mountain bike Gold for UK, let’s switch to canoe” shows how little respect mountain biking gets, can you imagine them cutting off Peaty to Sweden vs New Zealand table tennis?
??? They switched it to the main channel. Available on every platform including streaming. If they'd just left it on iplayer that would be far worse, and showing the same thing on both channels would be silly. How is that not showing respect?
Anyway, well done Tom.
an absolute masterclass from someone so young !!! power, technique, pacing and tactics ****ing brilliant!
Awesome!