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Holy Shit Greg!
Fantastic racing! Minnaar was on fire.
Check out braytons crash on the replay am latecomers. Strange crash
why did Bruni go around the jump at the top, looked so much slower!
You have to wonder if it's worth dh racers having a can of Bam or something, if Vergier had been able to stop and fix/inflate his tyre quickly then he might have been able to salvage a few more places.
Brilliant race and so happy with the result.
Front flat too, who gets one of them? I think I speak for all pros 😃
Old Greg.is back!
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A brilliant result that, he looked so composed.
The overall is now wide open, going to be awesome on Sunday!
Fantastic race, great to see Greg on the top step again.
Although I'm gutted for Loris, can he still get enough points to win the overall?
That was brilliant to watch. Chuffed for Minnaar too
Vergier last means Matt Walker in with a shout for the overall on Sunday, should be a good race
They should do an autumn round in Portugal every year, takes it out of the Alps for once and the autumn colours were pleasing to the eye
Just need to find somewhere for the pits so you can avoid the motorway section. This armchair viewer was getting tired just watching that and I think that's reason enough
I'm off for a lie down. Sort it out you bunch of lousas
Bad day in the office for Vergier, that couldn't have gone much worse. At least he's not injured
Sven martin probably having a great time
He didn't make it out for some reason. All down to Boris for Vital. Looking forward to the shots though.
Incredible race as always. Matt Walker seems to have a very level head. Not surprised Madison have decided to go all-in with him.
Wow, I had a feeling Greg would podium but that was perfection, as soon as he started tucking at the top I was on the edge of my seat, just knew he was gonna smash the pedal sections near the bottom and that jump was huge, total masterclass for 22nd win, dont think Gwin will top that now.
Totally gutted for Loris though, I think sillyoldman n sharkattack jinxed him. 🙂
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Incredible race as always. Matt Walker seems to have a very level head. Not surprised Madison have decided to go all-in with him.
Seems to be coping well with the toxic environment
GReat race. I would love to see more double headers as a cheap way of increasing the number of races in the season. Perhaps consecutive weekends rather than 2 in 1 weekend we are seeing this year so riders have a chance to recover if they crash and maybe give the course designers and TV people more time to make the second course more different from the first where that’s practical.
What a race, didn't do much for my Fantasy League, but I'm chuffed to bits to see Minnaar win again.
Such a smart race, gift of maturity I suppose, but as often is the case with him, he seems to be cruising when others are pinned, avoided a big jump, maybe not because it was faster, but maybe it saved him some energy for that sprint.
Loris will be gutted, and this will be a big test for him. There's not hiding from it, he's going to have to congratulate his team mate, probably sit there and have dinner when the rest of the team congratulate him, and then get up in the morning and qualify all over again, possibly for his last race with the Syndicate.
total masterclass for 22nd win, dont think Gwin will top that now.
Gwin is 6 years younger than Minnaar and is one of the fastest racers of all time. He's had a couple of bad years with injuries and had most of 2020 off while the Europeans went racing. Do you really think he can't win just 2 more world cups?
I think he's guaranteed to take the record and probably push it even further out of reach.
Totally gutted for Loris though, I think sillyoldman n sharkattack jinxed him.
Sorry about that. That was a disastrous end to the day. No one wants to see the fastest qualifier go out like that.
Brayton's crash was a weird one. Very hard to see what he did wrong. Took off perfectly and then the front wheel fell out of the sky for no obvious reason. Hell of an impact as well to make him crawl off the track like that.
Another shocker for Finn. All the talent in the world but just can't keep his pants on for the one run that matters.
I cant see Gwin getting three more wins to be honest I think his best years are behind him and the frenchies will continue to dominate for a few more years, theres plenty youngsters coming through and its not unrealistic that Greg makes it 23 this weekend.
I still think Gwin's got some more wins in him fwiw
I really enjoyed that but as many have said above I'm gutted for Loris but ecstatic for Greg! Looks like Mikayla Parton is sitting out Sundays race which is no surprise after that mighty crash.
Is Brayton ok?
Looked painful if not mega serious...
Real shame for Loris, but it does make the Overall competition more interesting - esp with all the points being dished out for finals.
Gwin definitely has some more wins in him too.
10th place for privateer Jamie Edmondson, first season as Elite too...
Braytons Instagram says he's ok, don't think it mentioned if he is doing the second race or not though
he says he's ok for tomorrow
Nasty little jump that near the start, proper bucky, caught a few out as mentioned above.
It's always them shitty small ones (like kids build down the woods) with a short steep takeoff, no scoop, that boot the back wheel if you're not fast to squash it.
Great race , really chuffed for Jamie Edmonson with a 10th and Greg Williamson 8th . I think one of the big teams would be mad not to snap up young jamie. Minaar is justs the coolest man ever and brilliant to see , his race run apart from the wee stump drop looked so controlled.
good to See Mikayla is ok after her horror crash her results were getting better by the race. Hopefully Tracy hannah gets a good result for her final race . I like the 2 race format but the field does tend to get depleted after the first race.
I cant see Gwin getting three more wins to be honest I think his best years are behind him
I would happily take your money. I think you'd be a fool to write off Gwin just as he's coming back from injury and an enforced year out of racing.
Same for Loris, he looked hugely pissed off, which is the reaction you'd expect I suppose. I think Danny's just cruising isn't he? seems a shame, but you'd hardly be risking it all for the last 10th of a second when you've got all of the next off-season to get in shape for your new team. Props to Matt Walker though; he was flying and finding those teeny line choices that mean the difference between a podium and 10th, (top ten places covered by just 4.6 seconds!)
I’ve seen Matt Walker at quite a few uplifts, super nice lad whose doing so well, really hope he wins the overall. The only person quicker than him yesterday was Greg Minaar, quite an achievement in itself.
Matt is going really well. Fastest on the first 4 splits in quali and 3 in the final.
Hasn't he now had a 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd? Got to be no. 1 tomorrow!
I was watching the quali times with interest and then remembered there are no points available, so I wonder if some people might gamble on an early start time with the possibility of rain. Probably not, but the results will be less indicative than usual.
Regarding Hart - I can't see him deliberately cruising, but it takes a lot of things to fall into place for a fast run and I can imagine not everything is optimal right now.
Has Loris given up on the title already or did he mess up his quali run. It would sting to lose it because of a flat after winning half the races.
then remembered there are no points available, so I wonder if some people might gamble on an early start time with the possibility of rain
or of some of the turns/miniberms getting blown apart ?
whistler have crankworks
Actually WB/Vail no longer own crankworks. It was bought out by Darren Kinard this year.
I have a suspicion that we won't see crankworks back at Whistler again.
But yes, the resort is mostly full in the summer (on a typical year) but we might see them look for another flagship event. Doubt it would be a UCI unless there ends up being a North America DH series a Euro series and an Asia Pacific series.
It was bought out by Darren Kinard
who's he BearBack?
I love how people can watch this and think someone isn't trying to win or has already given up.
Do you know how hard this game is? The top 39 qualifiers are within 10 seconds of each other. 39! One wrong move and you're a nobody.
Danny and Loris are both in the top 10. There's nothing in it.
Darren Kinnaird was the original GM of Crankworks. The guy you'd see in a headset doing pre slopestyle rider briefings, finish corrals etc
As I understand it, he only finalized things literally the first day of the first Silverstar event. I'd assume the model moving forwards will be quite similar to this summer for the Canadian events. Showcase small resorts and in turn allow them to develop their bike programs.
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Live now? 😊 or am I Watching the replay?
It is a bit confusing isn't it!
Will be happy if Matt, Loris or Minnaar wins the overall so should be fun to watch.
I'm in the bad books today, Imola Grand Prix straight into the Downhill on the TV!