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Do you think AL might suffer from "short man syndrome" - he looked positively dwarf like walking back up the hill next to all the other competitors?
Is it just me but saying each rider is 'out of' wherever they live is really annoying.
There's a lot more being said that falls in to that category than just that!
Does need more Warner.
Do you think AL might suffer from "short man syndrome" - he looked positively dwarf like walking back up the hill next to all the other competitors?
I've seen him acting like a right knob on a couple of occasions so yeah probably.
Are they piping the dramatic music onto the mountain?
That drop-in at the top that Kyle Strait just did is just unbelievable.
^It looks almost as steep as the weirwolf drop on FTD
That drop-in at the top that Kyle Strait just did is just unbelievable
His first run was the best of the day for me.
Have they just started that, or did I not notice it before?Are they piping the dramatic music onto the mountain?
"Made the trip down north"???
No more Lacondeguy? I'm off to bed
When was Lacondeguy's first run?
Had a queue scan but couldn't find it 😳
Like to see em try the 'wolf drop' on ftd.....that'd sort em oot.
Edit-Nooooooooooooooo......denied.The shame of it 😳
I Know it's not right, but I feel kinda cheated that Lacondeguy isn't doing a second run - though totally the right decision from his pov!
Also, that national guard commercial was worth a glass or two just by itself...
Yep me too, I'd guess that the best action has happened.
Goodnight chaps, it's been a most enjoyable thread 🙂
Lacondeguy must've strained his bike hole popping that first run out
More balls than Wimbledon.
Stayed and watched the awards, not quite the same being handed a small can of redbull instead of the usual bottle of champagne.
Mmmmm...must be my age...I didn't see why 2nd and below were so close on points and the winner soooooo far ahead. It was a good run, but to win by a country mile like that must leave the other competitors pretty disillusioned.
Yeah, I thought he had a great run and definitely a contender but it didn't feel 5 points ahead.
Cool event but I didn't feel like it kicked off this year, the last but one was an amazing event, last year was good too and had that feeling of craziness from the wind, this one not so much
It was a good run, but to win by a country mile like that must leave the other competitors pretty disillusioned.
His helmet sponsors must be happy, though.
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When was Lacondeguy's first run?Had a queue scan but couldn't find it
Earlier 😉 he was a little over half way through the running order I recall
I have to admit I took a view and only watched the fist runs as he scored 95 and I didnt think it would be beaten. Tried to get some brownie points by only watching mtb for 1hr instead of 2+ !
Had to be on the replay as the 5am start was out, still tense and still great viewing.
I though the difference for me was Lacondeguy just nailed it all, the others could probably have picked up one more trick/drop/style/massive balls points along the way.
Fair play for not running the 2nd run, I guess he didn't see how he could have improved without a level of risk that was too great.
Good effort from Fairclough but as was said the racers need to throw some more tricks out there.
And on the coming short on the canyon gap - at least if your backflipping you don't have as much time to think about hitting the lip.
I think Andreu's gopro footage shows how fast, clean and big his run was - which wasn't obvious from the live footage TBH.
There wasn't really a wasted moment or any mistakes, so I'd agree he deserved it despite others maybe riding some more difficult lines or doing more spectacular tricks.
As to the scoring, was it worth 5 point more than Zink and the others? I've no idea but how did the judges know that nobody was really going to pull out a significantly better second run though?
Yeah, if Zinks run was 88, Lacondreguys run deserved much more I felt.
Lacondeguy definitely deserved to win. I felt he deserved it last year too. His run was clean, smooth, stylish and he hit the biggest features on the course by some huge margin.
Zink's run was good, but it went to pieces after his 360 drop. He hadn't tried to trick that feature prior to the finals and he obviously didn't have enough exit speed to complete his run, he spent half his run pedalling along a fire road.
The judges were consistent too, Aggasiz scored a 94.5 in qualifiers on the same line as Lacondeguy, so I guess the judges saw something worthy in hitting a 50ft drop followed by an 80ft drop.
I don't know how Semenuk's drop from a similar point compared to AL's, maybe S's was nadgerier with the turn before.
It looked as though AL just took it with less hesitation, more speed, bit of a launch off the lip/ drop/ whatever.
Whether it was bigger, smaller, easier to get into, easier to spot the landing, whatever, it was definitely more impressive to watch, it ticked all the flow/ commitment/style points, and set the tone for the rest of the run, which was quite good too. 🙂
Andreu is awesome. Really enjoyed watching the Rampage last night, not sure if my mates agreed though 😆
The Rampage site is pretty nifty - you can go to the runs you want to see.
Looking at McGarry's crash again, he must be counting his lucky stars after walking away from that.
Lacondeguy definitely deserved to win
Agreed. The score and the gap to Zink doesn't matter.
The Rampage site is pretty nifty - you can go to the runs you want to see.
That is cool, you couldn't do that before. I wish they would add that to the UCI downhill
#rheedergotrobbed
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I just watched Brandon Semenuk's second run again - how did that not win?
Watched most of the rampage live and some of the scoring is defiantly iffy. I wish they would go into a bit more detail as to how it was scored.
Zinks run was very good until he'd done the 360 drop then it was pretty much just ride to the bottom.
Andreu deserved the win, his line was big from start to finish.
Rheerer and Semenuk both deserved to be above zink in the overall.
It's just a shame Aggy took himself out practicing he had a similar line to Andreu.
It's all about the flow and amplitude. Stoked.I wish they would go into a bit more detail as to how it was scored.
Commentators mentioned the scoring is divided - 25 for line choice they said, and I'm guessing 25 for flow, 25 for tricks and 25 for having a Red Bull helemt
honourablegeorgeand 25 for having a Red Bull helemt
So Semenuk not scoring highly as highly as some thought, but being a RedBull athlete would be down to what exactly? Or Zink winning in 2012 for one trick, despite being a Monster sponsored rider? Or Kyle Strait last year?
Or what about Lacondeguy getting 4th last year when many people thought he should win?
Personally I don't think who the athlete's personal sponsors are has any bearing on it. red Bull sponsor the DH world cup too, how come Josh Bryceland won it? He's sponsored by Monster don't you know.
DH is timed, the FMB is judged.
Edit: To be serious though: I honestly don't think Semenuk did enough to win. I have just watched back his runs and there are mistakes in both. My favourite run was actually Zink's but I can see why AL won.
Wait a second... Y'all are forgetting that leading female freerider, Kelly McGarry
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Hmmm having watched it back: I will correct my view by saying that Zink's top section was my favourite. The rest didn't really match it. AL was excellent all the way down.
[strike]horses for courses etc, and there's not doubt this takes huge cajones and skill, but it doesn't really have anything to do with "mountain biking" as 99.9% of us know it, does it? It's more like a stunt competition.[/strike]
edit: ignore pointless negative comment, ignore your Rampage y'all.
jimjam - MemberSo Semenuk not scoring highly as highly as some thought, but being a RedBull athlete would be down to what exactly? Or Zink winning in 2012 for one trick, despite being a Monster sponsored rider? Or Kyle Strait last year?
Or what about Lacondeguy getting 4th last year when many people thought he should win?
Personally I don't think who the athlete's personal sponsors are has any bearing on it. red Bull sponsor the DH world cup too, how come Josh Bryceland won it? He's sponsored by Monster don't you know.
Was a joke. TBH, having viewed the POVs, the judging was about right
McGarry's Landing...
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it looks like he is riding a kids bike
'kin 'ell !
Looks like he needed a few more clicks of compression.