the gwizard back to gwinning

Ooh, what was Claudio’s comment all about when Warner asked him why Gwin keeps on winning. Claudio said something to the tune of “I can’t answer that because I’ll get in trouble”

Taint of PEDs around Gwin???

Maybe more to do with setup and stuff. Gwin doesn’t even drink.

only for gwin the dh fantasy league would be bleek. had tracey hannah on the womens.

Yeh Bob I thought that was an odd thing for him to say

Rob Warner not saying something ’cause it might get him in touble *sadface*.

What happened to Bulldog?

Was going fast, looking pretty tidy but then lost the front wheel on the dust and stacked it hard.

I must be living in a parallel universe didn’t he qualify in first place.

It made for a good entertaining broadcast the new order, mixed things up and meant all of the top riders and the fastest qualifiers were on rather than missing a bunch who punctured etc, not good if you only tune in for the end but great for making a quality hour or so of TV, Red Bull have really stepped up this year I think with the saturday pre show and the slot after for discussions/debrief

Cecille is going to win this year, she’s too good not to after only what, two DH WCs?

Good to see some other faces on the mens podium.

Great viewing, lots of cameras.

Are the juniors runs up anywhere to view?

I didn’t understand the running order at all.

I wasn’t sure about the track to start with but I did enjoy the race yesterday – still don’t think the urban finish added much.

Rachel didn’t look like an unstoppable force this year, so it’ll be interesting to see what her pace is like at Fort Bill next (hopefully it won’t be so muddy in the woods this year….).

The Syndicate boys looked pretty fast, as did the new Intense team but I can’t see past Gwin (again this season). Hopefully someone will be able to mount a good challenge so it’s not a case of competing for the other podium spots.

Enjoyed the race over-all.

I think the new format is going to hurt some riders profile wise, I’m thinking of the likes of Gee Atherton, he’s not really the big name in DH he used to be and based on my understanding of the protected rules he’ll need to be top 10 over-all to get on Telly.

Track was cool, low distance meant 100% coverage for the first time ever, I wouldn’t have chosen the last split to be down an alley, it lacked drama and it didn’t seem that easy to gain or lose time (unless you had a flat) but hey a WC race is a WC Race! It’s a shame it’s such a long wait till Ft. William now.

What’s happened to gee? He was so off the pace I’d assumed a crash. This can’t be doing his ego any good. There’s a definite generational shift going on, Danny Hart seems like a veteran now and he’s only 26

What’s happened to gee? He was so off the pace I’d assumed a crash.

Can’t always blame the bike, but he was a top 5 over-all riders he entire career until they moved to Trek, which coincided with a couple of big crashes I think, but his results have fallen off a cliff ever since. Even his career highlights section on the Trek Factory Racing site read like “why not to ride a Trek” it’s a long list of podiums and wins then 2016 it’s a 4th a Hardline and an 18th at Worlds last year.

It didn’t slow Rachel down of course, but I’d almost forgot about him until I was picking my DH Fantasy league.

For some reason I always read it as Legoland lol.

Hoping for a good race – hoping that Danny H has a better race without the home crowd pressure.

Would also be great to see some of the other Brits do well, but I suspect it’ll probably be an American (either on a YT or Santa Cruz) or French man that wins .

Sounds like they’ve made the track a bit better according to the Cathrovision track walk vid (on YouTube).

anyone seen a course preview vid? They don’t seem to be coming out as early as last year

Interesting looking changes!

Yeah Needles! Not as excitable as Claudio, but certainly worthy of taking the mantle (hopefully only temporarily). Looks like a nice fast race to be had.