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2019 UCI XCO MTB… (spoiler alert)
Kryton57
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So the short track kicked off on Friday, Kate Courtney looked very strong tactically and physically and Nino’s been off his pace through the winter. MVDP looked very strong and punchy to win the men’s short track.

Full Womans XCO kicks of 10am Sunday all in Red Bull TV, here we go…

Posted 4 years ago

qwerty
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I’m guessing at Langvad & VdP FTWs.

I’ll be watching on catch up later 🙈🙉

Posted 4 years ago

john_l
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Well, this is looking interesting!

Posted 4 years ago

Kryton57
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It certainly is. I’m thinking theres going to be some surprises in the Mens race also.

Posted 4 years ago

paton
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https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/2019-uci-mtb-world-cup-calendar

Posted 4 years ago

Kuco
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Annie Last 🙁

Posted 4 years ago

paton
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https://www.redbull.com/int-en/tv/event/AP-1XJS5DWA12111/uci-mountain-bike-world-cup-2019

Posted 4 years ago

qwerty
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Isla Short in 22nd is good progress for her.

Posted 4 years ago

weeksy
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That turned into a slip slop fest!

Posted 4 years ago

dawson
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Cracking race for MvdP to fight his way back. I suspect that Nino went out hard to force MvdP to blow up, but in the end it backfired as Nino came off worse.

Posted 4 years ago

Kryton57
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It’s was a great race, nice to see it mixed up a bit. Schurter confirms you thoughts on Instagram Dawson, and also adds he couldn’t, stay with the pace after he’d been passed. A shame that Lars fell, I wonder if he’s the new Nino, because whatever Scott did to train him and Courtney has raised their game a fair bit.

So, is it long live the king… or will Nino reign in next weeks more technical terrain?

Posted 4 years ago

weeksy
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They’re most impressive aren’t they ! LOL

MvdP shocked me again by his comeback… I’m sitting there thinking “nah, he’s not got it today….” but he pulled it back most impressively with great pacing.

Course seemed a lot better than the Sprint layout anyway. But it does turn into a crapfest when it rains there LOL.

Neff is a bit tasty on the downhill stuff LOL… i bet she’d trounce the lot of us on a downhill section !

Posted 4 years ago

jb89
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@weeksy There’s some interesting videos on Red Bull tv – season summary/preview type things – that look at this. She’s head and shoulders above the others on the dh, gains so much time!

Posted 4 years ago

Trimix
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Brilliant racing.

I was left a bit opened mouthed after watching the short track once I worked out their avarage speed.

The men were lapping the short course in just over 2 mins, so if my maths are correct, thats over 55km/h per hour right !

I tired to ride my road bike – on the road – on a flat section, as fast as I could. For a short period of time I saw just over 40km/h. How they manage that sort of speed, for 20 mins, off road up hills and on fat tyres is pretty impressive.

What sort of FTP do they have, as the short track is not techy, their speed must be due to power more than skill.

Posted 4 years ago

qwerty
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Zone entered:

Posted 4 years ago

weeksy
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The men were lapping the short course in just over 2 mins, so if my maths are correct, thats over 55km/h per hour right !

Nah, not having that for a second. At the TDF they’re happy doing that for a shortish TT on the road… No chance on the trails, even nicely groomed ones like the short circuit.

I’d love to be proven wrong though.

Posted 4 years ago

steve_b77
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What sort of FTP do they have, as the short track is not techy, their speed must be due to power more than skill.

Well over 400W I’d say, considering MvdP was up over 800W peaking at something like 1400W when he won Amstel Gold and Sam Gaze reportedly puts out the most wattage on the UCI MTB circuit so he must be hitting mega watts, considering he’s frankly massive for a pro cyclist at 6’2″ and 85kg

Posted 4 years ago

mos
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The article below from a couple of years ago says 400W, i’d bet its higher now.

The Natural: Mathieu Van der Poel is the most talented bike racer on the planet

Posted 4 years ago

Jamze
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Haven’t watch racing for years – really enjoyed this weekend’s XCC/XCO.

The men were lapping the short course in just over 2 mins, so if my maths are correct, thats over 55km/h per hour right !

Nah, not having that for a second. At the TDF they’re happy doing that for a shortish TT on the road… No chance on the trails, even nicely groomed ones like the short circuit.

I’d love to be proven wrong though.

AFAIK an XCC course is 2km. Van Der Poel did 9 laps, his time was 20:28. Working it out in my head that’s an average speed over 50km/h – 30mph?? Can that be right? Amazing if so.

Posted 4 years ago

barrykellett
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Victor Koretzky did 19.1mph. With watts for stat nerds:
https://www.strava.com/activities/2375138000/analysis

Which is frankly, nuts

Posted 4 years ago

Jamze
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AFAIK an XCC course is 2km.

Not the case then looking at those Strava stats. Just over a km per lap, explains the superhuman average speed I worked out 🙂 Still mind-boggling though.

Posted 4 years ago

Kuco
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Impressed with Malene Degn getting a top 10 in her first Elite race.

Posted 4 years ago

paton
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Mathieu van der Poel winning 2018 Dutch national road race championship in style

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— Peter SagFan (@Peter_SagFan) July 1, 2018

Posted 4 years ago

Kryton57
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Nino’s posted some numbers on Insta, qualified by it being wet and slippery:

Average NP: 368w

Start Loop NP: 461w

Average NP on the long climb: 421w

Nino’s weight @ 68kg

This means he raced with an average NP of 5.4w/KG!

Posted 4 years ago

steve_b77
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How the chuffin’ hell do you take a hand off your bars and shove someone out of the way mid-sprint?!?!?!?!

That’s some serious wattage from Nino, given that he didn’t win MVDP must be approaching 6W/KG as their handling skills are pretty much on a par

Posted 4 years ago

steve_b77
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Just watched the short track, MVDP seems to do what he wants when he wants, should be an excellent season. It’ll be good when Gaze is back for a power shoot out

Posted 4 years ago

scaredypants
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Odd race, that “main” XCO (men & women) – venue looks tame but then somebody greased it while nobody was looking ! The fall on the boardwalk by one of the women was nasty.
Not sure it does much for predicting the season’s outcome.

My guess is they might drop the venue or move to mid-summer as I think it was much the same last year, wasn’t it ?

Posted 4 years ago

weeksy
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It was consderably worse last year yes. They did make it a lot ‘better’ in some ways, but removed masses of character in the process. I’d certainly think about moving the date, but then again there’s no reason in May it has to be soaked, it’s not like we’ve had much rain in the UK/Europe mostly.. but certain bits, wrong time…. yup, mud-fest.

Posted 4 years ago

Kuco
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That was an exciting womens race.

Posted 4 years ago

Jamze
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It was. Courtney v. impressive this year so far. Coverage seems to be missing key points in the race? Courtney flatting early on, then Tauber’s mechanicals from the lead on the last lap (how do you miss that?)

Posted 4 years ago

Kuco
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Gutted for Anne Tauber she was going so well.

Posted 4 years ago

Jamze
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Agreed. Was building up to a tense finish – Tauber off her bike and running up that elite climb, Courtney catching but tiring…

Posted 4 years ago

Kuco
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WTF where the racing gone?

Posted 4 years ago

Jamze
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WTF where the racing gone?

What the RBTV stream? Working here.

Posted 4 years ago

Kuco
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Mine changed to some freeride film, had to close the app and re-launch it.

Posted 4 years ago

qwerty
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Yesssssssssssss.

Posted 4 years ago

Kuco
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That some pace they kept up for 7 laps.

Posted 4 years ago

dawson
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Boom! Get in!

Posted 4 years ago

snotrag
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The way VDP gapped Nino on that last lap was incredible!

Posted 4 years ago

dovebiker
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Booom – MVdP took 15 seconds out of Schurter on that last climb. Even if he waiting for the sprint, Schurter couldn’t really expect a different outcome.

Posted 4 years ago