http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/stories/1331646985005/cairns-pov-claudio
Guessing the redbull video doesn’t embed

Done so that you can see more of the course than when Mich Hannah did his, some great pics of confused Dh’s looking at rock gardens going round.

😯 wow…

Love those course commentaries from Claudio

Looks fun. Interested to see it from other angles, looks quite smooth on the headcam, which I’m sure isn’t the case

Funny (especially at 2:15)
Not sure what to make of the course. Looks hard to film for TV!
Claudio did it in 4:28, wonder what the winning time will be?
4:00?

looks tough, some tricky sections and a fair bit of pedalling in there
-goes off to check fantasy team-

does look tough to film aswell

Looks brilliant. Not sure how much we’ll see in the filming but looking forward to it. Claudio rules… 😀

is that a root or a snake? 😆

Oops!!

At first I thought the track was a bit bland, but this gives a far better indication of what is in-store:

Peaty Track-walk

It looks like one tricky track, especially if it stays wet.

That looks like an awesome track, looks like there will be some monster crashes if it rains

That’s a pretty good indication of the speed I ride over that kind of terrain. If only I had a camera so I could show you…………………….

😆 followed quickly by 😯 parp!

Sorry have to disagree I think the track looks nowhere near hard enough for the best riders in the world, dh tracks should be steep and technical first the SA track then this! I know it’s hard to tell on a helmet cam but I can’t believe this track is technically demanding enough not sure if the UCI are choosing the tracks people want to see and the riders want to ride, poor show! Wouldn’t be so bad if there were more races in the calendar.

Post your go pro run of the track and I’ll take your post more seriously 😉

Sorry have to disagree I think the track looks nowhere near hard enough for the best riders in the world, dh tracks should be steep and technical first the SA track then this! I know it’s hard to tell on a helmet cam but I can’t believe this track is technically demanding enough not sure if the UCI are choosing the tracks people want to see and the riders want to ride, poor show! Wouldn’t be so bad if there were more races in the calendar.

HA HA HA HA HA. I had to laugh at this comment – pure trolling. Have you watched the peaty track walk? Even Minnaar says some of the rock sections are ‘pretty gnarly’ and he’s not exactly one to back off.

My house in Oz was only 1 km from the course. Tried to go down the old DH one. Seriously steep in places – so simply sent the bike on ahead and went down on my bum (couldn’t walk).

Film flattens it all out.

BTW I believe 9 out of the world’s deadliest snakes are native to the Cairns region. Even after 10 years back here I still brake and swerve for branches on the ground… 🙂

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu-115hcjF8[/video]
Just popping the vid in.

Sorry have to disagree I think the track looks nowhere near hard enough for the best riders in the world, dh tracks should be steep and technical

I’d suggest watching the track walk vid and having a think about it. Then strapping on a pair and giving it a go. I’ll be posting up a helmet cam when I go up there 🙂 It might be a bit more comedy than action.

oh and this is what the weather is doing 🙂
I wish there were some more practice/quali stuff about looks like it could be bonkers

and this is the XC course

Adam Brayton just tweeted “lets go ride somewhere easier, like Norway” Think he’s had a big crash. I guess the track most be sooo easy.

Looks mental, though they should count themselves lucky its mud not ruddy pea gravel! The devils surface that stuff.

But they don’t need to worry about the snakes.

The spiders will take care of them… 🙂

[video]http://youtu.be/j65i5PDUeT4[/video]

But don’t go swimming near the croc signs…

I’ve seen the course and ridden bits as they were building it last October. Mostly the XC and some of the DH, but backwards!

Pythons are very common in the area, enough poisonous snakes to keep you on your toes too.

The course has had lots of work since I was there, but the bottom sections are steeper in real life than they look and some of the doubles and gaps are huge. In the wet its very slippery.

The XC course looks brilliant.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnCxSSkozzY[/video]
Certainly looks tame…

It’s going to be carnage surely?

Danny hart for the win?

This has all the makings of an epic race – can’t wait for this one!

I’m particularly interested to see how the riders tackle that MX-style whoops section at high speed… should be interesting!

They’re handling that rhythm section OK

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even watching is making me wince, let alone riding it – what with all the snakes and spiders and being too easy and everything 😉

Not sure about that long drag out at the end though, that would upset a Danny Hart win surely?

Too easy 😆

Little Troy might nail this.

Not changing my team ’cause I’m still rooting for Mick, Tracey and Gee.

I’d have put Mick as the favourite if it was dry but it’s not…

If it rains on and off it’s a lottery and a good chance for one of the young kids.

If it hammers it down until the end of the race it might get easier to ride and then back to the big boys with an outside chance of a danny hart style run where going balls out works though looking at the off camber that could go very very wrong.

Looks like it’ll be a good one.

Mick just got the boot from my team. Danny’ll get a go instead, if only for this weekend maybe.

I’ve got connor fearon in my fantasy league, hoping the gamble pays off.

Looks like its going to be an epic race.

Course looks great, hope Redbull manage to get some decent camera locations.
Looks tricky to film… and dead easy to ride 😉

Just wanna see Fairclough on this bit.

I reckon RedBull will get good stuff but I don’t think we’ll get any super long tracking shots like at MSA.

This Is Peaty – Ratboy Head Cam.

‘Oo put that there..?’

marc beaumont up to nearly 80kph im practice today
http://www.pinkbike.com/news/results-timed-practice-world-cup-round-2-cairns-2014.html
cant imagine what that must feel like on a gnarly DH track!