DH world Championship this weekend

Yes Danny F*ck yes

**** yeah!!!

Boom

dDANNNNNNNNNNNNY!

Not quite lycra, but theres some ‘race fit’ pyjamas on display today.

Nice run from Danny! 🙂

Hart’s run was fully awesome there!

This is the guy who knocked back energy drink sponsorship because he didn’t think it was a good message for the kids.

Before or after he was sponsored by Monster 😉

Holy **** @ Gwin!

**** fantastic, Hart first and Greenland 2nd.

Wahey!

After obviously, he knocked back a renewal.

Get in Danny!

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Specialized really need to make some better tyres!

You might be onto something! (Although he’s probably smashed a rock tbh)

British 1, 2. Awesome!

You little ripper!

Go Danny
Go Laurie!

Happy days

What a World Championships, fantastic by both Hart and Greenland. Well done chaps!

Unlucky Hob nob! 🙂

Great result

Mondraker 1,2 and 3!

Privateer bike of choice next season.

Ed Leigh is good isnt he. Proud day to be a Brit!

4 Brits in the top 10

great racing, mental course!

Told you guys that Danny isn’t a one hit wonder…

I can’t help thinking that coming second is the best possible position for Greenland: Although it would be awesome for him to be World Champ, would he want to go into his inaugural senior WC year with the added pressure of wearing the rainbow jersey?

Great track, great result.

Fantastic afternoon!

Great days racing,should be a Olympic event, Rachel Atherton for SPOTY!!

no chance in an Olympic and para-Olympic year

Great run from Hart and Greenland.

Bryceland has dropped hints on his instagram about his mindset.

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Reading about the founder of patagonia and riding a race series where they throw tyres away after one run is probably contributing to his decision. Also Santa Cruz being sold on and Peaty retiring has probably not helped.

Tbh I think he is probably disillusioned with the sport and and wants to have a break.

Fair play to him, but I hope he comes back as he is such a great character and amazing rider.

Should be an Olympic event!!

If Ratty doesn’t want to enlarge his carbon footprint, he could choose not to have kids and stay on the WC circuit until he gets older than Peaty. But it sounds like he’s just had enough of it. I reckon Minaar could go, leaving Santa Cruz to build a whole new team.

I was out of order with my celebrations before….

Go Rachel!
Go Danny!
Go Laurie!

What a race! Would have been an excellent way to sit out a cold, it’s been on hours, but the kids have been trying to kill me through stress.

Gwin didn’t seem happy (obviously) couldn’t work out what he was pointing at, not sure what that medic was going to do about it.

Danny was on fire, but where the hell did Laurie Greenland come from?!

There’s a certain inevitability about Rach winning now, I think she’s got the rest of the field beaten in the pits – their pre-race interviews were all so downbeat, “I’ll do what I can”. It’s great for her, probably good for the sport because it brings mainstream recognition, but it does nothing for the spectacle.

Manon’s Facebook says suspected broken collarbone . Heal up Manon!

I think the rumour about Bryceland has been around for a while no…?

Bryceland romour is now confirmed Greg will leave too it will be Santa Cruz / troylee factory racing next year

Link please ta

“Confirmed” as in ‘someone said it on Pinkbike comments’?

Proof of Syndicat evaporation and Minaar exit please.

where did Laurie Greenland come from?!

Juniors..

I normally like watching the DH races but that one was brutal!

One of the earlier femal riders headbutted a tree while going OTB, looked very nasty.
Manon’s crash was horrible to watch, was amazed when she got up.
The early men’s rider who ragdolled over the final hump made me look away until they announced he was moving again on the stretcher.
Then the RedBull feed crashed and I didn’t bother restarting it, just watched a highlights reel to catch up.

Result was great, GB near-domination is brilliant but can’t help but feel that the lesser riders from countries with no experience of WCDH tracks as steep and rutted as that one shouldn’t be racing on them? Some looked like they were genuinely crapping themselves all the way down!

I think even Rachel was saying it was “controlled crashing” 😆

. Result was great, GB near-domination is brilliant but can’t help but feel that the lesser riders from countries with no experience of WCDH tracks as steep and rutted as that one shouldn’t be racing on them? Some looked like they were genuinely crapping themselves all the way down!

Ah the Italy in rugby six nations argument.