Lourdes WC

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-practice-action-at-lourdes-world-cup-2015.html

Linked from the PB comments – oof..

http://www.zapiks.fr/_world-cup-lourdes/%5B/url%5D

Ace! 😀

Cheers!

Crikey!

Nice links, ta.

Eeeeek those crashes are brutal.

Thirion or Gwin are gonna take this one I reckon. This track is a much better start to the season than South Africa too! Can’t wait.

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Holy moly, this track is a beast! I cannot wait to see what happens tomorrow!

Still going for Loic for the win.

Good to see brendog back in the top ten.

Hill has an injury, not entirely too sure what it is but there may even be doubt for Fort William.

I really want Loic Bruni to win a few rounds, after coming so close last year it would be great to see him finally win, first in quali, winning crankworx, i think this could be his year!

Gutted I can’t watch this round as I’m at work this afternoon, the track looks so good. Nice mix of everything. I’m rooting for Bryceland still.

I reckon Rachel for the win, though I’d love to see Myriam get it.

In the men’s it’ll just be who can make it down fast without binning it.

Can’t wait for this to start! Miami Bryce for the win – it would be a great comeback and his interviews crack me up!

I reckon Rach for the womens but the mens is really hard to call! So many racers who could win on any given day atm.

I don’t even know who I want to win the mens’ race now Hill is out, but whoever gets it will bloody well deserve it!

Track looks amazing.
Ratboy for the win, it’s a real shame that Hill is out. Probably my favourite rider to watch.

Some mis-maneuvers…

Put all hot drinks down before viewing….

http://nsmb.com/world-cup-impacts-from-lourdes/

This is a PROPER DH track. In fact, it might be too hard:

Mrs T is at work this afternoon, and the kids don’t want to go out, so that’s my afternoon sorted, as long as our creaky internet doesn’t go down.

Looking forward to it. Claudio’s preview is great.

EDIT: Thanks for the link unklehomerd. Brutal.

Well hoping it doesn’t rain, there could be as much carnage as there was in Cairns.

Anyone know start times for this afternoon, I’m out and about but want to make sure I’m back for top 10 men.

http://www.uci.ch/mountain-bike/ucievents/2015-mountain-bike-uci-mountain-bike-world-cup-presented-by-shimano/162153115/widgets/inscrits-partants-resultats-classements-169129/
Start lists (Take an hour off)

http://www.redbull.tv/videos/event-stream-495/downhill-finals
And a 25 min warning for a bit of Wish you were here with Rob

2 mins to go!

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C’mon!!!

Well looking good on Chromecast

Dh on laptop,roubaix on tv,moto gp on phone and recording superbikes.

hmm why can’t I get the live broadcast to come directly through the chromecast like I can with the other media on red bull tv?

Grr – my crappy internet means I missed Manon and Rachel

Bit jumpy and buffery here too, looks like watching it on shonky VHS.

Good to see Ragot back on it though.

Well, the woman’s looks wide open for the year.
Though there may be some names recurring in the local hotel reservation lists

Fairplay to Ratboy for riding today

and minaar with his hand taped to the bars by the look of things

By the Aussies quali times I reckon a winter of good hard riding has done them a lot of good.

Gee obviously suffering after yesterdays stack….16 seconds down on Gwin (with top 20 qualies still to go)

Am wondering if Gwinn deliberately rejoined the course much lower in quali yesterday, knowing that his dqf would mean he would get to do his race run earlier. That could be a huge advantage on the dry course which is getting more blown out with every run.

Bit of gamesmanship?

had to give up on the raspberry pi and run through to the PC

Disappointed with only 5 women and 20 men, its an online stream, it surely goes with out saying I’m specifically interested and want more than just highlights… 😡

Well considering the ladies were not breaking Hannahs time from Quali riding early might be a good thing as he has taken 5s of Bruni from yesterday. Though I think the balls out approach could work for somebody today

Come on guys, anyone but Gwin!

Bit of gamesmanship?

On a course that rough and considering how fast Gwin goes, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt in this case.

Chromecast’s working perfectly here. The coverage seems a big step up to me on previous years. More cameras, better positions, boom cams…

Shame it looks like no one’s getting close to Gwin.

Some run for a privateer there!