UCI MTB World Cup (All forms!)

[jmdirt]

Well, this week Trek was the fastest down the hill in both men and women!

 

[jmdirt]

Interesting XCC races.

 

[LesMcLuffAlot]

1 hour and 15 mins for the mens winning time. Are the races getting shorter?

 

[jmdirt]

LB is on some good form!

Ladies race next...

 

[Ricco']

1 hour and 15 mins for the mens winning time. Are the races getting shorter?

It's been like that for a few years already, maybe.

When I first started watching (around 2017), I remember some races going to 1h22/1h30 even.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Nationals weekend.....already some interesting, and surprising results. A shame so few are streamed live.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/racing-rumours-5-possible-changes-for-the-2023-world-cup-season.html

Rumours regarding the Discovery coverage......

 

[glassmoon]

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/racing-rumours-5-possible-changes-for-the-2023-world-cup-season.html

Rumours regarding the Discovery coverage......

damn... i feared about those to be confirmed... not looking good... really not looking good. 20k registration fee? wtf? i'm pretty angry about that.

 

[Ripper]

damn... i feared about those to be confirmed... not looking good... really not looking good. 20k registration fee? wtf? i'm pretty angry about that.

It's no big deal, it's only almost a seven-fold increase

 

[glassmoon]

It's no big deal, it's only almost a seven-fold increase

yep, that will reduce the start field to purely big teams or factory teams... no young guns, no privateers

 

[Ripper]

yep, that will reduce the start field to purely big teams or factory teams... no young guns, no privateers

Exactly! Unless there is some more information about privateers and small groups having a different fee, it's really bad news. And even if there is some sort of sliding scale, it seems like a massive money grab. So far, only hearing bad news and no good news.

 

[Ricco']

I hope Red Bull goes for their own series. I don't think downhill is so attached to the UCI brand as say XCO or road cycling.

If Red Bull can create a new series maintaining the essence of the sport (and the fans prefer that one) the big brands and riders will flock to the series with more exposure.

 

[jmdirt]

None of that is good news.
Even the big teams will stop coming if the fees increase like that.

 

[Ripper]

Course preview. More technical than I thought it would be

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaOv6YPfl-4

 

[Axel Hangleck]

I hope Red Bull goes for their own series. I don't think downhill is so attached to the UCI brand as say XCO or road cycling.

If Red Bull can create a new series maintaining the essence of the sport (and the fans prefer that one) the big brands and riders will flock to the series with more exposure.

It's certainly possible - and there is a precedent. In motorcycle Enduro, there are now two World Championships; EnduroGP and Hard Enduro. The latter only gained full World Championship status last year; before that we had a series of mainly Red Bull sponsored events that made up the WESS...However, with coverage on Red Bull TV, it was far better than the established EnduroGP series. In fact, Rob Warner was on the coverage of last month's RB Erzbergrodeo.....

It's not beyond the realms of possibility that we eventually get a RB Hardline World Cup......

 

[jmdirt]

Course preview. More technical than I thought it would be

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaOv6YPfl-4

YUK! I was a good muddder in my moto days, but never really liked mud races on my mountain bike.

 

[jmdirt]

USAers with some good races to kick things off in the mud!

 

[glassmoon]

Nasty crash by Nino in XCC... hope he's not injured but what was he doing on that bridge ffs?

 

[Axel Hangleck]

It was a strange one, as he only saw the end of the accident, and him flying through the air, minus his bike; On RBTV they summised he caught his bars on the bridge...
He looked pretty banged up, and his helmet did it's job; I do wonder whether he should race today....but one expects he will.

 

[glassmoon]

he seems relatively OK-ish in the end of the latest team Instagram montage - def. nothing is broken - could be just banged up (or even temp dislocated) shoulder. might be painful though and with racing packed month and WCH approaching he might be skipping today's (and even next one) XCO imho. but who knows... he's one tough cookie

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[postmanhat]

Watching Neff descend in wet conditions is possibly my favourite thing in cycling. Just a shame her climbing legs have gone at the moment.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Terpstra's team again giving her the wrong national jersey; looks like a carbon copy of the British champs jersey; not good. Even Bohe's Danish jersey is a joke....

 

[postmanhat]

I don't follow men's MTB as much as women's. Is there a wet weather specialist?

 

[Axel Hangleck]

I'm not sure, but Nino is known not to like wet conditions.....Well that seems to get repeated when it is wet. I've no idea how true that is.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Commonwealth Games XC MTB races, at Cannock Chase today; looks like pretty small fields with it being between the two North America World Cups......
However Sam Gaze should be favourite to defend his title, and women's XCO World Champion Evie Richards continues her comeback.