It's been coming, and it's here: Charlie Aldridge breakthrough.
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The guy is a unit.It's been coming, and it's here: Charlie Aldridge breakthrough.
Still an U23 (and U23 World Champion) he's had a better season in the Elites than Vidaurre, which I wasn't expecting. Two Brits in the Top 10 of a men's XC World Cup is not normal.It's been coming, and it's here: Charlie Aldridge breakthrough.
I quite liked the annoucer with Bart as he seemed way more knowledgeable about XC racing than Rob Warner.On a different note, they need to pair up a different announcer with Bart for next year.
Don't say that on Pinkbike.........I quite liked the announcer with Bart as he seemed way more knowledgeable about XC racing than Rob Warner.
I should copy and paste that into Pinkbike just to see the hate rain down! 🤔😆Don't say that on Pinkbike.........
Don't think either of them had their best day yesterday. Keeping an eye on the monitor would a good start.I quite liked the annoucer with Bart as he seemed way more knowledgeable about XC racing than Rob Warner.
40 years in and its still alien to them (33 if we only count UCI WCs). If they haven't gotten it yet, they never will.Would be interesting to see whether the move to Discovery/WB has improved the interest of the MTB World Cup. It might take a while yet. MTB is still an alien sport for the cycle racing media, and the MTB media tend to be gravity biased.
Nino with his 9th Overall title - yet I've seen very little about it.
Yes; the problem is most of them are roadies, and that's all they understand - though some will cover some CX in the winter because of well known names. Meaning, CX actually gets better coverage than MTB.......40 years in and its still alien to them (33 if we only count UCI WCs). If they haven't gotten it yet, they never will.
Looks like downhillers get an even more euro centric calendar, only one DH outside of Europe. I would have thought Lake Placid could support a downhill.2024 calendar:
View: https://twitter.com/UCI_MTB/status/1714303063140233673
Disappointed that Snowshoe has been dropped - the US surely warrants two events, and no XC at Leogang....when they have two riders who have now won XCO World Cups.
Will the UK ever get a XC World Cup? Seemingly not......
Rank | Rider | Result |
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1 |
PIVOT CYCLES - OTE | 1:17:59 60 Pts |
2 | SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING | 1:18:52 40 Pts |
3 | 1:20:13 30 Pts |
enduro is even smaller (much smaller) business than XC. the starting fees went up significantly after the Discovery takeover. only handful of teams would be able to race in the US/AUS anyway... even if it would be 2 rounds within the 2 weeks and good amount of points. i don't see it branching out of Europe in the current state ever.Enduro is an all European calendar; however, after rumours of teams pulling out, it's probably a cost cutting exercise. Trips to Australia/North America aren't exactly cheap.
yeah... i could do without flats in Enduro thoughEnduro changing it's format this year to only one day events was a mistake - that's not what Enduro is. In all honesty, the MTB model of Enduro is just multi-stage Downhill........A far cry from what it's meant to be. It should be multi-stage off-road racing, uphill, flat, downhill.....
And it should be said, the coverage was not as good this season - but still better than XC Marathon, which was terrible.
Interesting interview with PFP on the Geraint Thomas podcast; would consider a return to some road racing after Paris 2024; but for which team?
Is the will really there? Previously, there wasn't......