UCI MTB World Cup (All forms!)

[Hugh Januss]

Shout out to Christopher Blevins. Clearly not on his best day but he did come from 14-15th back to 8th in the last lap to keep his hold on the overall.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Another win for SFR in the men's, and a different rider. Puck in another demonstration.. they keep mentioning Alpecin-Deceuninck, but she's on the women's Fenix-Deceuninck team (though the same management, etc)

Sammie with another fine ride, and podium place; I wonder if any road teams have been keeping tabs on her, or she's like Lecomte, and is all in on MTB.

With no Evie, or the Holmgren twins, Trek were pretty anonymous; quite a contrast with Specialized who they should be competing with.

 

[jmdirt]

Spoiler:





Goldstone is absolutely amazing!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlbksI66-Vg

 

[glassmoon]

kid's flying this season... 4th win in a row! what an absolute madlad.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Some 'interesting' results from the French XC Nationals.......

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Olympic Champion Tom Pidcock will race this weekend's MTB World Cup in Pal Arinsal, Andorra.

 

[glassmoon]

yep, looking forward to see how he'll do. he's basically home there also so not travelling far I guess...

 

[Axel Hangleck]

With no World Cup racing since Crans-Montana last year, his ranking has dropped; so no XCC on Friday, and a lowly start position likely on Sunday.......unless one of his Road or CX rankings allows him to start from higher up. 4th or 5th row like MvdP did in Nove Mesto.

 

[Wyndbrook]

With no World Cup racing since Crans-Montana last year, his ranking has dropped; so no XCC on Friday, and a lowly start position likely on Sunday.......unless one of his Road or CX rankings allows him to start from higher up. 4th or 5th row like MvdP did in Nove Mesto.

I think he should be eligible for a 4th or 5th row, he is currently ranked 18th on the road. He is not longer ranked at cross.
But hey the rules seem to be made to be confusing.

 

[glassmoon]

Rules (from reddit - not sure if 100% accurate):

The official rule change reads as follows: The starting places 33 to 40 at the elite men's World Mountain Bike Cross Country Championship will accommodate all riders ranked in the top-10 of any UCI Ranking. With the exception of the individual UCI Road Ranking, for which that exception applies to the top-20.

- so 5th row (same as for MVdP in Nove Mesto)

 

[jmdirt]

Schedule change for tomorrow due to lightning/electric storms!

 

[glassmoon]

Amateurish coverage of the finish line sprint... and such a bad luck for Nino - he was in the 1st group right up to that "Koretzky moment" (snapped chain) at the end of the race. Must be pretty pissed.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Amateurish coverage of the finish line sprint... and such a bad luck for Nino - he was in the 1st group right up to that "Koretzky moment" (snapped chain) at the end of the race. Must be pretty pissed.

The same as last year's Worlds when Evie & PFP sprinted.....You couldn't really tell who was winning.....Terrible camera angle.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Puck Preview

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oru9VvZVy3A

 

[jmdirt]

Spoiler:






Goldstone still on fire...just Bruni faster today.

Look at 11:50: Bruni looks like he hugging his kid or something!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yY584hKmf8

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Pidders

 

[glassmoon]

Pidders already in 1st group during the 1st lap...

 

[Didinho]

Dominating once again!

 

[glassmoon]

seems it's his last WC race this season... wonder if he'll go for the ECH and the WCH

 

[TourOfSardinia]

seems it's his last WC race this season... wonder if he'll go for the ECH and the WCH

He said in the pre-race interview that he plans ECH.

 

[AmRacer]

Mathieu needs an entire season to catch up

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Mathieu needs an entire season to catch up

Yes. And when is that likely to happen? We know he doesn't spend enough time on the MTB - whether training/ racing.
Winning the XCO Worlds in Crans-Montana is going to be almost impossible - not helped by currently riding in the Tour.

 

[jmdirt]

Some pretty good racing.
No surprises really, but some unfortunate stuff...

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

How 2025 that a computer coming loose, is the cause of you losing the race. Dang Puck, wish you'd just ripped it off the first time you stopped.

Because of it, the women's race was a banger, though.

 

[glassmoon]

bigger issue was she had trouble on that section basically every lap until she switched the line mid-race. computer was dealt with in few seconds - 2nd stop was because dropped chain I believe (not only bc of computer). too many mistakes by Puck... she does that sometimes.