Mountain Bike Cycling UCI World Cup 2019

[heywoodu 15,145]

Epic downhill yesterday

https://www.redbull.com/int-en/events/AP-1XJS6F1KN2111/live/AP-1XH4Y6WCN1W11

 

I'd watch from 1:13 for Greenland's run and a half hour later for the deciders.

[phelps 7,678]

Stage #4 (Les Gets, FRA)

 

Women's Cross-Country Race

Gold: Kate Courtney 

Silver: Jolanda Neff

Bronze: Elisabeth Brandau

 

Men's Cross-Country Race

Gold: Nino Schurter

Silver: Gerhard Kerschbaumer

Bronze: Henrique Avancini

Edited August 4, 2019 by phelps

[phelps 7,678]

Stage #5 (Val di Sole, ITA)

 

Women's Short Circuit Race

Gold: Jolanda Neff

Silver: Sina Frei

Bronze: Pauline Ferrand Prevot

 

Men's Short Circuit Race

Gold: Mathieu Van Der Poel

Silver: Henrique Avancini

Bronze: Jens Schuermans

Edited August 4, 2019 by phelps

[heywoodu 15,145]

That last lap of Van der Poel was (again) insane  The way he completely, utterly destroyed Avancini....Mother of God, have mercy on our souls.

 

Then again, those short track tracks are all just cyclo-cross tracks instead of really MTB tracks, which is of course completely perfect for him.

[Gianlu33 4,574]

The Val di Sole downhill is probabily the best track of the season...

Btw, Fontana was 100 times better how cyclist.. his technical comment is a bit annoying. He can work in Rai

[phelps 7,678]

18 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

The Val di Sole downhill is probabily the best track of the season...

Btw, Fontana was 100 times better how cyclist.. his technical comment is a bit annoying. He can work in Rai

 

be serious...if you watch on Red Bull TV, turn the English commentary on...

 

by the way, yeah...I love the Val di Sole Downhill track...

but easier tracks like Les Gets normally give us a lot more exciting races (as it happened 2 weeks ago), meawhile here we can clearly see how big the difference is between the very few top competitors and those immediately following them in the ranking (not to mention those outside the top 10/15)...

[Gianlu33 4,574]

1 minute ago, phelps said:

 

be serious...if you watch on Red Bull TV, turn the English commentary on...

I have big problems with english

[phelps 7,678]

what a race!!!

 

unbelievable comeback by Neff, but what a tough reaction by Ferrand Prevot, who could stay with the Swiss in the last half lap and then beat her at the sprint finish...

 

the best women's race of the year...by far...

[phelps 7,678]

Stage #5 (Val di Sole, ITA)

 

Women's Cross-Country Race

Gold: Pauline Ferrand Prevot

Silver: Jolanda Neff

Bronze: Jenny Rissveds

Edited August 4, 2019 by phelps

[heywoodu 15,145]

That Red Bull TV downhill commentator is both alright and extremely irritating. Greenland's win was entirely sure during the last guy's run, and he talked normally...until after the finish all of a sudden he went all AND IT'S ANOTHER BRITISH RIDER WHO TAKES HIS FIRST EVER WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as if it was a huge sensation at that moment. Ugh, commentators who can't get people's attention by what they say and so they have to yell  

 

Random rider at split 2: 10 seconds faster than the current leading time

Same rider at split 3: 11 seconds faster --> Commentator: "AND OH MY GOD IT'S 11 SECONDS!!"

Edited August 4, 2019 by heywoodu