Mountain Bike Cycling UCI World Championships 2019

[JoshMartini007 2,538]

31 minutes ago, dcro said:

"Quotas" for in women's U23 race.

 

These U23 quotas are such a fail. We could potentially see a Portuguese racer qualifying, even if she was completely off the pace.

 

Looking at the nations rankings, and are the best nations not in the top 21, but they are ranked 23rd and 22nd respectively so it wouldn't take much to qualify normally. After that we have then . We almost could have a scenario where someone that was lapped would qualify to the Olympics.

[dcro 10,210]

I don't get it. McConnell is leading by a margin, and yet the commentators are not surprised whatsoever.

[Olympian1010 7,977]

Just now, dcro said:

I don't get it. McConnell is leading by a margin, and yet the commentators are not surprised whatsoever.

It’s Mountain Biking, anyone can win on a given day at the top level. 

[heywoodu 15,148]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

It’s Mountain Biking, anyone can win on a given day at the top level. 

Usually that's not how it goes though. There's a relatively small handful of people taking the main results.

[heywoodu 15,148]

Just now, dcro said:

I don't get it. McConnell is leading by a margin, and yet the commentators are not surprised whatsoever.

2nd, 4th, 5th this year...it's not like she's been totally invisible so far.

 

Edit: 2nd in a main race, standings are a bit annoying to read but she is 5th in the World Cup

Edited August 31, 2019 by heywoodu

[Olympian1010 7,977]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Usually that's not how it goes though. There's a relatively small handful of people taking the main results.

Yeah Mountain Biking’s been a little less competitive lately. I still enjoy watching a race though.

[Olympian1010 7,977]

I love climbing on bike, skates, skis, etc.; but that steep switchback climb does not look fun to me, which says a lot about how steep it is.

[Olympian1010 7,977]

This back half of the race has made for quite a boring event. Plus, Sagan’s not here so there will be a grand total of zero pointless wheelies

[heywoodu 15,148]

Just now, Olympian1010 said:

This back half of the race has made for quite a boring event. Plus, Sagan’s not here so there will be a grand total of zero pointless wheelies

I mean, I find it cool Ferrand Prevot once again wins a world title at this supersweet track (as far as I am still feeling anything 'cool' or 'happy' after the shocking motorracing news which hit pretty hard), so that's nice, but yeah....once she overtook McConnell this turned into a major borefest.

[heywoodu 15,148]

After Rissved's World Cup win, here's another lesson to never ever give up chasing dreams when everything is working against you.