Mountain Bike Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[FancyFenchel 111]

Just now, heywoodu said:

For training purposes, so the riders can get to know the jump in a relatively safe manner. It's apparently done in some races when there are big jumps (especially if they're new).

Ok. Reasonable.

[heywoodu 15,253]

WoodenBoardGate continues, apparently they will leave it there for the women. Basically saying the women aren't good enough to jump it, which is kind of a bad message to send.

[dcro 10,210]

32 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

WoodenBoardGate continues, apparently they will leave it there for the women. Basically saying the women aren't good enough to jump it, which is kind of a bad message to send.

Well, you need to make a big jump to clear those big rocks, and women will be approaching the jump with a slower average speed.

[Olympian1010 8,053]

Yep, ramp on the rock jump for the women’s race.

[Olympian1010 8,053]

 trying to win another cycling event with an early move 

[dcro 10,210]

Start loop completed, and the leading group is down to two riders.

[Vektor 3,326]

 Vas falling from 3rd place at the start is Hungary at Tokyo2020 in a nutshell so far (apart from fencing). Not that I expected anything from this race. 

[Monzanator 4,579]

Traffic jam!

[Vektor 3,326]

Okay, I shouldn't be too harsh, Vas is actually doing surprisingly well here even with that fall. 

[dcro 10,210]

And some wonder why the ramp was reinstated.