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OUCHIE!!
Nino goes MOAR AERO!
Is that 22kmph a lap including the climbing - that's pretty impressive
but descending too.....
Kulhavy riding for silver now.. Schurter has got this sown up unless he bins it..
Dirty Sanchez for bronze! Come on!
MOO STASH!
Pace forks for Gold 😉
Looks that way
That's going to be another grosse déception pour les français. They had three real hopes for a medal.
Early in they said the options were hardball, soft-tail and full sus
Watching on Estonian tv so had no idea what is being said!
Not got a chance to read through previous posts but this seems more technically challenging than London course...? Plus extra heat and humidity = very hard work!
difference in speed up that rock section, Nino made it look like a downhill!
Indeed
Remind me again why mountain biking races aren't TV/sponsorship friendly? This is great to watch!
I'm glad they've told me it's the Olympic Games, here in Rio. I'd have been lost otherwise...
🙄
If she mentions Schurter's "little mishap" on the previous lap again, I might scream!
I love mountain biking, but this I think is far duller to watch than the road race.
Think the Spaniard is saving a bit for the finish sprint now.
Edit: obviously not
Not Sagan's day for sure
You are applying so much pressure, pressure, there's no need for you to apply pressure to her, there's already so much pressure in the race, why do you want to put any more pressure?If she mentions Schurter's "little mishap" on the previous lap again, I might scream!
/s
Where has the Frenchie gone ? TV here rather stressed
Wonder what will become of that Olympic MTB course afterwards, it looks good - I mean it's bloody tough and would need some dumbing down as they did with Hadleigh but they've obviously put a huge amount of work into it.
"love mountain biking, but this I think is far duller to watch than the road race."
Each to their own. Thought this was great.
Well done Schurter.
I thought it was good to watch.
That slammed specialized bike is a terrible advert for 29ers.
Well done to Schurter! I saw a programme about his training regime, which I thought was pretty impressive!
Top finish funnel style by the Spaniard.
Great to see them so pleased to get silver and bronze!!!!
Great celebration for moo tache
Chapeau to Schuster - dominant.
TV here straight to the handball final not surprisingly (had been doubke screen for a bit)
@vickypea where did you see that ? Veloclub after the TdF coverage had a piece on the French prep where they had built some of the jumps/features
4th is "one of the worst" places to finish in, apparently
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Great to see them so pleased to get silver and bronze!!!!
+1
Kulhavy and the moosetache showing their class
17th for Ferguson, great result!
Grant Ferguson 17th place,good work fella !
what's the total distance and ascent they just did?
Be nice to see Grant Ferguson get some decent backing for future Olympics.
Nino on fire this season I though Absalon would do better especially after he tore the field apart at MSA 2 weeks ago but finished behind those riders today.
What a great race. Really enjoyed that, and pleased to see the comedy Spaniard get bronze, he looked well chuffed.
Given STW have declared the course a glorified blue route there sure seem to be a lot of pros that have crashed.
Loving the Spaniard nut grabbing celebration.
Crashes all part of mtb at the highest level? All part of it at the lowest level as well.
Enjoyed that too, neat.
Some of those crashes were brutal..
The Spaniard
Lots of damage to rims and bikes on a ' blue course'
Wonder what will become of that Olympic MTB course afterwards
I'm not convinced Brazil has as many fat IT managers who'll want to drive their Audis up there of a weekend.
Lovely shot of him 'suggesting' to Marmotte that he take a turn on the front. No subtle flick of the elbow there 🙂The Spaniard
Did they build a fake slum in the middle of the course?
Wonder what will become of that Olympic MTB course afterwards
The Commonwealth games course in Glasgow (2014) in Cathkin Braes is a legacy course now, which seems to attract a number of people. I feel like there's quite a bit of potential in it. Though I am not sure if someone maintains it.
Been there today for the first time, seen quite few cyclists.
naughty
Yes. Then they set fire to it for added realism.Did they build a fake slum in the middle of the course?
Hoping this race would get Peter Sagan back into mtbing but maybe not now. Shame really. If he'd been on a Cannondale again he would have won it !!
Chapeau to the GB rider for making it to the games but congrats for 17th ?
17 out of 50 is pretty good considering how young he is...
Chapeau to the GB rider for making it to the games but congrats for 17th ?
..and you were opining earlier about the best way to encourage the development of XC racing in the UK.
Chimp.
He's 17th in the world today.
Did they build a fake slum in the middle of the course?
Yes I thought that was a rather strange nod to Brazilian "culture".
I dunno, I won't take away from the athleticism and skill, or the level of competition but as a televised event that was properly shit. I enjoyed the handball more and I had no idea at all what was happening in that. Not helped by the commentary and editing to be fair.
Do want a go on the track though. Not on their bikes though, that'd not end well.
Sadly many sports that I enjoy including cycling and tri make pretty poor TV viewing. Having said that I enjoyed that more than I thought I would, commentary apart.
Wonder what will become of that Olympic MTB course afterwards
UCI should add it to the world cup calender. The current spread of races is pretty poor for a world series, even the new boys EWS get around more.
I've read that it's on military land and may well be bulldozed after the games.
Chapeau to the GB rider for making it to the games but congrats for 17th ?
I guess it's a matter of your personal perspective but i thought Grant rode amazingly well to come in less than 6 minutes behind Nino, 17th place out of such a field is bloody good going
I'm not convinced Brazil has as many fat IT managers who'll want to drive their Audis up there of a weekend.
MTB is really popular in Brazil, just take a look on Instagram - there's loads of them at it.
that was properly shit.
In what way? I enjoyed it, some good battles and excellent camerawork throughout. Commentary a bit duff, but I'm inspired to see how Red Bull and Rob Warner do it at the next round of the WC.
Chapeau to the GB rider for making it to the games but congrats for 17th ?
Yeah, he's hardly David Bowie eh?
Also commentator said a wheel was "pretzeled" ?? It "Pringled" or "tacoed" because of the shape! Pretzeled would mean the rim is tied in a knot.He also said nino did a tail whip...
The commentary that bugged me was their inability to say Kul-har-ver correctly but the rest was par for the course
dunno, I won't take away from the athleticism and skill, or the level of competition but as a televised event that was properly shit. I enjoyed the handball more and I had no idea at all what was happening in that. Not helped by the commentary and editing to be fair.
I thought it was televised pretty well and the course was very TV friendly but it was just very boring to watch. I guess the big gap in abilities made it quite predictable and there weren't really any twists, turns or surprises compared to say the RR (which I thought was awesome)
guess it's a matter of your personal perspective but i thought Grant rode amazingly well to come in less than 6 minutes behind Nino, 17th place out of such a field is bloody good going
Completely agree. Can't fault the effort of a young guy getting a last minute entry and very little support. Came ahead of the likes of Gaze, Fontana and that dude who rides a bit of road. Similar kind of mark to Hermida and McConnell is no bad show.
that was properly shit.
Each to their own. thoroughly enjoyed it myself.
@chap yes that's my point entirely
BOC are pretty brutal about qualification so to make the event Chapeau as I said. If his entry is a building block to 2020 then thats good too especially as he's young @footflaps points out.
If there was an Olympic medal for backpedalling...
Women's race was good but mens got stretched early so there weren't many left in it. Racers make the race.
I thought the Course was great, started to cut up today after the rain. The televising of it was great, the kit they put in to cover that course with drones, fixed points and moving cameras on tracks was a credit to the sport. Commentators were crap but that was bbc's fault the pictures we got were pretty good. But I think this thread sums up why we don't do xc. All that and a mountain bike forum goes 'meh'.
Thats because the likely user base of a mtb forum are the same ones that buy mtb mags and get brainwashed into believing they need 160mm of suspension and silly coloured flappy outfits.
[b]STEEZ! [/b]
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wasn't the xc course what most people consider to be DH!?!
(in reality, not dreams?)
Check out 1.43 on this youtube clip:
Check out 3.14 on this one:
I enjoyed it. Despite a previous remark, they can bloody ride can't they!?!
Thats because the likely user base of a mtb forum are the same ones that buy mtb mags and get brainwashed into believing they need 160mm of suspension and silly coloured flappy outfits.
The average dude or dudette on here is pretty far removed from elite level XC, or DH or whatever. I'm ****ed if I'd want a 10kg race bike, or a pervert costume. Normal looking shorts, shoes and t-shirt are about perfect for the average rider. Unless you are a high end XCer and bloody fast, you look like a bell end in full on lycra. None of us are as good on a bike as these full time pro's so it stands to reason that some will want a bit more travel as found in more versatile bikes.
I thought the course and tv coverage was great and Grant rode well to finish that close to Nino
OK, be honest, who wants a go on that course?
ME! ME! ME! PICK ME!
It looked great!
you look like a bell end in full on lycra.
Bellend (apparently) and proud, started mtbing outside the UK where riding xc in lycra is the norm. Sorry (I'm not).
you look like a bell end in full on lycra.
True, but look even worse pretending I am a 14 year old skateboarder in baggies
what about it trimix, some riders getting air?
tv coverage was great
Thought the commentary was pretty poor. Expected them to dumb down the commentary a bit given the broader audience, but they seemed to dumb down the commentators instead.
Pretty good race. Though Coloma's finish line celebration was the highlight for me 🙂