They are dropping like flies on that first turn, Hart, Bruni, all down!
@fingerbang
There was a practice session between the juniors and the elite.
Angel will be disqualified for cutting a pole sadly.
Claudio classic (referring to Brosnan): "This guy's in shape! Well, they all are I guess."
He's using Warner as a reference 😄
Anyone know what Rob meant by Danny going to a 'square' brand?
Impressive first corner from Thirion! Was waiting for the slip!
Remi!
That was ****ing wild!
Thirion, properly tagged but fast!
Anyone know what Rob meant by Danny going to a ‘square’ brand?
Cube?
They are stepping it up now the last guys, Remy was wild!
Loris!
Holy merde!
Is it drying up?
That second corner definitely is.
Loris has it. Looking so good race #2 is his to lose
These frenchies are so good in the mud
The Frenchies love the mud then!
@wordnumb ah of course - I think that was my first thought the other day too! Doh
gutted for Greg Minnar thought he may of had that!
Our local Shropshire Mon Matt Walker looking mighty fine
Women qualifying for round 2 starts at 12:30 BST. Men at 13:00
https://www.uci.org/mountain-bike/events/mercedes-benz-uci-mountain-bike-world-cup
Starting to get a bit bored of looking at the racing in the mud now. Be nice to see a dry course, but no idea when that will be.
Anyway I'll certainly be watch the racing tomorrow.
Quite a shake-up of quali results vs yesterday's race. Good to see Tahnee back up there.
Our local Shropshire Mon Matt Walker looking mighty fine
He's not Welsh is he? Warner seemed to think so.
Quite a shake-up of quali results vs yesterday’s race. Good to see Tahnee back up there.
How is Cabirou 8s back after the way she was riding yesterday? Can only assume she had a slip-up.
Reece not starting 🙁
How is Cabirou 8s back after the way she was riding yesterday? Can only assume she had a slip-up.
Weird isn't it - Looking at the splits - it seems to be evenly spread, so maybe taking it easy or wrong tyre choice!
Starting to get a bit bored of looking at the racing in the mud now. Be nice to see a dry course, but no idea when that will be.
Agreed. The footage from the first practice session in the sun was amazing. They were absolutely tanking it and there was some big lines opening up. Now we get to watch yet another slime fest.
I'll still be watching. Probably with a face full of fish finger sarnies, doritos, ice cream, while telling my mrs. what the riders should be doing.
Gee hasn't qualified - he's not a protected rider and lost minutes somewhere 🙁
Could've done without that muddy off-camber field at the top yesterday, but otherwise it was fantastic and a real test of skills.
Loved seeing the bikes twitching like salmon coming down that rock garden and Remi Thirion rarely seemed to be going in a straight line.
Yep, I agree. Was all good apart from the first corner lottery that dictated tyre choice.
Is anywhere showing it live tomorrow?
Yes, redbull.tv will have Women's and Men's live
Wheres the qualis, nothing showing on red bull app apart from round 1 replays.
All you get for qualis is live timing:
https://www.uci.org/mountain-bike/events/mercedes-benz-uci-mountain-bike-world-cup
No one broadcasts qualifying you can only follow the live timing. I missed it so I'm waiting for the elite men times to go up on Pinkbike.
Edit- yeah what he said ^^. Beaten by seconds
Another edit- I didn't miss it, it just wasn't working on my phone but now it is. https://www.uci.org/mountain-bike/events/mercedes-benz-uci-mountain-bike-world-cup/a >
Provisional results (still riders on track, but not the top riders):
1. n°1 BRUNI Loic 3:13.372
2. n°61 DAPRELA Thibaut 3:14.496 +1.124
3. n°3 BROSNAN Troy 3:15.111 +1.739
4. n°5 VERGIER Loris 3:15.247 +1.875
5. n°16 WALKER Matt 3:15.248 +1.876
Gotcha, wasn't working for me neither 10 mins ago.
That's a nice mixed bag. Half of the top ten hungry for their first win and Brosnan long overdue for another.
What's Bruni hiding in his stash box?
And what's the cheeky button for?
Rally liked the women’s race. Great winner who really deserves it. Trying not to give any spoilers.
Yeah great to see a bit more depth in the field . Would be great to see atherton back too .
Go on Greg!
Tracks looking much better for today.
And another race, another chance for Greg Minaar to absolutely stomp it. Brilliant run.
Big fan of Greg, helps that he's only 6 months younger than me, reminds me that age means nothing. Hopefully that's good enough for a podium...
FINished mILES ahead there
Yess! Now that was a proper race.
That was a belter race. So many different leaders and no telling who was going to take it.
Bring on Lousa.
Great racing!
Great race. The emotion from Vergier on the win almost brought me to tears!
Amazing race.
One of the best for years in terms of "that's got to be the winning run, no THAT's got to be the winning run, no..."
😀
Enjoyed that. Only one second between the top 5 riders. Fantastic.
Finn Iles through that rock garden made it looks like a smooth bit of track!
Finn Iles looked so quick I thought he must of done enough, only a matter of time before he wins one but you can say that about so many at the moment.
Gwin looking fast again , is he 1 short from equaling Minnaar ? I thought that was gone for him but maybe he has a couple more wins in him .
Obviously it was a lot closer than Friday but I’m amazed the winning time was so similar (3m07.7s vs 3m07.9s), considering the track looked basically dry today.
Different track though. Same start and finish, but quite a few different routes. Given how much faster they were doing some of the shared bits, it was probably a fair bit shorter.
Millie johnsets run is worth watching
That was horrible, she got wash boarded along the rocky ground on her face and shoulder good and proper. Sounded like she was crying on the live feed after it. Can't blame her, poor kid has had a few ugly crashes that would have most people calling it a day!
Tahnees case was fantastic. You’ve got to see it.
Skin of the teeth arse clencher that.
Good to see Vergier get one and Iles looking predatory on the bike. Bodes well for the future with all the new bloods looking sharp and well up for it.
Anyone else notice Nina Hoffmann running a flat bar.
