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So... Missy Giove back in DH.
All we need now is to bring back Palmer for the mens
Thought she would still be doing time?
12 years since she last raced in the big league and she's 43. hmm.
Link?
Palmer is sort of back, isn't he coaching some youth Intense team?
Just don't watch any of the videos of him riding.
They're bringing back the 90s, apparently.
12 years since she last raced in the big league and she's 43. hmm.
Amazing to think that Peaty was racing at the same time she was in her prime, and he's still going (sort of...)
Good news 😀 bring it on!
Yes!
Please qualify please qualify please qualify!
Oh, and do your race run on this:
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Imagine how manky that piranha is now.
Looks like she's on a YT:
http://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/PIT-BITS-World-Cup-Windham,9259/Missy-Giove-is-at-Windham,95381/sspomer,2
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Well all shes gone through I say shes got balls..
Hope it all goes well for her.
🙂
Next want Tomac back. That I would pay to see.
On a YT in Windham? Sounds like a publicity stunt to me. Can't see her doing at all well (although it would be great if she did!), but it might be good for YT now they are selling in USA.
I would love it for her to find the pace... I think old injuries might be the biggest issue though, did she not retire more or less on doctor's orders, too many knocks to the head?
chestrockwell - MemberThought she would still be doing time?
Nah, she was released on time served. I guess she might be out of her probation too if she's allowed to travel?
Well, she looks in shape at least.
Claudio had dinner with her last night, the scamp.
Listening to the interview on the link above, it sounds like she might just be a teeny tiny bit out of practice.Can't see her doing at all well
She is dudebro to the ****ing max though.
I too would quite like to see her do well but I expect that she'll find that things have really moved on.
id like to see her do well..
but shes said shes ridden 16 times in the last ten years..!!
I dont think she has a chance to be honest.. things have moved on quite a bit..
Palmer did comeback a few years ago.. I think he did 2 world cups? and struggled.. im pretty sure he didnt qualify for the main event in at least one of them if not both..
And what does YT stand for again? 🙂
Yesteryears Trafficker?
[b]Y[/b]esshewastalentedoncebutprobablyisnowstartingtorunshortof [b]T[/b]alent?
She swears a quite a bit..
She always did.
Publicity stunt or not fair play to her, she's made some bad choices and has come out the other side. Hope she enjoys the course and doesn't get more broken.
Is ACC going to come along to give her a spanking again?
She's before my time, but I've read a bit about her - fascinating story, I think people will obviously compare her to Palmer, but I don' think she had that level of god given talent.
I'm not sure the rules on WC entries, I spoke with Neil Donoghue a couple of years ago, this was after BikeRadar Team had folded and before he started racing Enduro so I don't think he was racing at all then, I mentioned I'd put him in my Dirt Fantasy DH league (he was very cheap) as they announced he was going to race certain WCs as a Privateer - he laughed about saying something like that once, but he certainly wasn't racing because no matter how good you are, or were you can't just rock up at a WC and slap your name down, you need some National Level UCI points amongst other things.
Something similar was said about Palmer a couple of years back, maybe 2011 or something that he was going to race certain WCs, but I don't think he ever did.
From a 2013 article:
Giove talks about how she'd love to race one more season despite orders from neurologists that she remain retired from the sport, probation terms that prohibit her from leaving the state, and the fact that she still suffers from chronic headaches and the occasional seizure. She admits that it's an imperfect ambition and knows the sport is dominated by youth – last year's female world champ was 22. Even though she is not actively training for a comeback, Giove insists that on the right course on the right day, she'd be a serious contender. "I have the speed," she says. "They say I shouldn't hit my head ever again, but I'm gonna have to live my life."
[url= http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/missy-giove-an-x-games-stars-criminal-ride-20131028 ]http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/missy-giove-an-x-games-stars-criminal-ride-20131028[/url]
There's a point at which you really should listen to doctors.
😥She's before my time
There's a point at which you really should listen to doctors.
Possibly but
"I have the speed," she says. "They say I shouldn't hit my head ever again, but I'm gonna have to live my life."
Legend, I feel the need, the need for Speeeeeeeeeeeeed
Well this is certainly unexpected. Hopefully RedBull do some coverage.
Good for her!
I hope she has fun.
I read she needed dispensation from the U.S. national Team(or something) to be allowed to ride as part of them. And it's the wishes of her partner (who I believe has terminal cancer) to see her race a World Cup before she goes.
The main problem she had back in the day was ACC was massively above all the other women she raced against and was so dominant that no one had a chance if she turned up to race.
It's my opinion that whatever she's done in her past, she's served her time and can carry one racing if she wants. And I doubt I'd be too worried about another knock to the head if my other(better) half's dying wish was to see me do something risky.
Tom kP
Do yo think she drives an Audi and gets an uplift these days 😕
From the link to the article above...
"[Missy] is sporting a black-and-white Vans mesh hat and a Brooklyn Nets jersey that reveals dark tufts of armpit hair".
Sounds like Ratboy won't be the hairiest critter on course at the weekend...
She raced round 4 of the ProGRT at Snowshoe WV a few weeks ago.
Go girl!
Missy rocks. That's an actual fact, right there 😀
I can't look at, listen to, or read about Missy without making constant connections to this film;
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She is the absolute living embodiment of it.
so its not alright to take drugs in sport, but its alright to sell/transport/distribute it on a massive scale and be welcomed back with open arms?
the interview was cringeworthy
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Something similar was said about Palmer a couple of years back, maybe 2011 or something that he was going to race certain WCs, but I don't think he ever did.
2010 he raced Mont St Anne and Windham and in his own words he was scared. Not sure if he qualified, he certainly didn't make the cut for the live feed. 2011 is when Windham was flooded by hurricane Irene.
...but its alright to sell/transport/distribute it on a massive scale and be welcomed back with open arms?
But now it's completely harmless and legal and earning astronomical sums of tax on legitimate sales so why the hypocrisy? The DEA owe her an apology.
The DEA owe her an apology.
😆
dirtyrider - Memberso its not alright to take drugs in sport, but its alright to sell/transport/distribute it on a massive scale and be welcomed back with open arms?
It's alright, it was just weed- not something really nasty like tobacco
I met her in a pub in Fort William, she's chatty, down to earth and quick witted. Was a fan before I met her and after seeing the road her life took and an apparent turnaround I have even more admiration 🙂
She's fantastic, one of the great characters of the sport, saw her in Fort Bill years ago too but was too shy to say hi. Think she is riding a rented bike for this race!
She swears a quite a bit..
seems to be compulsory for DH, ratboy got a few f words into the live Red Bull stream last weekend
**** yeah!
Great misogyny there snorkelsucker.
The interview in dirt explained a fair bit of her situation. I hope she does well.
In June 2009, Giove was arrested in Wilton, New York on charges of conspiring to possess and distribute 384 pounds of marijuana. Giove pled guilty to the charges.[2] On November 23, 2011, she was sentenced to the time served, six months of home detention and five years of supervised release.[
I forgot about her. That was remarkably lenient.
It's alright, it was just weed- not something really nasty like tobacco
i don't care either way, i was just putting up an opposition to the fawning 😆
she's probably just looking for a payday
It's alright, it was just weed- not something really nasty like tobacco
Yeah, 'cos weed is so innocuous..... 🙄
Think she is riding a rented bike for this race!
She's been supplied with a Tues by YT
she's probably just looking for a payday
Or her wife has terminal cancer and her dying wish is to see Missy race a world cup one last time.
she's probably just looking for a payday
If that's the case then she'd be better going back to selling some weed than battling for a middle of the pack placing at a World Cup race.
The lady definitely has style:
From yesterday's practice:
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Josh and her are a match made in heaven:
> http://www.vitalmtb.com/photos/features/Missy-Giove-at-the-2015-Windham-World-Cup,9260/Slideshow,0/sspomer,2
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(sweary again)
Edit: Crash looks pretty full-on
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No more mummified piranha?
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She's a effin tough effin bitch effin, so she's effin o-effin-k dude. 😆
Just found this picture of her from earlier this year. Obviously still a big sender.
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mrlebowski - Member
It's alright, it was just weed- not something really nasty like tobacco
Yeah, 'cos weed is so innocuous.....
I'm guessing you're Mr Lebowski, mrlebowski, not The Dude?
8)
Hope she qualifies for the main event. Would be great to see her race.
Before my time but read up on her. Looks like she can still send it!
Seems cool.
Hope we get to see a race run but they only show the last 10? or so women riders so probably wont.
Qualified 17th!!
she's still got it then. 8)
Love that comment from Josh Bryceland,
"I've brought me mum" 🙂
Go girl! 😀
She is what she is, arrrrrrrrrrrrrsum.
Was never her or Palmers biggest fans but credit were it's due, that's some effort
+1 duncancallum
You just knew her and ratboy would be like moths to a flame.
Race run looked pretty good apart from the obvious case early on.
Great to see some footage on the live coverage!
Jeezo. I remember Missy from the telly when I was wee, and while it was impressive enough seeing a 43yr old woman riding like that, I didn't know she was doing it for her wife.
[i]"Unfortunately, my girl got cancer. You know that's a f*cking scary thing. It's not a small situation and we'll get through it. We kinda went through some things that maybe she'd like to do in life, you know, and one was to see me race a World Cup. I was like, 'really?' I was like, 'OK!'"[/i]
;_;
Is her race run up anywhere? Or is it in the full rerun? I missed it live
She was something like 35 seconds off the winning time. I'm no race officionado, but isn't that like a geolgoical epoch behind in DH race terms?
35 secs is fairly normal in women's DH. There's a huge gap between the very good but also rans and the top ten podium chasers.
There was a crash too, though, and she was already carrying an injury from her crash during qualifying (or was it pratice?).
Her run starts at about 16.15 in the replay.
@Northwind - They didn't show the full run. Just parts, should be up on the replay though. She was pretty loose!!
Cool to see!
She was never going to trouble the podium but on a borrowed bike and no training I think she did well. Also consider Rachel Atherton won by almost 10 compared to 2nd place.
The link is here.
Missy is shown at 16:10
http://www.redbull.tv/videos/event-stream-521/downhill-finals
Scienceofficer - Member
She was something like 35 seconds off the winning time. I'm no race officionado, but isn't that like a geolgoical epoch behind in DH race terms?
meh, rachael was 10s ahead of 2nd place !
and Missy clocked the 3rd highest speed of the day 58kph, ive never been that fast on the road let alone on a DH course
sounds like shes still got the skills, just not the fitness, at 43 and 10+ years off the bike shes amazeballs imho