Palmer Comeback
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Will anybody care if he is slow?
Hilarious that they are using Rob as a source. This was reported back during interbike btw.
"Shaun Palmer will race select World Cups aboard a Santa Cruz for 2009."
Not unless USAC enters him as a national selection or the UCI grants him an exception based on results from 10 years ago. No way he is going to get 20 uci points without some serious globe trotting.
Not unless USAC enters him as a national selection or the UCI grants him an exception based on results from 10 years ago. No way he is going to get 20 uci points without some serious globe trotting.
1 race with UCI cat 1 status in any not so competitive south american country over the winter. Mission accomplished.
hence why i said globe trotting. though you know first hand just how many fast local riders can show up in obscure places in south america and surprise a few people. no doubt palmer is talented, but its been 10 years. if he wants it bad enough i'm sure he will find a way to make it happen. the real test will be if he can qualify for a WC final.
Didn't work so hot for Nico, so I can't see Palmer being able to do it.
That said, hes not quite the average person either....
That said, hes not quite the average person either....
things tend to slow down after ten years.
Not winning while THERE IS LITTLE INPUT ON RESTULTS yeah no wonder it wont be glorious and that is why they said palm will only be on a few races. Still it wasn't as bad with Nico for sb who isn't really determined at winning to qualify 5th at such difficult track as Champery before many great riders is quite good.
Isn't the SC Syndicate a trade team? So no UCI points required, or?
after 5 years off he shows up in Champery and qualifies 5th after passing the 2 guys in front of him, beating all but four of the who's-who of modern WC racing on one of the toughest tracks ever. Then he gets caught out by the weather (and Hill) just like everyone else. that's pretty impressive!
new rules for '09, trade team riders need 20 pts as well.Isn't the SC Syndicate a trade team? So no UCI points required, or?
He was faster than most North American racers.
oster_oops: didn't know that one.more like faster than all of north america, and faster than all but 3 people in the northern hemisphere. didn't work out too well for him at all, eh dropmachine?He was faster than most North American racers.
after 10 years and the age difference between nico and palmer...i would be impressed if he qualified for a WC final. given the age of Peat..i know I shouldn't take that into account, but Peat has been on it since Palmer left. though, I wouldn't put it past palm to somehow get 20 UCI points (do they carry over from previous...10 years ago?) in order to compete..he has been known to put his own money where his mouth is in the past. He is a great athlete and if he wants enough, there's no doubt he can get it done. But....so much has changed since he left, better bikes, faster riders...can he hack it? should be interesting.
Exciting news, imho. It should be fun to watch.
Sweet will try and get some shots of him there!. BTW for the above poster NICO was faster than everyone for 10 years!
I know Nico was faster. No doubt one of the best riders to ever live. But doing well in qualifying ain't the same as a successful come back. Using the weather as an excuse doesn't cut it. I mean, I know the guy is human, of course, but I would think that were he "back", he would have managed to get down the hill the same as the rest of the top guys.
In any case, should he continue, and palmer comes back too....wow. All we need is Myles coming back, and we're all set.
In any case, should he continue, and palmer comes back too....wow. All we need is Myles coming back, and we're all set.
He crashed....He is human....but no doubt, in dry conditions he would be top 5 in Champery '07.
soooooooo rad.........i can't wait for next years racing season.....
DH racing should have a masters race, like BMX always use to for the older guys. Even though they can probably keep up with today's kids it would at least give them a venue to race at without having to get all the fancy UCI points.
I wouldn't expect much out of any athlete that has been away from racing for as long as Palmer has to be in the top 5. For him to be in the top 25 would be a good feat, but some people who are good at sports are good no matter what the age. I'm sure he could embarrass some pro riders at any given track; I just don't think you're going to see him pass riders like Hill/Smith/Rennie etc....
I wouldn't expect much out of any athlete that has been away from racing for as long as Palmer has to be in the top 5. For him to be in the top 25 would be a good feat, but some people who are good at sports are good no matter what the age. I'm sure he could embarrass some pro riders at any given track; I just don't think you're going to see him pass riders like Hill/Smith/Rennie etc....
I don't know man. I got plans to skydive nekkid at the next sarah palin rally and land with my grapes on her glasses.
Youtube legendary status here I come!!
On no-pants day??? :biggrin:
maybe thats what he was scared of?
not sure why you lumped rennie in there....he hasn't had a result in a while and has gotten a ways off track.....heard him and his beer muscles got a little lippy with roskopp in vegas and lost his job by the way.......
never heard it from you.
to be honest, he is less likely to pass Rennie as opposed to smith.not sure why you lumped rennie in there....he hasn't had a result in a while and has gotten a ways off track.....heard him and his beer muscles got a little lippy with roskopp in vegas and lost his job by the way.......
rant on. you guys cant say "o no if it was dry at champery he would have got a top 5" because thats the same arguement as if Greg Minnaar didnt slash his tire at the south american world cup race in 06 he would have been world champion or if his shoulder hadn't dislocated and caused him to fall at the 07 world champs he woulda won or most recently Sam Hill at worlds this year. yes, if those things hadnt happened, they would have won their respective titles but they didnt. rant off.
palmer? back? i hope so. i wasnt riding back when he was ripping it up and although the uys have stepped it up in the last few years and i cant imagine him doing well, it could be interesting
Next year will be supa interesting, riders on new teams, new bikes and Palm back to top it off.
Bring on 2009 season. Looking forward to Freecaster parties.
LBJ
Bring on 2009 season. Looking forward to Freecaster parties.
LBJ
Podium results at world cups seem like a good result to me
You mean like the 4th at Fort William and the 2nd at Mt Stromlo that he didn't get?not sure why you lumped rennie in there....he hasn't had a result in a while and has gotten a ways off track.....heard him and his beer muscles got a little lippy with roskopp in vegas and lost his job by the way.......
One of the most influential people in the history of our sport.
Even at 40 years of age, he's going to be fun to watch.
So what if he doesn't win?
Even at 40 years of age, he's going to be fun to watch.
So what if he doesn't win?
Yes....2008 season was awesome.
2009 will be even better.
New sites, South Africa and France.
The return of Graves to downhill(check his blog). The return of Mick Hannah.
sweet action. Who gives a crap how his results are, I just want to see him hanging it all on the line doing two wheel drifts all over the place.