Schladming World Cup
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The correct answer is, of course, as many points as Sam Hill wants.
Probably the best cyclist in the world at the moment in any discipline I'd reckon. The sad thing is his recognition back home is virtually zero, saw 2 paragraphs in the local rag after MSA. When they have their wanky "Western Australian Sports Star of the Year Award" or whatever you call it you can be sure he won't get a mention.
lmao at skc impessive stuff fact about Sam.
He is simply on another level right now!! A few years back when CK blasted the Fort Bill course I thought we were about to see him dominate and explode the world cups after that result..Sam is doing what I thought CK would do.
I see my tip for the a rider who would come through over the next few years is coming on mighty strong this year another top result in 17th this round... someone surely has to pick him up soon.
He is simply on another level right now!! A few years back when CK blasted the Fort Bill course I thought we were about to see him dominate and explode the world cups after that result..Sam is doing what I thought CK would do.
I see my tip for the a rider who would come through over the next few years is coming on mighty strong this year another top result in 17th this round... someone surely has to pick him up soon.
lots of riders were blowing tape and not hiking back up to go back in
where they came off. uci was watching live feeds all over the track.
suprizingly no bugs up here, it was way to cold 2 nights ago and there lives ended. but 2:30 is weird.
Good about the bugs, 2.5 minutes in Vigo or Ste Anne would have been hell. As it is 2 minutes seems to make the race drag on forever and fans start to get restless. It's like build up the drama and excitement, and then they drag it out and kill it.
Hope they don't do that at Worlds or Maribor where there will certainly be bugs, and probably cold wet weather as well.
had a good run going to mid back it in 100ish. hit the top trees
perfect then on they way out with i sigh i went down. i when calm
too soon. 4:50 with 10sec crash off bike-undertape. still wouldn't
have netted me 100. fast boys here. lots of them. met a fin kid who
got a 4:31ish and crashed 4x. he was a pinner for sure.
it was so much fun! i never got the track dialed, thats how hard it
was. i get my lines at nats in like 4 runs. i wish i could keep riding it
especially now that i watch top guys in the tees and all the vid footie
during quals.
alex
lots of pics and top20 vid clips when i get back next weekend.
off to innsbruck and salzburg!
Words from Sam and Sabrina are in, waiting on photos now.
thanks
awesome
Looking for photos of rider No. 199 , please .
He was riding a black Morewood or a white Session10 .
He qualified 52 and snapped the handlebars on his way to the final run.
He then rode the finel on the loaned Trek and finished 67th !
My riding buddy , Nimrod
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He was riding a black Morewood or a white Session10 .
He qualified 52 and snapped the handlebars on his way to the final run.
He then rode the finel on the loaned Trek and finished 67th !
My riding buddy , Nimrod
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Sam Hill does it again, simply amazing.
Sam, here's a warning... if this continues much longer the universe will notice you're breaking some fundamental laws of physics.
Those eyebrows are dangerously close to critcal mass and you may find that the space-time distortion effect they have granted thus far is about to transition into, well... something not even Chuck Norris could save you from.
(Nice work - 5 seconds... wow)
(well done VOQ!)
Those eyebrows are dangerously close to critcal mass and you may find that the space-time distortion effect they have granted thus far is about to transition into, well... something not even Chuck Norris could save you from.
(Nice work - 5 seconds... wow)
(well done VOQ!)
Its cool to see Matti becoming a consistently top rider every weekend over the past year or so.
2 pics are worth 2000 words !!!
(from the transcend gallery):
(from the transcend gallery):
Awesome!
every pic i see of this guy lately is nuts... every one is a pefect example of how to ride a bike. always aggressive, and always in control
Sam killing it at Schladming seems to be a consistand trend, two years ago he won by 6 seconds, last year by 5 seconds, and again this year by 5 seconds
he has won (or dominated... champery) the last three WC races
one of the illest photos i've seen in a looong time. that photographer kicks ass.
Top 5 overall in points...
DH MEN
1. HILL Samuel 807
2. PEAT Steve 639
3. LEHIKOINEN Matti 566
4. MINNAAR Greg 520
5. BAREL Fabien 391
www.dirtmag.co.uk
DH MEN
1. HILL Samuel 807
2. PEAT Steve 639
3. LEHIKOINEN Matti 566
4. MINNAAR Greg 520
5. BAREL Fabien 391
www.dirtmag.co.uk
is that a wet scream i see him running up front?
yes, it is a wetscream with the center knobs cut down a bit to keep better traction on roots and rocks and role a bit quicker... awsome tire for anything at all loose, grassy, loamy etc
is that a wet scream i see him running up front?
just give blekinsop a couple more years:biggrin:
You forget, Sam has been doing this kinda thing since he was a junior. At the Luguno worlds he had an OTB crash at beat Gee by like 11 seconds or something. With the crash he was fourth in elite only a couple seconds off the winning pace. Had it not been for the crash he might have won elite worlds as a junior.
As they say in hollywood....thats a wrap.
Too bad only 5 races and we have to wait months now for the final....oh well, beggars cant be choosers.
anybody besides me think the points system for World Cups is badly skewed when not even the top 5 guys are within points of one another?
I mean...in every other racing, at least 5 guys have a shot 3/4 of the way through the season.
I mean...in every other racing, at least 5 guys have a shot 3/4 of the way through the season.
They need the old NORBA points scale, I remember a couple years my riders going into the finals with just a small lead after winning a few races and being on podium everywhere else.
I agree, kinda seems to take the "racing" out of racing when its all pretty much wrapped up before the series is even over.
i can't believe there aren't any more photos! maybe the tour is taking up all the photographers time
anyone find any pics of little Tracey Hannah on top of the podium?!?!
update up at Littermag.com & Flipper has his photos up on his site as well!
anyone find any pics of little Tracey Hannah on top of the podium?!?!
update up at Littermag.com & Flipper has his photos up on his site as well!
yeah my pics are up on both littermag and flipper 
... not my best work i'm not super happy with everything .... but i guess after 5 weeks straight on the road you can have a bad day here or there.
podium shots of Tracey Hannah like this perhaps?
or this:
laters
gary
... not my best work i'm not super happy with everything .... but i guess after 5 weeks straight on the road you can have a bad day here or there. podium shots of Tracey Hannah like this perhaps?
or this:
laters
gary
Hopefully Palm's MTB comeback is more illustrious than his ill-fated MX comeback that was slated to take place this season. I really wanted to see him tear it up at Hangtown!
I got bored and edited the quote photo...enjoy or not take your pick
