Hey watch your mouth or Michael Schumacher might come and kick your ass.
That's cool to hear. I'm sure SH was bummed, but it was coming. I do hope it doesn't kill Sam's spirit though! Love to see him come back with a vengence, watch all these guys take it to the next level!
Not surprised. Hill is a good sport, not a petulant child - like some of the super-haters on here.
He will definitely be hungry though. It's good for him and good for the sport.
It was coming?
You speak as if Sam Hill has some crazy win streak, he has LOST before.
You certainly have a totally different perspective on Hill, then what actually exists in reality. When you're quiet and successful people think you are arrogant, if Sam was just as quiet and a mid-pack runner, poeple would see it as shyness.
One or two defeats by tiny margins are not going to do anything by motivate Sam. If you ever see his emotions after a win, the small things I mean, you would have a different outlook on him as an athlete.
I don't know why some people hate domination. Sport needs, Rossi's, Hill's, Everts, Carmichael's, Loebs, Federer's, Schumacher's etc....
I know the man very well. He is a great guy and with not the least bit of ego. For someone who has accomplished as much as he has in such a short life his approach is impressive. There are guys out there with WAY more ego who haven't accomplished a thing compared to Sam. People love to hate on winners, that's western society for you, but anyone who really knows Sam will tell you that he is a pretty hard guy not to like.
WAY TO GO GEE!! Psyched for ya buddy! Athertons were on it!
Dave
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Was his win streak from MontSaintAnne '07 to Maribor '08 not the longest streak of WC win's in History. (Not to mention World Champs, his Champery psychological win, CrankWork and all that crap).
I can never understand why so many people get rubbed up the wrong way by Sam's domination. I suppose some people just develop some ****ty attitudes towards the world as they get on in life!
And as for your ego comment, there are some guys who didn't even make the top 80 today who go around the WC pits like they are gold ****ingg plated!
And on a side note Sam will still have a comfortable lead in the overall....points make prizes and all that.
2008 Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Results Vallnord - AND (31.5 - 1.6)
DHI - Men Elite (° = Junior)
Individual Teams Detailed PDF
Rank Race Nr NAME / First Name UCI Code Team Time
1 4 ATHERTON Gee GBR19850226 ANC 2:35.35
2 1 HILL Samuel AUS19850721 MER 2:35.66
3 27 MINNAAR Greg RSA19811113 SCB 2:36.73
4 3 PEAT Steve GBR19740617 SCB 2:37.49
5 28 BLENKINSOP Samuel NZL19881028 YET 2:38.71
6 53 KOVARIK Chris AUS19780301 CRC 2:39.18
7 8 BAREL Fabien FRA19800726 SUB 2:39.21
8 14 PEDEMANAUD Fabien FRA19840612 PYR 2:41.42
9 2 LEHIKOINEN Matti FIN19840419 MSR 2:41.65
10 74 SMITH Steve CAN19891125 --- 2:42.00
11 11 PASCAL Mickael FRA19791011 MSC 2:42.29
12 21 GUARDIA PASCUAL Bernat ESP19820930 MSC 2:42.45
13 31 BEER Nick SUI19870917 IXS 2:42.64
14 25 LEOV Justin NZL19841020 YET 2:43.72
15 20 NEETHLING Andrew RSA19840805 GTM 2:44.00
16 16 PAYET Florent FRA19861121 SUB 2:44.20
17 22 CANALS FLIX Pasqual ESP19840915 MAS 2:44.81
18 30 SPAGNOLO Damien FRA19850428 SUB 2:44.92
19 50 STANBRIDGE Dan GBR19850716 MOJ 2:45.12
20 18 ATHERTON Dan GBR19820125 ANC 2:45.18
21 9 VAZQUEZ LOPEZ David ESP19790210 LSS 2:45.23
22 175 HART Danny ° GBR19910920 LSS 2:45.24
23 37 OULEGO MORENO Ivan ESP19760604 MAS 2:45.38
24 68 DELFS Mitchell AUS19890725 KTR 2:46.03
25 36 WALLNER Robin SWE19880704 --- 2:46.18
26 80 BADOUARD Antoine FRA19880417 --- 2:46.44
27 73 CUNNINGHAM Ruaridh GBR19890215 CRC 2:46.50
28 83 ATKINSON Bryn AUS19821209 GTM 2:46.53
29 63 RIFFLE Duncan USA19861029 CAN 2:46.57
30 56 CAVALIER Amiel AUS19870324 GMT 2:46.75
31 138 SMITH Joseph ° GBR19900704 TOM 2:46.79
32 70 MASTERS Wyn NZL19870418 --- 2:47.74
33 94 BEER Marcel SUI19851227 IXS 2:47.96
34 33 GSPAN Dominik SUI19870716 --- 2:47.98
35 69 GRACIA Cédric FRA19780323 CFO 2:48.11
36 113 GEORGES Pierre Charles FRA19860206 --- 2:48.38
37 183 BUTTON Joshua AUS19891125 --- 2:48.39
38 61 RANDO Jared AUS19810622 GMT 2:48.41
39 44 SIMMONDS Matthew GBR19870520 CRC 2:48.50
40 109 WARREN Cody USA19850827 --- 2:48.61
41 35 RUFFIN Thibaut FRA19841030 --- 2:48.71
42 100 REMY Maxime FRA19851018 SRS 2:48.74
43 115 SORRELL Kowan GBR19801022 --- 2:48.88
44 38 OLUND Herman SWE19781130 --- 2:48.92
45 29 BEGGIN Alan ITA19850324 --- 2:49.27
46 13 RENNIE Nathan AUS19810531 SCB 2:49.51
47 23 KLAUSMANN Marcus GER19770808 GHO 2:49.72
47 124 SUGRANES MATEU Arnau ESP19880928 MSC 2:49.72
49 57 BRAYTON Adam GBR19881019 PIH 2:49.84
50 106 HUTCHENS Chris GBR19891105 MOJ 2:50.21
51 26 VAGNER Adam CZE19810425 --- 2:50.43
52 64 PEKOLL Markus AUT19871013 SAF 2:50.66
53 239 MACDONALD Brook ° NZL19911125 --- 2:50.73
54 52 COLE Cameron NZL19880203 TMX 2:51.57
55 146 DALE Sam ° GBR19900212 CAN 2:51.82
56 186 DANH PHA Kévin FRA19890614 PYR 2:51.90
57 101 DERONZIER Esteban FRA19880422 SPR 2:52.91
58 249 VINK Nico BEL19830323 DOT 2:52.99
59 42 DONOGHUE Neil GBR19810817 TBR 2:53.15
60 248 GAMBIRASIO Carlo ITA19860519 SSP 2:53.41
61 41 MILIVINTI Marco ITA19851202 --- 2:54.29
62 111 CAMELLINI Julien FRA19840107 CRC 2:54.91
63 58 THIRION Rémi ° FRA19900423 SRS 2:54.95
64 132 SWANGUEN John USA19890325 MSR 2:55.39
65 167 CRITCHLOW Daniel GBR19810204 CRC 2:55.79
66 55 SIEBER Andreas GER19820928 SAF 2:55.94
67 51 BANGERT Cole USA19851012 --- 2:56.01
68 254 STRAIT Kyle USA19870404 SFR 2:56.25
69 128 FERREIRO PAJUELO Antonio ° ESP19900103 MAS 2:56.99
70 213 VIALS Nathan ° GBR19900531 FLI 2:57.61
71 214 OZIOL Ivan ° FRA19910208 --- 2:57.68
72 228 MURRELL Tamryn ° AUS19910721 --- 2:57.72
73 62 CHARVAT Matej CZE19851126 --- 2:59.20
74 43 POMBO Emanuel POR19870616 --- 3:01.54
75 24 POLC Filip SVK19820410 KTR 3:02.41
76 47 CATHRO Ben GBR19880420 MOJ 3:04.29
77 139 HYNCICA Vlastimil CZE19780316 --- 3:05.90
78 127 BUGNONE Marco ITA19890813 --- 3:07.81
79 149 RISCHBIETH Will AUS19891203 --- 3:25.70
80 49 SAIZ CASTANE Oscar ESP19730828 GMT 4:35.85
81 12 FAIRCLOUGH Brendan GBR19880110 MER 7:08.69
Results Vallnord - AND (31.5 - 1.6)
DHI - Men Elite (° = Junior)
Individual Teams Detailed PDF
Rank Race Nr NAME / First Name UCI Code Team Time
1 4 ATHERTON Gee GBR19850226 ANC 2:35.35
2 1 HILL Samuel AUS19850721 MER 2:35.66
3 27 MINNAAR Greg RSA19811113 SCB 2:36.73
4 3 PEAT Steve GBR19740617 SCB 2:37.49
5 28 BLENKINSOP Samuel NZL19881028 YET 2:38.71
6 53 KOVARIK Chris AUS19780301 CRC 2:39.18
7 8 BAREL Fabien FRA19800726 SUB 2:39.21
8 14 PEDEMANAUD Fabien FRA19840612 PYR 2:41.42
9 2 LEHIKOINEN Matti FIN19840419 MSR 2:41.65
10 74 SMITH Steve CAN19891125 --- 2:42.00
11 11 PASCAL Mickael FRA19791011 MSC 2:42.29
12 21 GUARDIA PASCUAL Bernat ESP19820930 MSC 2:42.45
13 31 BEER Nick SUI19870917 IXS 2:42.64
14 25 LEOV Justin NZL19841020 YET 2:43.72
15 20 NEETHLING Andrew RSA19840805 GTM 2:44.00
16 16 PAYET Florent FRA19861121 SUB 2:44.20
17 22 CANALS FLIX Pasqual ESP19840915 MAS 2:44.81
18 30 SPAGNOLO Damien FRA19850428 SUB 2:44.92
19 50 STANBRIDGE Dan GBR19850716 MOJ 2:45.12
20 18 ATHERTON Dan GBR19820125 ANC 2:45.18
21 9 VAZQUEZ LOPEZ David ESP19790210 LSS 2:45.23
22 175 HART Danny ° GBR19910920 LSS 2:45.24
23 37 OULEGO MORENO Ivan ESP19760604 MAS 2:45.38
24 68 DELFS Mitchell AUS19890725 KTR 2:46.03
25 36 WALLNER Robin SWE19880704 --- 2:46.18
26 80 BADOUARD Antoine FRA19880417 --- 2:46.44
27 73 CUNNINGHAM Ruaridh GBR19890215 CRC 2:46.50
28 83 ATKINSON Bryn AUS19821209 GTM 2:46.53
29 63 RIFFLE Duncan USA19861029 CAN 2:46.57
30 56 CAVALIER Amiel AUS19870324 GMT 2:46.75
31 138 SMITH Joseph ° GBR19900704 TOM 2:46.79
32 70 MASTERS Wyn NZL19870418 --- 2:47.74
33 94 BEER Marcel SUI19851227 IXS 2:47.96
34 33 GSPAN Dominik SUI19870716 --- 2:47.98
35 69 GRACIA Cédric FRA19780323 CFO 2:48.11
36 113 GEORGES Pierre Charles FRA19860206 --- 2:48.38
37 183 BUTTON Joshua AUS19891125 --- 2:48.39
38 61 RANDO Jared AUS19810622 GMT 2:48.41
39 44 SIMMONDS Matthew GBR19870520 CRC 2:48.50
40 109 WARREN Cody USA19850827 --- 2:48.61
41 35 RUFFIN Thibaut FRA19841030 --- 2:48.71
42 100 REMY Maxime FRA19851018 SRS 2:48.74
43 115 SORRELL Kowan GBR19801022 --- 2:48.88
44 38 OLUND Herman SWE19781130 --- 2:48.92
45 29 BEGGIN Alan ITA19850324 --- 2:49.27
46 13 RENNIE Nathan AUS19810531 SCB 2:49.51
47 23 KLAUSMANN Marcus GER19770808 GHO 2:49.72
47 124 SUGRANES MATEU Arnau ESP19880928 MSC 2:49.72
49 57 BRAYTON Adam GBR19881019 PIH 2:49.84
50 106 HUTCHENS Chris GBR19891105 MOJ 2:50.21
51 26 VAGNER Adam CZE19810425 --- 2:50.43
52 64 PEKOLL Markus AUT19871013 SAF 2:50.66
53 239 MACDONALD Brook ° NZL19911125 --- 2:50.73
54 52 COLE Cameron NZL19880203 TMX 2:51.57
55 146 DALE Sam ° GBR19900212 CAN 2:51.82
56 186 DANH PHA Kévin FRA19890614 PYR 2:51.90
57 101 DERONZIER Esteban FRA19880422 SPR 2:52.91
58 249 VINK Nico BEL19830323 DOT 2:52.99
59 42 DONOGHUE Neil GBR19810817 TBR 2:53.15
60 248 GAMBIRASIO Carlo ITA19860519 SSP 2:53.41
61 41 MILIVINTI Marco ITA19851202 --- 2:54.29
62 111 CAMELLINI Julien FRA19840107 CRC 2:54.91
63 58 THIRION Rémi ° FRA19900423 SRS 2:54.95
64 132 SWANGUEN John USA19890325 MSR 2:55.39
65 167 CRITCHLOW Daniel GBR19810204 CRC 2:55.79
66 55 SIEBER Andreas GER19820928 SAF 2:55.94
67 51 BANGERT Cole USA19851012 --- 2:56.01
68 254 STRAIT Kyle USA19870404 SFR 2:56.25
69 128 FERREIRO PAJUELO Antonio ° ESP19900103 MAS 2:56.99
70 213 VIALS Nathan ° GBR19900531 FLI 2:57.61
71 214 OZIOL Ivan ° FRA19910208 --- 2:57.68
72 228 MURRELL Tamryn ° AUS19910721 --- 2:57.72
73 62 CHARVAT Matej CZE19851126 --- 2:59.20
74 43 POMBO Emanuel POR19870616 --- 3:01.54
75 24 POLC Filip SVK19820410 KTR 3:02.41
76 47 CATHRO Ben GBR19880420 MOJ 3:04.29
77 139 HYNCICA Vlastimil CZE19780316 --- 3:05.90
78 127 BUGNONE Marco ITA19890813 --- 3:07.81
79 149 RISCHBIETH Will AUS19891203 --- 3:25.70
80 49 SAIZ CASTANE Oscar ESP19730828 GMT 4:35.85
81 12 FAIRCLOUGH Brendan GBR19880110 MER 7:08.69
Results Vallnord - AND (31.5 - 1.6)
DHI - Women Elite (° = Junior)
Individual Teams Detailed PDF
Rank Race Nr NAME / First Name UCI Code Team Time
1 11 ATHERTON Rachel GBR19871206 ANC 2:55.30
2 1 JONNIER Sabrina FRA19810819 TMX 3:03.77
3 9 PUGIN Floriane FRA19890417 PIH 3:07.11
4 2 MOSELEY Tracy GBR19790412 KBC 3:10.41
5 4 RAGOT Emmeline FRA19860527 SCT 3:11.11
6 10 GRIFFITHS Fionn GBR19820827 NWT 3:19.68
7 6 GROS Céline FRA19830128 SAF 3:20.72
8 26 SIEGENTHALER Emilie SUI19860919 SCT 3:25.11
9 17 BUHL Melissa USA19820125 --- 3:28.61
10 36 MARGGRAFF Diana ECU19840319 --- 3:28.91
11 13 BUCHAR Claire CAN19780426 --- 3:30.10
12 18 GATTO Micayla CAN19880821 --- 3:31.16
13 28 PUGIN Mélanie ° FRA19900503 SPR 3:32.26
14 12 BERNHARD Petra AUT19801118 --- 3:32.40
15 7 SUEMASA Mio JPN19830401 MSR 3:33.09
16 24 NICOLE Myriam ° FRA19900208 --- 3:33.31
17 33 PAJOT Anais ° FRA19910610 SRS 3:34.46
18 20 PRUITT Kathleen USA19821226 --- 3:37.72
19 16 FRUHWIRTH Helene Valerie AUT19830811 --- 3:39.66
20 25 HERNANDEZ MOLINAS Victoria ESP19741021 --- 3:41.98
21 31 CURD Katy
DHI - Women Elite (° = Junior)
Individual Teams Detailed PDF
Rank Race Nr NAME / First Name UCI Code Team Time
1 11 ATHERTON Rachel GBR19871206 ANC 2:55.30
2 1 JONNIER Sabrina FRA19810819 TMX 3:03.77
3 9 PUGIN Floriane FRA19890417 PIH 3:07.11
4 2 MOSELEY Tracy GBR19790412 KBC 3:10.41
5 4 RAGOT Emmeline FRA19860527 SCT 3:11.11
6 10 GRIFFITHS Fionn GBR19820827 NWT 3:19.68
7 6 GROS Céline FRA19830128 SAF 3:20.72
8 26 SIEGENTHALER Emilie SUI19860919 SCT 3:25.11
9 17 BUHL Melissa USA19820125 --- 3:28.61
10 36 MARGGRAFF Diana ECU19840319 --- 3:28.91
11 13 BUCHAR Claire CAN19780426 --- 3:30.10
12 18 GATTO Micayla CAN19880821 --- 3:31.16
13 28 PUGIN Mélanie ° FRA19900503 SPR 3:32.26
14 12 BERNHARD Petra AUT19801118 --- 3:32.40
15 7 SUEMASA Mio JPN19830401 MSR 3:33.09
16 24 NICOLE Myriam ° FRA19900208 --- 3:33.31
17 33 PAJOT Anais ° FRA19910610 SRS 3:34.46
18 20 PRUITT Kathleen USA19821226 --- 3:37.72
19 16 FRUHWIRTH Helene Valerie AUT19830811 --- 3:39.66
20 25 HERNANDEZ MOLINAS Victoria ESP19741021 --- 3:41.98
21 31 CURD Katy
Sattelite gave out after the split on Gee's run, full run will be online momentarily, they are uploading now.
Men's Overall after Round 2:
http://www.uci.ch/ftpuci/ftpsportelectronic/ftptouci/MTB/2008/33233_RiderRanking_DHI_ME.pdf
http://www.uci.ch/ftpuci/ftpsportelectronic/ftptouci/MTB/2008/33233_RiderRanking_DHI_ME.pdf
You mean 5th............new rules mean that's the Wanganuai Wonders first podium too!
Anyone have any news on Faircloughs crash. He ended WAAAYY off the pace! Never did see any more of him?
Good to see Kovarik shreddin again. And Steve Smith. Bloody killin it. 19 and 10th at his second world cup as a senior (?). I gotta get over to Nanaimo for some ridin!!
Good to see Kovarik shreddin again. And Steve Smith. Bloody killin it. 19 and 10th at his second world cup as a senior (?). I gotta get over to Nanaimo for some ridin!!
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WHOOOOA! Maybe I'm not explaining myself very well, here! I will definately admit that I am confused by his quietness. All I can know of him is what I see in $24.00 DVDs. I have NO CLUE what he's really like and never will.
And I said I hope this doesn't kill his spirit because his self-set goal was apparently to win every WC. If that's already done with the second race I don't want to see him back off at all now. Push, push push!
And I have no hate for any riders(...well, except Bender, maybe), it's not like any of the guys on that level will ever be able to take anything away from me and I have nothing to lose to them! All I get his a little inspriration and a lot of frustration trying to even experience the slightest bit of what these guys can do!
This course was kinda hard to see, not really sure what it really consisted of, but while watching the WC in Maribor, I caught myself wondering if I could even make it all the way down the damn course...let alone placing! Nope...no hate here...
Of course you could, course was piss-easy. Getting down it at an average of 33mph on the other hand, was not!
haha...nice!
That was funny.
I did not smell any hate in your post for what it's worth, also don't know where all the hate police came from? seemed like basic chatter in here.
Dear Spomer,©2001;2949516 said:
Please Email Smagard production, they run all the hardware, cameras and switching station. They even had a list of riders to follow and who they could ignore. They chose to ignore the list.
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Good to see Blenkinsop on the podium...
Congrats freecaster....but I didn't like the replay, as spomer said cut to the live action.
And oh yeah, should be good more cameras.
Congrats freecaster....but I didn't like the replay, as spomer said cut to the live action.
And oh yeah, should be good more cameras.
Fraser-your pic from whistler 07'
sure the island, I mean race was not in whistler this weekend?
Ha, I was thinking that when I saw them. Fog here as well.
Nathan Rennie is going so bad this year.
ok, send me the email address.
Wowweee amazing results for the Atherton's I thought it may happen but didn't really expect it and Rach killed it. Check out little Danny hart in 22nd place pretty amazing for only his second world cup race ever!!
Lets see what happens next week at Fort Bill, are we gonna see Gee take another win, Peaty kill it and snatch another world cup win, Sam dominate or Kovarik smash the living daylight out of the field by light years.
Lets see what happens next week at Fort Bill, are we gonna see Gee take another win, Peaty kill it and snatch another world cup win, Sam dominate or Kovarik smash the living daylight out of the field by light years.
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Whoa...Peaty in poofy pants...oh, the humanity!!!
So if the Atherton's are in...does this mean we all gotta get our grills done up with Chiclets:
So if the Atherton's are in...does this mean we all gotta get our grills done up with Chiclets:
^I don't get the chiclets reference??? and fix your image, its breaking the whole page.
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I heard Cedric had arranged bikini girls on the podium? UCI put the kabash on that?
Yeah. What happenin to Stampy?? Is he crashing?
Ya, no doubt..I would venture to guess NO ONE went as fast from mid to bottom than GM did. Time sheets anyone?
Thanks for this! Sam is the man and Steve Smith is gonna be a killer...
Watching Sam go through the top section I have wonder if something didn't happen to slow him up a bit at some point...'cause he was on f*cking fire up top...