[sethimus]

https://dirtmountainbike.com/news/croatia-la-bresse-host-2018-world-cups-full-calendar-revealed.html

6 european stops, 1 canadian, none in the the US (someone should tell your new president how small the US looks that way, maybe that will help, lol)

 

[Happymtb.fr]

none in the the US

These are most certainly alternative facts!

 

[sethimus]

at least they got 2 stops in the cyclocross world cup

 

[Sandro]

Losinj is a super nice place, but the track in its current state looks a little too short for a world cup.

 

[6thElement]

We might not make it to 2018, when's the first race this year as hopefully we'll still be around for that?

 

[jonKranked]

Losinj is a super nice place, but the track in its current state looks a little too short for a world cup.

people said the same of windham; but the riders all loved it.

disclaimer: i have not seen picture nor video of the track.

 

[jonKranked]

inb4 everyone complains "why isn't ________ venue on the list?!?!?!"

money. money. money.

 

[Sandwich]

These are most certainly alternative facts!

nah, that's true.

 

[ianjenn]

What percent of the $$$ the UCI charges the resort goes back into the Top 5 riders pockets? They ever gonna get a real sponsor? Someone that can throw in $2-$3 Million for the season so people can make money?

 

[dump]

Part of the reason MSA sticks around every year is due to the Quebec government throwing in some big $$$.

 

[ianjenn]

Just give it to Red Bull already.....

 

[MTB Trbovlje]

Hi!
Here is some information about Downhill Lošinj (Croatia) venue. Well it is unique and different but we feel it will be good for the World cup. Track is rough and mostly natural.
http://www.dhlosinj.net/
GoPro from 2016 track (several changes are being made for this years UCI C1 race 22/23rd of April 2017, and for the world cup '18)

and venue preview:

Best regards!

 

[MTB Trbovlje]

I need to have 3 posts

 

[MTB Trbovlje]

This one is the 3rd

 

[Kevin]

Its nice to have a new venue in the world cup. And having been to Croatia a few times i know its a beautifull country with really nice people... But with all due respect, that track looks pretty boring...

 

[gemini2k]

(someone should tell your new president how small the US looks that way, maybe that will help, lol)

Windham is not Tremendous enough for Trump to support it.

That new track looks...interesting. Looks fun, but doesn't seem like a normal WC-caliber track. I imagine the riders won't be happy about the giant stone walls creating a narrow tunnel down huge sections of the track.

 

[sethimus]

you all sound like before the first world cup in la bresse...

 

[gemini2k]

you all sound like before the first world cup in la bresse...

But we're older and wiser and more washed up now.

 

[profro]

I dont know, other than rhe road at the top and an actual road at the bottom i thought it looks sufficiently steep and rough enough to be a good track.

 

[jstuhlman]

I dont know, other than rhe road at the top and an actual road at the bottom i thought it looks sufficiently steep and rough enough to be a good track.

agreed, but if you take out those sections it was probably less than 2 minutes, being ridden by a non-WC rider. Those walls of rock are crazy too. Maybe whatever changes are being/will be made will help (?)

 

[MTB Trbovlje]

agreed, but if you take out those sections it was probably less than 2 minutes, being ridden by a non-WC rider. Those walls of rock are crazy too. Maybe whatever changes are being/will be made will help (?)

Video shows the track from last year and is being ridden by a WC rider, infact, he was 24th at Worlds in Andorra '15 so that was fast! Moreover, there was positive feedback from European champ, IXS cup winner and also muliple WC winner. As mentioned before, changes will be made for this years event with more in line for the WC.

 

[Electric_City]

I think we need one in the middle east.

 

[iRider]

Video shows the track from last year and is being ridden by a WC rider, infact, he was 24th at Worlds in Andorra '15 so that was fast! Moreover, there was positive feedback from European champ, IXS cup winner and also muliple WC winner. As mentioned before, changes will be made for this years event with more in line for the WC.

The stats of the course look pretty much like Willingen of old (length, elevation loss), which was universally hated on because too short and such. But at least it had line choices. It would be great if you guys could make multiple lines in different places that reward risk taking and maybe build some big jumps at the top? And then in the streets have some urban DH race style obstacles so Filip Polc and Fischbach get a chance to win a WC.

 

[trib]

Throw in some big ol' jumps up top and open one door at random on the bottom section for each rider should make it pretty exciting.

 

[Electric_City]

@WC in Croatia...

The results will be "shocking"!

It will send "waves" across the Atlantic!

Everyone's race number will be divisible by 3.

It will be the first night time WC race in the history of the UCI. It will be powered by AC and have florescent lights to light up the course. Radar will be used of course in the speed traps.

 

[slyfink]

Or build a fake wall out of styrofoam blocks that racers could "explode" through for maximum viewer "wow" effect. that would be cool.

 

[slimshady]

I think we need one in the middle east.

Minefields should certainly be an improvement over many existing WC rockgardens.

 

[slimshady]

@WC in Croatia...

The results will be "shocking"!

It will send "waves" across the Atlantic!

Everyone's race number will be #3327

It will be the first night time WC race in the history of the UCI. It will be powered by AC and have florescent lights to light up the course. Radar will be used of course in the speed traps.

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Can't Red Bull just bring Borat in to do the speech and call the day off?

 

[Electric_City]

Minefields should certainly be an improvement over many existing WC rockgardens.

Maybe they'll send a suicide bomber down the course chasing the riders while spectators throw stones at you.

I think we're on to something here.

Camels with bike racks to get the racers up top? Yakima? Thule?

 

[slimshady]

What about racing longer tracks with ...










... wait for it...









a CAMELback?

 

[Electric_City]

That's so "enduro"

 

[iRider]

That's so "enduro"

Camelbaks were ENDURO some years ago, now SWATty fanny packs is where it is at.

 

[MTB Trbovlje]

Interview in Dirt:
https://dirtmountainbike.com/features/losinj-brought-life.html

 

[Sandro]

New La Bresse track. Maybe a bit bermy up top, but not bad:

 

[jonKranked]

New La Bresse track. Maybe a bit bermy up top, but not bad:

The Lizarding Continues

 

[Sandro]

The Lizarding Continues

How so? Everybody got their panties in a knot when the inital La Bresse track was presented, now that it's actually in the woods it's still the result of some conspiracy?

 

[jonKranked]

How so? Everybody got their panties in a knot when the inital La Bresse track was presented, now that it's actually in the woods it's still the result of some conspiracy?

Lizard Berms.

 

[jstuhlman]

Lizard Berms.

well well well . . . .

 

[William42]

Bike parks build trails for people who to go out and ride trails they don't normally have access to. That means sculpted jumps and berms. It means trails that aren't super susceptible to erosion from thousands of riders on them in all weather conditions. It means trails that don't need constant maintenance to keep working. It means cutting brush, trees, and debris back further from the trail.

And they also happen to be some of the few places with the money and facilities to host races. If they want to make money back from hosting it by selling visitors on a rideable world cup track, good for them. Trail looks fine, and there will probably be some tight racing on it.

Looking forward to it.

 

[kidwoo]

Table tops.

Sick


At least there's a chance they may have a camera on one or more of them for one of gwinn's ungodly awesome scrubs.