Les Gets World Cup or showing them Americans on how to gather a sizable crowd
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Pierron reminds me of a younger Loic. You never know if he's gonna make it or break it till he crosses the finish line. But man he can go REALLY fast!
Yeah, but it seemed pretty clear to me that Tracey was riding "composed" with an eye on the overall. I think if she went all out (and managed to stay upright, which is always dicey with a Hannah) she would've separated by a fair margin compared to Vali, as she has basically all season. Still, Vali is obviously legit AF and will only be getting faster moving forward. Also great to see such a strong run by Salazar! While Rach, Pom Pom, Tahnee and Trace still seem to be the class of the field, the second tier ladies are pretty damn impressive in their own right. Salazar sent that savage step down at the end as well as most of the dudes. Yay bikes!
Actually, kind of a fail IMO, as if he had won by 2.5 secs Pom Pom indicated she would give him the high beams...2 tenths of second is like one pedal stroke...Sorry Amaury
i'm sure pierron will get all the headlights and more that he can handle after winning the french race on the french freedom day.
his, bruni, and greenland's runs were insane to watch...greenland's maybe the funnest because it was so dang rowdy.
his, bruni, and greenland's runs were insane to watch...greenland's maybe the funnest because it was so dang rowdy.
i found it really fun to watch track side. Although you dont get all of the run, you get all of the speed, wild crowd and none of those 2 gobshites chatting over the bikes! I was mostly in the woods with the drop from cathrovision followed by corners. looooose af
Track was sick. nice steep fast pds stuff
Track was sick. nice steep fast pds stuff
Yea, i was thinking that track really suited brendogs riding style
Fun race to watch! Those flat meadow corners looked so fun.
Stoked for Greenland. Pierron really pushing it and staying up right was amazing!
Stoked for Greenland. Pierron really pushing it and staying up right was amazing!
Warner's comment was misleading, the French national day is tomorrow the 14th of july
He's already petitioning the UCI for 6 rounds to be at Les Gets next year.
He missed the last podium spot by 0.07
If I’m reading rootsandrain correctly, Fairclough hasn’t done better than 6th at a World Cup since 2010. (Ahem... how long has he been on Scott?)
Very cool to see him up there again.
Very cool to see him up there again.
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Race replay. His was the first run they showed, so about 20 minutes into the broadcast.
Pierron averaged 63km/h and had top speed over 80km/h. Impressive!
Rly? That seems unpossibru...Not to be that guy, but source?
You are right, the track is 1990m and it took a little less than 3min which means an average just over 40kph...
I will try to be more critical towards alternative facts in the future!
Fun race to watch. I was cheering for Brendog to get on the podium, glad to see him up there finally.
Girlfriend thought the race was pretty "meh" to watch, until we got to the last bunch of racers. She almost knocked over a beer when Fin hit that hole right before the pavement crossing.
Speaking of Fin, love rooting for the guy, but damn calm down and stop crashing.
Girlfriend thought the race was pretty "meh" to watch, until we got to the last bunch of racers. She almost knocked over a beer when Fin hit that hole right before the pavement crossing.
Speaking of Fin, love rooting for the guy, but damn calm down and stop crashing.
agreed, it was great seeing Brendog up towards the top again. wish he had made a podium!Fun race to watch. I was cheering for Brendog to get on the podium, glad to see him up there finally.
Girlfriend thought the race was pretty "meh" to watch, until we got to the last bunch of racers. She almost knocked over a beer when Fin hit that hole right before the pavement crossing.
Speaking of Fin, love rooting for the guy, but damn calm down and stop crashing.
also, speaking of Fin. He is now Bubba Fin.
GoPro footage of Amaury's race run:
In the Vital Race Day Slideshow, in the first audio, he describes how he had unclipped in the sweeping right hander before dropping into the woods and smacked his pedal so hard on the road he thought he'd broken his crank. You can hear it at 1:05 in the video, along with a subtle "putain". How these guys and gals stay so focused and so composed after those kind of moments is amazing to me.
edited to add: I was re-watching the video at 0.25 speed, and I think you can see where he unclipped at 0:56. Lands in a rut going mach looney, and front wheel tucks in a bit and sort of stutters.
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In the Vital Race Day Slideshow, in the first audio, he describes how he had unclipped in the sweeping right hander before dropping into the woods and smacked his pedal so hard on the road he thought he'd broken his crank. You can hear it at 1:05 in the video, along with a subtle "putain". How these guys and gals stay so focused and so composed after those kind of moments is amazing to me.
edited to add: I was re-watching the video at 0.25 speed, and I think you can see where he unclipped at 0:56. Lands in a rut going mach looney, and front wheel tucks in a bit and sort of stutters.
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I wouldn't even bother wearing a helmet at that speed, as you better hope you don't survive hitting the deck at Mach French. Just place a little vase of flowers on the side of the trail where the largest part of my carcass came to a stop.
Honestly, that was surreal. The crowd was incredibly loud too...just wow
Honestly, that was surreal. The crowd was incredibly loud too...just wow
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Lol
That makes more sense since it's way over Megaavalanche avg speeds and that track despite being enduro is way more suited towards high averages than any dh track
Pierron just don't give a fuck?? That was super impressive.
Reminded me of St Anne 2017 when Danny came down in the rain totally wild run, he hoisted his bike in the air like he won it, until Gwin gave him an epic hold my beer moment coming down and putting seconds into everyone despite the rain. Kind of felt for Bruni watching his 4th win of the year on home soil, go away in less than 3 minutes.
Greenlands run was amazing also, the wild brits never seem to win but they are some of the best to watch for sure.
Reminded me of St Anne 2017 when Danny came down in the rain totally wild run, he hoisted his bike in the air like he won it, until Gwin gave him an epic hold my beer moment coming down and putting seconds into everyone despite the rain. Kind of felt for Bruni watching his 4th win of the year on home soil, go away in less than 3 minutes.
Greenlands run was amazing also, the wild brits never seem to win but they are some of the best to watch for sure.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz85q0enwWR/?igshid=cgypj5r9k24k
Anybody know what happened to Hart? He seemed to give up, but nothing obvious seemed wrong with the bike.