I'd like to see Sam Hill return to hero status and crush everyone in the rain.
Mont Sainte Anne (CAN) 2013 World Cup #4
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and who's going to be the first ding dong to say he 'deserved' a podium spot just because...?
Hill is a god 
only 1.4s back first split. Unbelievable.
only 1.4s back first split. Unbelievable.
Aargh! Feed just died?!
Fairclough is seriously shltting his pants now. Haha. Podium!!!
Dammit. Brendan's out. 7th worst place today. Good on him.
Smith!!!!!!!
Wow. Insane. Smith is the defintion of calm under pressure. Just wow.
IMO, Gee would have been in 6th at best if everybody rode in the same conditions. Smith, Hill, Greg, Gwin, Hart and Troy all had great runs.
CANADA F#cK YEAH!!!
Fantastic! Helluva top 10 and a solid podium of the fastest, most consistent racers!
Fact: In nine months a boom of babies with glorious moustaches will be born due to 73% of the women within a 100 miles from Quebec being impregnated by the sheer radiant AWESOMENESS of Steve Smiths run.
I kind of already looks like that... Maybe they'll be able to speak English. Now THAT would be weird.
it's always impossible to say but i agree - add in that even between the top riders the rain conditions weren't the same. rain appeared a bit heavier up top for gwin, and even troy, macdonald and neko earlier.
I haven't yelled at my computer so much since Peaty was on his worlds winning run in 2009. Stevie Smith is a Golden God.
Werd. Man Gee's manual was what like 2.5s or something? Going 60kph+?
That was a seriously awesome race.
Warner said they'd be back for Hafjell, but what about Worlds?
Warner said they'd be back for Hafjell, but what about Worlds?
Prolly just talking bout wc's. Worlds is a different event, even though Warner will still be the comentator, pretty sure...
Somebody want to do some maths and figure out who can actually win the overall?
If Gee has 2 wins, 2 seconds and a bunch of qualifying wins out of 6 races he's got to have a fairly tight grip on the overall.
Smith is probably second. Needs to win the last 2 races to get the overall
Remi is the only other to have a win but his other results aren't strong enough I don't think.
This is of course assuming that Gee doesn't crash in his next runs.
EDIT: the rankings are up here http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template1/layout.asp?MenuId=MTY2MDM&LangId=1
these rankings include a bunch of local races etc, not just WC races
If Gee has 2 wins, 2 seconds and a bunch of qualifying wins out of 6 races he's got to have a fairly tight grip on the overall.
Smith is probably second. Needs to win the last 2 races to get the overall
Remi is the only other to have a win but his other results aren't strong enough I don't think.
This is of course assuming that Gee doesn't crash in his next runs.
EDIT: the rankings are up here http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template1/layout.asp?MenuId=MTY2MDM&LangId=1
these rankings include a bunch of local races etc, not just WC races
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Gee is exactly 120 pts up on Smith iirc based on the latest standings shown on screen. Still too close in terms of points to call man. If Gee wins the last 2 races thats 400 pts, even he qualifies real low on both. If Smith qualifies first and gets second on both races hes still not catching Gee.
Add: Do non WC points still play a role in the world cup standings? Im assuming not.