Val Di Sole 2019
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First time lower than 4th this year I think, his mullet bike not doing the business.
I guess they got tired of everyone saying "show more riders". I felt like I had a concussion at the beginning of the coverage with just a gate shot then finish. That rapid fire shit needs to go away, there's not much point to it.
As of now that's going to be my new DH bike in the spring. It sits right in my goldilocks zone in terms of geometry, is 27.5, and isn't made of plastic.
Yeah, that was terrible. Just nonstop whiplash.
Hell yea Laurie - a deserved win and always seems like a nice kid.
greenland's been on a tear the past few races, just couldn't quote put it all together. his race at les gets was super fun to watch.
Rumors says that RB did that in order to show all the top riders which were randomly spread across the starting field after the bad weather during quallies.
you do realize these guys had shorter intervals in their starting times than the top 20 with the tv friendly intervals?
You do realize I don't give a fuck and used to watch complete runs on freecaster right?
Even redbull used to show (more) complete runs 80 deep just building in a delay.
I've been to races. I know how it works.
They have the technology. That was a choice.
looks like you are old now, memory not intact anymore
The bottom guys didn't get complete runs on freecaster. I think everyone might have gotten the same length of runs since I don't think there were so many cameras as there are now but even then I don't think it was possible you got the same runs for guy #80 as for top10You do realize I don't give a fuck and used to watch complete runs on freecaster right?
Even redbull used to show (more) complete runs 80 deep just building in a delay.
I've been to races. I know how it works.
They have the technology. That was a choice.
Mullet bikes are the future for the shorter guys in the field
Well deserved win for Laurie, guy has some of the biggest balls on the circuit, always gives it everything, glad it paid off for him.
Cabirou blew me away, that time differential was insane.
Poor tracey, if Rachel isn't there to put 10 seconds into her, Cabirou is.
Well deserved win for Laurie, guy has some of the biggest balls on the circuit, always gives it everything, glad it paid off for him.
Cabirou blew me away, that time differential was insane.
Poor tracey, if Rachel isn't there to put 10 seconds into her, Cabirou is.
They weren't whole runs, they don't even do that now. But they were at least some of the runs of the bottom guys, not just one gate shot and then a finish.
You guys really don't remember the 4-5hr broadcasts? Don't make me upload a race.
I found the cuts off to the hot seat/start hut/finish area a bit offensive to those riders whose run was being aired at the moment. For the last ones on the starting list they were cutting off to pan Laurie's face way too often.
I dunno, maybe they had a different broadcast director/manager this time?
I dunno, maybe they had a different broadcast director/manager this time?
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Happy's explanation makes sense. It was just really hard to watch. I really did feel like I hit my head.........where you know something is happening but it's just not registering. They're showing this to a bunch of mountainbikers. They should be more sensitive to our disabilities.
While I still think Marine's run was the stuff of legend, don't feel too sorry for Trace, as she's beaten Cabirou 4 out of 6 times this year, including 2 ass kickings (over 9 secs at Leogang and ~12 seconds at Ft. Bill). My sense is that Trace was/is doing her best Greg Minnaar impression now that she's got the overall lead, and trying to ride at 90% (which is pretty much a guarantee for either a win or 2nd with the others out) versus going ovaries to the wall and potentially exploding herself at a place like VDS. There's no doubt that Cabirou will be a contender to win moving forward, but I also think VDS can provide some crazy win margins due to some riders not willing to push all their chips to the middle (e.g. I think AG won by like 7 or 8 secs several years ago, and then of course one Mr. Sam Hill was on his way to destroying the field back in the day before the infamous corner)
I remember super long broadcasts. Just don't suggest early runs had the same length as top guys. Otherwise yeah you are correct. Still it's better than nothing to see some of the early runs
i even remember complete skipped runs back in the day, can’t show them all when they start in 30s intervals
Italian jeans racing man got a top 15?
Yeah, and if you haven't already seen the vital story about his "rotten, no good, very bad day", you should...and if you don't want to read it, I can summarize it for you: JVK = Jeans Jesus (sorry Rock Jesus, you're old product now)
what a legend
The Denim Destroyer's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Qualifying Day (and he still got 9th)
A story of privateer challenge and perseverance with Johannes Von Klebelsberg at the 2019 Val di Sole UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill.
www.vitalmtb.com
As with all of jackalope's posts you have to highlight the nuggets.
JEANSUS
This must now be a thing. Lest you forget.
JEANSUS
This must now be a thing. Lest you forget.
finally watched the replay. my amateur analysis-loic floated down the hill; laurie fucking bounced over everything. stupid fun to watch both.
In Cathro's post race video he explained that Redbull extended the mens coverage to show 40 riders where it would normally only be the last 25. They did it because the top guys were scattered through the field after the qualifying issues.
Gotta have the phone ready to handle all the Tinder heat after those results.
What a legend.