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brendog and Leov just got into the top ten so i'm not so sure. Peat was off early and is only in the 40s somewhere. I think its just the track in general this time!
Totally insane. Cant see the others going that much slower intentionally. That boy is having it!!
Hot damn....
and Sam b right behind...
(though they're both 20+ seconds behind that damn Aussie.)
i need a shower. can someone stop them racing till i'm back? Much appreciated!
given that race start order is slowest to fastest...is it possible that Peat + others are sandbagging THAT much to ensure they get an early start?
4 PEDEMANAUD Fabien FRA 4:18.00
who?
who?
yeah - it's top 80 only eh? out of 188 or so
well tactical seeding or not two uk junior riders one in 5th and one in 7th insane. im not so sure threr isnt a bit of tactics in there though. 5 out of 10 aint bad right!?
edit... im atually looking at the times as they come in i think not the seading cos they just changed. Sam hills wayyyyyyyy up
answer somones earlier question, those were start times so a pre seeded from the last round, if nico had a crash it lasted about 5 years
edit... im atually looking at the times as they come in i think not the seading cos they just changed. Sam hills wayyyyyyyy up
answer somones earlier question, those were start times so a pre seeded from the last round, if nico had a crash it lasted about 5 years
I think theres tactics in play here. No one wants to get caught out in the rain like Vigo and theres a chance of rain still.
The trick is to qual slow enough to get an early final run but still make the cut and not get eliminated. According to the weather radar , it's not raining at the moment. (Champery is just south of the big lake on the left)
The trick is to qual slow enough to get an early final run but still make the cut and not get eliminated. According to the weather radar , it's not raining at the moment. (Champery is just south of the big lake on the left)
I think thats a possibility. The non-french teams may well be utilizing advanced weather forecasting like the french have been doing for years. Makes sense when it can make so much difference, unless you're Mr Hill of course and you ride it wet like you ride it dry!!
What? they hang a string of garlic around the riders' neck. when the garlic gets wet, you know it's raining?
Yeah, something like that. Another method is to check out how saggy ones baguette is.
http://www.southerndownhill.com/reports/racing/uci-mountain-bike-world-cup-round-2---champery---practice-round-up.html
reportage on practice and some pics
reportage on practice and some pics
there doing quickest top slowest arnt they? so he'll be down last ish.
surprisingly the french dont seem to be holding back maby they know somthing we dont?
surprisingly the french dont seem to be holding back maby they know somthing we dont?
He gets an automatic by into the finals anyways with his ranking....
1 HILL Samuel AUS 4:01.89
2 PASCAL Mickael FRA 4:16.45
3 GUARDIA PASCUAL B. ESP 4:16.86
4 PEDEMANAUD Fabien FRA 4:18.00
5 VOUILLOZ Nicolas FRA 4:18.91
6 FAIRCLOUGH Brendan GBR 4:20.96
7 LEOV Justin NZL 4:22.04
8 SPAGNOLO Damien FRA 4:22.53
9 BLENKINSOP Samuel NZL 4:22.72
10 MERMOUD Damien SUI 4:23.47
Is Hill sooo fast? or it's just the weather?
2 PASCAL Mickael FRA 4:16.45
3 GUARDIA PASCUAL B. ESP 4:16.86
4 PEDEMANAUD Fabien FRA 4:18.00
5 VOUILLOZ Nicolas FRA 4:18.91
6 FAIRCLOUGH Brendan GBR 4:20.96
7 LEOV Justin NZL 4:22.04
8 SPAGNOLO Damien FRA 4:22.53
9 BLENKINSOP Samuel NZL 4:22.72
10 MERMOUD Damien SUI 4:23.47
Is Hill sooo fast? or it's just the weather?
Nice in 5th is amazing !
I cant wait for the finals, any one got the inside word on the conditions?
i wonder if the course cut up a lot? if it did nicos time would look even better than it does
I should have word on conditions shortly. Waiting on a text now.
There is a rumor the timing may have gone wrong............any word or nonsense....?
Haven't heard this yet, but all my guys are still on course. Where'd you hear this? It looks like it may be possible, or else a LOT of people decided to get early starting spots due to the threatening weather?
someone is reporting it on the descentworld board....
Just fired off some emails and texts to see if i can get some insight into this. What a screwup of epic proportions if it is true.
Final results should have been available by now however for the men, so something may indeed be up.
Final results should have been available by now however for the men, so something may indeed be up.
kinda agree with you there Fraser, but live timings are only ever provisional which everyone tends to forget. Still makes things a bit crap though when things have to be corrected
Ya agreed, the live and actual results are on 2 different systems normally anyways. What is displayed can be really wrong, but the computer sorts it out in the end.
http://www.nissan-ucimtbworldcup.com/en/Results/index.cfm?RaceID=58
full results for quali are up.
anyone know if the finals are going to start in 1hr 30 minutes? or is there going to be a delay?
full results for quali are up.
anyone know if the finals are going to start in 1hr 30 minutes? or is there going to be a delay?
Men's results are now final, no word on if anything is up. Same ones they were displaying as live.
Kovarick 98th
Minaar 132nd
I know Minaar gets an automatic (or so i'm told) but what about Kovarick?
Minaar 132nd
I know Minaar gets an automatic (or so i'm told) but what about Kovarick?
Akula DNFed, hope everything is alright.
Top 20 gets a bye to the finals in case of mechanicals, weather etc.