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World Cup #3 - La Massanna, Andorra

RTG

RTG

Chimp
Apr 23, 2008
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On ze peddles
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That's why i was saying I understood the point already. I was talking crash distance, while the numbers mentioned were measured from the top, which was unclear to me.

Besides, 75m is huge... 50m just might be the distance the bike travelled from the top. Anyways, doesn't matter as we actually have some footage now. ;)
 
Eren

Eren

Turbo Monkey
Mar 18, 2006
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RTG said:
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That's why i was saying I understood the point already. I was talking crash distance, while the numbers mentioned were measured from the top, which was unclear to me.

Besides, 75m is huge... 50m just might be the distance the bike travelled from the top. Anyways, doesn't matter as we actually have some footage now. ;)
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Yes, and either way, that was a huuge off the bike crash. He was on his bike and going so quickly after as well, amazing stuff.

Looks like it could have been so much worse.
 
Cant Climb

Cant Climb

Turbo Monkey
May 9, 2004
2,683
10
Top 10 speed trap
Speed L_Name PLace
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55.682 WARREN 17
55.149 FERREIRO 40
54.799 HILL 31
54.591 GWIN 16
54.248 PASCAL 73
53.742 BRYCELAND 9
53.742 BADOUARD 21
53.377 KOVARIK 12
53.377 BRAITHWAITE 39
53.278 BLENKINSOP 15

Top 10 to split 1
Secs L_Name Place
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43.51 HILL 31
44.47 LEOV 5
44.54 KOVARIK 12
44.81 FAIRCLOUGH 7
44.89 BEER 6
44.93 GWIN 16
45.06 WARREN 17
45.07 MINNAAR 3
45.11 PEAT 1
45.13 ATHERTON 2

Top 10 split2 - split1
Secs L_Name Place
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64.29 ATHERTON 2
64.81 PEAT 1
65.09 MINNAAR 3
65.76 HANNAH 4
65.81 POLC 14
65.93 WALLNER 20
65.95 LEOV 5
66.01 VAZQUEZ 10
66.11 BEER 6
66.15 ATKINSON 8

Top 10 Final - split2
Secs L_Name Place
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32.13 PEAT 1
32.33 HANNAH 4
32.41 HILL 31
32.65 ATHERTON 2
33 BEER 6
33.03 FAIRCLOUGH 7
33.15 SMITH 10
33.26 DELFS 27
33.3 MINNAAR 3
33.3 BLENKINSOP 15
 
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swaussie

Chimp
Apr 14, 2009
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toodles said:
Yeah but Sam doesn't know if he's behind or in front remember. It might look like he made a silly choice there, but we have the benefit of split-times and hindsight when we watch the what happened.
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yeah, that is true and it is easy for us armchair punters to put him down. One great thing about Sam is no-one will ever accuse him of not give 100%.
 
DBR X6 RIDER

DBR X6 RIDER

Turbo Monkey
Jun 22, 2004
3,288
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WEST SEATTLE - checking my rotor bolts.
I wonder if that guy screaming "nooooooooo...nooooooooo-noooo-noooooo!!!!" in the 2nd crash clip is the same guy holding his head in the Freecaster footage?

Pretty insane how fast he gets up after that one - and only 5 seconds off the pace at the finish...whaaaaaaaa?!?:eek:
 
mccdh

mccdh

Monkey
Sep 9, 2008
181
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Comox
DBR X6 RIDER said:
I wonder if that guy screaming "nooooooooo...nooooooooo-noooo-noooooo!!!!" in the 2nd crash clip is the same guy holding his head in the Freecaster footage?

Pretty insane how fast he gets up after that one - and only 5 seconds off the pace at the finish...whaaaaaaaa?!?:eek:
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adrenalin is a wonderful thing hey
 
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batts65

Monkey
Aug 27, 2002
182
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Upstate NY
Is it me.. or does it look like his rear wheel slid a little to the right just as he was about to go off the drop???
 
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General Lee

Turbo Monkey
Oct 16, 2003
2,860
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The 802
batts65 said:
Is it me.. or does it look like his rear wheel slid a little to the rt just as he was about to go off the drop???
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Leppah said:
i noticed that too. LIke he clipped a rock right before he launched.
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Don't know if the live broadcast of Sam's run is up, but he scrubs it hard to the right as he goes off the lip. Watching it live I had a feeling he might not have held it together after that . .
 
Cant Climb

Cant Climb

Turbo Monkey
May 9, 2004
2,683
10
Littermag says he didn't scrub it......he was going too fast.

Not sure if that is an observation or from actually talking to Sam...
 
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General Lee

Turbo Monkey
Oct 16, 2003
2,860
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The 802
Cant Climb said:
Littermag says he didn't scrub it......he was going too fast.

Not sure if that is an observation or from actually talking to Sam...
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could be. But from the freecaster vid it certainly looked like a massive scrub.

this is almost the same angle as what was broadcast live, but lower resolution.

 
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ska todd

ska todd

Turbo Monkey
Oct 10, 2001
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That vid posted by Cesar is the most violent of the three posted around. That is just brutal and as Sam said, "Lucky to be alive". That could have gone A LOT worse.

-ska todd
 
Total Heckler

Total Heckler

Beer and Bike Enthusiast
Apr 28, 2005
8,180
210
Santa Cruz, CA
ska todd said:
That vid posted by Cesar is the most violent of the three posted around. That is just brutal and as Sam said, "Lucky to be alive". That could have gone A LOT worse.

-ska todd
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Seriously. He got super lucky on that one. It really looks like it could have been something he didn't walk and especially ride away from.

+rep for Sam Hill
 
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digital2k8

Chimp
May 18, 2009
3
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Wow, for sure lucky to walk away from that one. I'm amazed/glad we don't see more of these crashes with the speeds these guys run these days.

Not to start the flat pedal debate, but it looks like he landed a bit nose first and hard to flat and his feet slid off forward and hit the ground, which is why he crashed. If he were clipped in I think he probably would have rode it out knowing his bike handling skills.

But regardless, I'm glad he's alive, unscathed (I'm assuming) and ready to race another day. That's what's important.
 
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Rhymenocerous

Chimp
Feb 18, 2009
21
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hate to expose myself like this, but he updated facebook with the post "sore today"
surely that kind of carnage would do a number on you whether you walked/rode away or not...
 
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davetrump

Turbo Monkey
Jul 29, 2003
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digital2k8 said:
Wow, for sure lucky to walk away from that one. I'm amazed/glad we don't see more of these crashes with the speeds these guys run these days.

Not to start the flat pedal debate, but it looks like he landed a bit nose first and hard to flat and his feet slid off forward and hit the ground, which is why he crashed. If he were clipped in I think he probably would have rode it out knowing his bike handling skills.

But regardless, I'm glad he's alive, unscathed (I'm assuming) and ready to race another day. That's what's important.
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great first post... and total rubbish at that. what pedals he rode has nothing to do with any of this.

15 feet to flat, crooked and nose heavy (into a hole) at 30mph is what caused the crash.
 
rayhaan

rayhaan

Monkey
Oct 18, 2007
522
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ireland
davetrump said:
great first post... and total rubbish at that. what pedals he rode has nothing to do with any of this.

15 feet to flat, crooked and nose heavy (into a hole) at 30mph is what caused the crash.
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I concur, whether he was on flat pedals or clipped in he would have binned it...it was inevitable.
 
stiksandstones

stiksandstones

Turbo Monkey
May 21, 2002
5,078
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Orange, Ca
davetrump said:
great first post... and total rubbish at that. what pedals he rode has nothing to do with any of this.

15 feet to flat, crooked and nose heavy (into a hole) at 30mph is what caused the crash.
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And there is another argument to say:

If he 'was' on clips, he would have got carted out...if he couldn't unclip, etc...

crap, can't believe I got involved with what if's.
 
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