2023 UCI Downhill/Enduro/XC mega thread

[grskier]

Dak made all his time on the last section of course.

So cool to see that sort of purse for the race.

[joetron]

Dak made all his time on the last section of course.

So cool to see that sort of purse for the race.

Gaaaah! Asa was up till the last bit. So rad to see the youngin mixing it up with the big guys.


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[grskier]

1) The weather has been really wet, supposed to move out for Saturday. We'll see how fast things dry out.
2) Richie Rude is going to race the last 2 stops this season:

3) Track in Snowshoe sounds to be mostly the same

[grskier]

Qualis…
Richie made top 60 and will be in semis
Vali put 3 seconds in on Nina and she had 3.5
On the next woman

Men had 3.25 between the top 10. Dak had another good day


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[Andeh]

On one of Moir's videos watching practice, he was set up in one of the tricky rock gardens. Asa just buttered it, cleaner than any of the pros, and gapped out of it. That kid's a prodigy.

[evasive_MT]

Cathro featured him in yesterday’s practice video, too.

[toast2266]

Dakota takes 5th in semis, with a crash. If he can keep it upright, that's a winning pace!

[grinch]

Looks like Dak, Lauza and Bruni have the next level speed atm.Still lots of darkhorses though. I hope they all keep it together and we see where the dust settles fair and square.
Crazy to think where Troy and Danny are these days

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[smmokan]

Pretty solid coverage today, other than Cedric Gracia - he's still horrible. They should just let Ric and Aaron Gwin handle it.

To me, Snowshoe seems like almost the perfect World Cup DH course: a little bit of everything, enough stretches to make up (or lose) time, and something exciting always happens as a result.

[grinch]

Up the yt mob! Bet that was a good watch. I want go see oisin and Ronans runs both. Amazing Mush made it down on those tires. Maxxis is junk. CST(chenge chit tires)

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[grskier]

That race was pretty bonkers. The overall got tighter between Vergier and Bruni.


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[Canada1]

Blunk on the podium and Batten in the top 10. Amazing Xc for ladies

[grskier]

Blunk on the podium and Batten in the top 10. Amazing Xc for ladies

Men's race was good. I need to watch the women's.

[skinipenem]

Vernier said they weren't coming to snowshoe next year. Did he mean the uci?

That would be a bummer to lose another (the only remaining) US stop.

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[smmokan]

Three spots for venues outside of EU in 2024, according to this article:

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/uci-re...pionships.html

[grskier]

I know they'd have to get permission from the USFS for most places in CO, which would likely take forever... but I wish they'd bring some racing back to CO.

[grskier]

Sorry for the double post..

Rumor is Lake Placid may get a race...

[toast2266]

Wonder if Whistler's gonna do one on their new track.

[Canada1]

I think they avoid west coast based on cost. It would be amazing to see them do something out here on mountains that would allow some big vert!?

[grskier]

I think they avoid west coast based on cost. It would be amazing to see them do something out here on mountains that would allow some big vert!?

Placid is Way closer to MSA than Snowshoe...

Agree on the likelihood of a trip west of the Appalachians

[toast2266]

I think they avoid west coast based on cost. It would be amazing to see them do something out here on mountains that would allow some big vert!?

Probably true.

I'm not sure the vert really matters though. They're still only aiming for a 3-4 minute track, and you don't need a ton of vert to get that. The Euro venues have as much vert as they want, but the tracks are still only using ~1500 feet. I think Mont St Anne might be the most vert of any venue at just shy of 2,000 ft.

[grskier]

Probably true.

I'm not sure the vert really matters though. They're still only aiming for a 3-4 minute track, and you don't need a ton of vert to get that. The Euro venues have as much vert as they want, but the tracks are still only using ~1500 feet. I think Mont St Anne might be the most vert of any venue at just shy of 2,000 ft.

Windham was always a smidge short at 2:30 - 2:40 ish if memory serves. I don't remember the vert, but it is probably around 1200'

[skinipenem]

Sorry for the double post..

Rumor is Lake Placid may get a race...

I just pooped a little in my pants. Holy shit that would be sweet!! Weblink 404 dead. My guess is it won't happen. The upstates is cursed.

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[Canada1]

It is my hope that Blunk, Blevins and Batten all put up a big result in the XC. Blunk and Batten both seem to be in form and it would be really cool if this opened a door for Blunk to get picked up by one of the biggest teams. Blevins just because he seemed to start the season so strong, and it would be cool to see him end on a high note.

[grskier]

I just pooped a little in my pants. Holy shit that would be sweet!! Weblink 404 dead. My guess is it won't happen. The upstates is cursed.

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I stole that from PB. They took a screenshot when the saw it then it disappeared a few minutes later... maybe it wasn't supposed to go out until after MSA, maybe the deal isn't done, maybe some kid in the tourism office is fucking around.