J Wakefield

Well he asked did he not and I answered which is clearly not what you want to hear or others. Maybe people need to take the wool off their eyes

for starters they did not qualify and their level is not good enough. It's World Champs not Argus.

You forget the level of juniors now days when mx riders are turning pro at 15 and 16 years old for 6 figure salaries.

Greg wasnt 100th+ in the world at 42 and had a few results it seems before that at at close to half his current age. Its like comparing the Zim dollar to the Euro

I've won multiple SA titles with DH clients and provided significant set up info on their bikes from previous motocross knowledge and background. I think I know what I am talking about and it was a figure of speech.

Please excuse this post as I have not read the last pages in detail but did any of the riders actually qualify to go other than Greg? If not, then there is zero argument here. This will be a unpopular here but Outside the top 100 at a DHWC is not near the quality needed for a World Championship. South Africa has always sent riders that have no place to a level event of this nature and mostly cause "if you pay you can go" mentality, the results are always the same and then its "about learning and they gained experience" Who gained? the 1 person who went and was 2min slower and never goes back again or never progresses? Same now with the Junior World MX. Self funded, riders who could go went 1 rider qualified. The rest were way off on lap times but "what an experience" "learnt so much" outcome. As I said this will be unpopular but this is not the Argus and athletes wont progress to the standard if this is always the approach and this has shown over the years. You not within the criteria or within a time you dont go.

Cement would go further than a farmhouse.

Greg is the only rider who should be going for South Africa in the discipline. Selection was done correctly. Good luck Greg bring it home.

World Champs is not about Gees or learning.

Thanks, Everyone has a system. I can with full confidence say that they over estimate 9/10 times, especially when you have a file from a rider(s) they are reporting on. Sometimes it's fairly close but often it's pretty off. I will stand with the 6.6-6.7wkg for yesterday, it's not 6.85.

13 riders went faster than Lances 2001 time yesterday There was a strong tailwind LR over estimate values when they try calculate them Looking at the VAM value and calculation this is more 6.6-6.7wkg which is still insane.

thank you very much.

He has not been well health wise.

Alot of truth in this post.....😀 BUT, it's good that everyone is talking and interested, I enjoy that side of the banter and predictions or insights. Nutritional application is a science, its per rider, per day, per stage, per W/kg and duration, per daily environmental factors like heat, rain, what your job is in the team and until when per stage. Are they taking bicarb and is there a weight gain, is the GC rider heavier even by 2kg over the next? if so, this is taken into account.. Many many factors come into play.

Yes correct, I am with RedBull-Bora Hangrohe Lennard is a great guy and has made incredible progress since his accident

Jeroen is still with UAE Team Emirates. I moved on from UAE Team Emirates at the end of the 2022 season.

Vinegaard made up time on the technical and lost on the flat to Tadej.

No idea what was said on UAE, I do however have some info on the convo from the Redbull-Bora Hansgorhe bus

spelling error, I was there when he was on the side of the road, I thought he and Jay Vine were never coming back looking at them

To be 7 seconds off Tadej at the top of Galibier after lying with the extent of his injuries on the side of the road in Basque with no racing at all until this Tour is a pretty impressive performance for someone who is not at 100%.

Lets hope that there is no champagne on the podium now....

Dont believe everything you read about pregnant women athletes. Yes Eastern Blocks had pretty incredible systems for their athletes back then. As did China and so forth. Shew was cause of the understanding you have on how the Passport system works, having been using since younger years resulting in higher values for a lifetime and why there younger kids on the podiums. I am not bashing you, I am saying that is wild view on things.

Shew.

Crashes happen and ride with in your limit based on the terrain presented. If the course was dry it would be a different story but rained and like any course when wet it adds a different factor in. Nino's crashes as cause he 1st never got his front wheel into the rut, his bike was going left he was right when the bike stood upright. He wasnt hurt. Even Pidcock who put on a clinic dropped it twice. The course today allowed those who are able to produce smooth and big power over a longer duration due to the mud, those riders came out better than the others.

thought you were talking about the Olympic selection.