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Ride editor is still out there and plodding along at 9km/hr according to Tracker (if its accurate). Going to the be a long day for them!

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Ride editor is still out there and plodding along at 9km/hr according to Tracker (if its accurate). Going to the be a long day for them!

 

Kinda only got entered during the week, fair play to Tim for giving it a go.

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Absalon (although not a marathon rider per se he is hanging up the XC end of this season), Lakata, Dahle Flessja, Spitz

 

Lakata is out due to a severed achilles tendon. He would definitely have been here, if he did not sustain the injury.

 

He was second at marathon world champs last year and he beat Sauser properly at Leadville 100, so it would have been exciting if he was here.

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Just out of interest and not to create any debate, which riders or teams are using 27.5/650 B?

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Yip, Epic on 4 days notice is brave... but it's not like he hasn't been riding - he'll be good!

 

Hope so. They're not in yet.

 

Last riders have just left WP2

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Lakata is out due to a severed achilles tendon. He would definitely have been here, if he did not sustain the injury.

 

He was second at marathon world champs last year and he beat Sauser properly at Leadville 100, so it would have been exciting if he was here.

There is still a lot of debate about the Epic and it's timing wrt the World Cup XC racing calendar. Some riders use it to build base (like Hermida, Schurter etc) but many skip it as it just doesn't tie in with their main focus for the season.

 

And those that do come here are generally not near 100% yet. It's just not the same discipline as XC riding. How awesome would it be though to have everyone here - Kulhavy, Absalon, Kabush, Spitz, Kalentieva, Lechnar, Batty... and then for some real fantasy league stuff: Ullrich, Evans, Merckx, Stybar, Cancelllara etc :blush:

I'd find 50k then :clap:

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Ja, riding at the top level in a multi stage marathon event over rough terrain like the Epic. Bit of a knock to a competitive advantage to not be riding on a 29r.

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There is still a lot of debate about the Epic and it's timing wrt the World Cup XC racing calendar. Some riders use it to build base (like Hermida, Schurter etc) but many skip it as it just doesn't tie in with their main focus for the season.

 

And those that do come here are generally not near 100% yet. It's just not the same discipline as XC riding. How awesome would it be though to have everyone here - Kulhavy, Absalon, Kabush, Spitz, Kalentieva, Lechnar, Batty... and then for some real fantasy league stuff: Ullrich, Evans, Merckx, Stybar, Cancelllara etc :blush:

I'd find 50k then :clap:

 

Next year's event has been shifted to start a week earlier.

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