Stretch Posted August 18, 2015 Author Posted August 18, 2015 LMFAO.......WHY DO I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME????what is it about him that makes me watch his run hoping/waiting for him to eat ****......YET.......I can scream like a Looney for Ratboy..... Bruni...... hell almost anybody else..... oh wait not that poncey pom Atherton...... never been a fan there either to be Frank..... though I am not Frank at all. lol -my opinion of him is changing - he has huge respect for all his competitors which makes him ok in my book...this was evident when he went up to loic and commiserated with him after windham...but...... you got to give it those atherton's...a real tight team...
Capricorn Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 oh man - i'd love to see Sam back to form - end of last season he was back on track...until that blerry otb at worlds.....sadly...I dont think he is quite back to where he should be right now...we might however see a give it all wild ride at andorra he did say in an interview that given how far off the overall was, his focus was shifting to worlds. While I'm bummed he is not at his best, i'm stoked he is riding, and taking his time getting his shoulder back into shape.some suggestion he has a score to settle here at VdS, and while i agree, i dont think he is going to give a solid rip. Not with worlds this close. Maybe the shoulder is never going to heal hundreds without surgery, but maybe it's good enough for one hectic weekend of practice and racing: world champs. Go sammo!
NicoBoshoff Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Hope Gwinn has the run of his life and takes the overall.
Spoke101 Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Hope Gwinn has the run of his life and takes the overall.Those are dangerous word around here.
Lurch the stalker Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 but...... you got to give it those atherton's...a real tight team... Would like to see Manon finish ahead of Rachel, poor girl, all those second's this year...
rouxtjie Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 LMFAO.......WHY DO I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME????what is it about him that makes me watch his run hoping/waiting for him to eat ****......YET.......I can scream like a Looney for Ratboy..... Bruni...... hell almost anybody else..... oh wait not that poncey pom Atherton...... never been a fan there either to be Frank..... though I am not Frank at all.I will tell you why, going to court to get out of his trek contract and go to spez. No doubt spez funded the whole thing...lawyer wise. That right there is the main reason that I always hope he sees his koek / fails. BUT he has brass balls and huge talent. Can't take that away from him
Stretch Posted August 19, 2015 Author Posted August 19, 2015 hopefully that means we will be seeing a course preview shortly....
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 https://instagram.com/p/6jvok-CbMLJOH! Love to ride there!
Shebeen Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 From weak beer and country hicks....an inter-continental plane flight...... to the land of models pasta and the mafia....who's gonna take the famous val di sol title and ultimately the WC winners medal... Points are tighter than a ducks backside, so we are sure to see aaron ,loic greg and troy giving it all in timed practice, qualies and of course the main event. greg has a (very) outside chance that involves both loic and gwin not featuring in the top 5...Loic on the other hand has a real chance to snatch the victory from gwin...but I reckon it requires him to get that elusive first win AND be up there for timed and qualies....gonna be exciting dh.JPGok. all wrong. stretch posted the standings after mont sant anne, gwin has stretched it out gwin - 1089minnaar - 954bruni - 869 it's gwin's to losehttp://www.uci.ch/mountain-bike/ucievents/2015-mountain-bike-uci-mountain-bike-world-cup-presented-by-shimano/162153115/widgets/inscrits-partants-resultats-classements-169129/ ok, scenarios.josh only has a mathematical chance of ending on top, and troy needs the top 3 to all finish out top 10 and win - just don't see that happening. then working from the back. greg needs to make up 70 points on gwin and 45 on loic.on final run that would meangreg wins - gwin 4th or lower, loic 3rd or lower.greg 2nd, - gwin 8th or lower, loic 5th or lowergreg 3rd - gwin 12th or lower,loic 7th or lower.greg 4th - gwin 26th or lower,loic 10th or lower. But qualifying would adjust this obviously - we can expect to could swing that by anything up to 30 points either way going into the finals - this really does shake it up. loic vs gwin - it will come down to final run no matter what happens in qualifying. loic will probably need to win, or have 2/3 positions between him and gwin to take the overall season. let's just assume he's going to come second! I'm not sure what happens on countback if they tie scores......in sailing, whoever finished higher in the final race wins, but this is not sailing!
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 ok, scenarios.josh only has a mathematical chance of ending on top, and troy needs the top 3 to all finish out top 10 and win - just don't see that happening. then working from the back. greg needs to make up 70 points on gwin and 45 on loic.on final run that would meangreg wins - gwin 4th or lower, loic 3rd or lower.greg 2nd, - gwin 8th or lower, loic 5th or lowergreg 3rd - gwin 12th or lower,loic 7th or lower.greg 4th - gwin 26th or lower,loic 10th or lower. But qualifying would adjust this obviously - we can expect to could swing that by anything up to 30 points either way going into the finals - this really does shake it up. loic vs gwin - it will come down to final run no matter what happens in qualifying. loic will probably need to win, or have 2/3 positions between him and gwin to take the overall season. let's just assume he's going to come second! I'm not sure what happens on countback if they tie scores......in sailing, whoever finished higher in the final race wins, but this is not sailing!I think it's highest number of wins...
Stretch Posted August 19, 2015 Author Posted August 19, 2015 I think it's highest number of wins... and we ALL know how many poor loic has
Shebeen Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 I think it's highest number of wins... I've got to say, trying to find out anything downhill from the uci website is the biggest waste of time ever. it's like they trying to hide sepp blatter's fortune amongst that maze. found it. finallyhttp://www.uci.ch/mountain-bike/ucievents/2015-mountain-bike-uci-mountain-bike-world-cup-presented-by-shimano/162153115/widgets/inscrits-partants-resultats-classements-169129/
Shebeen Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 ok. have had to rejig my calculations. see edited post 42 gwin - 1089minnaar - 954bruni - 869 gwin is 135 points, ahead of minnaar. bruni is toast. IF, Greg wins both qualifying and finals, then gwin would need to do badly like qualify 6th, finals 6th. That would actually tie them both on 1204 points, and 3 wins each. anything worse from greg, would need something even worse from gwin.
Albatross Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 Maybe if Gwin throws a chain in qualifing.....oh wait, that makes him quicker
Stretch Posted August 19, 2015 Author Posted August 19, 2015 ok. have had to rejig my calculations. see edited post 42 gwin - 1089minnaar - 954bruni - 869 gwin is 135 points, ahead of minnaar. bruni is toast. IF, Greg wins both qualifying and finals, then gwin would need to do badly like qualify 6th, finals 6th. That would actually tie them both on 1204 points, and 3 wins each. anything worse from greg, would need something even worse from gwin. Mmmm - so the redbull site hadn't updated after MSA..thought it looked too close..will go back and edit first post
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