nigelhicks Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 So the first round is in Croatia in 2018. ... Not sure what track they will use but from the Press release video it seems like the track is properly rocky, but not that steep. Key features ... - Only 230m maximum elevation change. - A 300m tar section along a VERY narrow road at the end to finish in the town square on the coast. - Lots of rock walls that will end people if you get it wrong. (So much for safety zones being a criteria for the UCI) - no lift access either - they use bakkies and trailers as per one of the videos on youtube Check out the promo video and POV. what are your guys thoughts???
Eddy Gordo Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 hmm, making helderberg a possibility maybe....
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 So the first round is in Croatia in 2018. ... Not sure what track they will use but from the Press release video it seems like the track is properly rocky, but not that steep. Key features ... - Only 230m maximum elevation change. - A 300m tar section along a VERY narrow road at the end to finish in the town square on the coast. - Lots of rock walls that will end people if you get it wrong. (So much for safety zones being a criteria for the UCI) - no lift access either - they use bakkies and trailers as per one of the videos on youtube Check out the promo video and POV. what are your guys thoughts???Rocky AS Fk! Looks bloody nice, tbh. And loooose!
Duane_Bosch Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 what are your guys thoughts???300m elevationBakkie upliftsDangerous tracks Sounds more like one of our provincials *Edit. I take that back. Track looks rrrrraaaaaaddddd and the venue looks amazing. World Cup tho? No.
Psyrax Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Yoh!!! Looks like there will be a few broken shoulders or collarbones. Hold on to your falseteeth!!!
Duane_Bosch Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Be honest...... Would a NON FAN of the sport sit through 2 ours of that? I know there's a bidding process and blah blah and I'm gonna get shot down again coz I think all World Cups should be in an Alpine location but the pinnacle of the sport needs to be in Aspirational, Visually stunning locations. With huge elevations and Mountain backdrops. It is Mountain Biking after all. The WSL has contests at Pipe, Tahiti, J Bay, Tresles, Hossegor. Not Huntington Beach. That's for the QS.
Stretch Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 dont like the urban downhill finish but then I am glad other parts of the world are getting a shot.
Tubehunter Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 What is the motivation for taking it there? Most of the chaps will look to come out of round one without an injury if the run remains largely the same!
CAAD4 Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Still swak that we didn't get a DH round. I would have though there was a decent mountain in Stellenbosch somewhere?
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Still swak that we didn't get a DH round. I would have though there was a decent mountain in Stellenbosch somewhere?Still needs an enoooormous amount of financial backing, and a business pitch. We "lost out" to another non legacy venue but afaik it was always a fixed term contract with a view to extend.
BaGearA Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Looks pretty cool , I like all the rocks ...maybe thats just me
Super_mil Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 200 m drop over a max length of say 2 km... I think they area going to struggle to get a decent race time out of the track OR they are going to have to force it to be slower/longer by further reducing the tracks gradient.It doesn't look like a WC level track in my opinion. It does look like a cool spot for a beach holiday though!
ChUkKy Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 My predictions:Qualifiers - 2 broken hands and a shoulderMain race - 1 broken collarbone, 1 broken shoulder Doesnt look like a great track at all, more a charity thought
nigelhicks Posted January 31, 2017 Author Posted January 31, 2017 Id say its rough enough to be world cup class in the middle section. But also there are not enough corners through that walled section. The one piece is literally straight before the last trees with the jump. And the top start is Flatter than PMB. ... so there is one cool section for about 1km of a 2km track thats rocky as all hell. Will be interesting to see what the pro's and internet jockeys (like us) think ... Also looking at the access road thats a slow, windy basically single lane road, that is going to take a WHILE.
Duane_Bosch Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 My predictions:Qualifiers - 2 broken hands and a shoulderMain race - 1 broken collarbone, 1 broken shoulder Doesnt look like a great track at all, more a charity thoughtMaybe the nurses are hot making the trip to hospital worthwhile.
Duane_Bosch Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 It does look like a cool spot for a beach holiday though!This ^^^^ The promo vid made me want to go there on holiday but my bike would stay at home. If The UCI are determined to have a pity ****World Cup every year they should at least have it in a place that makes economic sense. Like China where everything is made. Or the US where everything is consumed. Yes I know there's a bidding process
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