UCI DH World Cup 2019 Season

[nigelhicks]

Remember that at World Champs "qualifying" is actually nothing ... There are generally less than the requisite 80 riders in Elite who are chosen by their federations to race. .. so in most instances .. if you just get down clean you will qualify. It's like a timed training basically.

[Nick]

he's a protected rider so bar injury he will race

Good news. What are the protection rules for World Champs? So I don't ask the same question next year ????

[nigelhicks]

Good news. What are the protection rules for World Champs? So I don't ask the same question next year

It's a new ruling for 2019. I will look it up.

[nigelhicks]

For all DHI events (Men Elite, Women Elite, Men Juniors and Women Juniors), riders

are required to ride in the qualifying round. The number of riders qualifying for the final

are as follows:

- Men Elite: top 80 riders in the qualifying round

- Women Elite: top 40 riders in the qualifying round

- Men Juniors: top 60 riders in the qualifying round

- Women Juniors: top 15 riders in the qualifying round

For the final in the Men Elite and Women Elite, the “protected riders” are:

- Riders ranked in the top 10 Women Elite and the top 20 Men Elite of the final

world cup standings of the current season.

 

In case the UCI mountain bike world cup final is held after the UCI mountain bike world

championships, riders ranked in the top 10 Women Elite and the 20 Men Elite of the

latest world cup standings of the current season

[Nick]

Thanks!

 

For some reason I assumed World Cup performances had no bearing on Champs but this makes sense.

[BSG]

According to Red Bull tv all XCO and DH races will be aired live on their website?

[MrJacques]

Mr Minnaar:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1zIwJhCbhv/

[MrJacques]

Troy having a front tyre washout:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1yTl8bi41y/

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1xbGIVABjG/

 

Hope he's ok.

[Stretch]

According to Red Bull tv all XCO and DH races will be aired live on their website?

Yes they will.. But blocked in some countries.. Like South Africa

[emme]

DSTV SS 208 18h00 Women XCO,Men 20h20.

 

Tomorrow Women 18h40 DH,Men 19h55.(SS 208.)

[Duane_Bosch]

lots of work to do to confirm your convictions:

Theo qualified in P61

So only him and Sabine Thies in the jnr ladies, repping ZA.

 

I did say or crash. Which is exactly what he did in Qualies.

[Capricorn]

After listening to Bruni chatting with Cathro, I have my doubts that about Bruni and Hannah winnnig world champs tomorrow, especially Hannah. She's a confidence rider, as evidenced by her getting smashed by over 10sec at VDS. When the track got into her head. But it wasn't only the track that got into her head, i think it was the title contention too.

So here's the pressure on Hannah's confidence: Her career long nemesis is sidelined,giving her a rare clear run at the world cup overall. Albeit Cabirou is breathing down her neck she just needs consistency in qualifying and finals to take it fairly easily in the end.

Worlds is also poses a rare opportunity without her nemesis Rachel. But the reality is,anyone on the day can take it, and consistency isn't always a guarantee as evidenced by gwin's abject failure over the years.

If she gets hurt badly, it's literally all over: worlds and world cup titles both up in smoke.

if she sand bags, she is likely not to win worlds, but she will remain healthy and strong to throw everything at the last WC of the year and take the elusive WC overall.

 

Loic said in the interview that this worlds feels weird, as in his strategy hasn't fallen into place mentally given he can finally win the world cup overall, but there's this little thing of world champs to deal with. He has massive BMT when it comes to worlds, so no doubt he can take it. But is he in the right headspace?

 

One might argue that Cabirou and Pierron could be facing the same dilemmas,and that would be true. Perhaps their qualifying results suggests this is true,but qualifying at worlds can be like timed training at world cups: quite misleading.

[nigelhicks]

Watching the XC now on DSTV and all I am going to say is WORST COMMENTATING EVER! ...

[Stretch]

Anyone know what happened to brook? Greg had a comment saying "healing vibes to brook"

[Odinson]

Anyone know what happened to brook? Greg had a comment saying "healing vibes to brook"

Apparently had a major off during practice and it then took 3 hours to air lift him off the hill. In for surgery apparently. All on IG - his and Pinkbikes’s latest posts.

[Stretch]

Apparently had a major off during practice and it then took 3 hours to air lift him off the hill. In for surgery apparently. All on IG - his and Pinkbikes’s latest posts.

Thanks... There was nothing up when I looked last night