UCI DH World Cup 2020 - 2021 Season

[Thomo]

  On 8/29/2021 at 3:50 PM, Robbie Stewart said:

Supersport showed. I came across it by chance after #snowday

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Not too sure what happened to the XC coverage, but glad I at least got to see this epic win.! ????????

[justinafrika]

  On 8/29/2021 at 3:50 PM, MrJacques said:

Greg's first World Champs (win?), 18 years ago....

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

I think the bike on the podium was the one in the vid, judging by the size

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Stunning to think that a couple of Greg’s competitors that he beat today were just being born in the year that he first won World’s races. 

Then again, one’s lovemaking “finesse powers” only really start in one’s forties.  ????

Edited August 29, 2021 by justinafrika

[Frosty]

[Eugene Oppelt]

As chilled as a surfer dude. Tough as titanium nails. The persistence of a pitbull. Just legendary.

[Eddy Gordo]

So would Greg go down in history as the only world champ to have won  Worlds on diff wheel sizes?

Edited August 29, 2021 by Eddy Gordo

[Frosty]

He is the only winner across three different decades.

[Frosty]

And look at his medal haul… just about every venue (almost).

 

source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Minnaar

Shows he won silver in Cairns (2017), but Michael Hannah shows on the medal tables

Edited August 29, 2021 by Frosty

[SwissVan]

Brilliant Greg, not to shabby for a 39 yr old

Saw him win in 2003 at Lugano and just watched this now on red bull replay, what a great surprise for Sunday evening.

Remember when he was a lightie racing in SA before he started doing world cups etc... a great example for kids of a multi talented sportsman.

 

[Pikey]

What a Legend GM is .... my 10 yr old son screaming at the tv, priceless . 

[MrJacques]

From VitalMTB a few days ago:

[Ispeed_V]

Legend of note. 

Extra motivation for him to continue into next season as a the World Champ and as a 40year old.

 

[Robbie Stewart]

and to think for a second I was playing a mental game of flip-a-coin between watching this or F1 - SO STOKED F1 LOST OUT!!!

[TheoG]

  On 8/30/2021 at 5:49 AM, Robbie Stewart said:

and to think for a second I was playing a mental game of flip-a-coin between watching this or F1 - SO STOKED F1 LOST OUT!!!

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And then in the end the F1 didn't really happen.

I flicked between 3 channels, La Vuelta, DH and F1 ???? . So glad I didn't miss Greg's run.

Edited August 30, 2021 by TheoG

[Robbie Stewart]

  On 8/30/2021 at 5:52 AM, TheoG said:

And then in the end the F1 didn't really happen.

I flicked between 3 channels, La Vuelta, DH and F1 ???? . So glad I didn't Greg's run.

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but at least Verstappen took the "win"...yay for that ???? 

double bonus points for the day.

 

[MrJacques]

Lenzerheide this weekend, woohoo!

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2021: Lenzerheide (redbull.com)

[stefmeister]

Most likey gonna be a wet one.

Should probably take Greg out of my fantasy team, and replace with one of the brits. ????