UCI XCO World Cup 2020 -2021 Season

[DieselnDust]

so he is stuffed in other words

Think Burry 2012....

[Hairy]

Think Burry 2012....

R.I.P Burry

 

 

I still a speck of dust in my eye .......

Edited May 10, 2021 by Hairy

[Hairy]

Think Burry 2012....

His fight from the back of the London Olympics showed the heart of a lion!

[Hairy]

[Shebeen]

I though I linked this document earlier, but it obviously did not link through tapatalk. This explains the qualification process

 

https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/official-documents/tokyo-2020---olympic-games/final---2021-04-27---tokyo-2020---revised-qualification-system---mtb---eng.pdf

I linked it too. If I read that correctly ZA has a slot from both the rankings and the Africa continentals. This second one will be passed on to Namibia.

 

Haven't looked at the ladies scenario, but they are further down the respective rankings I'm sure

[kosmonooit]

His fight from the back of the London Olympics showed the heart of a lion!

Remember Emily doing that race with a broken shoulder?  True grit!

 

Sadly though I think her Olympic medal goal ship has sailed, but could be wrong. Hope so.

[Hairy]

@ the 36min mark into the London mens XCO the commentator notes when Absalon pulls out of the race that this was the last of the French riders and would be so for a while ......... well the Frenchies are back in a big way in MTB over the last few years.

[Hairy]

Fook ... I have this XCO race on my second screen while working now and found myself rooting for Stander telling him to go go go ..........

[Frosty]

Remember Emily doing that race with a broken shoulder? True grit!

 

Sadly though I think her Olympic medal goal ship has sailed, but could be wrong. Hope so.

My EB ship has also sailed on. I find KC’s smiles on her IG profile addictive; a pleasure to see someone so happy. Although she was rather grumpy after the Short Track event on Friday.

[kosmonooit]

My EB ship has also sailed on. I find KC’s smiles on her IG profile addictive; a pleasure to see someone so happy. Although she was rather grumpy after the Short Track event on Friday.

I agree Kate is great, such a good spirited person, and such good sportswomenship with Haley after the race. I think she was a bit aggrieved by being a bit outwitted by PfP on the short track, but hey all is fair in love and war.

 

Crazy to see all the  youngsters getting results when just yesterday it was her and her first year in the Elites, I think as she races more she will settle down a bit and hopefully step up on the podiums.

 

Yolanda: I hope it goes well for her, she is also just getting back into the swing of things after that big accident.

 

Anne Terpstra is also one to watch.

[b-rad]

And Hatherly held the U23 WC in 2018, but Rob has never been too excited about him.... Bart however does notice him and brings up his name when applicable.

 

Rob has a moment whenever Annie Last is seen in a bunch of riders, at the back of the race ... and then nearly faints when he sees Pidcock.

 

Next best thing to a Brit is a NZ rider ... so when he sees Anton Cooper his voice also peaks.

 

Now this is all good, but these racers are all fighting for airtime during a race or on media outside of a race to highlight both themselves and their sponsors ... so blaring wildly when you see your UK rider and over sell them compared to the others who are also in the race in a close proximity in the race is rather unfortunate.

 

That's just my take on it.

 

Seems like he likes to mention the riders from his Rob meets series in particular.

[Hairy]

Seems like he likes to mention the riders from his Rob meets series in particular.

If that is the case, then I can imagine that is why he mentions them as he has more information on them and is familiar with them ... just a natural human reaction then.

So Rob need to "meet" Alan then

[kosmonooit]

I rewatched the Ladies race, the others stood no chance once Loana Lecomte went. Wow. Must be some serious power to weight ratio, any ideas? She looks tiny.

 

Although some good climbing there, I think they have dumbed down Albstadt significantly from a  technical pov. Way too easy, wooden ramps and all. That one short sharp decent after that climb used to see a lot of action, now its a gentle roll out.  And call that a  rock garden?

 

Hopefully some more testing stuff in the Czech Republic this weekend although LL won there last year didn't she?

 

Or maybe there is a UCI memo going around making cycling safe again.

[Stretch]

Rob and Bart mention Redbull athletes more than anyone else because .. Well.. They're Redbull athletes. It's the only reason why they still point out Emily Betty in the field in the last 4 or 5 years because she really hasn't been in the sharp edge of the competition in years.

 

Rob certainly getting a lot of flack on here. He's not perfect, but he's improved a lot. We could have worse. Just go listen to the 2012 Olympics.

[Shebeen]

Rob and Bart mention Redbull athletes more than anyone else because .. Well.. They're Redbull athletes. It's the only reason why they still point out Emily Betty in the field in the last 4 or 5 years because she really hasn't been in the sharp edge of the competition in years.

 

Rob certainly getting a lot of flack on here. He's not perfect, but he's improved a lot. We could have worse. Just go listen to the 2012 Olympics.

guess how many audio tracks there are for last weeks racing?

 

SEVEN!!!

 

Sure the english is the main one, but pretty sure the german and french ones don't focus more on riders from albania and east timor

[DieselnDust]

If that is the case, then I can imagine that is why he mentions them as he has more information on them and is familiar with them ... just a natural human reaction then.

So Rob need to "meet" Alan then

 

 

He also features the Red Bull sponsored riders since the series sponsor is RedBull.

Then he mentions riders of interest. Alan isn't quite on his radar yet even though he finished ahead of Henry on Sunday. Henry still got more mentions. Rob knows his job and he does it well...