UCI XCO World Cup 2020 -2021 Season

[Stretch]

8 minutes ago, BaGearA said:

The race is 10mins old and these two have said "Annie Last" like 67 times already 

to be fair - she's at the sharp end of the race.....mentioning Emily batty at 17th or whatever she is is worse!

 

edit...but you are right - they mention her more than the leader!

Edited May 14, 2021 by Stretch

[Stretch]

wish they would get some translators in for interviews with the europeans

[Stretch]

incredible power by those two...unreal! pidcock was flat out and MVDP still pipped him

[kosmonooit]

Tom was saying he has a gear problem in that sprint, ran out of gears...

[Frosty]

Pidcock wasn’t in top gear (pun intended).

[Frosty]

On 5/9/2021 at 6:19 PM, Frosty said:

On 5/8/2021 at 1:41 PM, dsw said:

No, I do not have anything to contradict what you posted, you are probably spot on.

 

I read about a week ago on the bikeperfect website that Pidcock reckoned his starting position in Albstadt would be 90 or something and that he is aiming for a top 16 so that he can start the short track next week.

 

He perhaps just gave a rough indication at the time without doing calculations.

I’m going to try find out why they talk about Pidcock having to be in the top 16, to qualify for the Short Track. I wish there was a place where the rules and details are simple to lookup.

 

On 5/9/2021 at 6:45 PM, Tim Brink said:

Right here...  

So there were more than 16 in this second round, so the UCI rules are also outdated. 

[Tim Brink]

41 minutes ago, Frosty said:

 

So there were more than 16 in this second round, so the UCI rules are also outdated. 

Further up in that doc, about half a page:

[Moult]

So who is the money on to win this round? Also who is the darkhorse that can turn the race on its head. 

Id love to see Simon Andreson ruffle a few feathers. He has the skill. Just lacks consistancy. 

[kosmonooit]

It's taken a while, but I am getting into this short track racing.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Mathieu's 8th consecutive win in the hypoxic atmosphere that is XCC racing. Bliksem, what a stat. ????

[Tim Brink]

17 minutes ago, 'Dale said:

Mathieu's 8th consecutive win in the hypoxic atmosphere that is XCC racing. Bliksem, what a stat. ????

????

[ChrisF]

Wow !!

 

The mens final a very fast paced strategic game.

[kosmonooit]

Rob going on (&on) again about being big & powerful .... It's about power to weight ratio do0d.

Speaking of which, Tom is highly impressive, he rides so cleverly as well, was always in touch with the lead and only attacked in the last 1/2 lap.  Shame he ran out of gears in that sprint (or so he says) He was also fresh as a daisy at the end, cf MvdP who seemed wiped out. I'm looking forward to his first proper XCO win tomorrow.

Loana Lecomte is 50kg and 1.6m, so she must have good power to weight stats as well - pity she fell during the short track but I think we can expect to see a lot more of her on the podiums. Highly impressive. Most of the others are left gasping for breath with her in the lead. She rides so smooth and fluid.

Where can you find performance stats like above? Strava?

 

 

 

Edited May 15, 2021 by kosmonooit

[OVERDRIVE]

On 5/13/2021 at 2:34 PM, Danger Dassie said:

Great summary for Olympics - http://www.treadmtb.co.za/tokyo-olympics-which-sa-riders-will-go/?fbclid=IwAR1JbjoqB2jftu0naMogk3QHJt-qH1WZm7gSsvg0YrOi3iUW1EdzTQi7GNY

Thanks for this, informative! 

[Frosty]

16 hours ago, kosmonooit said:

It's taken a while, but I am getting into this short track racing.

Could XCC be the T20 of mountain biking?

XCO/XCM being the ODI format, and stage racing the Test match format.

[OVERDRIVE]

22 minutes ago, Frosty said:

Could XCC be the T20 of mountain biking?

XCO/XCM being the ODI format, and stage racing the Test match format.

Not a bad comparison? I agree