UCI XCO World Cup 2022 Season

[Danger Dassie]

Found the Euro course completely underwhelming. No wonder so many riders opted for hardtails.

[babse]

so who is rep'n SA at the champs?

[Headshot]

For a bit of entertainment and proper trails try this   

 

[DieselnDust]

2 hours ago, babse said:

so who is rep'n SA at the champs?

Mens Elites 
Alan Hatherly

Philip Buys

arno du toit

wessel Botha.

 

i know Alan is racing 

 

elite women 

candice and Mariske 

u23 men

Tristan Nortje

johan van Zyl

luke Moir

Jaedon Terlouw

keagan bontekoning

u23 ladies

Rimari Sutton 

junior men

justin swanepoel 

massimilliano ambrosi

ernest roets

jordan boshoff

jnr ladiies

tyler Jacobs 

 

downhill:

elite men

Mr Min

Pottie (pours drinks for the whole flight in business class)

Stefan Garlicki

Rory Kirk

christopher philogene 

elite ladies

sabine theys

frankie du toit

jnr men

kegan brand

philip van Schalk Wyk

no jnr ladies

 

staff

team manager Erica Groenewald 

mechanics - Johan Groenewald & Jubian Fredericks

asst manager Gary Sylvester

Edited August 22, 2022 by DieselnDust

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, Danger Dassie said:

Found the Euro course completely underwhelming. No wonder so many riders opted for hardtails.

Technically it was a joke. However there is no easy in XCO. The easier the course the less recovery there is 

[babse]

5 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

Mens Elites 
Alan Hatherly

Philip Buys

arno du toit

wessel Botha.

 

i know Alan is racing 

 

elite women 

candice and Mariske 

u23 men

Tristan Nortje

johan van Zyl

luke Moir

Jaedon Terlouw

keagan bontekoning

u23 ladies

Rimari Sutton 

junior men

justin swanepoel 

massimilliano ambrosi

ernest roets

jordan boshoff

jnr ladiies

tyler Jacobs 

 

downhill:

elite men

Mr Min

Pottie (pours drinks for the whole flight in business class)

Stefan Garlicki

Rory Kirk

christopher philogene 

elite ladies

sabine theys

frankie du toit

jnr men

kegan brand

philip van Schalk Wyk

no jnr ladies

 

staff

team manager Eric Groenewald 

mechanics - Johan Groenewald & Jubian Fredericks

asst manager Gary Sylvester

Thanks DnD

 

And hear i thought my mate Gary was pulling my leg when he said he is part of management at worlds. 

[Hairy]

19 minutes ago, babse said:

Thanks DnD

 

And hear i thought my mate Gary was pulling my leg when he said he is part of management at worlds. 

Wow ... talk about name dropping your "friend" Gary's name here

[Spafsack]

How did our locals do though, i think i saw Phillip came in the top 10, Trsitan? I might be wrong ..

[DieselnDust]

Which crystal ball are you using ?

 

official uci programme

https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/3tho1xXH60kd2qOmURbL91/aa60ed9eaff8a3c02f5766fc4eb4e38d/2022_UCI_MTB_World_Championships_-_Schedule_-_Les_Gets.pdf

Edited August 22, 2022 by DieselnDust

[Tim Brink]

1 hour ago, DieselnDust said:

Mens Elites 
Alan Hatherly

Philip Buys

arno du toit

wessel Botha.

 

i know Alan is racing 

 

elite women 

candice and Mariske 

u23 men

Tristan Nortje

johan van Zyl

luke Moir

Jaedon Terlouw

keagan bontekoning

u23 ladies

Rimari Sutton 

junior men

justin swanepoel 

massimilliano ambrosi

ernest roets

jordan boshoff

jnr ladiies

tyler Jacobs 

 

downhill:

elite men

Mr Min

Pottie (pours drinks for the whole flight in business class)

Stefan Garlicki

Rory Kirk

christopher philogene 

elite ladies

sabine theys

frankie du toit

jnr men

kegan brand

philip van Schalk Wyk

no jnr ladies

 

staff

team manager Eric Groenewald 

mechanics - Johan Groenewald & Jubian Fredericks

asst manager Gary Sylvester

Eric Groenewald 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Spook will moer you if Eric doesn't get to you first.

 

[DieselnDust]

5 minutes ago, Tim Brink said:

Eric Groenewald 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Spook will moer you if Eric doesn't get to you first.

 

Oooooopsie😂

[Danger Dassie]

2 hours ago, DieselnDust said:

Technically it was a joke. However there is no easy in XCO. The easier the course the less recovery there is 

Yeah, I’m familiar with XCO 😉 ... point is that it isn’t indicative of a Euro Champs level course, technical challenges aside.

[DieselnDust]

20 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said:

Yeah, I’m familiar with XCO 😉 ... point is that it isn’t indicative of a Euro Champs level course, technical challenges aside.

I completely agree. It was very Mickey Mouse in nature. Fake rock gardens , fake gravel climb ( they nailed some wooden slats to the ground and filled in with gravel).

but toughness from a racing perspective is a different thing. 

[kosmonooit]

6 hours ago, ChrisF said:

I was watching some Cranworx last night ...

 

The track and racing was good.

 

The American presentation .... not my cup of tea ....

 

 

I for one will miss UCI.  The splintering of the various things we watch, into so many "small subscriptions" are adding up to too much .....

 

Crankworx always been out there on the fringe of mountain biking - hoping Red Bull will stick with it, its been 10 great years. I find slopestyle totally nuts to watch, plus all the supporting events like Speed & Style  etc.  I just keep being amazed how the sport can progress.

I think the commentary was excellent - Cam McCaul is an ex competitor, as are the other guys who pop in. Needles tends to repeat himself but he generally limited to downhilll. There's been other leads but Cam seems to be the guy now, I don't have any issues and in fact think he is really good, professional and entertaining as well.

XCO - UCI will still be around to make sure its done according to the rules but the event organising will be taken over by Discovery Inc as far as I can gather .... 'to commercialise the sport' which I must say I have reservations about. Did Red Bull do the Event Organising up to now? Where they not just the media partners and UCI ran the show? If so I guess UCI are happy to hand it over and focus on their core functions.

Red Bull should really be thanked for stepping in once Freecaster folded, it has really advanced XC and Downhill , having free coverage.

 

 

 

[kosmonooit]

56 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said:

Yeah, I’m familiar with XCO 😉 ... point is that it isn’t indicative of a Euro Champs level course, technical challenges aside.

Well what other options were they in Munich? I am sure they wanted it integrated with the other events facilities (like the Tri start/finish area)  They did throw in a token rock garden, but perhaps they should have got our Olympic track builder out there?

 

[Danger Dassie]

1 hour ago, DieselnDust said:

I completely agree. It was very Mickey Mouse in nature. Fake rock gardens , fake gravel climb ( they nailed some wooden slats to the ground and filled in with gravel).

but toughness from a racing perspective is a different thing. 

Ja didn’t seem to be any real commitment or appropriate level of builder experience at that level. Maybe it was a budgetary issue.

Showed a bit in the racing and favoured Pidcock’s pull away as the (large) chase group floundered. Not taking from his result, good boost ahead of worlds.

 I did enjoy the women’s race.

One thing these smaller none core events prove, is the high standard of both courses and racing. And how spoilt spoilt we are with coverage. It all sets a high standard.