DieselnDust Posted August 28, 2022 Share 42 minutes ago, J Wakefield said: What were you expectations from him? clearly to be in the racing and fighting for the win. Over two min back is a serious drop off in form W Smith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esCape-ist Posted August 28, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, babse said: That's a Piddy... I would've preferred another oke in the stripes. Was really hoping for a better result from Alan too based on the high standard he has set this season. He's early season form dropping off or everyone else has picked up!? Anyway, well done Nino! I don’t want to sound combative, but why? This kind of logic is always weird for me. I can understand getting behind a rider like Alan due to national pride, but beyond that, why would you wish for anyone other than the best rider on the day taking the rainbow stripes? Nino put in one hell of a show today, and beat the best of the rest with some proper style. Why wish someone else won? Headshot and Danger Dassie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trashy Posted August 28, 2022 Share 3 minutes ago, esCape-ist said: I don’t want to sound combative, but why? This kind of logic is always weird for me. I can understand getting behind a rider like Alan due to national pride, but beyond that, why would you wish for anyone other than the best rider on the day taking the rainbow stripes? Nino put in one hell of a show today, and beat the best of the rest with some proper style. Why wish someone else won? Are you new to the world of competitive sports? Danger Dassie, Jewbacca and Rowl 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted August 28, 2022 Share 26 minutes ago, esCape-ist said: I don’t want to sound combative, but why? This kind of logic is always weird for me. I can understand getting behind a rider like Alan due to national pride, but beyond that, why would you wish for anyone other than the best rider on the day taking the rainbow stripes? Nino put in one hell of a show today, and beat the best of the rest with some proper style. Why wish someone else won? The same reason there are so many Man U fans? DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted August 28, 2022 Share Some interesting stats there's been 31 XCO World Champs events, Nino has won 1/3rd of them.. He's the oldest Men'sElite World Champ at 36yo, in a season where he has podiumed in every race he started. vanniri, gerriemtb, 'Dale and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbr Posted August 28, 2022 Share 14 minutes ago, DieselnDust said: Some interesting stats there's been 31 XCO World Champs events, Nino has won 1/3rd of them.. He's the oldest Men'sElite World Champ at 36yo, in a season where he has podiumed in every race he started. damn, it means I'm alread too old Scary Rider and DieselnDust 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esCape-ist Posted August 28, 2022 Share 14 minutes ago, DieselnDust said: Some interesting stats there's been 31 XCO World Champs events, Nino has won 1/3rd of them.. He's the oldest Men'sElite World Champ at 36yo, in a season where he has podiumed in every race he started. Yeah, but apparently we should have been hoping for some one else to win, it’s what the cool kids are doing… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted August 28, 2022 Share 1 minute ago, Jbr said: damn, it means I'm alread too old There's hope. He's MTB's Valverde. I'd love to know how he manages to keep his recovery so on point race to race to race. Quite remarkable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbr Posted August 28, 2022 Share 2 minutes ago, esCape-ist said: Yeah, but apparently we should have been hoping for some one else to win, it’s what the cool kids are doing… you do sound combative now 😅 I would have liked to see a frenchie win, but hey.. Nino deserves it, the swiss can have this jersey, we have a few already DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted August 28, 2022 Share 1 minute ago, esCape-ist said: Yeah, but apparently we should have been hoping for some one else to win, it’s what the cool kids are doing… well I was rooting for Serano once Alan proved not up to the job today Davide has been slowly climbing up the order and looked good for much of the race. I'm not a fan of Nino. I think he's full of it nathrix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted August 28, 2022 Share I will weigh in and say that I appreciate the process way more than I appreciate the outcome. I love the racing, I love watching the tactics and the scrapping. I am honestly not emotionally involved in the outcome though. I couldn't care who wins as long as I am entertained. It was cool to watch Louis Meintjies win today and it has been cool to watch Alan perform better this season, but I don't know them and whether they win or lose isn't important enough to me personally to have much of an effect on me. Their job is to entertain me, so whoever does that best on the day gets my vote. On a side note, I had a job that was all consuming. 100+ hour weeks, high pressure deadlines etc. I burnt out. Nino's ability to stay motivated and stay at the pointy end of the field for so long is seriously impressive. I am whelmed esCape-ist, Jensie, OVERDRIVE and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaGearA Posted August 28, 2022 Share Well done Nino But 10 , 10 Retire next week pls , we need some different people fighting this out bow out when you're still on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 28, 2022 Share Bernard and Christell Mtb Bucket List, Rowl, DieselnDust and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esCape-ist Posted August 28, 2022 Share 4 hours ago, DieselnDust said: well I was rooting for Serano once Alan proved not up to the job today Davide has been slowly climbing up the order and looked good for much of the race. I'm not a fan of Nino. I think he's full of it Im by no means a fanboy, but Nino is impressive to watch, his dominance by ni means makes the racing boring. Pidcock put in a really impressive race, and had some bad luck in the trees, twice, and Sam Gaze was also looking impressive till he crashed out, but that’s racing. Serrano was impressive, but just didn’t have what it took to keep up with Nino at the finish. Nino is the 10x world champ because he dominates in terms of fitness, technical riding ability and tactics/strategy. I think he is allowed to be a little bit full of it. Danger Dassie and Schnavel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted August 29, 2022 Share Like with all world champs i suppose it seems to me that it is a bit of a lottery on the day, all the stars have to align AND you must be on the form of your life! The one person who seemed to have that sorted was PFP, I'm more impressed by that than Al Nino's 10th, maybe just me though. That taught those young whipper snappers a thing or 2 about how to win a WC 😎 DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ispeed_V Posted August 29, 2022 Share Was surprised to see Pauline on a HT. Wonder is that gave her more of a competitive advantage considering her massive winning time gap over Neff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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