the unofficial UCI Mountain Bike World Cup thread

[Scott roy]

Moir currently in 8th, high hopes for him. 

[DieselnDust]

Lap 6 he’s still in the main group hovering between 8th to 14th

stunning ride 👏🏼👏🏼🎉

[Scott roy]

P19 for Luke, awesome 

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, Scott roy said:

P19 for Luke, awesome 

Brilliant ride 

beat his would be team mate Thomas Litscher and many other big names

Edited April 6 by DieselnDust

[SamTaylor]

What a bunch of legends storming the podium and making it a 5 rider podium weather WBD wanted it to be or not! 
 

im pretty sure the UCI will be issuing fines for that, but I think the teams will be happy to pay! 

[DieselnDust]

I'm at a point where I can Like Nino again 😂

[daveno7]

brilliant race...caught the last few laps and the celebrations were great...

[splat]

And 6th position for Tyler Jacobs in the U23!

[splat]

12 hours ago, DieselnDust said:

The ladies are flying. So good to see The Frizmiz looking sooo soo good. I never realised how beautiful she is ….especially on a lefty

That crash a few years ago really had a big effect on her body.
She never really got back to her strength.
Great to see her racing though

[DieselnDust]

45 minutes ago, splat said:

That crash a few years ago really had a big effect on her body.
She never really got back to her strength.
Great to see her racing though

YEah she bust her spleen which has clearly had a long term effect on her. She does have a tendency to start fast, blow, take a lap or two to recover and then come back. Her timing sucked a little yesterday but I also suspect that the teams acclimation or lack thereof was a contributor as all the CFR riders underperformed.

 

Good day for Science2Sport yesterday with Pogi taking Ronde van Vlaanderen and SFR sweeping the mens Warner Bros Disco podium

[DieselnDust]

to wrap up

 

U23 Ladies

• Tyler Jacobs in 6th for Liv Factory racing

U 23 Men

• Luca Ruwiel 21 st Privateer
• Ernest Roets 24th Privateer

Elite Ladies:

• Candice Lill 5th Privateer

Elite Mens

• Luke Moir 19th Privateer

If they were all on SA based team.......imagine

            

[JohanDiv]

Flip I missed the races! Thought it was this coming weekend.. anyways, where is Allan Hatherly?

 

Edit: Nvm, forgot he is a roadie now

Edited April 7 by JohanDiv

[DieselnDust]

There is another round in Araxa this coming weekend.

Alan is racing a stage race this week

[rock]

11 hours ago, SamTaylor said:

What a bunch of legends storming the podium and making it a 5 rider podium weather WBD wanted it to be or not! 
 

im pretty sure the UCI will be issuing fines for that, but I think the teams will be happy to pay! 

the 3 person podium is WBD's idea, nice of them to listed to rider's petition last week.....UCI was always happy with MTB 5 person podiums.

[babse]

1 hour ago, JohanDiv said:

Flip I missed the races! Thought it was this coming weekend.. anyways, where is Allan Hatherly?

 

Edit: Nvm, forgot he is a roadie now

regardless of what path he was chosen and the reasons for it, it is a shame we cant see our boytjie flying the WC stripes for these opening rounds...

[SamTaylor]

1 hour ago, rock said:

the 3 person podium is WBD's idea, nice of them to listed to rider's petition last week.....UCI was always happy with MTB 5 person podiums.

The UCI is in partnership with WBD. WBD press release on Friday said that they had assessed the situation in consultation with the UCI Mountainbike commission, and that they are sticking to the three rider podium decision. 
 

So, maybe the UCI was previously okay with the 5 rider podium, but right now, they are letting WBD dictate terms, regardless of what the riders or fans want.

 

The racing this weekend was awesome though, and I’m trying to keep my focus on that, as much as I want to scream at the top of my lungs “bring Red Bull back”.