the unofficial UCI Mountain Bike World Cup thread

[Jensie]

Gooi mielies Candice.  Rooting for her.

[rock]

1 hour ago, 'Dale said:

Sauce: Tread 

 

and.........close enough for women's marathon no. 1 as well

 

 

[DieselnDust]

Well Namibia has Gas so i say we go and annex Namibia with our fishing fleet and homing pigeons , then we can claim Vera as our own

[amac]

Read an IG post by Ariane Luthi that said mtb team fees payable to UCI were EUR5000 two years ago. Last year doubled. This year increased to EUR40 000. Does anyone know why the UCI seeks to reduce number of participating teams ?

[DieselnDust]

29 minutes ago, amac said:

Read an IG post by Ariane Luthi that said mtb team fees payable to UCI were EUR5000 two years ago. Last year doubled. This year increased to EUR40 000. Does anyone know why the UCI seeks to reduce number of participating teams ?

better and easier for TV coverage

[rock]

because WBD runs the show (for) now. 

[Underachiever]

On 4/7/2025 at 11:14 AM, Shebeen said:

Brazil have definitely stolen our thunder here by securing this 2week slot of moving the entire circus to their equivalent of Nelspruit (or whatever else fits). Who did they pay off for this?

Imagine XCO at Mankele!!!

[love2fly]

Anyone got the TV schedule - is it this weekend?

[rock]

[babse]

"slightly tweaked from round 1"

 

Ridiculous that they racing at the same venue again.

Soon the WC circuit will race at only 3 venue's over the season. 🤷

[splat]

8 minutes ago, babse said:

"slightly tweaked from round 1"

 

Ridiculous that they racing at the same venue again.

Soon the WC circuit will race at only 3 venue's over the season. 🤷

Ideas taken from the Epic...🥷
 

[BikeisLife]

Guess it’s the travel to get there. But also makes no sense to me. If the course suites rider X, rider X is going to do two weekends in a row. 
 

Candice seems to be extremely strong, but she rather takes the B line down the tech section which costs her a lot of time each lap and energy to get back to the wheels too. Pity for her, because I think she would have won last week otherwise. Sucks that it’s the same course again, because it lessens her chances of winning again this week. 

[MarcoDeS]

Luke Moir you animal 

[Scott roy]

What a ride by Luke

[DieselnDust]

8 hours ago, babse said:

"slightly tweaked from round 1"

 

Ridiculous that they racing at the same venue again.

Soon the WC circuit will race at only 3 venue's over the season. 🤷

Very different track layout

[DieselnDust]

Absolutely barn storming ride by Luke. 5th row start to 5th. He deserves better but he’s overcoming every obstacle. 
he's the rider of the day as far as I’m concerned 

Edited April 13 by DieselnDust