Schladming WC DH Finals - Day One

by Tyler Maine
Sep 17, 2009


Source: MTB Cut

Scott Marshall is the man on the ground this week in Schladming, filming for MTB Cut and bringing the goods to all of you!

Enjoy day one on the course.







78 Comments

flag jhowlett (Sep 17, 2009 at 12:43)
 sick, Think Brendan is gona win!!!!
flag norcorider540 (Sep 17, 2009 at 12:55)
 he looks fast
flag melonhead1145 (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:19)
 He was pinning, about time he got a WC win aswell
flag Colin994 (Sep 17, 2009 at 14:04) (Below Threshold) show comment
 sam's bike is ill. so is mics, and so is mitch delfs
flag dhiller661 (Sep 17, 2009 at 14:10)
 go peaty go!!
flag redrook (Sep 17, 2009 at 15:18)
 Practice is completely different from racing, Brendan has never beat Sam, and I don't think he'll win this one.
flag jlspecialized (Sep 17, 2009 at 15:26)
 Yeah, But locking to the video Brendan looks the most fastest today definitely. Even that, in the race brendam could brake a little more to hill overtake him, and win the world cup!
flag downhilladdict (Sep 17, 2009 at 15:41)
 a reply to colin, i actually thought all the biks u just listed were the nicest. y u hating the awsome colours?
flag kikker800 (Sep 17, 2009 at 16:20)
 "ill" meaning cool haha
flag coiler09 (Sep 17, 2009 at 16:54)
 if sam hill wins its cause of the green on his bike lol
flag rbeach (Sep 17, 2009 at 18:32)
 Yeah everyone knows green makes you go faster!
flag mtbkr123456789 (Sep 17, 2009 at 20:12)
 did you guys notice.... Fairclough in gloves? wtf
flag mtbkr123456789 (Sep 17, 2009 at 20:13)
 can someone delete that plz, i got names mixed up.
flag mtnbker395 (Sep 17, 2009 at 21:02)
 personally, I love Peaty. But seeing Brendan win would be amazing. comeback anyone?
flag ridersplayground1 (Sep 18, 2009 at 2:19)
 to redrook: didnt brendan win the us open and hill got second?
flag iamtoad (Sep 18, 2009 at 2:21)
 mtbkr....... who did you mean then?
flag The-Hoff (Sep 18, 2009 at 6:23)
 I think Brendan beat Sam on the Giant slalom but Sam definatly won the DH
flag bikounet (Sep 18, 2009 at 7:48)
 Waht a sick track... !!!!!!!!!!!!!
flag Colin994 (Sep 18, 2009 at 12:05)
 why would i get neg proped for complementing sams bike?
flag lewboy30 (Sep 18, 2009 at 14:07)
 have you seen sams nice colour scheme always good to have a change
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flag The-Hoff (Sep 17, 2009 at 12:44)
 I wish i was there!
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flag kikker800 (Sep 17, 2009 at 12:46)
 Go Stevie!!
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flag melonhead1145 (Sep 17, 2009 at 12:52)
 Steve Peat to win, a world champs win and an overall win would be awesome for him!
flag rbeach (Sep 17, 2009 at 18:33)
 I kind of want sam to win, because hes had such bad luck recently.
flag bigburd (Sep 19, 2009 at 3:26)
 so much bad luck that sam is number one overall ? aww poor unlucky sam Razz
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flag lenart (Sep 17, 2009 at 12:52)
 brendan at 2:20 man that turn looks so sick
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flag snowtrooperjr (Sep 17, 2009 at 12:53)
 whats the standings look at for the overall?
flag luke999 (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:39)
 hill leads over minaar by 16 points i think .. should be a good race
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flag brand-new (Sep 17, 2009 at 12:54)
 me thinks...steve suits those stripes Smile
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flag shondo (Sep 17, 2009 at 12:56)
 I like Brendan's chances for getting on the podium.
Look for Ben Reid to do well here too.
Sam will win this event I bet.
flag iamtoad (Sep 18, 2009 at 5:02)
 Blinky could repeat his win Wink
But im a kiwi so of course im backing him
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flag butch4-0 (Sep 17, 2009 at 12:57)
 peaty with the rainbow stripes!
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flag prphilip (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:00)
 think sam's is going to take the win, but I would't be suprised if any of the top 5 guys won...
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flag pavementEATER (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:02)
 Fairclough looked comfortable on that track
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flag erbissell (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:03)
 peatys been throwin a lot of whips lately, didn't used to see that from him. yeah brendan looks fast, thats a crazy manual he pulls out of that corner
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flag mtb-dre (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:05) (Below Threshold) show comment
 Overall Standings:

1 (1) Steve PEAT - 35 1,534
2 (3) Greg MINNAAR - 28 1,458
3 (2) Samuel Hill - 24 1,453
4 (4) Gee ATHERTON - 24 1,416
5 (5) Michael HANNAH - 26 1,280

Peaty to win !!!
flag The-Hoff (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:09)
 These are the standings i found.. they might be right :/

1 HILL Samuel 1219
2 MINNAAR Greg 1203
3 PEAT Steve 1150
4 ATHERTON Gee 1078
5 HANNAH Michael 929
flag The-Hoff (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:12)
 I just checked it and i think yours are over all World ranking and mine are the World Cup standings... hope that helps
flag w-e-w (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:14)
 that's world ranking... which (I think) includes all UCI points and is different than the World Cup Overall series.

The World Cup Overall standings are..

1 Hill 1219
2 Minnaar 1203
3 Peat 1150
4 Atherton 1078
5 Hannah 929

I don't know what the deal is with French cycling websites, but the UCI and the Tour de France sites are enigmatic, to say the least!
flag SeanTheSheep (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:16)
 Yeah, mtb-dre's standings are the overall world rankings. The overall world cup rankings are posted on rotorburn.com... Sam hill's still in the lead, though it'd be nice to see peaty pull off the come from behind victory to take the worlds and the world cup overall.
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flag twowheelfury (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:06)
 That course looks sick!!!!!!
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flag yesok (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:20)
 This isn't some national pride thing, I couldn't care less about that but Brendan has to be one of the most stylish riders ever...
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flag STINKY-MINTY-1 (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:31)
 i like sams green frame Smile
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flag s4nt4cruz (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:39)
 when will ben reid run out of sundays?? ha
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flag BouncingBetty (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:40)
 Wow Brendan Fairclough was flying!
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flag hamchops (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:41)
 f*ck yea brendan, hope he gets it this year
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flag antp2008 (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:45)
 Peaty to win! Hes still got it! lol
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flag nick-hawkins (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:46)
 do u think peaty with retire from racing if he takes this win as he'll finish on a high note with both wins?? and the world champs was the one thing he wanted to do before finishing.
flag Shoe2190 (Sep 17, 2009 at 15:20)
 If he wins the world cup hes only 1 wc overall behind nico (hell have 4 nico 5 if i remeber rightly) so i doubt he will retire he will want equal.
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flag fraserogden (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:49)
 Same as last year i think it will be either Sam, Brenden or Blinky Smile
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flag stikmanglaspell (Sep 17, 2009 at 13:59)
 I hope Brendan can keep it together mentally, I watched him practice there last year (was fastest guy by far) and by the looks of him on the video, this is his track again.
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flag stikmanglaspell (Sep 17, 2009 at 14:00)
 Nick^
Peaty is not retiring, wether he is last here or wins by 20 seconds.
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flag supafli (Sep 17, 2009 at 15:32)
 im lovin the monster green demo hill was packing in this vid
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flag hickeyDH (Sep 17, 2009 at 15:59)
 haha peaty throwing the big whip over the jump, he must be feeling comfortable after he's world champ win
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flag sirknumskullgt (Sep 17, 2009 at 16:02)
 ughh the millyard bike at 0:38. So cool to see it in action
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flag Churchill19 (Sep 17, 2009 at 16:05)
 Holy sh*t brendan looks fast.
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flag Taylor16 (Sep 17, 2009 at 16:38)
 i love schladming. sam and brendan are going to kill it.
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flag jarrodsav (Sep 17, 2009 at 16:39)
 on the podium will be
Hill
Brendan
blenkinsop
and gwin
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flag barros (Sep 17, 2009 at 17:43)
 on the podium will be
peaty
hill
brandan
minaar
flag Taylor16 (Sep 18, 2009 at 22:26)
 this is hill and brendans track.. peat wont do as well as you think..
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flag djbruno (Sep 17, 2009 at 17:54)
 Go Hill and Brendog!

WTH is the agressive turn that brendog made on vid... Sick!
flag Churchill19 (Sep 17, 2009 at 19:00)
 Lovin't it!
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flag gdawg (Sep 17, 2009 at 19:07)
 Blinky is going to repeat! He is due.
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flag mtbfunfunfun (Sep 17, 2009 at 19:49)
 What's really sick is Josh Bryceland at 2:38. He swings that tight turn so smooth and fast. Dude. Someone tell me how to do that.
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flag dillon425 (Sep 17, 2009 at 20:25)
 brenden is starting to ride alot like Blinky, such sick style!
flag erbissell (Sep 17, 2009 at 20:42)
 brendans always had sick style, hes not taking anything from blinky
flag dillon425 (Sep 17, 2009 at 21:34)
 oh no doubt brendan has always had sick style he just reminds me alot of blinky in this vid with all the wheelying out of corners and super loose style that blinky has always had
flag erbissell (Sep 17, 2009 at 23:25)
 yeah blinky likes to pull the front up out of corners. they both ride really wild. as rob warner says: "not afraid to let it hang out"
flag dillon425 (Sep 18, 2009 at 15:53)
 haha oh yeah warner always makes me laugh when he yells"HE'S GLOVELESS! HE'S GOT NO GLOVES!" HAHA
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flag jrxracerboy (Sep 17, 2009 at 21:12)
 BRENDOG WAS SHREDDING LIKE A BAMF!!! haha... no but serious, he was going quick!
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flag AdrianoRegalin (Sep 17, 2009 at 23:08)
 hill is the best ^^
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flag nicolai-helius-freerider (Sep 17, 2009 at 23:13)
 Brendan and sams bike look mint
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flag E-Walk (Sep 17, 2009 at 23:50)
 bredan and sam ride the same but they both came on the scene at the same time no stealing of style ocurred. Bredan is my prediction hes looking fast
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flag easy-as-123 (Sep 18, 2009 at 7:42)
 YEA PEATY. sam is sick too
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flag mrscruff (Sep 18, 2009 at 8:42)
 Mitch Delf's Morewood it rude!!! Peaty for the win!
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flag kqmtb2006 (Sep 18, 2009 at 12:36)
 schladming
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flag djbruno (Sep 18, 2009 at 14:23)
 let's facking goooo sam!!!
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flag dhtommy25 (Sep 18, 2009 at 14:40)
 BEN REID!!!!!!!!!!
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