UCI World Championships Mont Saint Anne - Sam Hill vs Steve Smith - Head to Head

Sep 6, 2010
by Karl Burkat  
Missed the action live? Watch a side by side reel of Steve Smith's run against Hills. Good on Steve for holdin on.

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  • 39 2
 Pretty solid run from Smith, I still cant believe Hill is the world champ though, what a machine of a man!Big Grin
  • 26 22
 ^dude its sam hill
  • 78 5
 god if stevie didnt almost die he would have had it, great job by both guys!
  • 10 0
 yea loosing that foot near the end cost a possible win for sure
  • 25 8
 hill always had it was over a second up on both 1st and 2nd split so the fact stevie crashed didnt lose him the win just put him further back
  • 11 18
flag mike-hight-wizz (Sep 6, 2010 at 2:24) (Below Threshold)
 if you were watching he wasn't a second up on him by any stretch until he crashed
  • 9 3
 ^^ No if you look at the split times hill was up by over a second by that point i wouldn't go by th video it's been cut and put together, the times don't lie
  • 2 0
 whaaaaaat any ideas why the video of mtb cut was deleted?
  • 7 13
flag Altar69 (Sep 6, 2010 at 4:44) (Below Threshold)
 If Smith don't loos the peg at the end it will be the World Champ!!!
  • 7 1
 not quite altar69... if smith had a flawless run he would still have finished clear 2nd.
  • 12 3
 Hill was up when Smith had his moment by around 2s - fact
Looking at the times and how they came through that section it did not cost Stevie much if any time. Stevie went in on the faster, more risky middle line, Hill went for the safer but slower right line. Hill lost time at the top of the rock due to this, Stevie at the bottom due to the risk not paying off for him. Hill was already 2s up at this point, as he was in the wooded section also, which is clear to see in the video.
Bottom line is that Hill won and nobody can take that away from him (like he cares though what we say haha).
  • 21 2
 If, if, if, what if. It's a race rain, sun, cold or hot and everything has an effect on the outcome. Sam Hill won......PERIOD
  • 5 4
 sam would have won even if steve didn't crash. he's the best!
  • 5 2
 He didn't crash.
  • 12 5
 Does it not occur to anyone that Smith might have been on for a faster bottom sector had he not slipped the pedal like he did?
He might have pulled back the time that Hill got on him at the top.
  • 7 10
 But he didn't so WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!
  • 20 3
 @ benplatt - does it not occur to you that minnaar would have won if he got off the brakes slightly more on a couple of corners? or nathan rennie would have won if he was actually competing and had a sick run? or rob warner may have won if he wasn't years into retirement? etc, etc??
  • 10 0
 if if if...i doesnt really matter the ifs sam won stevie got second you cant change that now so just be happy with it and stop arguing over it...
  • 2 6
flag CrashProned (Sep 6, 2010 at 9:01) (Below Threshold)
 red bull vs monster. show down of epic proportion.
  • 5 0
 i got to run beside them with the canadian flag
  • 1 0
 SO utterly close until steves mishap with his feet not being on the pedals
  • 7 0
 I remember Steve saying in SEASONS more than 3 years ago, "It would be cool to be on the podium with Steve Peat and Sam Hill." or something like that and just look where he is now. Well done Stevie!
  • 3 0
 Majorly good job from Stevie and it takes balls to get right back on it an to keep giving it the beans after such a close call from a nasty crash , fantastic job indeed Wink !!
  • 4 1
 Stevie also said in SEASONS: "2nd from hill is a win for me..." during the mount 7 race
  • 2 0
 yep i was just thinking about his words in seasons too.... well done smith!!!
  • 1 0
 what if what if... Stevie's mistake didn't cost him the win for sure, just put him back a little bit more by I don't know, 1.5 of a sec? awesome riding from him and from Sam tho and I really don't know for who I'm happy more!
  • 1 1
 if smith didnt have that minor slip off the pedals, he would have taken it for sure
  • 1 0
 steve was good but he wasnt up on the splits, mint run from sam considering the shoulder
  • 26 0
 that.was.epic. Canada vs Australia , Red Bull vs. Monster, Shimano vs Sram, Fox vs Rock shox, Oakley vs. Spy, Awesome vs Awesome!!
  • 10 0
 Best comment yet. Cheers
  • 12 0
 Hill won. Smith second. "If's, but's, might's and maybe's" don't count for shit.

Awesome riding from both guys!
  • 6 0
 Bit dubious that video. It implies that Stevie was up except for the crash, but the two runs aren't actually synchronised, if you compare the clocks when they are on screen for both riders they don't match!
  • 1 0
 yeah right ... for example: hill was 1.59 seconds up (orso) at the last split ... but in the video smith comes earlier to the split than sam ... in reality smith was back even before the mistake ... i think without the mistake he wouldn't have been 1.59 sek faster than hill from the last split to the finish ... in my opinion hills run was to solid in the last section to go that much faster ....... bad sync in that vid :/
  • 2 0
 I like the way they have put the video together.... cause debate as it shows them in the same section, Smith slightly ahead of Hill in every one, but in fact he was behind in real time in every one.
  • 4 0
 the side by side video is a great idea! But why where the videos edit in a way that sam hill's time is 2 sec behind the time of smith ????? You can see it when the split times are comin up. With this editing you can't see how far hill is in front of smith. Anyway, it just sucks that FREEcaster wasn't showing it for FREE ! Thanks to pinkbike for showing the online results so I was able to follow it there.
  • 4 0
 Sheeesh, nearly 4 seconds over 2nd place, talk about coming back from a poor season with a bang, was really backing Minaar though
  • 2 0
 Damn it seems like everyone is freaking out with they're "if this would of happened" all because this seasons top contenders got smoked and Sam won on a comeback, thats what I think anyway. Stevie may have won but, unlikely. If bigfoot jumped out and whopped you with a tree branch in the middle of the best run of your life, you may get a re-run if your lucky and thats the end of it, and you could never duplicate that run on short notice, too f*ckin bad.

The times don't lie, what happened is slated, Hill wins.
  • 3 0
 Who cares about almost. Steve is the fastest Canadian ever so far, he just proved it. And he's not done yet. I'm Canadian and I'll just wait for Steve to win in the future. He will - he's on his way, cutting his teeth.
  • 2 0
 Stevie definitely had some home advantage/luck with the weather towards the end of the race. It's great that he didn't come off his bike. I'm so stoked for him to get a podium in the worlds on home soil! He was so close winning! Some day soon!
  • 2 0
 i hope that stevie shows some more of his riding next season, because this guy is moving from race to race and the results are just appearing. great world champs and great world cup, nice year for all!!!
  • 2 0
 shut up about who would have one if he didn't loose the pedals, in reality we don't know, he may have still been runner up or he may have just dominated the last bit and won, no way to know who would have won, stfu
  • 4 0
 in the end the Aussie boy won!
  • 6 1
 great job STEvie Big Grin
  • 2 1
 it annoys me when people say if so and so didnt stack they would of won but its all apart of putting together a run and if u stack or mess up its still the same as not been fast enough.
  • 5 2
 Steve Smith was better, if he wasn't have mistake...he is win.
  • 1 2
 THis world´s it shows what it rules in this sport for get a good result in most of the tracks. Racing around out your home for too long makes you loose fitness and motivation and doesn´t allows you to train your fitness at 100%. Sam probably train as hell on pedals when he couldn´t ride the DHbike cause the injurie, so he was on his shape. Technique is fast recovered for those riders once you got a level, and those flat riders can compensate a litle bit the loosing on accelerating the bike on technichall bits taking a litle bit more risk than clipped riders.
  • 3 0
 I'm just disappointed gwin didn't win
  • 2 0
 Sweet run by both guys.....No doubt about it Sam is AWESOME...!! :-)
  • 1 0
 Looks like the new Demo is going to be delayed because they all have to go back to paint for the rainbows.
  • 2 0
 Smith you pinner.......nuff said
  • 2 0
 sam hill the best rider ever Wink
  • 1 0
 What shorts are they "steves ones"? i want them...
anyone know where to buy them?
  • 1 0
 Wow, Smith was great. He almost crashed and saved it ! 2nd afther that is awesome score.
  • 2 0
 When is Freecaster going to play the Worlds for free?
  • 2 0
 A win is a win! Sam Hill is a extremely competitive racing machine.
  • 1 2
 put together by a Canadian by any chance? hill was up without the slip and it didn't cost that much time, the fact is smith was the last guy with good conditions, Hill rode in worse and beat him
  • 1 1
 A race run is a race run. A win is a win! No if's or but's.
  • 1 0
 i didn't say any ifs or buts
  • 2 0
 Top 2 riders were on FLATS yeeeeeeeha!
  • 2 0
 Did you guys get an interview with Steve? I hope so...
  • 2 0
 steve put down a hell of a run, so sick to see him up there
  • 1 0
 Ateve Smith almost the first Canadian world champion. If If If... Well I can be a world champion. If If If....
  • 7 7
 one mistake, the difference between gold and silver. awesome job steve. you've got a taste now
  • 7 11
flag betsie (Sep 6, 2010 at 5:25) (Below Threshold)
 and that mistake was not going as fast as the other guy!
  • 2 3
 You can see on the video that they were even before Smith screwed up. But Steve did have a 2.5 second lead on him. Can't wait for next year.
  • 3 1
 Hill was first at Split 1 and at Split 2 and at the finish line. I can't see where Steve had a 2.5 second lead in that race.
  • 1 0
 Can we get a head to head for Neko Mullaly And Troy Bronsan?!!!
  • 1 0
 yea just watch one of there runs and either add or subtract .06 seconds...they had to have had probally exact same runs to win/lose by that much...
  • 2 0
 go sam
  • 1 1
 wow yeah smith could have possibly won if he didnt pedal slip, well done buddy!
  • 1 0
 szkoda ze wygralll Wink heheh ale mnie teraz zlinczuja ;P
  • 1 0
 żeby to jeszcze rozumieli...
  • 1 0
 whats the title of the music?
  • 1 1
 ohhhh man steve is just pushing to hard but nice ... glad to see hill won what a great comeback
  • 2 0
 What's the song?
  • 1 0
 LOVE the split screen! Smile
  • 3 2
 sam hill: to much floating smith: to much aggressive
  • 1 0
 dual screen viewing works for me. That's good shit.
  • 2 1
 Syked for Sam, but gutted for Stevie. He was so close to having it.
  • 1 0
 Danny Hart rides GIANT, so, HE RULES!!!!!!! Big Grin
  • 1 0
 Awesome race..
  • 5 4
 steve probs would of won
  • 2 4
 if smith didn't have that awesome fail, he would win the world champs, there he lost around 3seconds, but hill took the win and that's what it matters Wink
  • 1 1
 His mistake was no more than 1 second lost, and Hill was up on him throughout the whole race, the video just doesn't show that.
  • 1 0
 u must see that stevie after falling he has to get the velocity back and there os list some time what it matters is the result and hill was the winner..
  • 1 0
 sam's a beast
  • 1 2
 i have to watch it again coz at first i thot steve was advance on that section but it was hill ...
  • 1 1
 That was crazy close! If Stevie didn't mess up he might one. Good job Sam
  • 1 0
 very cool!
  • 1 2
 cant f*ckin believe it tht stevie smith crashed! unlucky stevie, next year mate Smile
  • 4 6
 Can we not put aside that Smith had a dry run and it was pouring for Hill
  • 6 2
 rain hadnt started coming down that hard for hill, unlike the rest of the top 5!
  • 3 6
 Hill had a dirty wet track, the others a clean wet track!
Who knows what might have been. What if Hill had not crashed at Fort Bill..... what if!
In Hills interview on here he claims he was trying to jump a rock section when he crashed at the Bill then, hit a tree..... there were no rocks where he crashed! (my pal took the photo that was everywhere on the net of his bike). So what really happened? Brake failure?
  • 1 1
 rim failure more likely. Did you see the rim ? Completely torn apart
  • 1 0
 as I said, my pal saw it, he took the photo. He said it was not rim failure. I heard there was a clue in other bikes and people changing back to Code levers.
  • 1 0
 oh right they used to be running the Elixir Levers/Code calipers right?
  • 1 0
 What are you on about man, conspiracy? Haha. The reason they are running full codes now is because they are completely revamped and much lighter and pimper.
  • 1 0
 Fair to say that Greg was very vocal when he went into the pits after a run also when we were stood a couple of meters away!
  • 1 3
 Thats y i ride SPECIALIZED.....
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