The track is amazingly technical. The top is fast and open, the middle section is big roots and steep rocky sections with some difficult off-camber turns and the finish is very fast on the grass. I am crossing my fingers for good weather because it is going to be extremely hard if it's raining. I think here you will just have to get the flow and put some real speed on track to do well. I feel really good and I don't even think anymore about my flat tire in Windham. Also in France I feel a little bit at home so I want to do the best I can. It's a good pressure I think. People are gonna push the French riders pretty hard to go really fast so I am expecting a good race. The crowd is supposed to be great, if the weather is sunny it's gonna be insane! Loic Bruni - Lapierre Gravity Republic |
Good God. We've got rocks, ruts, it's steep... I see some nice woods down there... Yep, it's the best one of the year - Brendan Fairclough - Gstaad Scott |
I'm not really thinking about points, but I wish I was up there for the overall battle. There is a real slim chance to take it mathematically, but I'll just be trying to win and then see where we're at - Sam Hill - Chain Reaction Cycles/Nukeproof |
Looks awesome ay... best looking track so far this year. This is how they all should be I reckon. To win here I guess you have to be creative and find good lines, it's line-choice the whole way. Most tracks we've been going to you just walk down and you can tell what's coming up. Here you have to walk down and see what's further on and then walk back up again and figure out how to get into it - Sam Hill - Chain Reaction Cycles/Nukeproof |
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It would be good to know some more about what tracks apply and get rejected, and what influence the UCI has on the track design etc. Maybe they do have 50 tracks lined up every year and they're rejecting a load of brilliant ones for boring ones, or maybe what we get is the best selection of geographically diverse tracks who have the ability and resources to put on a good event. Who knows.
Just like that he rides so smoothly and remains calm, makes me think of a younger Greg M
Ragot to win, Atherton second, Carpenter third. Is Pompon riding?