Windham World Cup 2011 - Day 2 Timed Practice

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cyrix (Jul 7, 2011 at 19:22)

Peaty fastest through the speed trap and only a couple seconds behind Gwin. As much as I want Gwin to keep up his streak, and have him win on home soil, I would go on a one man riot through my town if Peaty got a win.

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manchicken (Jul 8, 2011 at 2:40)

im hoping he can pull out what he did last year minus the stack on his plunge

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notthatfast (Jul 8, 2011 at 5:39)

yeah, i'd love to see peaty pull something out of the bag on this one, he's not been doing too well on the last few races...

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jenner (Jul 8, 2011 at 7:58)

yer but how fast is hart going to be when he grows up? cant see much compotition for him when time goes on

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notthatfast (Jul 8, 2011 at 8:03)

aye, he's a real pinner, though to be honest, peaty's doing well just to still be in the competition at his age, let alone still getting on the podium!

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iamamodel (Jul 7, 2011 at 20:09)

Danny, you are going to win one day, so why don't you stop torturing us and do it this weekend. Please.

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galliwasp (Jul 8, 2011 at 10:28)

Danny Hart. 100% nutter, that boy. When he leaves the gate, I think, "Holy sh!t, here we go."

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Bennyy4x (Jul 7, 2011 at 20:31)

Come on Gee, let's have a mechanical free race!

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freedjdh (Jul 7, 2011 at 17:29)

There ya go! Hell yeah, AMERICA!

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scottvt (Jul 7, 2011 at 17:53)

Here we go again.......

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freedjdh (Jul 7, 2011 at 17:58)

Sure..you can take me out of America.. but you can't take the AMERICA outa me!!

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nateb FL (Jul 7, 2011 at 18:49)

If you take me out of America you get Arica.

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freedjdh (Jul 7, 2011 at 18:55) (Below Threshold)

Is that not what I just said above ^^

GITT SOME, AMERICA!

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KURTSUCKS (Jul 7, 2011 at 20:40)

Gwinn should win it, home soil come on!!! f yeah merrica!!!

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stevecabrera (Jul 7, 2011 at 20:53)

yea gwins got this!!

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fantaman (Jul 7, 2011 at 21:39)

The Gwinner almost 3 seconds faster wow,hope he wins this round on home soil than all the Americans here are going to be stoked.

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KURTSUCKS (Jul 7, 2011 at 21:58)

We are gonna go crazy and fire m16 and dance around hahaha...

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FatTireTOKWA (Jul 7, 2011 at 22:09)

"The Old Man" seems offensive...

Go CG!!

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ziggyzuggy (Jul 8, 2011 at 1:58)

old people are so sensitive ....

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won-sean-animal-chin (Jul 7, 2011 at 17:44)

ya wheres stevie smith

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shishka (Jul 7, 2011 at 20:34)

Ya this is going to be a nail biter on sunday. Neethling had a very good second half time. He cleans up the top a bit and Gwin may be in trouble. Gwin always pulls out the mega speed for finals so expect him to be in the 2.20's Those of you not familiar with windham mt, 2:20's is insanely fast time. That's alot of crap to deal with in a short time. This corse is smooth by east coast conditions, only a couple rock gardens. Windham's track is about high speed, we have way more tech rock gardens with no dirt showing for miles.

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HaroBMXer (Jul 7, 2011 at 21:02)

Go Cedric Gracia Go!

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nateb FL (Jul 7, 2011 at 18:50)

Gee will be hungry. If things stay dry and loose look for Aussie riders to do well.

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southwestdh (Jul 8, 2011 at 2:18)

y is windam havin so much more coverage on pink bike than the other world cups because its in america i wonder p.s bring on neg probs

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dhpig (Jul 8, 2011 at 6:40)

Nope... Pinkbike is a Canadian site, not American. PB relies heavily on content submitted by non PB staff, therefore, the more journalist and photographers submitting content to PB, the more coverage that will be posted.

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IanHylands (Jul 8, 2011 at 7:59)

Windham actually has no more coverage than any other World Cup, and probably less because of the lack of 4X. We have a pretty set schedule of what we post normally.

Day 1 Wednesday - Track walk and behind the scenes
Day 2 Thursday - Timed training/practice and behind the scenes
Day 3 Friday - 4X quali and DH
Day 4 Saturday - 4X final and DH quali
Day 5 Sunday - DH finals

We have 2 photographers with 2 different styles, sometimes the posts get put together and sometimes they don't, it depends on how they fit. We also try to do a wrap up photo post from DH and the pits sometime Monday or Tuesday.

And then we have guys like Stu Thomson and others that submit good content and we run it...

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neimbc (Jul 8, 2011 at 8:39)

No 4x this year - Why is that? It was voted best course last year too. Anyone?

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IanHylands (Jul 8, 2011 at 8:45)

From the UCI:

“The 2011 edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano will get under way in less than two weeks with the first round in Pietermaritzburg (South Africa).

A modification to the programme for the seventh of the 10-round series has been announced: there will not be a 4-cross competition in Windham. Only the cross-country and downhill events will be raced in the American resort – which is hosting a round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano for the second time – on the 9th and 10th July.

After Pietermaritzburg, the 4-cross specialists will meet up again in Fort William (GBR) and Leogang (AUT) in June, then Mt-Sainte Anne (CAN) in July, before the finals of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano which will take place this year in Val di Sole (ITA) in August.”

Windham's reason was that the course was torn down for winter use of the slope (it's a ski area) and the cost of rebuilding it was too high to justify it.

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tom-cuthbert (Jul 7, 2011 at 17:31)

Do some pros not do timed training? Seems a small list.

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BeastlyBrant (Jul 7, 2011 at 17:36)

i could see troy winning here after last weekend

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nouser (Jul 7, 2011 at 17:42)

some choose not to do it for what ever reason

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BLIPDH (Jul 8, 2011 at 7:57)

remember last year he was insanely fast on the very last section with all the pedalling

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GingaCal (Jul 7, 2011 at 19:20)

Peaty for the win! looks like he was second through the speed trap

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cyrix (Jul 7, 2011 at 19:42)

He was the fastest.

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swearmouth (Jul 7, 2011 at 22:21)

Danny Hart's going to win a world cup in a couple of years.

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Maverickdh00 (Jul 8, 2011 at 1:00)

GO Peaty, old school, old man still got it, now whip it whip it good, Peaty..............FTW..

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nouser (Jul 7, 2011 at 23:23)

The GWINNER in GWINdham is a sure thing!!

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BLIPDH (Jul 7, 2011 at 17:51)

did gwin crash in his second run?

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moutnbiker FL (Jul 7, 2011 at 21:04)

or maybe he stopped and had a chat with someone.

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IanHylands (Jul 7, 2011 at 21:16)

It's practice, he probably stopped and worked on a couple of sections on his second timed run...

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BLIPDH (Jul 7, 2011 at 22:50)

makes sense

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DownHillCooper (Jul 7, 2011 at 20:03)

CANNOT WAIT TO GO ON SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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sexley FL (Jul 7, 2011 at 21:01)

Are thier only ten or so girls on the World Cup or is that all they show?

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crasht (Jul 7, 2011 at 21:22)

I wish I could go

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mikey-vee (Jul 8, 2011 at 0:28)

Al bond up there!

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neimbc (Jul 8, 2011 at 8:41)

Minnaar for the win!