Final Results - EWS Northstar 2019
The results are in from a weekend of exciting and brutal racing on the dusty and rocky trails of Northstar.
Results
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 26:09.65
2nd. Sam Hill: 26:10.46
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: 26:30.21
4th. Martin Maes: 26:39.35
5th. Jesse Melamed: 26:56.08
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 30:37.62
2nd. Noga Korem: 30:56.89
3rd. Andréane Lanthier Nadeau: 31:05.85
4th. Ines Thoma: 31:47.26
5th. Katy Winton: 32:05.63
Live timing available here
Live Stage Updates:
COURSE PREVIEW
DAY ONE RECAP
OVERALL AFTER DAY ONE
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 9:27.37
2nd. Sam Hill: 9:28.03
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: 9:33.44
4th. Martin Maes: 9:34.54
5th. Adrien Dailly: 9:40.08
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 11:01.48
2nd. Noga Korem: 11:12.47
3rd. ALN: 11:24.50
4th. Ines Thoma: 11:28.58
5th. Morgane Charre: 11:30.32
STAGE 3 (Queen)
![Remi Gauvin on Stage 3]()
Stage Updates
12:30 pm PDT The Pro Women are at the first stage of the day, can Isabeau Courdurier continue her winning streak and secure the overall title today?
12:34 pm PDT As we wait for final top Pro Women to complete their runs Amy Morrison is leading the stage with a time of 9:36.02. She is closely followed by Jennifer Makgill.
12:50 pm PDT Florencia Espineira Herreros looks to be right at home in the thick dust and finishes stage 3 in seventh.
12:51 pm PDT Caro Gehrig has a great first stage of the day and goes just behind Makgill in third.
12:52 pm PDT Katy Winton can't quite match Amy Morrison and goes six seconds back into 2nd place.
12:53 pm PDT Miranda Miller completes this weekend's Queen stage with a time of 9:53.07, currently good enough for fourth.
12:54 pm PDT Ines Thoma goes fastest by barely under two seconds.
12:56 pm PDT Becky Cook finishes fifth, 14 seconds off the pace.
12:58 pm PDT ALN tops Ines Thoma's time by over eight seconds!
12:59 pm PDT Morgane Charre slots into fourth, 14 seconds back.
13:00 pm PDT Noga Korem takes the top spot by nearly three and a half seconds.
13:02 pm PDT Isabeau Courdurier finishes the Queen stage second and misses out on the extra series points for the first time this year. The extra points for Noga Korem will be vital in chasing Courdurier for the overall title.
13:10 pm PDT Mitch Ropelato has been looking fast all weekend and backs up his great results from yesterday with a time that puts him as the current leader on the Queen stage by almost ten seconds.
13:11 pm PDT Martin Maes goes four seconds back from Ropelato's time and into 2nd position.
13:27 pm PDT It's great to see Jesse Melamed back at the top after his injury and he is already looking fast today and crosses the line fifth on the Queen stage.
13:32 pm PDT Richie Rude goes fastest by over three seconds. Rude is going to be tough to beat this weekend.
13:36 pm PDT Matthew Walker finishes seventh with a time of 8:24.97
13:40 pm PDT Adrien Dailly came into today fifth overall but with a time on stage 3 that places him 25th he will definitely drop down the rankings.
13:41 pm PDT Kevin Miquel takes third, seven seconds off Rude's time.
13:42 pm PDT Sam Hill can't match the speed of Ropelato and Rude but pips Miquel to third place.
13:43 pm PDT Florian Nicolai takes 16th and Richie Rude gets another stage win.
Stage Results
Pro Women
1st. Noga Korem: 9:22.53
2nd. Isabeau Courdurier: +2.02
3rd. ALN: +3.38
4th. Ines Thoma: +11.52
5th. Amy Morrison: +13.49
6th. Morgane Charre: +17.79
7th. Katy Winton: +19.87
8th. Jennifer Makgill: +21.09
9th. Anita Gehrig: +24.78
10th. Becky Cook: +25.44
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 8:09.65
2nd. Mitch Ropelato: +3.35
3rd. Sam Hill: +5.40
4th. Kevin Miquel: +7.73
5th. Martin Maes: +8.05
6th. Charles Murray: +12.73
7th. Cody Kelley: +14.03
8th. Jesse Melamed: +15.02
9th. Matthew Walker: +15.32
10th. Evan Geankoplis: +16.32
Overall after Stage Three
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 20:26.03
2nd. Noga Korem: 20:35.00
3rd. ALN: 20:50.41
4th. Ines Thoma: 21:02.63
5th. Morgane Charre: 21:10.64
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 17:37.02
2nd. Sam Hill: 17:43.08
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: 17:46.44
4th. Martin Maes: 17:52.24
5th. Kevin Miquel: 17:58.00
STAGE 4 ROCK GARDEN CARNAGE
STAGE 4
![The morning saw riders practice stage 4 before heading back up the mountain to race stages 1 2]()
Stage Updates
13:49 pm PDT As the top Pro Women arrive at stage four the current top three are: 1st. Hannah Bergemann: 3:28.73 // 2nd. Chloe Gallean: 0.52 // 3rd. Clare Hamilton: 0.63 //
13:52 pm PDT Miranda Miller goes seventh after completing one of the toughest stages of the weekend.
13:54 pm PDT Ines Thoma gets another early first-place finish, beating Bergemann's time by three seconds.
13:55 pm PDT The next rider down goes faster, Becky Cook leads with a 1.67 second gap to Thoma.
13:57 pm PDT ALN now goes fastest, she tops Cook by five seconds.
13:59 pm PDT Noga Korem barely passes ALN's time and leads by 0.13 with just one rider left.
14:00 pm PDT Isabeau Courdurier is back to her winning ways and goes three seconds faster to secure her third stage win this weekend.
14:06 pm PDT As the rest of the Pro Men hit the lethal rock garden of stage four the current top three is: 1st. Mckay Vezina: 2:48.17 // 2nd. Elliott Heap: +2.30 // 3rd. Myles Trainer: +2.33 //
14:08 pm PDT Mitch Ropelato makes it to the bottom of stage four and it's another top time.
14:10 pm PDT Martin Maes is second again behind the dominant Ropelato.
14:14 pm PDT Youn Deniaud master the rock garden and comes across the line third, 4.83 seconds back.
14:15 pm PDT Theo Galy is another fast Frenchman setting a great time through the rocks and he just passes Deniaud for third place behind Maes.
14:20 pm PDT Christian Textor beats both Frenchmen and takes third, three seconds back from Ropelato.
14:23 pm PDT Shawn Neer has a great stage and goes fifth behind Theo Galy.
14:24 pm PDT Jose Borges is back at the top of the leaderboard and crosses the line fourth.
14:32 pm PDT Mitch Ropelato has laid down a blistering run that even Richie Rude couldn't top. Rude slots into second place, just under two seconds back.
14:39 pm PDT Adrien Dailly is back from a disappointing stage three and beats Ropelato's time by 1.63 seconds.
14:41 pm PDT Now Sam Hill takes the top spot with one rider remaining. He has managed to put six seconds into Rude. This will definitely help in this weekend's overall result.
14:43 pm PDT Florian Nicolai finishes 28th giving the stage win to Sam Hill.
Stage Results
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 3:15.00
2nd. Noga Korem: +3.30
3rd. ALN: +3.43
4th. Becky Cook: +8.95
5th. Ines Thoma: +10.62
6th. Hannah Bergemann: +13.73
7th. Chloe Gallean: +14.25
8th. Clare Hamilton: +14.36
9th. Amy Morrison: +15.22
10th. Anita Gehrig: +15.45
Pro Men
1st. Sam Hill: 2:38.32
2nd. Adrien Dailly: +3.10
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: +4.73
4th. Richie Rude: +6.53
5th. Martin Maes: +6.98
6th. Zakarias Blom Johansen: +7.73
7th. Christian Textor: +7.95
8th. Matthew Walker: +7.98
9th. Robin Wallner: +8.98
10th. Jose Borges: +8.99
Overall after Stage Four
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 23:41.03
2nd. Noga Korem: 23:53.30
3rd. ALN: 24:08.84
4th. Ines Thoma: 24:28.25
5th. Katy Winton: 24:50.16
Pro Men
1st. Sam Hill: 20:21.40
2nd. Richie Rude: 20:21.87
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: 20:29.49
4th. Martin Maes: 20:37.54
5th. Kevin Miquel: 20:45.33
STAGE 5
![Sam Hill will be an absolute danger in these conditions.]()
Stage Updates
14:44 pm PDT As the Pro Men finish stage four the top Pro Women are hitting the next stage. Currently, Clare Hamilton leads by 0.44 seconds.
14:47 pm PDT ALN goes fastest with a time of 2:38.25.
14:48 pm PDT Morgane Charre is back after a slower stage four, can she hold onto second place.
14:50 pm PDT Isabeau Courdurier takes second place as Noga Korem goes third.
15:00 pm PDT Mitch Ropelato goes fastest on the second to last stage of the day, can he get another top-three result?
15:01 pm PDT Martin Maes slots into second place, 0.40 seconds off Ropelato.
15:06 pm PDT Hugo Pigeon Goes third behind Ropelato and Maes.
15:10 pm PDT Mathew Stuttard has a great ride on Stage five and currently sits third, 3.68 seconds back.
15:11 pm PDT Thomas Lapeyrie is the next rider down and surpasses Stuttard by 0.4 seconds to take third from the British rider.
15:15 pm PDT Jesse Melamed goes into third.
15:21 pm PDT Richie Rude goes fastest by nearly four seconds. The overall is pretty close between Rude and Hill so every second will count if either one of them wants to take the win in Northstar.
15:33 pm PDT Sam Hill couldn't beat Rude's time but he comes just 0.34 seconds behind the retains the overall lead.
Stage Results
Pro Women
1st. ALN: 2:38.25
2nd. Isabeau Courdurier: +1.65
3rd. Noga Korem: +4.03
4th. Morgane Charre: +9.44
5th. Clare Hamilton: +9.48
6th. Ines Thoma: +9.92
7th. Katy Winton: +10
8th. Chloe Gallean: +10.35
9th. Becky Cook: +11
10th. Bex Baraona: +11.15
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 2:11.20
2nd. Sam Hill: +0.34
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: +3.67
4th. Martin Maes: +4.07
5th. Jesse Melamed: +4.65
6th. Joshua Carlson: +5.47
7th. Thomas Lapeyrie: +6.87
8th. Mathew Stuttard: +7.35
9th. Christian Textor: +7.38
10th. Hugo Pigeon: +7.65
Overall after Stage Five
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 26:20.93
2nd. Noga Korem: 26:35.58
3rd. ALN: 26:47.09
4th. Ines Thoma: 27:16.42
5th. Katy Winton: 27:38.41
Pro Men
1st. Sam Hill: 22:32.94
2nd. Richie Rude: 22:33.07
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: 22:44.36
4th. Martin Maes: 22:52.81
5th. Kevin Miquel: 23:08.02
STAGE 6
![Isabeau Courdurier has yet to be beaten this season and a win here would all but assure her the overall title]()
15:11 pm PDT As the top Pro Women prepare to hit the final stage of the weekend the top three is as follows: 1st. Amy Morrison: 4:16.47 // 2nd. Lia Westermann: +16.84 // 3rd. Anna Sullivan: +20.02 //
15:18 pm PDT Chloe Gallean takes second place, just over ten seconds back from Morrison.
15:22 pm PDT Katy Winton slots into second place, less than a second faster than Chloe Gallean.
15:25 pm PDT Ines Thoma goes fifth, a lot of the top women are really struggling to find speed on this stage.
15:27 pm PDT Becky Cook finishes third, no women have come within 10 seconds of Amy Morrison yet.
15:28 pm PDT ALN comes the closest so far with a time of 4:18.76, still over two seconds away from the current stage leader.
15:35 pm PDT Amy Morrison wins stage six by 0.22 seconds over Isabeau Courdurier. Courdurier takes another EWS victory in 2019.
15:42 pm PDT Sam Hill currently leads by just one-tenth of a second. It could be either Hill or Rude that takes the win today with the final stage deciding the victor.
15:43 pm PDT The currently top three Pro Men are as follows: 1st. Mckay Vezina: 3:41.76 // 2nd. Cody Kelley: +0.43 // 3rd. Mitch Ropelato: +4.09 //
15:45 pm PDT Youn Deniaud continues a great day of racing and beats Mitch Ropelato to third place.
15:54 pm PDT After facing off some of the world's best Mckay Vezina is still leading the final stage of the day.
15:57 pm PDT Jesse Melamed goes fourth fastest, he has had a great weekend despite still recovering from his injury sustained earlier in the season.
16:03 pm PDT Richie Rude crosses the line fastest, if Hill can't beat him or come within a tenth of a second then Rude will take another Win this season.
16:11 pm PDT Adrien Dailly finishes second behind Rude, he comes within four seconds or the top time showing that it might just be possible for Hill to win today.
16:14 pm PDT Sam Hill is behind Richie Rude by 0.94, it was close but not quite enough to secure the win the Northstar.
Stage Results
Pro Women
1st. Amy Morrison: 4:16.47
2nd. Isabeau Courdurier: +0.22
3rd. ALN: +2.29
4th. Noga Korem: +4.84
5th. Katy Winton: +10.75
6th. Becky Cook: +11.10
7th. Chloe Gallean: +11.63
8th. Rae Morrison: +11.96
9th. Anita Gehrig: +12.88
10th. Ines Thoma: +14.37
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 3:36.58
2nd. Sam Hill: +0.94
3rd. Adrien Dailly: +4.17
4th. Mckay Vezina: +5.18
5th. Cody Kelley: +5.61
6th. Florian Nicolai: +7.67
7th. Youn Deniaud: +8.15
8th. Jesse Melamed: +8.51
9th. Shawn Neer: +8.82
10th. Zakarias Blom Johansen: +8.89
Overall
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 30:37.62
2nd. Noga Korem: 30:56.89
3rd. ALN: 31:05.85
4th. Ines Thoma: 31:47.26
5th. Katy Winton: 32:05.63
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 26:09.65
2nd. Sam Hill: 26:10.46
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: 26:30.21
4th. Martin Maes: 26:39.35
5th. Jesse Melamed: 26:56.08
COURSE PREVIEW
DAY ONE RECAP
OVERALL AFTER DAY ONE
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 9:27.37
2nd. Sam Hill: 9:28.03
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: 9:33.44
4th. Martin Maes: 9:34.54
5th. Adrien Dailly: 9:40.08
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 11:01.48
2nd. Noga Korem: 11:12.47
3rd. ALN: 11:24.50
4th. Ines Thoma: 11:28.58
5th. Morgane Charre: 11:30.32
STAGE 3 (Queen)
Stage Updates
12:30 pm PDT The Pro Women are at the first stage of the day, can Isabeau Courdurier continue her winning streak and secure the overall title today?
12:34 pm PDT As we wait for final top Pro Women to complete their runs Amy Morrison is leading the stage with a time of 9:36.02. She is closely followed by Jennifer Makgill.
12:50 pm PDT Florencia Espineira Herreros looks to be right at home in the thick dust and finishes stage 3 in seventh.
12:51 pm PDT Caro Gehrig has a great first stage of the day and goes just behind Makgill in third.
12:52 pm PDT Katy Winton can't quite match Amy Morrison and goes six seconds back into 2nd place.
12:53 pm PDT Miranda Miller completes this weekend's Queen stage with a time of 9:53.07, currently good enough for fourth.
12:54 pm PDT Ines Thoma goes fastest by barely under two seconds.
12:56 pm PDT Becky Cook finishes fifth, 14 seconds off the pace.
12:58 pm PDT ALN tops Ines Thoma's time by over eight seconds!
12:59 pm PDT Morgane Charre slots into fourth, 14 seconds back.
13:00 pm PDT Noga Korem takes the top spot by nearly three and a half seconds.
13:02 pm PDT Isabeau Courdurier finishes the Queen stage second and misses out on the extra series points for the first time this year. The extra points for Noga Korem will be vital in chasing Courdurier for the overall title.
13:10 pm PDT Mitch Ropelato has been looking fast all weekend and backs up his great results from yesterday with a time that puts him as the current leader on the Queen stage by almost ten seconds.
13:11 pm PDT Martin Maes goes four seconds back from Ropelato's time and into 2nd position.
13:27 pm PDT It's great to see Jesse Melamed back at the top after his injury and he is already looking fast today and crosses the line fifth on the Queen stage.
13:32 pm PDT Richie Rude goes fastest by over three seconds. Rude is going to be tough to beat this weekend.
13:36 pm PDT Matthew Walker finishes seventh with a time of 8:24.97
13:40 pm PDT Adrien Dailly came into today fifth overall but with a time on stage 3 that places him 25th he will definitely drop down the rankings.
13:41 pm PDT Kevin Miquel takes third, seven seconds off Rude's time.
13:42 pm PDT Sam Hill can't match the speed of Ropelato and Rude but pips Miquel to third place.
13:43 pm PDT Florian Nicolai takes 16th and Richie Rude gets another stage win.
Stage Results
Pro Women
1st. Noga Korem: 9:22.53
2nd. Isabeau Courdurier: +2.02
3rd. ALN: +3.38
4th. Ines Thoma: +11.52
5th. Amy Morrison: +13.49
6th. Morgane Charre: +17.79
7th. Katy Winton: +19.87
8th. Jennifer Makgill: +21.09
9th. Anita Gehrig: +24.78
10th. Becky Cook: +25.44
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 8:09.65
2nd. Mitch Ropelato: +3.35
3rd. Sam Hill: +5.40
4th. Kevin Miquel: +7.73
5th. Martin Maes: +8.05
6th. Charles Murray: +12.73
7th. Cody Kelley: +14.03
8th. Jesse Melamed: +15.02
9th. Matthew Walker: +15.32
10th. Evan Geankoplis: +16.32
Overall after Stage Three
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 20:26.03
2nd. Noga Korem: 20:35.00
3rd. ALN: 20:50.41
4th. Ines Thoma: 21:02.63
5th. Morgane Charre: 21:10.64
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 17:37.02
2nd. Sam Hill: 17:43.08
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: 17:46.44
4th. Martin Maes: 17:52.24
5th. Kevin Miquel: 17:58.00
STAGE 4 ROCK GARDEN CARNAGE
STAGE 4
Stage Updates
13:49 pm PDT As the top Pro Women arrive at stage four the current top three are: 1st. Hannah Bergemann: 3:28.73 // 2nd. Chloe Gallean: 0.52 // 3rd. Clare Hamilton: 0.63 //
13:52 pm PDT Miranda Miller goes seventh after completing one of the toughest stages of the weekend.
13:54 pm PDT Ines Thoma gets another early first-place finish, beating Bergemann's time by three seconds.
13:55 pm PDT The next rider down goes faster, Becky Cook leads with a 1.67 second gap to Thoma.
13:57 pm PDT ALN now goes fastest, she tops Cook by five seconds.
13:59 pm PDT Noga Korem barely passes ALN's time and leads by 0.13 with just one rider left.
14:00 pm PDT Isabeau Courdurier is back to her winning ways and goes three seconds faster to secure her third stage win this weekend.
14:06 pm PDT As the rest of the Pro Men hit the lethal rock garden of stage four the current top three is: 1st. Mckay Vezina: 2:48.17 // 2nd. Elliott Heap: +2.30 // 3rd. Myles Trainer: +2.33 //
14:08 pm PDT Mitch Ropelato makes it to the bottom of stage four and it's another top time.
14:10 pm PDT Martin Maes is second again behind the dominant Ropelato.
14:14 pm PDT Youn Deniaud master the rock garden and comes across the line third, 4.83 seconds back.
14:15 pm PDT Theo Galy is another fast Frenchman setting a great time through the rocks and he just passes Deniaud for third place behind Maes.
14:20 pm PDT Christian Textor beats both Frenchmen and takes third, three seconds back from Ropelato.
14:23 pm PDT Shawn Neer has a great stage and goes fifth behind Theo Galy.
14:24 pm PDT Jose Borges is back at the top of the leaderboard and crosses the line fourth.
14:32 pm PDT Mitch Ropelato has laid down a blistering run that even Richie Rude couldn't top. Rude slots into second place, just under two seconds back.
14:39 pm PDT Adrien Dailly is back from a disappointing stage three and beats Ropelato's time by 1.63 seconds.
14:41 pm PDT Now Sam Hill takes the top spot with one rider remaining. He has managed to put six seconds into Rude. This will definitely help in this weekend's overall result.
14:43 pm PDT Florian Nicolai finishes 28th giving the stage win to Sam Hill.
Stage Results
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 3:15.00
2nd. Noga Korem: +3.30
3rd. ALN: +3.43
4th. Becky Cook: +8.95
5th. Ines Thoma: +10.62
6th. Hannah Bergemann: +13.73
7th. Chloe Gallean: +14.25
8th. Clare Hamilton: +14.36
9th. Amy Morrison: +15.22
10th. Anita Gehrig: +15.45
Pro Men
1st. Sam Hill: 2:38.32
2nd. Adrien Dailly: +3.10
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: +4.73
4th. Richie Rude: +6.53
5th. Martin Maes: +6.98
6th. Zakarias Blom Johansen: +7.73
7th. Christian Textor: +7.95
8th. Matthew Walker: +7.98
9th. Robin Wallner: +8.98
10th. Jose Borges: +8.99
Overall after Stage Four
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 23:41.03
2nd. Noga Korem: 23:53.30
3rd. ALN: 24:08.84
4th. Ines Thoma: 24:28.25
5th. Katy Winton: 24:50.16
Pro Men
1st. Sam Hill: 20:21.40
2nd. Richie Rude: 20:21.87
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: 20:29.49
4th. Martin Maes: 20:37.54
5th. Kevin Miquel: 20:45.33
STAGE 5
Stage Updates
14:44 pm PDT As the Pro Men finish stage four the top Pro Women are hitting the next stage. Currently, Clare Hamilton leads by 0.44 seconds.
14:47 pm PDT ALN goes fastest with a time of 2:38.25.
14:48 pm PDT Morgane Charre is back after a slower stage four, can she hold onto second place.
14:50 pm PDT Isabeau Courdurier takes second place as Noga Korem goes third.
15:00 pm PDT Mitch Ropelato goes fastest on the second to last stage of the day, can he get another top-three result?
15:01 pm PDT Martin Maes slots into second place, 0.40 seconds off Ropelato.
15:06 pm PDT Hugo Pigeon Goes third behind Ropelato and Maes.
15:10 pm PDT Mathew Stuttard has a great ride on Stage five and currently sits third, 3.68 seconds back.
15:11 pm PDT Thomas Lapeyrie is the next rider down and surpasses Stuttard by 0.4 seconds to take third from the British rider.
15:15 pm PDT Jesse Melamed goes into third.
15:21 pm PDT Richie Rude goes fastest by nearly four seconds. The overall is pretty close between Rude and Hill so every second will count if either one of them wants to take the win in Northstar.
15:33 pm PDT Sam Hill couldn't beat Rude's time but he comes just 0.34 seconds behind the retains the overall lead.
Stage Results
Pro Women
1st. ALN: 2:38.25
2nd. Isabeau Courdurier: +1.65
3rd. Noga Korem: +4.03
4th. Morgane Charre: +9.44
5th. Clare Hamilton: +9.48
6th. Ines Thoma: +9.92
7th. Katy Winton: +10
8th. Chloe Gallean: +10.35
9th. Becky Cook: +11
10th. Bex Baraona: +11.15
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 2:11.20
2nd. Sam Hill: +0.34
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: +3.67
4th. Martin Maes: +4.07
5th. Jesse Melamed: +4.65
6th. Joshua Carlson: +5.47
7th. Thomas Lapeyrie: +6.87
8th. Mathew Stuttard: +7.35
9th. Christian Textor: +7.38
10th. Hugo Pigeon: +7.65
Overall after Stage Five
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 26:20.93
2nd. Noga Korem: 26:35.58
3rd. ALN: 26:47.09
4th. Ines Thoma: 27:16.42
5th. Katy Winton: 27:38.41
Pro Men
1st. Sam Hill: 22:32.94
2nd. Richie Rude: 22:33.07
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: 22:44.36
4th. Martin Maes: 22:52.81
5th. Kevin Miquel: 23:08.02
STAGE 6
15:11 pm PDT As the top Pro Women prepare to hit the final stage of the weekend the top three is as follows: 1st. Amy Morrison: 4:16.47 // 2nd. Lia Westermann: +16.84 // 3rd. Anna Sullivan: +20.02 //
15:18 pm PDT Chloe Gallean takes second place, just over ten seconds back from Morrison.
15:22 pm PDT Katy Winton slots into second place, less than a second faster than Chloe Gallean.
15:25 pm PDT Ines Thoma goes fifth, a lot of the top women are really struggling to find speed on this stage.
15:27 pm PDT Becky Cook finishes third, no women have come within 10 seconds of Amy Morrison yet.
15:28 pm PDT ALN comes the closest so far with a time of 4:18.76, still over two seconds away from the current stage leader.
15:35 pm PDT Amy Morrison wins stage six by 0.22 seconds over Isabeau Courdurier. Courdurier takes another EWS victory in 2019.
15:42 pm PDT Sam Hill currently leads by just one-tenth of a second. It could be either Hill or Rude that takes the win today with the final stage deciding the victor.
15:43 pm PDT The currently top three Pro Men are as follows: 1st. Mckay Vezina: 3:41.76 // 2nd. Cody Kelley: +0.43 // 3rd. Mitch Ropelato: +4.09 //
15:45 pm PDT Youn Deniaud continues a great day of racing and beats Mitch Ropelato to third place.
15:54 pm PDT After facing off some of the world's best Mckay Vezina is still leading the final stage of the day.
15:57 pm PDT Jesse Melamed goes fourth fastest, he has had a great weekend despite still recovering from his injury sustained earlier in the season.
16:03 pm PDT Richie Rude crosses the line fastest, if Hill can't beat him or come within a tenth of a second then Rude will take another Win this season.
16:11 pm PDT Adrien Dailly finishes second behind Rude, he comes within four seconds or the top time showing that it might just be possible for Hill to win today.
16:14 pm PDT Sam Hill is behind Richie Rude by 0.94, it was close but not quite enough to secure the win the Northstar.
Stage Results
Pro Women
1st. Amy Morrison: 4:16.47
2nd. Isabeau Courdurier: +0.22
3rd. ALN: +2.29
4th. Noga Korem: +4.84
5th. Katy Winton: +10.75
6th. Becky Cook: +11.10
7th. Chloe Gallean: +11.63
8th. Rae Morrison: +11.96
9th. Anita Gehrig: +12.88
10th. Ines Thoma: +14.37
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 3:36.58
2nd. Sam Hill: +0.94
3rd. Adrien Dailly: +4.17
4th. Mckay Vezina: +5.18
5th. Cody Kelley: +5.61
6th. Florian Nicolai: +7.67
7th. Youn Deniaud: +8.15
8th. Jesse Melamed: +8.51
9th. Shawn Neer: +8.82
10th. Zakarias Blom Johansen: +8.89
Overall
Pro Women
1st. Isabeau Courdurier: 30:37.62
2nd. Noga Korem: 30:56.89
3rd. ALN: 31:05.85
4th. Ines Thoma: 31:47.26
5th. Katy Winton: 32:05.63
Pro Men
1st. Richie Rude: 26:09.65
2nd. Sam Hill: 26:10.46
3rd. Mitch Ropelato: 26:30.21
4th. Martin Maes: 26:39.35
5th. Jesse Melamed: 26:56.08
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- Bears catching salmon in a creek in Alaska
-endangered Rhinos in Africa
-farm animals that I can feed by posting a message in the chat
-Eagle eggs hatching
Things that are somehow too difficult to broadcast for the UCI/a multimillion dollar enterprise
-a 20 minute bicycle race
Look at the DH races - even those aren’t covered perfectly. For one track, for a comparably short timeframe. It’s a challenge.
Talking multimillion dollar enterprise: You tried following WRC rally races? Just as “bad” if not worse.
I’m just really thankful that there’s gopro, youtube and the interwebs as a whole - we get to see and discuss most of the interesting bits on a very timely manner. Sometimes you just got to appreciate the times we live in.
And in general: as long as you don’t have to travel half way across the globe, just go see a race and be there with the people sharing your passion.
See you discussing and celebrating the results in a couple of hours... ; )
Our lives are really hard though, I know. Us having to wait a whole 24h for a highlights video after a cycle race... Unacceptable
If I can watch a bear eating salmon in the middle of nowhere Alaska, or live feeds of a pride of lions eating a gazelle, a live feed of a cycling race from one of the most populated states in the US can’t be rocket science.
"The modulation isn't that good on Shimano brakes, they are a bit grabby."
"YEAH BUT THEY AREN'T AS BAD AS POL POT!"
Relax a bit, streaming isn't that hard to do these days, I'm sure the EWS could figure it out if they thought outside the box a bit.
THIS!!!!
If you have been to an EWS you'd quickly get an idea of how difficult it would be to do any sort of live broadcast that made any sense.
Just thinking out loud, but it would be a hell of a lot cheaper and logistically easier then sending a production crew into the woods, and based on the calibre of startups I see all day far more realistic and meaningful.
Could potentially turn into several hours of portrait filmed with multiple potatoes however, so I have not ironed out all the wrinkles...
And a live feed don't need to be that expensive either. You tubers like Nate Hill live stream his POV often without problem. So Pinkbike & EWS could use riders cameras and set up cameras in trees and use drones. It would be much, much more exiting to see than the downhill world cup, due to the exotic places and different terrains all over the world.
@Hockerz nailed it. A "20 minute race" is literally hundreds of hours worth of content.
Last I checked, I wasnt paying anything to watch whatever content is available.
no expenses for UCI o RedBull. But until they want to milk every penny they could from the broadcasting and offering an often embarassing product
Regardless of which consumer market is the "largest", profitability in streaming is key. Prime example is the 2018 Redbull Rampage. Like you mentioned, probably not the best consumer market but the hype is there The Youtube stream was viewed over 4.6 million times. One stream only, not including their pre and post event videos. Now go look at the EWS and Pinkbike Youtube channels. It's laughable as those videos are lucky to break 100k views a piece. Redbull's coverage of just Semenuk's winning run brought 1.3 million views. Pinkbike's highlight reel of Whistler round 6 has 93k.
Redbull probably spends 100K to stream Rampage. Multiply that by at least 10 for your ideal coverage of an EWS round. If you're going to lose money, dont do it.
As far as borrowing funds from the highest form of racing, so you can stream a free event to the world does not provide you with the same ROI (return on investment). F1 allocates dozens of HIGH paying sponsors. Even the everyday average folks walking around are paying anywhere from $21-300 minimums just to be at each event. Even to watch the live stream costs you a minimum of $27/year. See where this is going? F1 requires a ton of money, but they also bring in money as well.
WAKIdesigns: you do realize that Peter Sagan raced the XC olympic race in Rio?
Wrong example :-)
As to MVDP: you know what I mean. If he goes to race Enduro in UK, France, Italy, Canada, Germany he will not win and chance of him getting into top 10 is very little.
#grateful
www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Travel%20%26%20Outdoors
The problem is this old way of thinking where to broadcast something you need hundreds of thousands in cameras, some terrible cheeseball casters and interviewers, etc. Give Cathro a backpack, a mic, and a headcam, have a handful of fixed cameras on the rock gardens, and one guy in the control room switching the sources, boom it's quality content.
With 5g coming, I might try again or hack something up using mesh and powerbanks.
But for now, I'm happy we have some coverage for ews.
Nicolai - 2800
Hill - 2765
One second faster and Hill would have had the overall series lead. If people are wondering (EWS site is horrific), points go 500-450-420-400 and then minus 10 for each spot.
More likely, Rude will win and Hill will come second or third. I don’t know Nicolai’s form. If Hill was third, I guess Nicolai could finish fifth, sixth or seventh and still see up the overall.
Scottish Dh champs yesterday winning margin was bigger than that on a 2:20 track (and it was a gnarly track)!
Healing vibes the rider that took a header into the rocks on 4 and had to be carried out. Don’t know who he was but hope he’s all right.
maybe some points for throwing a no-hander off a set jump, or who can do the whole race without a water break... something cool like that.
www.vitalmtb.com/features/Exclusive-Audio-Interview-Martin-Maes-on-His-Non-Intentional-Anti-Doping-Violation,2733
But did you see his line choice in Derby and Madeira? Dude was next level taking lines reserved for the likes of Sam Hill.
Stoked to see Maes back and frothing to see him give it to the Frenchies at Mont Saint Anne. If only Sam would join him.
#goat
Cue the Pinkbike Courdurier Fanboy whining now.
And IMO no one 'deserves' a win, they all EARN it. Courdurier earned all of her wins this season no doubt. Hopefully next year both will be 100%
Are you saying we are not on this forum able to discuss merits, performance despite having started this piece with....
"I love watching Isabeau Courdurier ride... [in my mind did not need the bit about personality unless relevant].
But what, we cant discuss her performance inline with the most dominate rider in endure and shows the hell up for UCI DH?
but yes, fair play indeed. But devalue her performance with possible gold medal/world champ at end year....not by a long way on this forum if designed as intended.
In any other industry, sport or from a governance point of view he would never return and the sport would have demanded much greater penalties.
But here @brianpark is a big vial of coolaid, keep chill out there while supporting clear, investigated and evidenced cheating from but not a year ago.
And we are allowed to discuss it.
Croatia is part of the EU moron. No different than Canada, eh??? And the irony of calling someone uneducated who speaks multiple languages is pretty rich.
That's my full name right there ... What's that anonymous name you are hiding behind again??
You really are a bit stupid aren't you