Final Results: Mountain Creek Spring National ProGRT 2019

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610slayter (May 20, 2019 at 5:11)

Shout out the all sand baggers that were in cat 2/3 pulling domestic pro times lol

pdb18 (May 20, 2019 at 9:30)

Was it the same course? I thought pro course was usually a bit different?
honestly, that's pretty rad if it was the same course for everyone!

scott-townes (May 20, 2019 at 17:03)

Sandbaggers - The devours of dreams of those who are not quite good enough.

610slayter (May 20, 2019 at 17:21)

@pdb18: same course man

Ddauenheimer (May 21, 2019 at 7:05)

Shout out to the UCI guys that forced me into cat 2 and told me that I couldn't race cat 1 even though I did at Windrock lol

610slayter (May 21, 2019 at 7:27)

@Ddauenheimer: "forced" lmao what they held a gun to your head?

scott-townes (May 21, 2019 at 7:29)

@610slayter: He probably didn't have his license/membership needed for CAT 1 like in most race series....

Ddauenheimer (May 21, 2019 at 7:38)

@610slayter: Yup. They messed up my cat change before Windrock. Never went through apparently.

zede (May 21, 2019 at 8:09)

USA : more racing categories than racers

skerby (May 21, 2019 at 9:16)

@zede: It's so stupid, and making Cat1 exclusive is even dumber.

Eastern-States-Cup (May 21, 2019 at 11:24)

@Ddauenheimer: It was the USAC guys, I'm sure. They really have no clue as to what our great sport is all about.

610slayter (May 21, 2019 at 12:45)

@scott-townes: I mean if I was a "racer" planing on racing cat1 all year I probably would have gotten everything I needed to do so before the season started but thats just me I guess??

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neimbc (May 20, 2019 at 3:55)

Dakotah, is the real deal - he'll be (already is) the best American MTBer out there aside from Gwin. I predict he'll be a regular podium personality at the WC's.

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Motoracer31 FL (May 20, 2019 at 7:11)

I think Charlie Harrison is giving Dak a run for his money on that title with his podium at maribor! Either way so rad to see the USA getting back to the sharp end of the sport. Although I am not a fan of Gwin going to these races and practicing but not racing

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awitt FL (May 20, 2019 at 8:22)

Ever heard of Luca Shaw?

airsoftesneeto (May 20, 2019 at 8:33)

@Motoracer31 gwin reportedly got an ankle injury in his seeding run. it was on the last jump when he landed his crank arm broke.

"Aaron Gwin, who seeded 2nd on Saturday, reportedly sustained an ankle injury and did not compete in Sunday's race."
-VitalMTB

femto505 (May 20, 2019 at 8:33)

I am just stoked that we have a lot of talent coming from the US that can get podiums at WC.

neimbc (May 20, 2019 at 9:25)

@femto505: True - this crop of new young guys is very strong.

hamncheez (May 20, 2019 at 13:51)

@airsoftesneeto: www.instagram.com/p/Bxsq7EelPuh

looks pretty bad, plus AG is silent on social media. Doesn't look good as Fort Bill is only two weeks away...

RCederholm FL (May 20, 2019 at 14:05)

@hamncheez: His Instagram story post from about 4 hours ago had him working out at the gym.

bigmeatpete420 (May 20, 2019 at 8:33)

anyone saw Bruce's kleins gap in the rock garden?!

sundaydoug (May 20, 2019 at 8:54)

Yup, straight up boss

splsce (May 21, 2019 at 6:58)

sick AF

thebrucetrail (May 20, 2019 at 2:58)

Where's your helmet, George?

murfio (May 20, 2019 at 3:46)

Maybe he polished it too vigorously and it dropped off

flipdaddy5 (May 20, 2019 at 14:04)

I snapped e13s just like he did. Their carbon stuff is junk, lg1+ aluminum isn't bad. He was hurting after it. And Klein and Walker Shaw pulling that rock triple was sick af, even though Kleins the only one who did it in the race run!

splsce (May 21, 2019 at 6:57)

agreed

covekid (May 21, 2019 at 16:23)

I have a year of abuse on my Lg1r carbons and they are doing great, even after numerous rock smashes. Doing better than the XO1 crank I broke! I think E13 stepped up their carbon game a lot in the last year or so. My wheels are tough as nails too. Broken other carbon hoops but so far not these...

clapforcanadaa (May 22, 2019 at 8:20)

Zero issues on my TRS Race carbon cranks despite countless high speed crank smashes off rocks. I've broken several other carbon cranks from another brand, but nothing but solid feedback for my E13 stuff. Considering AG hand picked the brands supporting his team, do you really think he'd pick something he didn't fully trust if it potentially would affect his results? Everything breaks if you're pushing hard enough.

suspended-flesh FL (May 20, 2019 at 8:46)

Cool that they posted the Cat1/2/3 results,

bigb73 (May 20, 2019 at 18:16)

I would guess the finish line was about 50 to 75 yards away from the last jump/drop. If Gwin was only 1.5 seconds back, I wonder what his time would have been if he pedaled all the way across the line.

Trabes (May 20, 2019 at 2:28)

Went to Jungle Habitat instead.

slayemf (May 20, 2019 at 6:09)

Heck yeah Caroline and Nathan....NC RAMFB...Slay

Erotomania (May 20, 2019 at 2:11)

Ankle injury, no race run.

andydhteam (May 20, 2019 at 2:08)

What happened to gwin?

murfio (May 20, 2019 at 2:12)

Word on the street is that he has sustained an ankle injury due to snapping his crank in his seeding run so he didn't do his race run. No word on if it is a serious injury or not yet.

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leewitzmtb (May 20, 2019 at 2:17) (Below Threshold)

Results from recent testing just came back and Gwin tested positive for being just a tad too stinky.

Jack20 (May 20, 2019 at 4:41)

Wierd that has gone social media silent. Thinking he must be hurt.

chriskneeland (May 20, 2019 at 6:16)

@Jack20: That was my first thought. Even in down times he's posting positive updates. May be a bit more serious?

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yzedf (May 20, 2019 at 6:51)

@chriskneeland: breaking his own branded parts probably isn't high on his list of things to advertise.

bigmeatpete420 (May 20, 2019 at 8:32)

His cranks aren't branded his own. Ever watch vital raws? See how many cranks snaping are e-13. @yzedf:

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chriskneeland (May 20, 2019 at 9:10)

@freeridejerk888: I've seen so many broken carbon DH cranks. I don't know why anyone would want to risk running them. It's not worth the 200g weight savings.

RCederholm FL (May 20, 2019 at 10:05)

Considering his most recent Instagram post with him at the gym, I am guessing he is just fine. Who knows, maybe he just wanted to get dialed in with the Fox guys and, once that was done, he wanted to get an earlier flight home.

jwdenver (May 20, 2019 at 14:48)

Here is a video of what happened:

www.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/World-Cup-Downhill-MTB-Race-Talk,10517?page=4#post_41563

I can't believe he rides carbon cranks, and from ethirteen nonetheless. Their cranks are awful.

andydhteam (May 20, 2019 at 16:14)

@jwrendenver: e thirteen sucks

bvd453 (May 20, 2019 at 17:06)

I had to saw the spindle in half to get the E.13 cranks off my bike. Should have tried Gwin's method- much faster.

bvd453 (May 20, 2019 at 17:08)

@chriskneeland: ......only 64g lighter than their alu DH crank. Why?

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