Florent Payet Out of Racing in Lousa After a Serious Crash

 Top bloke, I confirm the down-to-earthness and wish him the best too! * hug emoji *

 Who downvotes this?

 @Matt115lamb: Fame often goes to peoples heads dude hence why people always call out when pro's are nice guys.

 @Imabigboy82: I know what you’re saying mate but most pro mtbers don’t see themselves as famous !

 @NinetySixBikes: Welcome to PB

 Double Headers are fantastic for us fans, but a rest day would definitely be beneficial for the riders. Plus they would have more than ample time to track walk properly as well.

 His front wheel exploded; being fresh would have made no difference.

 It was at the first race, so there was no extra fatique compared to one race per weekend. A rest day between the two races would be good still.

 I was there when the crash happened, it had nothing to do with physical or mental fatigue he went to the jump lip perfectly when mid air the rear tire blew, it just completely unseated from the rim sending him otb. Yes the problem was on the rear wheel

 @FCX250: So his wheel didn't explode. His tire did.

 @bashhard: Aaah gotcha! I was a bit worried, but seems like it's got nothing to do with back-to-back racing

 @getonyourbike: not if he cased it

 @nozes: www.pinkbike.com/photo/19658883 tire, wheel seems ok

 @nozes: Yes the rear tire the wheel was ok, and he would not case the jump, even in otb he fell on the second landing

 Double header with a single quali runs could work. Starting order for the second final are detemined from the first final. Points originally allocated for the second quali can be merged with second final run, just like Lousa's second round (it was to prevent an overall winner being decided in quali though).

 I think especially of the privateers. I hung out with a friend who was racing the WC and the ixs cup as a privateer for one of his race days and the amount of work they have is just insane.

Trackwalk, prep training bike, warm up, complete the training run, clean everything, change clothes, rebuilt parts / bike if necessary, eat, some sleep, up early, do mandatory warm-up or 2nd training, clean everything, change clothes, prepare race bike (different wheelset), eat, warm up, do quali run, clean everything, fix bike, eat, catch some sleep, get ready for race... it's insane. Easily 12h shifts for a quali- or race day. They absolutely need a day to catch a breath in-between.

 I had one when I hit a snowboard slope style feature. My rib broke and punctured my lung. Thought I was going to suffocate for the first 10 seconds or so... Inserting the drain was as painfully as the crash by the way... Heal up bro!

 I had one 2018 just from hitting the ground HARD