Invite List: The NotARace Test Session Returns to Schladming for 2021 with a Stacked World Cup Field

Jun 3, 2021
by James Smurthwaite  
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Just when it seemed like 2020 would be the year with no racing, the NotARace - IXS Test Cup Sessions kicked off competition last year and put World Cup downhillers against the clock in Europe for the first time in months. Organized in secret with a select rider list, it saw the return of the legendary Schladming track and offered riders the opportunity to let loose after months in insolation.

The event was such a success that it's back again for 2021 with an even bigger rider list. Leogang and the start of the season are looming so it will be a great chance to see who is looking fast and how riders are settling into their new teams. Once again huge mention should go to Wyn Masters, Markus Pekoll, the iXS Downhill Cup timing crew and Bikepark Schladming who brought this event together with 60 World Cup riders hitting the track this week.

NotARace - IXS Test Cup Sessions rider list

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44 Comments
  • 21 1
 This is how all the races outside world cups should look like just like the NORBA series used to be like it was epic DH racing didn't seem to stop! None of this 2 month break rubbish then 2 rounds a month break. should be solid racing from April till October!
  • 17 0
 So it's pretty fair to assume Bikepark Schladming has found a way around having a World Cup without having to jump through UCI hoops and fees. Good on them! I just wish someone would've invited Sam Hill. Could watch that dude rip Schladming all day. #Earthed5
  • 1 0
 Yesssss
  • 17 0
 Reading all those date of births in the late nineties and early noughties really hurt. Hearing someone is 18 and a WC pro is one thing, realising they were BORN in 2003? I wasn't ready for that.
  • 2 0
 I wish you hadn't drawn that fact to my attention. mid 70's here. LOL
  • 4 0
 @Bullit-Boy: you are born in the mid 70's or you are in your mid 70's?

Not long until they are the same thing : /
  • 3 0
 @L0rdTom: Ouch - I felt that!!
  • 2 0
 @L0rdTom: born mid 70s. Lol
  • 15 1
 are the spelling mistakes intentional?
  • 4 0
 What the hell!
  • 6 0
 I think it is spelled "international"
  • 2 0
 pro-vateer, valentina hell and aussies are out?
  • 1 0
 Well, at least Minnar is really that old.
  • 2 0
 @rifu: cuz they live in the OUTback
  • 8 0
 Me in 2019: "Timed training results? Who cares, wait for the actual race."
Me in 2021, over-isolated and race deprived: "A rider list for an event that isn't even a race, let me overanalyse this for 30 minutes while technically at work."
  • 11 0
 Vali Hell
  • 4 0
 I would not be surprised if she gives them hell!
  • 2 0
 Well.. sit back relax and watch the fireworks display.. a all family reunion!
  • 3 0
 Is tracy actually riding?
  • 5 1
 Tracey, Mick, Troy and Kye's country is all showing as OUT.... maybe it means OUTback? LOL.
  • 5 0
 @mwysel: What, you've never heard of Outstralia?
  • 2 0
 I think she said she's doing the Crankworx series, so it makes sense she'd do this..
  • 2 0
 @IanJF: She's also commentary team for Red Bull so is in the country anyway and probably travelling with the UR Team anyway.
  • 3 0
 @bcoleman3: It would seem that the United States can't be abbreviated to USA for some strange reason
  • 1 0
 @djm35: Kid that had to write up the start list was like:
What's the name of the island at the other side of the world? With snakes and kangaroos and other shizzle... Hmm.... I'm just gonna write down "OUTBACK" ... weird doesn't fit in this column....Out it is..
Oh and the other country... you know, pretty big, they like fastfood, and something with a dude with funny hair.... Ah heck, can't even remember the full name...Ah, never mind got it...United States... but that will probably not fit in that column either ....
Scratch... scratch head again... Hits Enter! I did it, two lines... it fits....
  • 3 0
 Excellent, Wyn, a true trooper !
  • 2 0
 TIL Brook Macdonald is the same age as Danny Hart... Huh.
  • 2 0
 The rules are, there are no rules
  • 2 0
 Dan Slack - one to watch.
  • 1 0
 We need live feed or at least some vid coverage. Armchair DH'ers have seasonal withdrawal symptoms too!
  • 2 0
 Wow hope the coverage is good! One hell of a starting list Smile
  • 1 0
 Thought the Hannah's were from Australia? Where in heck is OUT? Or are they out of the timing?
  • 5 0
 the outback mate
  • 2 0
 Live stream? Anywhere.
  • 2 1
 maybe vali is fast as hell, but her name is hoell
  • 2 0
 YES!!! FUCK UCI!!!
  • 2 1
 This is a warm up for a UCI race.
  • 1 0
 Martin Maes year of birth is not 1987 it's 1997
  • 1 2
 Jackson Goldstone should be on the list as well. He is in Schladming right now, right? Why not inviting him? :-/
  • 3 0
 also daveboy trummer is missing on this list. he is living very close to Schladming! a few days ago he was doing labs with andi kolb there
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