Results: Camille Balanche & Loris Vergier Win the Brioude DH Cup

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poundsand FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 9:25)

Those are some seriously tight times in the men's elite.

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stiksandstones (Mar 13, 2022 at 9:33)

On a sub 2 minute track, bound to be hella close. Reminds me of the Shanty Creek NORBA national, all the worlds best DH riders, sub 2 minutes, 1.5 seconds separating the top 20!

matjtom90 (Mar 14, 2022 at 6:08)

@stiksandstones: didn't think I was going to get a shanty creek norba reference this morning. Northern Michigan represent.

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won-sean-animal-chin (Mar 13, 2022 at 13:58)

Finns placing might be the most impressive. 4th among 9 french that would have way more time on the track

Aikata FL (Mar 14, 2022 at 1:00)

This year the french domination would be massive

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vinay FL (Mar 14, 2022 at 2:18)

It is equally impressive for him to get up there in the top ten without a Commencal bike.

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Rigidjunkie (Mar 13, 2022 at 16:12)

I would 100% support the DH season being races like this and no UCI BS. Bernard Kerr was talking about the continued limiting of social media in his video this week. Mountain biking needs to escape the UCI and create its own sanctioning body. The only group less fun than the NFL is the UCI, you look to be enjoying yourself lets add a rule to ban that. You look to be promoting the sport and people like you, lets ban you talking to people.

jokermtb FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 16:31)

Yeah, back in 2020 at the last few WCs, you saw BK having to turn off his gopro in the starting gate.....a few times he 'fumbled' the off-switch...

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pedalhound FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 10:50)

Go Finn... Combo breaker!

HeatedRotor FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 13:52)

Short track, lots of laps, close racing and the racers all having fun... UCI cant be involved lol.
But seriously why isnt this a more common thing? Short track is much more exciting.

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lukemech (Mar 13, 2022 at 11:23)

What about the political waters seeding trail growth in Southern BC?

dirtyburger (Mar 13, 2022 at 14:39)

Guys, reader mode on ya browser.

bananowy (Mar 14, 2022 at 2:23)

@dirtyburger: Yeah, though it makes it funnier when someone posts the whole article in a PB comment

iduckett FL (Mar 14, 2022 at 4:26)

@dirtyburger: The NY Times hates this trick!

lepigpen FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 18:27)

Hate to be that guy but, wow, those numbers. Short races are so rad. .07 behind the winner? Not a second between the top 5. That's kinda cool. I love long tracks where you see other elements come into play like fitness and mental composure, and those BIG time differences like ~10 seconds but razor thin racing is cool too. Short races and more of them, would be kinda sick. Definitely not the UCI format though, I reckon.

melonhead1145 (Mar 13, 2022 at 12:38)

.5 seconds separating the top 5 men, that's close racing

melodymaker FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 9:58)

no Amaury?

threesixtykickflip FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 10:19)

...apparently he called in sick

Muckal (Mar 13, 2022 at 10:29)

Siiick!

xMARTINx (Mar 13, 2022 at 10:49)

The complete Muc Off Commencal Team is missing

oldfaith FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 12:22)

@xMARTINx: Ruffin was there. Also the winner of the junior men races for Muc Off Commencal.

O1D4 (Mar 13, 2022 at 17:46)

He was there doing laps in practice....

legrandzebre (Mar 13, 2022 at 22:43)

Camille Balanche was so fast and precise... Impressive runs. Loris did a mistake on the morning but was fast as fu.. on the afternoon.

Dogl0rd (Mar 13, 2022 at 14:10)

Didn't expect to see Isabeau Courdurier in the mix!

kdeuce (Mar 13, 2022 at 18:58)

Where's our boi Cathro at??!

titusapple FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 9:22)

My fantasy draw is looking very poor right now.

swellhunter (Mar 13, 2022 at 9:43)

Mine too since half my roster didn't race

dinosaurmonkey (Mar 13, 2022 at 22:38)

I picked Baptiste $$$... maybe??

casey79 FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 15:15)

Scott DH Factory men all within 0.2 of a second. Practicing together and following the same line or coincidence?

Oolex (Mar 14, 2022 at 7:05)

If you watch videos of the event, you'll see they were actually all riding the same bike. It's a new prototype "thrandem" DH bike with one ride on the pedals, one on the brakes and another doing steering. Scott claims that this reduces the chance of rider error by giving each rider just one aspect to focus on. Each rider has a timing chip that stops time as they cross the line which is why their times are all so close.

reidfleming (Mar 14, 2022 at 10:17)

Pinkbike Racing Team posts a sixth place? Way to start a new team!

doncouzens FL (Mar 14, 2022 at 5:49)

Is Ben Cathro still on track, see he hasnt posted a time yet. Come on noodle man you are the man on my fantasy league...

mybaben (Mar 13, 2022 at 14:57)

No Miriam this race then?

The-Foiling-Optimist (Mar 13, 2022 at 22:15)

If you watch that video that Commencal-Muc Off just put out, they are very conscious of how tune up races like the French cups can cause injuries, as happened to Amaury in 2020, and indeed Baptiste last year. So they may be quite happy to have them skip. Bit of a shame for us. This also shows there really needs to be more World Cup races in the calendar. Everyone is ready to go.

mybaben (Mar 13, 2022 at 22:20)

@The-Foiling-Optimist: That makes sense. It would be horrible to ruin your season in a preseason injury!

MuddyFoxCourierComp (Mar 14, 2022 at 4:56)

Cami for President

legrandzebre (Mar 13, 2022 at 22:45)

You Will have videos during this week, the tv was there.

r0b1-kk (Mar 14, 2022 at 5:08)

Who was 1st in men qualifier?

Maxcommencemal FL (Mar 14, 2022 at 6:35)

Finn was

SendItEveryday (Mar 14, 2022 at 8:13)

damn thats a close top 5

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samdeatley FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 9:12)

Pics or it didn’t happen

PauRexs FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 13:22)

So it was Pros racing BMX?

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Intense4life (Mar 14, 2022 at 2:01)

At least 75 of those “pros” need to pick a new hobby. Getting spanked by the ladies. Bahahahahahah. How embarrassing. Let me guess you all crashed. Hahahaha.

Xavier-dh25 (Mar 14, 2022 at 8:53)

You would get spanked by those ladies to. Also, what makes you think they're "pros"? Local racing teams don't have World cup class riders.

Intense4life (Mar 14, 2022 at 12:48)

@Xavier-dh25: whatever you say big shooter. There's current and ex world cup racers all over the place here in BC and scattered across all the races in Canada. If you're racing pro you're supposed to be fast. If your license says you're elite and you get beat by a chick you either crashed or you suck.

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amctaggart FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 10:52)

why such a short track? we have longer tracks in Michigan lol

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conoat (Mar 13, 2022 at 11:14)

yeah, but you don't have steeper. lol

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4thflowkage (Mar 13, 2022 at 11:38)

It's not the length, it's what you do with it.

Saucycheese FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 12:27)

@4thflowkage: That's why I tell myself when I'm taking my morning dump

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anonimous666 FL (Mar 13, 2022 at 11:21)

A poor race with no interest at all compared with the amazing race last weekend in Tarouca, Portugal... lets wait for Lourdes

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pastaman23 (Mar 13, 2022 at 11:28)

What are you on about? Just by looking at the entry list it should be clear that this race is more than significant. The Brioude mini dh has gained more and more momentum over the years.