Results for DH Round 1 in Losinj, Croatia. All riders have posted and are recovering from the treacherous track.
Elite Men
1. Aaron Gwin (USA)
2. Luca Shaw (USA)
3. Dean Lucas (AUS)
4. Sam Blenkinsop (NZL)
5. Dakota Norton (USA)
Elite Women
1. Myriam Nicole (FRA)
2. Rachel Atherton (GBR)
3. Tahnee Seagrave (GBR)
4. Marine Cabirou (FRA)
5. Cecile Ravanel (FRA)
Junior Men
1. Thibaut Daprela (FRA)
2. Kade Edwards (GBR)
3. Kye A'Hern (AUS)
Junior Women
1. Valentina Holl (AUT)
2. Nastasia Gimenez (FRA)
3. Milie JOhnset (NOR)
Full Results:Elite Men:Elite WomenJunior MenJunior Women
Somehow though all you can read on here is a load of moaning about the start order. Was it really that bad?! In recent years there have been races where the big favourites started a long time before the finish after a qualifying incident so I think it makes sense. It was only an annoyance here because Brook is out of rank after some bad seasons
Think they tried to squeeze a lot of variety into a short track and that makes for an interesting race. It was notable that there was a lot of difference on the splits as to which sections riders were gaining or losing time over.. The track tested different abilities and strengths.
Perhaps the variety went too extreme at the road section, which was pretty naff..Urban sections work in places with enough stairs, gradient and obstacles to make it a spectacle.. This one just seemed to be making up the length of the run..
Don't think the short track length is necessarily a bad thing.. good to have variation in that regard as makes things interesting strategically.. Today first race of the season, fast, mostly dangerous, all or nothing track.. do you go all out to gain every split second and risk a bad start to the season or play it safe?
How to solve the top 20 starting order is actually very simple when considering qualification as important.
- Qualification results come first.
- Each protected rider who qualify in top 20 keep its position.
- If their is not enough place for protected rider in top 20 base on how many of them sucked in qualy, bump the 20th rider down to make place, than bump the 19th one and so on, until every protected rider fits in the top 20. If a protected rider is 20, bump unprotectrider who qualify better to make place.
Being in the top 10 or top 5 or last man down has a HUGE psychological effect (good or bad depending on how atlhetes manage their stress) and riders must be tested properly in that regards.
When is the last time that has ever happened?!
Gwin? Yeah...
C’mon guys......
A Grand prix race doesn‘t compare to a race one agaimst the clock. When the weather is the same for everybody, it is not important when you start.
Last man on top has the most presuure though...
Don't get it at all
I think too many US flags in the top 5 for you euros. IMO.
Pretty Challenging track that caught a few out, suspension set up was key to keep speed. Excellent coverage from red bull after a few ropey races last year, keep it up!
My mind went to him saying something along the lines of, “well, the guy doesn’t party, never drinks and is all-out 100% serious about training and racing, all the time. . .” Which would have offended some people.
Certainly not doping. Maybe he’ll clear it up.
I was down to doping, YT is ballz, e-bikes are the best, or maybe gwin was on a yt e-bike.
Thanks for playing!
Claudio's bump on the head made f*ck all difference to his repartee. Who did he sell his soul to for this gig? He's loose as hell in the booth. It's negatively affected Warner too. The chemistry is awful compared to any other combination of commentators we've seen. Is it just me?
lets be honest, when it comes to color commentating, claudio sucks.
great pumptrack builder and team owner/manager, no doubt................
announcing?............not so much.
I've never ridden Leogang myself. I rode the Hafjell track, where Neko had his amazing chainless run, and I could see it working there for sure.
They need someone who has English as a first language to commentate. Claudio doesn't even seem to have much of a sense of humour so I really have no idea why he is in there.
Warner is decent, Claudio is whatever, Page is quite fine, but Andrew Neethling and Cam McCaul are bloody great. We have to bear in mind that it's a hard job and not many want to do it. So we get what we get. Like in Politics.
He doesn't even need to commentate, he's supposed to be a "consultant" as they say in French. And if he can't explain the technical stuff and just blurts out "have you seen that!" with usually questionable grammar and rubbish platitudes, then what's the point?
*I am not saying it solely because I would love Claudio to come and build a pumptrack in my town!
Where we really differ is that I would have the old drunk Rob back in a heart beat, preferably with a different buddy each round, CG, Page, Peat, Ratboy... Until then it's Deutsch for me, and I don't even speak German. As long as they make the right noises at the right time. Das ist schnell, ja ja JA! Looken acht die timen!!
Claudio could have avoided all this just by shouting "CHREIST ON A BEIKE" as AG crossed the line (that's his actual accent - I don't mean to spread hate speech).
brad eweing was like a pro wrestler announcer.
brad j is one of the best hosts(waaaay harder to be a host compared to color commentary) to ever do extreme sports announcing.
to be honest, brad j as host and rob warner as color commentator would be the best thing ever for the sport of dh.
It's last years top 10 finishers are protected and the top 10 from qualifying get mixed in together to form the Top 20 start list?
Yeah, there is 60 men (down from 80 last year)
However, top 10 overall last year get mixed into the top 10 qualifiers from each race to form the top 20 start list. I'm not sure how though as some of last years top 10 would also be top 10 from each race.
It's a bumblef*ck
There was also something a bit dubious about the timing at the Worlds last year.
I mean, sexist or not, congrats haha
so basically it just shows that "you waste money if you use it for top rank women". Lesson learned
Too bad the girls f*cked up completely, and also Pierron had a flat, otherwise he was looking at a top five.
Man, Greenland looked insane, I hope he has a good season he was giving it his all, he's young lots more to come I feel.
Missed Hart's run, what happened?
Expected a bit more from Troy, he is always good to watch.
Shame minaar flatter, he was looking good.
Gwin was insane, that top section if you look again he seems to float where everyone else pinballed,
Glad he won, the guy's a legend, always good to watch,
@dthomp325 - Gwinny easily had 36t there. Otherwise he’d spin out. Instead he was spinning slowly. I spin out 32-11 on flat asphalt without trying much
The problem with not allowing the new guy who has a blinder in qualifying to run last is the lack of TV coverage etc. for him / her making it harder to attract the sponsorship required to get to the top of the sport. The net effect of protecting the top riders while making it harder for others to compete is that the sport gets worse for everyone.
It's downhill, you should be able to roll up, throw your leg over a bike, smash it and then ride the finals along side the best in the world. The chance of this happening is one of the best things about the sport and something that needs to be protected as much as the sponsorship that allows the events to happen.
Don't complain about something putting money into the sport. Be grateful