Results: XCC Short Track - Albstadt World Cup XC 2019

 The guy just doesn't stop...literally the day after taking one of the greatest victories in the history of road cycling he was hanging out at his local BMX track talking to the kids and putting in a few laps.

 MVDP is coming for all the podiums this year.

 Martin Maes is....

 @jaydawg69: Martin Van Der Poel?

 @jaydawg69: not even close to VDP

 Sorry but for me he is a sign that cycling is not ready to be sober. Winning CX, big spring classics with a dominace that is ridiculous and now going over to xc and dominating there again? Even Lance and Jan needed an off season, he seems to be from marvel universe or whatever else... From the past we sadly know what that often meant.

 @Chridel: you are trying to reason about sport on the wrong site. Try with what color is the fork and if there is data to confirm something they can't understand in the first place.

 @Chridel: I worry too, about that exact same point. He never stops. It’s definitely is weird.

 @RedRedRe: which color fork is the fastest? The blue SIDs didn’t really seem to help that much. Nino and Lars on yellow, Kate on pink.

 @Chridel: You are in a sad place. How would you feel if someone accused you of something you cannot prove does not exist? That is the mindf*ck with doping accusations: It's easy to create doubts from your keyboard and no need to back them up. The vaguest circumstantial evidence or consipiracy theory is enough. On the other hand it's impossible to prove something does not exist.


For anyone feeling the same way: VdP has been winning since he's capable of riding a bike. There is no magical pill he seems to have taken this year - he has simply shown himself on world tour road races for the first time. He was a junior world champ on the road. He has got the most well rounded handling skillset, a racers' mind and his genes are a mix of one of the best road stage racers of his time (his grandfather on his mothers' side) and a great one day road racer (his father). *Innocent until proven guilty"

He's allready drawing mainstream media attention to mountainbiking, because of his road racing exploits. I think it's a good thing for the sport. And MvdP does not care - he simply does what he likes.

 @jeroenk: Thats what Lance said

 @Chridel: Not that there isn't doping, but 1-day races, hour long CX, and XC MTB are very different disciplines from 1-3 week tours over thousands of KM where doping is much more prevalent. You can succeed in these shorter races without all the EPO and it's little friends.

 @surfct: Lance simply repeated he never tested positive so much (among other evading answers) it started to become really obvious he was hiding something :-P

Look, there's no guarantees. There's no point aguing doping does not exist - it clearly does and in recent times too. Personally I enjoy all forms of cycling more without the cynicism. Let the testers do their work, or what's left is to suspend anyone who's winning because clearly their are on something or they would not be winning.

 @Chridel: but can he manual, cutty, stoppie , euro tab, whip or smash berms?

 @jaydawg69: eddy merckx still is!

 @Chridel: a lot of the women are racing and winning year round, why aren't you accusing Yolanda Neff of doping?

 @jaydawg69: MVDP won every CX race he entered this year but one for mechanical.

 @edreyes: He had one race with bad legs and crashed out of another.

 @bohns1: yes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=otZvpp2YRCI

 Well, so many victories before XC season starts means he may be burned out soon. Nobody cleans full season when you have folks like Nino to beat. Sorry. I am ready to eat my humble pie in few months. Until then I will focus on Womens field

 Lance didn't have a world class road racer for a grandad and dad. Lance didn't win everything as a junior. Lance didn't post all his data post race for everyone to see. If anyone is going to a legit mutant it's MvdP. That said Nino is absolutely flying. He's not exactly Mr Fast Twitch but MvdP couldn't gap him when he attacked. Plus Nino took about 10 bike lengths out of MvdP on one tiny descent. He's technically on another level to even MvdP

 @Chridel: very well said

 @jeroenk: to be fair endurance only comes from mothers and grandmother's, men don't contribute anything in regards to mitochondria.

 @bohns1: I think he can, I'm not saying he isn't one of the most talented riders out there, he would smash most of us in whistler on his xc bike. And anyone who has done a cx race in the mud knows how much skill is needed to ride thouse courses without mistakes with a heart rate that makes it hard to concentrate. I'm just saying it's a bit to much when it comes to endurance.

 @number44: sorry but have you done a road race with way more than 200km? The tour is a hard thing but there is a reason that for many riders robaix oder Flandres are the crown of cycling. I do not feel in the position to judge what is harder to do but must of my races where sub 150km before I swapt my road rig for a proper Parkbike.

 @jeansebille: Impressive!

 You can watch the race here: www.redbull.com/int-en/tv/video/rrn:content:live-videos:23bce721-546c-58b8-b5d9-74c1aa3670d4/xc-short-track-albstadt

There are UCI points to be had towards the overall, and the top 24 riders in the short track are seeded in the first three rows in Sunday's XCO race. The field is limited to 40 so not everyone gets the chance to participate in it.

 The track is short.

 @sarahmoore: Ah, so everyone on the start list should start? (Obviously excluding something like injury)

 "I mostly followed EWS/DH"... c'mon, change your nickname lol

 @bicitechmtb: I wouldn’t blame him, this first race is pretty much a gravel race.

 @bicitechmtb: hey man, there's a difference between following and doing. Am I a mtbikeaddict? Heck yes! If I'm honest with myself, excluding the constant opportunistic trials stuff whatever its called goofing off, most of my riding is "xc"/"trail". But the few times I've been able to ride park/freeride... Adrenaline junkie lol. That's my aspirational side. Get on Pinkbike, see coverage of Rampage/EWS/DH/CWX etc... Guys riding down and off crazy stuff, doing insane things... That's fun, partly because it's not my normal and I'll likely never be at that level lol. Xc just wasn't as captivating.

 It's like a criterium prologue to a long road race...

 @endlessblockades:
elementary, dear watson

 @clink83: Oh boy. Thanks for trying to help. Sorry I'm hopeless, but if there is one thing that i'd understand least, road racing is it. That was the worst possible help lol.

 @mtbikeaddict: Hey man - just goofin on ya. No hard feelings

 @endlessblockades: Oh absolutely not! Sorry if I came off that way, that's exactly the sort of goofy thing that I might post lol, I knew exactly what you were doing! I was just honestly at a loss as to what to reply, if at all... got a taste of my own medicine, well done. No hard feelings.

 I seen footage from Kate Courtney's instagram story and was not a photo finish. She won by a bike length.

 @femto505: just means they had the same time, so eyeballs had to be used to identify the winner

 Neff looked like she was running at 100/100 and KC looked like she still had some left in the tank at the end.. What a season it's going to be..!

 I couldn't find him to select for my fantasy team which is a pity. He was solid in the Cape Epic. #ZA

 he's on the start list @ #46 chronorace.blob.core.windows.net/webresources/20190518_xco/albs_xco_me_startlist.pdf

 @captainderp: sweet. My dark horse is on track!

 @frenchfriedfun: Well, as dark as he can be after you've announced him on Pinkbike.