Video: Drama and Podiums in Leogang - Story of the Race with Ben Cathro

 I think he meant the austrian announcer at the race site, not the Red Bull feed.

 He was referring to old Hans 'das shouter' Schoutszer whose booming voice once sent villagers scrambling for their lives after they thought there was a thunderstorm within their houses

 you totally should speak to the manager

 Benoit crashed on the live feed, no mystery why he placed so far down the list. Nobody knew what happened to Laurie. And Matt just won his fist WC. Both deserve a little extra focus.

 Karen Marsh?!?

 @Skabbi: I agree with that. Matt‘s run was great! However, in Lourdes Loris was up as well, before crashing out on the live feed. Cathro did a in-depth debrief about „what could have been“, had Loris not crashed. That‘s why I was surprised they didn‘t even mention benoit, especially after qualifying first.. I feel that he gets overlooked.

 Disagree. They are professionals and should be able to judge it for themselves. Those who come out of the woods with enough speed to clear it get rewarded and gain time.

 Would they misjudge speed when under adrenaline, there would be crashes all the time. It's what they are supposed to do right when racing.

 they are professionals who know how to deal with adrenaline and judge speed better than you and I

 I mean, has nothing to do with adrenaline. Really has to do with the terrain BEFORE the wood drop. When the weather is that inconsistent you can "enter" the line going the same speed throghout the entire weekend, but end up with severely different results depending on if its tacky muddy and slow, if its wet muddy and faster, or drying out and very fast suddenly.

Didn't necessarily see too many people go too deep on it so it's clear the slow mud made it a challenge for riders. Not sure how it was the previous 2 years which were also slop but I'd agree that if the mud is that terrible... Course alterations might be needed to avert the mud. Like savage ol plywood before the wood drop so people have time on solid surface to gauge speed.

 @lepigpen: Plywood would be more dangerous than the surface they were riding on once mud started to get dragged onto it.

 @commental: Yeah there's not too much space. If you laid it straight it shouldn't be too bad. It's moreso how do you lay it down, how do you keep it there, and yes, how do you add some traction to shitty pieces of wood and keep it clean. Because the wood drop itself looks fine. It's just the entry is very very slow