Fuuuck gotta feel for Troy, he's definitely pushing the limits and going over - getting so close!
If he keeps at it he'll be converting reeeeal soon! Stoked to see where this goes
Yeah man. But remember that for a while it was Bruni who was always really close to winning. Either up and then crash out (like when Bryceland won his first WC) or sat in the hot seat to only be tipped by the last rider down (typically Gwin at the time). Eventually he won the Worlds and obviously he's won a good number of races since. Somehow Troy is way to often in this situation. But I'm sure he'll get there someday. Peaty won the Worlds too after so many close calls.
To all the people that couldn't watch this (or others) event because of restrictions: simply use VPN (is FREE in some browsers), and it will shows your computer id as if it eas in another Country (choose the one you're sure has broadcasting rights). Congrats ti all the riders, Greg, Troy and Loic in particular!!
Does anybody know if/where one could buy a replica of those longsleeve french national jerseys as worn by Loic and Amaury and all the other frenchies? They look awesome.
This is one of the craziest things about pro mtbing. You can't get their jerseys! Almost every other pro sport you can get replica kits made up, but not in mtb. I tried to get a Blenki one a couple of years ago and the closest I got was him actually offering to meet me at Crankworx. Missed opportunity here, I think.
@rrolly: That´s realy totaly crazy. Especialy, if you look at fooball. Clubs pay millions and millions for the players and how do they get a major part of this money back? By selling jerseys!!!
I don't know about those two previous answers, but the french cycling federation (FFC) used to sell national jerseys. In fact most of the European federations sell national jerseys. Send an email to the FFC, they should be able to answer you since they were selling kits online not that long ago. Beware of their old jerseys because they were ugly AF!
Works fine here Race was awesome, Myriam deserves it so much, great comeback! Nothing to take away from Luic, but Troy deserved it -he is over-due!!! He was flat out!
still waiting for a canadian win at msa
but the cousins are really great
loic and amaury thanks the crowd for the support after the medal award. real class sports ambassador
@vroomvroompartystarter: Watching that video is still a monthly event for me. Smith was nuts and seeing Gee's classy behaviour despite the obvious devastation of losing the season on that very last run...
5 minutes of celebration from the mens side, not even a single shot of Pompoms excitement when she found out she was champion...... Diversity.....we still haven't found it here eh?
The difference is that there were more riders after Myriam so it was not official that she had won. Loic was the last rider so he knew he was world champion as soon as he saw his time.
@Countlongardeaux: so you're saying there wasn't any footage of Pompom getting excited after her win? Or the Junior male and females? Frankly I'd rather see that footage then 5 minutes of Loic jumping around.
If you watched the live feed it was pretty good when Tracey Hannah finally crossed the line and the top three knew they were on the podium. But Nicole was like 20 riders before Hannah so it built slowly. I suppose they could have showed more of that in the highlight reel but it was really good live.
I'm watching it with no sound in the office so don't know why it's history in the making...
If someone could explain that'd be sweet. I'm too lazy to wait till later this evening to listen to the commentary and hear them say 'and this was history in the making because...'
If he wins six in a row, this will literally be one of the building blocks used to create that piece of history. As it is, this is the second best world champs winning run. History is written by the victors.
@vhdh666: sorry, totally misexplained myself. I meant that Loïc's run of 3 sucessive wins is the second best after Vouilloz's 5 in a row. But yeah, Danny for me, no contest.
Thanks pinkbike but it wasn't that excited you got to figure out this don't happen again I had more than 20 mountain bikers in my shop to see this race and boom UCI did it again you guys suck ;-)
WHAT A JOKE!
All the best to the Bull Dog & Kate!
Pleasure on her bike for Myriam, and not "Competition's run".
By selling jerseys!!!
Race was awesome, Myriam deserves it so much, great comeback!
Nothing to take away from Luic, but Troy deserved it -he is over-due!!! He was flat out!
Instant classic.
Also this would be cool if Cathro could show us what caused so much trouble between split 1 & 2.
I'm watching it with no sound in the office so don't know why it's history in the making...
If someone could explain that'd be sweet. I'm too lazy to wait till later this evening to listen to the commentary and hear them say 'and this was history in the making because...'
These comments will be history in the making my friend.
Just not that well remembered...
But yeah, Danny for me, no contest.