Video: XCC Short Track Highlights - Nove Mesto XC World Cup 2021

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danielfloyd FL (May 15, 2021 at 11:12)

Haley Batten!!!!

albeant (May 15, 2021 at 16:06)

It would be cool if this remains the only comment on the page, just with hundreds of upvotes. Wait, shi …

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DoubleCrownAddict (May 16, 2021 at 1:03) (Below Threshold)

This was a great race but think of how much more exciting and fast it would have been had they been on e bikes. It could give Supercross a run for its money on TV.

OlSkoolJake (May 16, 2021 at 7:31)

@DoubleCrownAddict: f*ck off

wildedge586 (May 15, 2021 at 19:18)

Big shoutout to the ineos mechanic, well done mate

Nervozza (May 16, 2021 at 0:47)

Masks on the open, where have common sense gone?

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entrecerros (May 15, 2021 at 17:14)

If the idea is to make races more interesting I would like to see a super technical "kamikaze" section on each course that allow the rider to win 15 seconds if used (at his own risk) and allow them to use it only two times per race. It does not make sense to me to force each rider to do a classification for the race in a complete different discipline. At least I want to see skilled riders and I am not interested at watching sprinters at all

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joehandlebar (May 15, 2021 at 18:54)

Blink twice if someone is making you watch. We'll send help.

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Narro2 (May 15, 2021 at 18:55)

You can rest asured that all pro XC riders are very skilled.

Narro2 (May 15, 2021 at 18:59)

Appart from that sprinting is fucking awesome, in le tour i always care more about the green jersey over the yellow jersey, sprinters are very underated imo.

nozes (May 15, 2021 at 19:04)

You might be surprised by the technical features on XCO courses if you see and ride them in person.
Anyway,my opinion is that competition has to reflect the "normal" practice of the sport,so I would like to see more natural courses.

wildedge586 (May 15, 2021 at 19:24)

@Narro2: then it’ll come down to who has the lowest heart rate, expended effort, to remain concentrated and in control, just like in tv optimized Biathlon, in winter sports.

I don’t think it’s smart to turn the sport inside out to better suit tv viewing preferences. Growth is not the supreme goal I hope

luci1606 (May 16, 2021 at 0:26)

Still, we are talking about xc here, not Enduro or Dh

Blackhat (May 16, 2021 at 16:29)

I think it’s a fine idea to have a truly terrifying shortcut that can be used a limited number of times. Kind of like a reverse joker lap.

The idea that it would be some sort of time bonus to a mass start race is silly. Like, someone might cross the line and we would wait another 30 seconds to see if the other guy was the winner or not? And you think that’s more entertaining than a 2 up sprint?

And if you don’t like XC just don’t watch. Coming and insulting the riders and format is just bad form.

Narro2 (May 17, 2021 at 8:06)

@Blackhat: i dont think it would work on a ProLevel, most riders are equally good on technical parts, look at Ninos last lap on the regular XC race last weekend, he tried to gain some time on Koretzky on a technical part, but Koretzky was just as good, not only was he able to stay with Nino, he surpassed Nin a couple hundred meters from the finish line and Nino chicken out on the sprint.

On local competitions it already exists, or at least in my local XC races, there are at least 2 chicken ways and it's corresponding 2 technical runs per track. It doesnt help a lot, but adds to the spectacle, XC races are won on the uphills mostly.