That's what I was wondering and then I came across the overall ranking... He is still in the top 10, sounds decently competitive to me. Not where he use to be but still! www.uci.ch/mountain-bike/ranking
Here's the pinkbike race report with a bit of info. Also a team manager speaks in the comment section. Basically there is controversy about Marc getting a re-run in which he then beat Atwill
"awkward since me and Jolanda hooked up"....ahh Eddie...best four corners in a world cup by anyone ever, AND, hooking up with Jolanda. You're having a stormer year, mate.
Regarding the Re-run: Once crossing the line on his first race run Marc Beaumont demanded a re-run. This was due to getting caught in some supposedly loose course tape. After radioing through to the race marshal the commissaire issued a re-run. According to the race marshal, Marc was pushing close to the edge of the track when his handle bars got caught on the tape, causing him to crash. It is unclear if the tape was loose as it wasn't going into the track and each elite rider had the same racing conditions.
Due to the heavy downfall of rain just after seeding no elite rider knew what the track would be like. This put the re-run in the position of being an unfair advantage. The crash took place a marshal point 4. This was very close to the top where he could have pushed up and taken his re-run. Was him going all the way to the bottom more of a practice run? Some say let Marc have the win and other say Phil was robbed of his first BDS win.
Truly worth a visit, there's a 6km downhill track called Rientro. It's epic!
www.uci.ch/mountain-bike/ranking
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Here's the pinkbike race report with a bit of info. Also a team manager speaks in the comment section. Basically there is controversy about Marc getting a re-run in which he then beat Atwill
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Regarding the Re-run:
Once crossing the line on his first race run Marc Beaumont demanded a re-run. This was due to getting caught in some supposedly loose course tape. After radioing through to the race marshal the commissaire issued a re-run. According to the race marshal, Marc was pushing close to the edge of the track when his handle bars got caught on the tape, causing him to crash. It is unclear if the tape was loose as it wasn't going into the track and each elite rider had the same racing conditions.
Due to the heavy downfall of rain just after seeding no elite rider knew what the track would be like. This put the re-run in the position of being an unfair advantage. The crash took place a marshal point 4. This was very close to the top where he could have pushed up and taken his re-run. Was him going all the way to the bottom more of a practice run? Some say let Marc have the win and other say Phil was robbed of his first BDS win.