Results & Video: 2022 Moosejaw US Pro Cup XCO by alicialeggett

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robokfc (Apr 22, 2022 at 10:09)

It'd be cool if the women's race was featured in the embedded video... looks like it was actually a race. Blevins just slaughtered his competition.

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briceps (Apr 22, 2022 at 10:10)

almost a 3 minute gap damn!

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cantaloupe13 (Apr 22, 2022 at 10:16)

Judging from his performance in Petropolis I expected this. He's a completely different rider this year, gonna kill it.

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ryansimonovich (Apr 22, 2022 at 10:23)

Yeah the last lap was a great battle between Savilia and Haley. Just checked YouTube and the women's highlights aren't uploaded yet, hopefully they will be soon.

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alicialeggett Editor (Apr 22, 2022 at 10:43)

Yep, I really wanted there to be a women's race recap video as well. I'll keep an eye out though and add it in if one becomes available! Most of the coverage of this event is subscriber-only on FloBikes, so we kind of have to make do with what we get here outside the paywall.

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Tearsforgears (Apr 22, 2022 at 11:00)

@alicialeggett: Paywall, paywall, now where have I heard that before....

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aaronjb (Apr 22, 2022 at 20:27)

@Tearsforgears: OH how the turns have tabled!

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velotech (Apr 23, 2022 at 14:19)

@briceps: its a C2 level race though, correct? Blevins can compete at the C1 level, while Andrew is pushing like 40 or more?

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gbyrne (Apr 22, 2022 at 15:03)

The Flobikes coverage is just the absolute worst. I (foolishly) ponied up the cash and feel ripped off. Three times the price of everyone else, but comes with the bonus of advertisements.
Terrible audio, though it didn't matter too much with the roadie announcer mixing up the riders. You'd think they'd toss someone on a laptop, "Hey, you wanna check the feed to make sure it's working? Nah, I'm sure the mikes are all on and not dropping out at all."

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nattyd (Apr 23, 2022 at 10:35)

Yeah, truly garbage. Love it when there's a tight finish and an ad autoplays at the same time. It's so lazy.

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dirty-sundays FL (Apr 24, 2022 at 17:18)

I signed up with Flobikes for worlds last year, they really managed to show advertisements during the top 10 men DH, so we missed probably half the riders... and they didn't even stream live!! I wrote them, cancelled the subscription and got my money back for the remaining 11 months - which I never wanted to sign up for at the beginning.
Also most the other road/cx races are not available in the US.
Absolute rubbish!

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taprider (Apr 22, 2022 at 11:58)

Hey it's official, there will be no XC Fantasy League. "XC" is no longer in the Fantasy drop down menu at the top of the home page. No more "coming soon" or previous years links

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JDFF FL (Apr 22, 2022 at 14:59)

It's disheartening that there is no explanation either. I'm blaming BETA.

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ilyamaksimov (Apr 23, 2022 at 0:35)

Cancell culture has gone too far

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dirty-sundays FL (Apr 24, 2022 at 17:20)

So sad that they cancelled it - even if there's no price to win. It really made XCO even more exciting.

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nattyd (Apr 23, 2022 at 10:37)

Another person here asking Pinkbike to set up the XC Fantasy league for the rest of the World Cup season. Really enjoyed it the last couple years and had a whole league planned with some friends.

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Hogfly (Apr 22, 2022 at 10:37)

We went and rode that course after the race yesterday. I've ridden all of that stuff before, but trying to do it all together gave me a new appreciation for how fit these dudes are. We were stopping and resting on some of the rock garden climbs (though we were all on all mountain bikes).

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cantaloupe13 (Apr 22, 2022 at 18:29)

Okay it doesn't look like Flo bikes is going to upload the women's race because it was actually good - gotta justify that $150 paywall somehow! fml. I was all set to pay a la carte until I found out they wanted that kind of money up front and I had to listen to the doper Frankie. "Mushmushmush...Christoph blevinspecializzmushmush..."

It's too bad Flo bikes is trying to single-handedly kill interest in US XC racing by delivering a substandard product.

Anyway..

WTH Savilia. The two weeks before you were building a van and standing all on your feet all day pulling shots at sea otter. Shout out to the homegirl who does things the right way.

Recap, from what I can piece together: quite muddy, lots of crashes. Haley did her best Camille Balance impression out of the gate, big feature jumps, pissed how petropolis went, extremely motivated.

Savilia, world cup seasoned, bided her time, hanging around about 7th. She learned so much watching Mona and Caroline in the u23s.

Super Haley paid for her efforts, it was a long one at 1:40 ish after all.
Back and forth last lap, she had nothing left at the end but was all smiles for Savilia. Love it. She knew this was a coming out party for her against a very strong domestic field.

These two along with Gwinnee are awesome all around riders and I'm stoked to see what they can do this year.

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velotech (Apr 23, 2022 at 14:15)

I really hate flo-bikes......I follow cx and they spoil all the races each season by putting the winner in the title/thumbnail caption! I told these idiots to stop or I will find them.

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cantaloupe13 (Apr 23, 2022 at 15:51)

@velotech: it's just BASIC spoiler-dorks

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Hogfly (Apr 22, 2022 at 10:40)

Blevin's BMX background mentioned at like 12:40.

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sonuvagun (Apr 22, 2022 at 12:27)

The fact this has nothing to do with Moose Jaw SK disappoints me.

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Thisisscott (Apr 22, 2022 at 18:02)

The fact that there is a Moosejaw in Arkansas makes me question whether that Simpsons reference is even about Saskatchewan. Just turned into a tough day for me.

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LA-Law (Apr 22, 2022 at 11:43)

I know production is hard (I do). And I know announcing is hard.

But.

I wish announcers wouldn't yell to try to convey excitement (Rob Warner gets a pass). Or if they're going to, that they have a mic set up that doesn't blow out the levels.

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cantaloupe13 (Apr 22, 2022 at 11:48)

We are talking about Frankie here.. the optimal sound level for him is zero.

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ark1965 (Apr 22, 2022 at 16:33)

@Willikers: Right? Why is a roadie even commentating on a mountain bike race? “No support out here…” Duh, roadie haha! Seriously though, looked like a cool race and venue

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cantaloupe13 (Apr 22, 2022 at 9:59)

Savilia!!!

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anaughtymouse (Apr 22, 2022 at 10:19)

12:30 might as well say he's doping with that advantage. Winner by default