Charlie Hatton Fractures Arm & Wrist at Loudenvielle DH World Cup 2023 by edspratt

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dmanvan23 (Sep 7, 2023 at 2:39)

Rainbow serpent curse

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HeatedRotor (Sep 7, 2023 at 2:01)

You'd almost think its more dangerous when its dry............................

spaced (Sep 7, 2023 at 3:21)

It was not really dry but the worst mix of drying but slippery. It very depends on how the grip on the track works but here it was clearly random given there were many super slick spots that took out many riders

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browner (Sep 7, 2023 at 5:37)

Race should be cancelled now. Too dangerous. Too much sun in the medics eyes also.

tigerfish50 (Sep 7, 2023 at 7:11)

@browner: Yep, the medics are spoiled brats. Whatever the dangers they should be forced to take up their stations so you can be entertained - at gunpoint, if necessary

browner (Sep 7, 2023 at 9:15)

@tigerfish50: I don't watch the races but the whole thing is quite entertaining at this point.

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motdrawde (Sep 7, 2023 at 3:38)

I hurt my hand holding a basket of groceries

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northernwig (Sep 7, 2023 at 4:57)

Was it muddy?

vw4ever (Sep 7, 2023 at 6:18)

@northernwig: clearly the grocery store was dry in some spots and very slippery in others.

tigerfish50 (Sep 7, 2023 at 7:24)

@northernwig: Are you kidding? Supermarkets spray gallons of water and leave buckets of dirt on lettuces. Result? Those blown-out turns at the end of the aisles are super sketchy near closing time for the late riders

lehott (Sep 7, 2023 at 11:12)

Watch your corner speed exiting asile 2 and careful about basket weight to arm ratio. It's dangerous out there :p

motdrawde (Sep 7, 2023 at 11:36)

@northernwig: Tbf conditions were perfect

cypher74 (Sep 7, 2023 at 6:04)

Seems a few commentators think this has happen at Les Get. Might want to read it again.

HughBonero (Sep 7, 2023 at 8:36)

Read ir again? Or for the first time

SnowshoeRider4Life (Sep 7, 2023 at 3:20)

World Champs curse

Meganstuart1 (Sep 7, 2023 at 2:30)

It wasn’t dry though!
They just made you think that with the bloody speed they were going lol

gfilmore (Sep 7, 2023 at 5:18)

Seemed like a relatively harmless crash

Hate to see so many riders out!!

cypher74 (Sep 7, 2023 at 6:02)

“Tis but a scratch”

Bugger shame about that.

Time to chill out and heal up.

deray (Sep 7, 2023 at 9:35)

Damn, both male world champs out

Normalfanofolk (Sep 7, 2023 at 5:41)

Hard luck good effort.

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crag79 (Sep 7, 2023 at 5:31)

After watching the vital raw film of day one practice, particularly a blown out corner with a lot of OTBs, I did have a fleeting thought the track looked a bit dangerous…possibly not as well built as other, more established tracks. I think it was possibly fun to ride in practice…but race pace for the full track, after 100’s of tyres had been down it made it higher risk than others.

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vercorin1 (Sep 7, 2023 at 2:56)

Damn. Going so well. Atherton Racing doing such a good job at supporting development of racing talent.

Bikes are becoming VERY specialist sleds. Hyper capable.
Courses are being designed as demanding, televisual spectaculars.
Suddenly, after Val de Sole blown out rubbish, and terrible incidents in Andorra (Balanche) Les Gets is waking up to safety.
Fast and avoiding gratuitous accidents?

Less armour these days.
But the ground is still hard…bones are still fragile.
F1 took ages - and Jackie Stewart’s attention - to think properly about athlete safety.

These guys give everything.
Thet deserve not to be broken.

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scott-townes (Sep 7, 2023 at 2:58)

Oh great, here comes the PB mob of clueless fanboys proclaiming DH is too dangerous again.....

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TommyNunchuck (Sep 7, 2023 at 2:58)

Worst. Haiku. Ever.

sampo18 (Sep 7, 2023 at 3:07)

You're right vercorin1, we should lather the riders up in vaseline and slide them into a protective leather bubble wrap lined suit to make sure they get down in one piece. Ultimate BDSM DH protection incoming, move over discovery, only fans is buying the viewing rights

vercorin1 (Sep 7, 2023 at 3:19)

@scott-townes: except I ride DH….

It’s not saying ‘too dangerous’. That’s just far too simple.
It’s saying ‘remove things which result in gratuitous injury…recognising that speeds are going up and up’

let’s see tracks with more line choice and wind socks on the road gaps so you can bail if necessary.
Are you saying that the Atherton’s are pathetic for cancelling HardLine?

Loic B was diving straight in with comments on track safety in Les Gets with Wyn M
Thibault has a scaphoid fracture which can be a b+++++rd to resolve.
I’d rather see Tahnee and Camille and Thibault and Charlie racing rather than not racing.
I do DH. My son does DH.
Having injury sucks. Big time. And for these guys it’s their lives, not a pastime.

danstonQ (Sep 7, 2023 at 4:11)

@vercorin1: yeah, and death is unfair too, soooo unfair. We should all live forever in a land of milk and honey where DH tracks should have foam rocks and trees and where mother Nature stops blowing and raining during the races.

scott-townes (Sep 7, 2023 at 4:13)

@vercorin1: Believing cruising down lift serviced trails makes you an expert in World Cup level racing shows how ignorant you are.

vercorin1 (Sep 7, 2023 at 4:20)

@scott-townes: winning friends and influencing people…

vercorin1 (Sep 7, 2023 at 4:20)

@danstonQ: and don’t be silly.

danstonQ (Sep 7, 2023 at 5:01)

@vercorin1: I love you too poor baby.

styriabeef (Sep 7, 2023 at 3:35)

Almost as if Track conditions were dangerous....

commental (Sep 7, 2023 at 6:15)

Cancel all the things.