Final Results: Windrock Tennessee National 2021 by edspratt

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Whattimeareawards (Mar 14, 2021 at 4:54)

Gwin slaps a tree and still ends up 4th.

housem8d (Mar 15, 2021 at 4:30)

Luca’s chain and body goes brrrrrr and he finishes last...

Fr,i hope he didnt get too concussed

slippynicky (Mar 15, 2021 at 12:56)

"You can fit 2.4 seconds in this bad boy"

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chriskneeland (Mar 14, 2021 at 3:46)

When Charlie edges Dak by .08s

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OmWILfEdXc

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housem8d (Mar 14, 2021 at 4:23)

wtf Vlad is almost as fast as chris grice?!!!?

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brendan-bowers (Mar 14, 2021 at 7:04)

Not only is he almost as fast as Grice, he is almost as fast as Aaron Gwin!

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poquitocabeza (Mar 14, 2021 at 7:10)

@brendan-bowers: almost as fast as Aaron if he hits a tree mid run

withdignityifnotalacrity (Mar 14, 2021 at 11:14)

Wtf, Vlad rips!

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Jimmy0 FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 11:15)

@gunnyhoney: well he shouldn't have done that

fracasnoxteam FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 15:08)

@gunnyhoney: or faster than Bruni who didn't race with this logic

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MajesticMOOSE (Mar 14, 2021 at 20:34)

Conclusions: Vlad is a stud. PB Academy was stupid.

withdignityifnotalacrity (Mar 15, 2021 at 6:42)

@MajesticMOOSE: The top 3 guys were all crazy fast, but yeah, they should have at least gotten Vlad into a proper race at some point, any point.

jefe FL (Mar 16, 2021 at 15:24)

Anyone can ride a bike fast. I wanna know how fast he can rebuild his fork!!

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megatryn FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 6:58)

Frida is slayin! Go Norway!

ceecee (Mar 14, 2021 at 9:09)

Why didn't the other Norwegian start?--I presume he crashed sessioning

coop08 (Mar 14, 2021 at 6:50)

First win for the new Session?

useport80 (Mar 14, 2021 at 8:50)

damn, really wanted to see richie on the sb165

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myles57 (Mar 14, 2021 at 4:54)

Will we ever see Gwin back to his former dominance?

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toad321 (Mar 14, 2021 at 4:55)

Doubt he’ll ever dominate like that again, but can defo see him still winning and challenging for overall

purplegorillaz (Mar 14, 2021 at 5:16)

Each time I see him on a race, I hope to see performances from his YT/Specialized years. Sincerely hope it's not over

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huginnsson FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 6:35)

He clipped a tree and only ended up 2.4 seconds off... I bet he's ready to rumble this year.

donpinpon29 (Mar 14, 2021 at 7:30)

He dominated that tree for sure. Poor tree haha

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Ds1234 FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 7:59)

He was 2.6 back after his tree incident and finished 2.4 off so was fastest on the second section of the track

pistol2ne (Mar 14, 2021 at 8:51)

Lol remember this shit last year that he was done and the podiumed the next day. When you hit a tree, you don't win most days.

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blowmyfuse (Mar 14, 2021 at 10:58)

I got to talk to him with no one around yesterday for a bit. He is here relaxing and having a great time & in a good mood.

You're drastically overreacting if you think the guy with the 2nd most all time World Cup wins is somehow done. Talent & drive do not disappear.

Also, by trying to imply he's slipping, you're discrediting the drastic improvements that Luca, Dak & Charlie have made to pull back the gap he had on talent in the US.

Rising tide raises all ships.

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cuban-b (Mar 14, 2021 at 11:04) (Below Threshold)

@cuban-b-can-blow-me: nah he’s done lol

jrocksdh (Mar 14, 2021 at 11:08)

Mainly depends on injuries I'd say.

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Don23 (Mar 14, 2021 at 11:54)

@cuban-b-can-blow-me: who is this guy Gwin is definitely no where near done
Don’t forget folks that Gwin hasn’t even rode Windrock for 3 years and he still comes thru and shreds just as hard as the guys who are there locally practicing on their home court daily. Yea Cuban-b ur an idiot

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cuban-b (Mar 14, 2021 at 12:03) (Below Threshold)

@Don23: so sensitive!

pistol2ne (Mar 14, 2021 at 12:23)

@cuban-b: Please, seriously, go away forever.

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cuban-b (Mar 14, 2021 at 12:55)

@pistol2ne: oh relax we’re all just f*cking around.

cheers. Gwin will win again I promise

islandforlife (Mar 14, 2021 at 14:56)

Probably not. He shows some speed and flashes of brilliance but there always seems to be some kind of mistake that ruins things for him. Constant mistakes and injuries usually are the result of getting older and lacking the pure intense focus needed to consistently win at this level. Sure he’s fast as hell, no discounting that, but speed doesn’t mean shit if you can’t keep your run clean to the bottom at that speed. Then when he has a mistake free run, it’s not fast. I don’t know, guess we’ll see.

thejake (Mar 14, 2021 at 15:22)

I feel like listening to all the Gwin haters is like listening to the Sam Hill haters about 8 years ago. “He is done”, “won’t ever be dominate again” blah blah blah. I think it’s unlikely he will be as successful as he was on Trek but I would be surprised if he doesn’t surpass Minaar and become the GOAT.

RBoardman234s (Mar 14, 2021 at 17:52)

@thejake: Minaar ain’t done either

chuckobike (Mar 14, 2021 at 22:23)

@myles57 I think we’ll see Gwin back on top. He’s conditioned and he’s hungry.

jaame (Mar 15, 2021 at 1:26)

Pinner Gwinner, Charlie's had his dinner. Gwinner isn't winning another world cup race, never mind the overall. This isn't 2016.

chuckobike (Mar 15, 2021 at 8:43)

@jaame: You’re right. I did eat dinner last night. It was delicious. I don’t think Gwin will take an overall, but I do think he’ll grab a few more World Cup wins. Look at old Minaar crushing and 5 years on Gwin. Gwin with mistakes and misfortune for world champs over and over has been trying, but that makes it all more motivating to get after it.

jaame (Mar 15, 2021 at 11:02)

@chuckobike: Gwin's past it I think. I do hope he wins the world championship though.

bookem13 FL (Mar 16, 2021 at 20:24)

@purplegorillaz: How about his years on Trek? Those were the most dominant years of his career.

bok-CZ FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 5:00)

Why RR didn't race? Would be so interesting to see the results

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pisgahgnar FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 5:19)

He posted on Instagram that with the rain and mud he did not feel right risking it. He decided to practice with the Yeti team for the enduro, which is today.

bok-CZ FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 7:41)

@PTyliszczak: thx bud

Ancilotti (Mar 14, 2021 at 13:00)

Go to vitalmtb - you'll get a good look at the new high pivot session in their RAW video at around 01:08 and a not so good one at 03:10 and a pretty good one at 05:00.....

lev3000 FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 3:24)

Good to see racing happening

wolftwenty1 FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 8:11)

Hugh pivot FTW

chicane32 (Mar 14, 2021 at 6:58)

Ya, I ride Charlie's local trails and no, I can't beat his KOM.

stiksandstones (Mar 14, 2021 at 11:37)

Same...even on my most epic run, im miles away from him-I mean, I should be, im old and washed up, but, its a ridiculous amount of ass whooping hahaha.

funkzander (Mar 14, 2021 at 7:25)

what happened in lucas run? did he crash or flat? walker 10th. not bad

mllachance FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 7:45)

I read in the photo epic that he broke his chain and it got sucked into his wheel going over the last jump before the finish and he crashed, or something like that. tough day

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tbmaddux (Mar 14, 2021 at 7:46)

“Sadly top qualifier Luca Shaw had a massive crash when a broken chain locked up his rear wheel over the triple jump just within view of the finish line.” from DT in the opening of the photo epic.

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digitalsoul (Mar 14, 2021 at 7:55)

Reading is hard

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bok-CZ FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 9:20)

www.instagram.com/p/CMZF_1ihZpd/?igshid=c555deg04ivf

funkzander (Mar 14, 2021 at 10:08)

@digitalsoul: oh sorry i didnt read the text. i only had a quick view at the results list. what a bummer for luca. all the best for the next race.

stiksandstones (Mar 14, 2021 at 11:39)

@mllachance: AND Luca had fastest split time....f*ck.

fedfox (Mar 14, 2021 at 9:03)

How come Richie did not started?? so Rude....

rockin-itis (Mar 14, 2021 at 15:17)

Norton is consistent.

anothermtnbiker (Mar 14, 2021 at 22:03)

Why didn’t Richie start

kyleluvsdh (Mar 14, 2021 at 22:33)

The mud unfortunately :/. I was really looking forward to that run too. Just means he still needs to try racing DH

\m/

stalkinghorse (Mar 15, 2021 at 16:14)

California boys repping hard. 4 of the top 5 Elite Men?

machaut FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 19:15)

What happened too Luca? last isn’t in his character

machaut FL (Mar 14, 2021 at 19:16)

Ah I see

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goldrush781 (Mar 14, 2021 at 9:17)

A podium is top 3. Some sports give awards to top 5 or 6 but I don't think you can consider that a podium; Discuss...

iamamodel (Mar 15, 2021 at 5:08)

Agreed. Gold. Silver. Bronze. That's it.

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DaveGFC (Mar 14, 2021 at 11:28)

Gwin is not going win another World Cup, he’s lost his edge.

stiksandstones (Mar 14, 2021 at 11:39)

A lot of people you can 'never count out'...GM is probably the main one, until you think about Gwin---the dude is lethal when in the zone and comfortable on his bike, complete DH winning time assassin. So, yeah, do not count him out of wins.