Finals Start List for the Les Gets DH World Champs 2022

 According to meteoblue it should stop raining in the evening. And it should not rain tomorrow (but in the mountains maybe you never know)

 Oh yea, it walloped down all from 7-9pm. I'll be curious to see how it's affected the track in morning. But there was that rain at 11am and that completely dried up by 2.

 @nateb: do we really need to explain everything these days?

 @rafaelgaede: yes

 I think anyone who has a great run deserves it in this sport.

 @teamdoa: True!!

 @teamdoa: in any sport for that matter

 Gwin used to not deserve it, but ever since the PB editors were enlightened by RuPaul about Gwin's career, Gwin actually does deserve it.

 @ct0413: I was going to say wtf, then found this www.pinkbike.com/news/opinion-aaron-gwin-and-vulnerability.html

 @thustlewhumber: Yeah I'm sure without context my comment was just as much of a roller coaster of "wtf" as the article.

 @thustlewhumber: LOL not sure how I missed that one.

 Thanks to the GOAT and Blenki, the 80's are represented!!

 Damn, Gwin is the 2nd oldest rider!

 Look at the e-bike list, one of the racers was born in the 60’s..

 @sportstuff: that's why i won't ride an e-bike before being 60... Health problems are an exemption.

 You should be able to see his run live. In the past RB showed all riders on the live stream for world champs. I could be mistaken if they made changes this year though :/

 @pastaman23: they did use to show all the runs. even the guys 2 mins off pace

 It's a joke. World champs are about your form on the day. Qualifying should be the same with no protected riders.

 @sidekicksjn: I never understood Worlds! World championship should be like in F1. It should be based on your total points won that season. Dumb.

 I think the protected rider status counts for World champs too

 From the last PB post..

"Results from qualifying today do not decide the start order for Saturday's World Champs race, instead, riders will start in UCI order on finals day."

 There was some cutoff date earlier this season. Someone else probably knows when it was. Maybe it was whenever the deadline was for submitting entries. Anyway, starting order for the finals in DH is determined by your UCI standings as of that cutoff date. Highest ranked rider is last out of the start gate. Other than the Protected riders, everyone else has to still post a qualifying time because riders have to still be in the top 80 in quali times to be in the finals.

 World champs quali is basically timed training. Same as every year.

 @Trailsoup: Not really. Had Hart and Greenland not beed protected, they would not be allowed to start.

 *18 girls qualified/finished.

 15 is all that are allowed under UCI's rules for junior women. Junior men get 60.

 because UCI rulebook is made by idiots

 Here is a list of regions that are not geo blocked
www.redbull.com/int-en/events/uci-mountain-bike-world-championships-les-gets-all-languages/uci-mtb-world-champs-2022-stream-restrictions-all-languages

 @ajaypate1: Am I reading that list correctly that USA IP addresses are blocked from watching the live feed?!

 @OneEyedHito: Ah there you are, I was looking for you. Should've looked under the rock

 @formerbmxguy: noice!!!

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 no

 It’s the second column. The one called time

 @bgoldstone: now this seems to make sense lol