Junior Qualifying Results from the Fort William DH World Champs 2023

 Yeah a home win? Fantastic

 USA FREEDOM EAGLE

 USA! USA! USA!

 Flying Ryan is gonna get some!!

 I'm just guessing, but I think the number of qualifiers might be set well in advance of the submission deadline for entries. Last year they only had 22 Junior Women entered. This year they had 32, and I agree they could have easily expanded the field for the finals.

 So many girls coming to race?

 I don't know. If you look at the times after the 15th the difference from the first starts to be embarrassing.
Be aware of what you wish for...If the UCI notice that, they may think to apply some kind of 120% time rule or a minimum UCI points to participate at World Champs.

 They are actually taking 30 junior women for this race.

 @nkuhn7: Thanks for pointing that out. UCI's start list for qualifying said "Riders ranked 1-15 qualify for finals."
And yet, you are correct: The start list for the finals includes every woman who completed a qualifying run.

Thanks again.

[Start list is available at www.uci.org/competition-hub/2023-uci-mountain-bike-world-championships/7etkScTQnjeGMR04rre52i .]

 @Bibico: I believe this was due to a crash. Everyone on course during the crash got automatically qualified? I'm not sure on the details.

 the 15th place junior woman on that quali list is 39+ seconds gap to 1st . To get that much of a gap in male juniors you have to look down to 47th place

 @Yerts: If I'm not mistaken there were 11 riders on the course when another rider in the last sector (might have) had a crash. After they cleared the course the remaining riders did their runs and then the 11 who had been red-flagged repeated their runs. I believe they were required to post times to qualify.

[The rider who apparently crashed - Clarissa Carzolio - was having a great run and her time through 4 splits ended up 6th fastest. She's the Italian U19 DH champ.]

 @flowisforpussies: They do have a rule about this but it really requires a super slow time to go into effect:
4.3.003
Any rider whose time being 100% slower of that of the first established time is listed in the results as DNF (did not finish) and is not awarded any points. This rule is applied for qualifying round and finals.
Under exceptional circumstances, the maximum allowed time limit for finishing may be altered during the race. This decision is made by the president of the commissaires’ panel after consultation with the technical delegate.

 So they all should qualify ?

 @Madfella: 32

 Hastings is still out?

 @Roost66: Jenna? She is a senior this year.

 @IanJF: Holy s**t, I'm a dumb**, sorry...

 @Roost66: Jenna is in Elite now - she's no longer a junior. And she is racing.

 @handynzl: Nice, thanks.

 We are helping out some folks where we can!

 Go BBC - it can't be worse than Rick and Cedric on GCN

 I have gcn+ in the USA and it’s not showing world championship. Only Flosports in USA unless you use a vpn.

 @dagon2112: BBC + VPN seems like the ticket. If ppl are cheapasses, NordVPN and others have a 30 day trial.

 @Flashman2008: it might have claire balding, so...

 I can't find any Champs MTB coverage listed on the BBC calendar: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/calendar

Can someone point me in the right direction?

 @suspended-flesh: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/sport/featured

 @suspended-flesh: www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/66316000

 @dagon2112: Same in New Zealand, VPN to a UK location and it does appear.

 @dansharpe: UCI is advertising that the broadcast will be live in NZ on Youtube. Doesn't appear to be any coverage of the qualifying though

 it's live streamed on the UCI youtube channel - unless someone has the rights. That's where to watch from NZ anyway

 I tried to watch the BBC coverage in the past and it was pretty crap. They had one presenter who knew their stuff and one who knew nothing. I guess it’s to cater to people who know nothing about mountain biking. She spent most of the time asking the knowledgeable presenter questions and making weird observations. It might be different this year but I’m still going to pay for GCN+. Better the devil you know etc.

 In the us FloSports

 @bgoldstone: Thank you!

 @neimbc: but looks like you have to pay $30.00.

 @stunnanumma1: I've had good luck with the GCN+ app using the (free) Proton VPN app to access the US restricted content.

 @stunnanumma1: That sucks - anything better?

 @jamu-f: Are they broadcasting the World Champs? I know they do the regular wc events.

 @neimbc: Just checked and yes, they are broadcasting WC's

 @jamu-f: Awesome. Thanks!

 I'm watching Tandem Track Racing on BBC Sports Cycling page right now! God it's exciting!!

I used a London server via VPN to even see this. Hope to catch the DH but the site isn't all that easy to navigate at first glance.

Spoiler: England takes to Gold! Bloody Hell. 2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps, PLEASE

 @jamu-f: this is def the way to go! BBC is kinda impossible to navigate, but if you use a VPN with GCN+ the world champs stuff is available (doesn't even show that its geo restricted from US)