Marathon Results from the Nove Mesto XC World Cup 2023 by edspratt

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ak-77 (May 13, 2023 at 12:36)

Great to see XCM get some more attention. It's not the kind of race I would watch all the time but it's more like the kind of riding I do than XCO.

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generictrailrider (May 13, 2023 at 14:36)

You ride for 5 hours?

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ak-77 (May 13, 2023 at 15:09)

@generictrailrider: Yes. Not usually close to home, but the rides I like best are all day epics. About once a year I rise an XCM race in the recreational start group and finish in 6 hrs what the winner did in 4h20 or so

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dirty-sundays (May 14, 2023 at 22:42)

MTB Marathon is still the most popular MTB racing discipline in terms of participants. Lots of races have easily over 1000 racers, even up to 17.000 at the Birkebeinerrittet.
For the new riders and racers: It's kinda like Gravel racing, just a bit more exciting with single trails and fun stuff. ;-)
Hopefully they'll have a live coverage soon, that 10min recap looked good, but they rushed too quickly through it.

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stephenllama (May 13, 2023 at 10:54)

Is that an error or did a 12 year old actually come in 56th for the men? If so...holy shit

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mi-bike (May 13, 2023 at 12:00)

Someone didn't czech the numbers. He's 18: www.uci.org/rider-details/1068360

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chri92 (May 13, 2023 at 12:35)

The age of all the riders is actually wrong. But hey, there off by only 6 years

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mi-bike (May 13, 2023 at 13:04)

@chri92: impressive performance from #75 Nicolas Sire at 45 years old...holy shit

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headshot (May 13, 2023 at 22:46)

The top 5 men's names are familiar because they have raced the Cape Epic but the women's names are not. Get them to the Epic. The women's field was especially weak this year.

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6foot5aussie (May 13, 2023 at 21:58)

Pidcock too busy to win this one?

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nozes (May 13, 2023 at 14:44)

Just watched the highlights,very nice coverage,and some proper natural rockgarden action,not just a road race on dirt.

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Snowytrail (May 13, 2023 at 14:57)

Seems like a road race finish with 12 riders within 9 seconds.

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Erskine-Atom (May 13, 2023 at 10:41)

Nice list of names...

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likeittacky (May 13, 2023 at 11:24) (Below Threshold)

Remember the old days when it wasn't difficult to pronounce the riders names?

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generictrailrider (May 13, 2023 at 15:14)

@likeittacky: International is an actual thing.

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SasaAbazovic (May 13, 2023 at 16:37)

@likeittacky: Bravo. Now go back to your unicycle and pedal to the library. There, you will find some books which are showing that world is not revolving arround you or your culture.

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likeittacky (May 13, 2023 at 20:28) (Below Threshold)

@SasaAbazovic : The point is more about how these days parents will name their offspring with the goofiest and most complex names, like some kinda starchild, believing the mystic ball of name choice is gaining the Child some sorta superiority and attention than just being a normal human being but rather a prop to enhance their own preconceived notion of prestige.

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MDW83 (May 14, 2023 at 5:32)

@likeittacky: what?

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showmethemountains (May 15, 2023 at 13:42)

@likeittacky: As a reminder, the full results list is presented with last name first, then given name.

The given names I see in this list all look really traditional and normal for their countries that they're from