Video: Ben Cathro Previews the Wet & Rutted 2022 Leogang DH World Cup Track

 the longer transcript is :

"Nice case, good job, Ben, professional athlete.. (laughing) ah ha, can't even clear a jump... oh well, anyway..."


I'm such a fanboy of Ben's transparency. It is so welcome in this IG world of perfection. Don't change, Cathro!

 @jcrr: ….and no “bro” / @bruh”-isms thank goodness!

 He’s the only pro rider in the world that brings the real to a WC Downhill run! Fanboy doesn’t even express how this 58 ur old punter appreciates all of his content! Ur in fantasy team Ben, break a leg!!!

 I do....







Damn it...no, I can't either. But no way in Kansas would I call that gap "chill".

 @jackalope: hi, Nobody!

 Actually I heard Brits saying this is UK hard pack with dust on top

 Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government

 @browner: watery tart!

 @cassonwd: farcical aquatic ceremonies

 @Planetx888: moistened binks lobbing scimitars

 @thustlewhumber: bints not binks -
bint
/ (bɪnt) /
noun
offensive, slang a derogatory term for girl, woman

 @paulskibum: me sa jah jah bints

 If you haven’t got a throb on at the prospect of diving into all that slop you’re not from the UK.

 Through bint-slopped ruts he dragged his nuts

 @browner: How right you are. As Churchill said "strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is is the worst form of government, except for all others"

 @browner: I mean, if I went 'round, saying I was an emperor, just because some
moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

 @paulskibum: always thought it was Bink. Ta for clearing that up

 Im not sure but it might not be a UCI rule. Sometimes rules requiring certain protective gear are set by the local authorities in certain countries.

 @sino428: I know the safety gear required varies by the venue. Just seems kind of funny they won't let a rider on track that doesn't have elbow pads, but it's fine if they've been concussed on a previous run.

 @als802: I get it, but you are talking about two very different things here. They can have any random marshal at the start gate policing elbow pads, while diagnosing concussions and a riders ability to continue riding requires doctors, physical examination, etc.

You are convoluting who you are referring to as "they" in your post, between some local government and the UCI. With regards to elbow pads we are likely talking about some local governing body. I'm not sure its safe to assume that the same governing body is also cool with concussed riders on track, its more likely that they just have no jurisdiction to adequately police that issue. They would have no authority to require riders to submit to some kind of medical exam.

 I am sure Florent Payet has been asked at least once if he is going to go balls out on course this year.

 actually funny...

 @ NelsonRidela. Surely you should have an excuse for that comment though?

 @NelsonRidela what excuses? He does not have to give you excuses, he has nothing to prove to anyone, he has already won the World Cup 5 times.

 @Rosstech: not to anyone but himself.... he would retire if he didn't.

 @kaydawg69 Above all, he is a great professional, and he is going to finish the job that he started with Jeff Steber. He is a man of his word. He also enjoys developing motorcycles and accessories. He doesn't have to make excuses to anyone...he's doing his job.

 2019 i think

 2019

 2019. It's been wet every year since they put the new line through the woods iirc.

 Well, that's how the weather looks in Austrian part of Alps in the summer. Most probably it rains more than in the UK. There is no week without at least few heavy storms.

 In the Redbull course preview with Greenland and Jackson he makes a comment that this is the third year in a row with a messy track.

 @lkubica: what time of the year would be the best option then?

 @KoenR: There is none en.climate-data.org/europa/austria/salzburg/saalbach-156426 You simply need to embrace it. Few days of sun, few days of rain. It dries fast and most trails are machine build or rocky. Once I did a trip in the late August and it rained for two days and the third day it snowed If you want to have a good weather go to Italy.

 For the record, Glasgow: en.climate-data.org/europa/wielka-brytania/scotland/glasgow-20
So in Austria is rains like 2x more then in Scottland during summer. Brits just think that they are so cool because they ride in the mud and it rains there more often then not, but it's a very dry place compared to Austrian Alps