Video: Official Course Preview for the Nove Mesto XC World Cup 2023 by edspratt

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mattg95 (May 11, 2023 at 13:38)

Josh is really good at commentating but do we really need the constant cuts to the view of his upper body? I want to see the course

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curtaincarot (May 11, 2023 at 14:05)

Yeah, a picture in picture would be nice, maybe have his face in the bottom corner.

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PhillipJ (May 11, 2023 at 16:18)

How else will we know that he is sponsored by [BIKE-BRAND] supported by [CLOTHING BRAND] and [TYRE BRAND]

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mrkkbb (May 12, 2023 at 5:03)

Need to be reminded that Giant is a big sponsor. Nonetheless a great preview, but I do miss the racers doing it.

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enduroNZ (May 12, 2023 at 6:33)

Came here to say the same thing. It really offers nothing

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Wyndbrook (May 13, 2023 at 2:26)

Watch the Puck Pieterse lap, she always posts it on Youtube.

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Capt-envy (May 11, 2023 at 21:01)

Watching the preview they are now using an F1 style pit lane for the Tech/Feed Zone. This seems to be a change that hasn't been mentioned before? Wounder if this adds an advantage to not taking on water / gels in a lap?

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AyJayDoubleyou FL (May 12, 2023 at 1:47)

yeah that wasnt really clear. its a long lane on grass, where the main track is tarmac so a bit of a disadvantage. possible the pit lane is only for actual mechanicing, and bottles can still be passed over the fence?
I always wonder how much they actually drink, they must be being given part filled bottles, maybe with different electrolytes at different stages of the race?

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mrkkbb (May 12, 2023 at 5:06)

@AyJayDoubleyou: they drink when they can, not always caught on camera. Usually, you go with like a half filled bottle, and grab a new one when you can need to. Not sure about the split because pretty much every lap riders take a bottle, especially if it’s hot. They cool them selves down etc. The split makes sense for mechanical

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Dustfarter (May 11, 2023 at 21:10)

Although I'm solidly a gravity rider I really enjoy watching WCXC. Where can we watch it this year?

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Wing-nut (May 11, 2023 at 22:13)

In the US you can just get a GCN+ subscription for DH and XC. You can also watch some big road and gravel races there as well. Seems like a deal, I didn’t know where to watch things like the Giro before this all came about.

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suspended-flesh FL (May 12, 2023 at 8:32)

That wasn't bad at all.Still probably gonna hold off til DHI begins in June. Would be good to hear Bart say the course was dursty on Friday but murdy on Sunday, however.Parts of the course will remain burmpy in any event.

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redneckhippiegeek (May 11, 2023 at 20:05)

Hopefully the actual overage is going to be way better than the go pro pointing at the ground.

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2wheelzgood (May 12, 2023 at 13:55)

yeah, great job Josh but just point the camera up a bit for the next one please.

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RobertBro (May 11, 2023 at 22:53)

Red Bull did it a lot better.

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singlespeedman (May 12, 2023 at 1:12)

didn't see much of the course... nice try but a fail

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lejake (May 12, 2023 at 4:30)

I actually really liked the video! Excited for the XC-Coverage on GCN

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mcvittees (May 12, 2023 at 5:43)

Put this man on non ebike so he has to breath and can pause the commentary. Also, I don't need to constantly keep seeing the commentator, I'm here for the course.

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iamloz (May 12, 2023 at 6:59)

Josh doing a good job of the commentary. Nice

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gonzo007 (May 11, 2023 at 17:32)

Can do this route on my rigid single speed..... NP!

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paulskibum FL (May 12, 2023 at 8:18)

Yes you can. But probably not as fast as the world cup riders.

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bicitechmtb (May 11, 2023 at 21:48)

Seems the XCC show on the preview is NOT the course the guys do today...

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Two-planker (May 12, 2023 at 13:22)

Nice Job Josh!