Video: Official Highlights from the Maydena Enduro World Cup 2023

 After watching the cape epic daily recap, was hoping for something similar with ews/edr. Very pleasant surprise. Well done. Some riders pov videos of the stages would be a nice addition if possible

 Yeah, 100%. I've foregone EWS highlight videos in the past because there just wasn't much to watch. This is a huge production value upgrade vs previous years. Props.

 It's pretty much identical to previous years, isn't it?
Anyway, it's good stuff!

 @WoS: yes it is pretty much the same as when they first started putting the recaps together. A couple of days quicker, some POV shots and comparison edits (tech advances) have been added which is nice. I did miss the rider place move up and down arrows on the stage/overall result overlays which were always helpful. Good little rider interview snippets scattered throughout as before. Good stuff.

 Yes.

 New move is they get reseeded for the last stage. The race is for overall time.

 This recap is pretty great. I am curious if there is any advantage to having GCN+, do they have more coverage? I’ll eventually pay up for DH, but will wait until June if there is no advantage for enduro.

 @Krackity-Jones: I’d be happy with that level of coverage for the DH.

 Correct

 Big mistake... from my perspective fantasy is a key for getting engagement and interest to extend beyond the top 10 riders.

 I wonder why is the reason behind the cancellation of the fantasy league? it was very engaging

 @fedfox: Ed Spratt went into it in some detail in an earlier post which featured the official raw practise video.

They didn't manage to get it set up in time and he was having to manually update the scores and setup each round himself, and doesn't have the time to do that this season.

 It's worth saying that the reason the Enduro league didn't go ahead this year is simply that we couldn't get it together and have some work to do on our end. While it does take me a fair amount of time to sort each round if we had the league ready we could have found the time to sort the scores.

 @edspratt: Thanks for the honest answer Ed. It would be great if you still had the opportunity to get the fantasy league together for future rounds. As other have commented it really encourages engagement, especially for riders outside the top 10. If I was to have a cheeky comment for @brianpark I would remind him off what we were told about outside and how it would allow more resources for pinkbike to do cool things - and maybe continuing doing exisiting things - sorry couldn't resist. I am sure you have valid arguments for not doing so, but the fantasy league was super fun.

 @NickMT: you are definitely right.
When fantasy was a thing, I researched old results for each of the venues and looked at a lot of rider's instagram accounts before each race to find out about their shape and health. That surely increased the visability for brands and riders

 @NickMT: sounds like you should take over and organize the fantasy league yourself.

 @edspratt: I'll do it if I also wind up with a Demo jokes aside it's a very interesting and engaging activity which really got me to know the latter half of the enduro and DH field. Assumed there was some software/website which could super easily host fantasy for MTB but it's not really a thing. If you need help to make WC DH fantasy (ex. assigning prices to riders or something) happen hit me up.

 @edspratt: honestly a fantasy league setup after the first round is interesting in its own way since prices would more accurately reflect this year's speed.

 @edspratt: if you could get it working, even part way through the year, it's my main motivation for following the races and getting to know the players. It was such a great season last year.

 @sanchofula I believe they climbed up all bar the two stages that started from the very top of the hill.
Don't think I really want coverage of them pedalling slowly up the hill however...

 let's be honest, we're all here for the going fast downhill part

 There was a long climbing section in S1, and multiple short climbs in other stages.

 @JHwick: the transitions to each next stage were pretty tight to make apparently. And, of course they don't bother filming them much. Your average Joe would be hard-pressed to make it.