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Agree but she unfortunately got injured yesterday and didn't ride today.

I don't know if it can succeed unless you are truly representing the needs of all riders. If membership is limited to 30 men and 10 women then that's like having a union in a workplace where membership is limited to the management team. The union has to include all riders or it won't succeed.

@casey79: agreed and think about that - skiing which has significantly less Worldwide participation than cycling has more funding and better broadcast deals. How do we make that connection between the excitement of the events and general viewership worldwide?

A couple thoughts- 1. It's fantastic this discussion is happening. 2. The union should include all prior year world cup riders. Starting the union with less than 20% of the male elites and less than 30% of the female elites isn't rider representation. The union should represent all World Cup riders. The interests of the tippy top of the field are not necessarily the same as the majority. 3. Mandatory track design input from a mix of male and female riders. MSA is a great example...the last jump was cased by all but 3 female riders and its been like that for years. Extend the landing back 6 feet and there's no issue and it's still the same for the men. 4. If you want to grow women's participation then increase the finals number to 30, still half of the men's. Require every uci dh team to have at least one woman. 20 uci dh teams currently have zero women. 5. The price money is ridiculous. $3750...insane. Ski World Cups pay $20,000-75,000 for first place. Kitzbuhel World Cup super G pays $76k, $38K, and $19k for first through third.

Nice work team!

Fantastic event!

He's still building and selling frames. The master!

There is no cut at Worlds - all go to the final.

Nice work to all! ESC crew for making it happen in a crazy year and all the racers for supporting!

@sarahmoore: For example these 10 women were selected for elite women DH worlds - and many are racing but none of them can be selected in DH fantasy - Pink bike has left them all off the list. Marlena Neissell Ainhoa JURKO Telma SANCHO TORREGROSA Stacey FISHER Mikayla PARTON Erzsebet VINCZE Noga KOREM Steffanie GROSSMANN Mazie Hayden Luana-Maria CHERECHES