Colorwash - DH World Cup 5 - Norway
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 The 1994 Olympics were held right here in Hafjell. The committee decided to chop down some trees to make a figure of a runner carrying the torch. But you know what? It looks like a troll. |
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| Nothing like some scotch at 9 in the morning to wake you up. Callum Jelley making sure he stays hydrated. |
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| The sun has dipped on Hafjell after a great start to the week. It's feeling Autumnal and snow may even be on the way in the next few days. Lucky Hart's an all-weather kind of guy. |
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| And exhale... Smith has it all to do tomorrow. With 2.5 seconds to find he may be on the scotch too if he misses. |
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| Blenky going ninja, first hit of the day... |
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| ...and into a speed crouch... |
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| ...then blasting the rocks. |
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| Red Bull's best new signing sending it first thing. |
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| It's hard to understand exactly what Cruz does when he scrubs, but rolling direction seems to count for nothing. Today he was adding in a couple of cranks for the ET. Is there any need to pedal when the bike's facing the wrong way? |
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| And there's the racing line. Many are going right on this lip, but no one's capable of systematically cancelling out turns and jumps like Sam Hill in race mode. |
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| Ratboy full out like a turbo charged turkey. |
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| This is Peaty. |
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| Loic Bruni flatted out in two of three practice runs today. Third place yesterday in qualifications, the freshman will be biting at the heels of the rest of the pack if he stays inflated. |
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| Troy Brosnan is enjoying the shred here in Scandinavia... |
 | The track here in Norway is pretty sick... There's almost no pedaling it's just wide open as fast as you can go. There's bike park sections of big corners and big jumps, but it's also got the 'hang off the back' rock sections as well so it's kind of almost two tracks in one. Still I think it flows really well. It's got the awkward stuff too which I can excel in and that's where I make up some time... We'll see what the rain does tomorrow, but hopefully I'm gonna come in strong and get on that podium - Troy Brosnan - Specialized Racing DH |
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| Greg Minnaar foot out flat out in the speed trap. |
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| Charre looks great in all the sections. If she can string it together she will be stinking of champagne this time tomorrow. |
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| Tracey Hannah loving life at terminal velocity. |
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| Hutchinson Hannah and Schwalbe McCarrol never let rubber get inbetween them. Yes, life is one big innuendo. Anyway we asked Tracey if her big brother's qualifier would be inspiring her to greatness tomorrow... |
| Me and Mik kind of take turns it looks like! We both love this track, I think it's just the high speed that we crave so the course really suits us. The track's not the same at all to back home except maybe the dust in the corners. I never ride rocks and stuff that's a bit tricky for me. Guess every track's unique really! - Tracey Hannah - Hutchinson UR |
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| Innes Graham getting down to business. A big day for the Scot tomorrow. |
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| Gee Atherton threading the needle through the upper rock section. With only 2 more races, Gee must put on the gas to seal the overall. |
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| Pete, Andy and Mark, the trinity of Atherton Racing team mechanics getting busy on a couple of series leading bikes before another big day. |
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| 10 seconds off the pace leaves you 26th, but Heath is well suited to all the 'man-up and buck' sections of the Hajfell course. Tomorrow could be a good day for the privateer. |
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| FMD's Jones flying like a Welsh Dragon out of danger. |
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| Do not disturb. Tony Seagrave- manager of FMD Racing- come golf magazine designer, at work in the motorhome office. Tahnee and Mike both looking above par in the juniors club tomorrow. Hawhaw. |
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| Stevie cornering heavy, milking the ground for milliseconds. |
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| After last year's 'great success' (jagshemash), Devinci's other half is after his third world cup podium. |
| Yeah I got way more to give... Yesterday was not my day- number 13 on Friday the 13th. I don't give much about that, but it was still in the back of my head haha... I crashed in my first practice run and then I had so much trouble to get back in the flow. In my seeding run there were mistakes every 20 or 30 seconds. I messed it up in almost every section! But today I feel good, feel great and can't wait to race on it - Nick Beer - Devinci Global Racing |
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(*except for the number of rocks and size of the jumps and speeds in the open parts ...)
I COULD be totally wrong, too.
Rachel for the win as well!
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