Pro Men:
1. Sam Hill: 46:04.34
2. Martin Maes: 46:08.23 (+0:03.89)
3. Jared Graves: 46:12.55 (+0:08.21)
4. Damien Oton: 46:34.94 (+0:30.60)
5. Jesse Melamed: 46:35.82 (+0:31.48 )
6. Adrien Dailly: 46:41.67 (+0:37.33)
7. Francois Bailly-Maitre: 46:48.69 (+0:44.35)
8. Remi Gauvin: 46:50.08 (+0:45.74)
9. Curtis Keene: 46:50.25 (+0:45.91)
10. Florian Nicolai: 46:52.59 (+0:48.25)
Pro Women:
1. Cecile Ravanel: 51:21.30
2. Isabeau Courdurier: 52:08.69 (+0:47.39)
3. Casey Brown: 52:11.31 (+0:50.01)
4. Anita Gehrig: 52:31.28 (+1:09.98 )
5. Katy Winton: 52:32.34 (+1:11.04)
6. Andreane Lanthier-Nadeau: 52:44.98 (+1:23.68 )
7. Noga Korem: 53:05.96 (+1:44.66)
8. Ines Thoma: 53:49.09 (+2:27.79)
9. Carolin Gehrig: 54:05.57 (+2:44.27)
10. Raewynn Morrison: 54:20.99 (+2:59.69)
www.vitalmtb.com/features/WINNING-BIKE-Sam-Hills-Prototype-Nukeproof-Mega,1889
www.tetongravity.com/feature/bike/breaking-through-casey
I expect to see your new book, " Armchair Enduro Championing " hit shelves soon!!
Peaty! Sam Fricken Hill, give him the crown!
This is the one round I didn't think would suit him, his bike or flat pedals vs the engine power efficency of riders like Graves, Dailey, Lau Callanhan etc, what a champ to win here, is an incredible feat!
Wow!
And congrats Sam Hill.
S1 Clean
S2 Crash
S3 Crash
S4 Flat (at the top of a 5 minute stage!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xID_EWV_mGw
S5 Massive Crash
S6 Flat
It is incredible how tight the racing has become. Remember when they were winning races by 30+ seconds? Now the top 15 are separated by less than 1 minute and there was less than 1/2 second between 2nd and 3rd for most of the race.
I saw there was a Richard Rude in the 40+ category, would that be Richie's dad? Also, Brian Lopes came in 2nd in the 40+ as well.
Or should pinkbike do a wheel check on all ews racers who never flatted before and see what are they running???
That's awesome coming off doing the trans Bc
He got bored of the same old short DH tracks where everyone is doing 6-10 laps a day everyday every year and everyone had the entire course memorized. The current DH tracks are one lined for the majority of the track and he can't ride Sam Hill lines that are 2-3m to the side of where everyone else is riding and do cheeky inside lines.
Go look at the VitalMTB raw vid from today. The chute every single rider rides the exact same line and stalls out in the corner, then the last clip is a very special rider riding a very special line...
As well as getting close to taking out the ews series
Id like to know who else is close
I love how each rider seems to have a style...
Anyone who says he isn't special knows nothing about mountain bike racing.
Sam Hill 2006/2007 changed the game. When Sam was on he was in a league of his own. Period.
A decade later he is leading the ews series beating all the young guns who are in the prime of their careers. If he isn't in the running for goat status who is?