Results: Qualification - Snowshoe DH World Cup 2019

 Its just qualifying. Where's Gwin?

 @makripper: and no points, so probably not quite as representative of who is fastest as it is when qualies earn you points.

 @makripper: He qualified 44

 @Bmontgomery87: how many WC titles and wins does he have again?

 @makripper: Maybe hes treating this the same way he normally treats timed training

 @hamncheez: ya he’s pretty far back. Either he’s still hurting quite a bit, something went wrong, or he’s not going 100% because there’s not really a reason to risk it. Or... I could be wrong on all accounts!

 @hamncheez: kinda my thoughts too.

 @bman33: More importantly, how many WC titles and wins does Bmontgomery87 have?

 @makripper: Five overalls, 2nd most wins, 8 national championships, chainless win... Quite the "blip." Last win was 2018. I agree he hasn't quite cemented "legend" status yet, but that probably has more to do with his personality than his stat sheet.

 @BiNARYBiKE: wet and wild run at MSA, 8 seconds win gap at Val d Sole.. yeah Quite the "Blip" lol

 @BiNARYBiKE: you don’t think the guys who have a shot at overall would like to be last rider down when the overall is on the line?

 @robwhynot: sure, but it’s a balancing act between pushing the limit to get a good quali spot and being safe so you’re guaranteed to be around for finals day. And with no points on the line, the incentive to push the limit must be reduced at least a little bit.

 Yes stoked!!!

 @mtbmaniatv: he is on fire since 2nd place in CWX Whistler

 @maroski:
He’s been on fire since the 26” v10 in 2014:

m.pinkbike.com/news/bruce-klein-is-of-fire-video-2014.html

 @mtbmaniatv: how many WC titles and wins does he have again?

 Sorry, that first comment was meant for someone else

 @bman33: well he’s def doing better than you and me so keep hating

 @mtbmaniatv Hating on who? Did you not see my correction? I wasn't bagging on Klein.y comment was on a guy bagging on Gwin.

 @bman33 @mtbmaniatv Still funny though, that should be your standard reply to everyting now @bman33

 @bman33: lol so goes the Internet!

 Sad Bruce wasn't added to the Fantasy roster.

 Can you imagine paying to travel across oceans to race bikes as a junior? Talent stays a bit more localized in the younger categories and condenses with age and sponsorship.

That said, we do need more women in general on bikes.

 @Hand-of-Midas: AGREE! I have my 1-year old daughter shredding her strider bike while watching replays of Rachel Atherton race runs.

 There aren't very many junior women even starting these races. That may be the top 4 of 8 in total who started the race.

 Mckenna chrashed, layed down for couple minutes and finished. Somehow I would call that "new talent".

 @Hand-of-Midas: I think there does seem to have been an increase in the number of girls/women getting into biking, the difficult bit is getting them into racing, especially Downhill. There’s some talented young riders out there, but maybe British Cycling for one, needs to do more.

 @Hand-of-Midas: agreed. I think the uci has their head up their ass with women’s racing. 15 qualify for finals? If there isn’t 30+ women trying to qualify put them all in Saturday to encourage women’s racing. I get there is a pretty big gap in talent but some exposure is better than none.

 @jumpstuff84, there were only 19 entered to race - that's not exactly cutting deep into the talent pool.

 @Hand-of-Midas: Let your favorite brands - their potential sponsors know that they should support more young women in the sport. Hell, so many elite females barely have adequate support - women that podium... Does Vali have a factory ride? If she doesn't, she should...

 @Hand-of-Midas: That said, we do need more women in general on bikes.

I will second the above statement. Lots of volunteers, high school,middle school kids are trying:

www.nationalmtb.org/nica-leagues

www.nationalmtb.org/grit

 We need the bigger teams to start supporting women riders. Where is the the women rider on the Syndicate team?

 @madocreg2: This arguement rolls round every f***ing world cup - there is not a deep pool of talent - the syndicate (and whichever other factory team you care to mention) wants winners or future winners - who are they going to pick from the current crop of riders? They dont poach people they approach people - rumour has it Hoffman is earmarked for Syndicate but not sure how true that is.

Look at World Champs - 19 riders raced the womens elite - 15 on camera - many of those 19 are non regulars on the WC (Verbeek and Astle for example) who were there because its home soil- the top three were pretty much a class of their own (the ones who look like they are racing and not just riding to survive) or those three and the next 5 or 6 they are all locked into contracts and sponsored teams of one sort or another. So if you are looking for new talent who are you planning to pick up without just pissing away money on frames and airfares?

 Don't despair. Remember when Aaron Gwin came out of the woodworks in '08? Didn't race a single year as a junior and the rest was history. They're is always a dark horse emerging out of somewhere to make things interesting.

 @paulskibum: Hoffman would be a great fit for the syndicate. I've been saying that all year.
There always needs to be teams and companies that are willing to think outside the box and be trail blazers. It can been seen as a chicken or the egg situation. If more women saw there was a possibility of being picked up by a team they may be more willing to sacrifice on the level it takes to become a pro. Investment and development can go a long way to creating something that at present may not exist.
I have been going to bike parks for over 30 years and one thing is most evident where ever I go there are waaay more women and young girls riding. I don't see that decreasing anytime too soon. They are looking for heroes too and will be more than interested in what brands they are rocking down the hill.

 Vali rides for SRAM TLD RACING, don’t know what classified as “factory to you” but it’s most Certainly the most well supported jr development team on the circuit @stylishskier:

 He is out with a concussion...

 He was in mine too. Then with an hour left I checked my team, and saw he had the injured logo, so I got lucky this team to swap him. I hope he gets better soon, what a season!

 @tomonda: he's had a great season, I'm gutted for him that he couldn't finish on a high note.

 Same here. We must've double hexed him.

 @Maxcommencemal: could not agree more! Big part of my fantasy team success

 but where's greenland!!?!!

 The Willy Skin turning it on today, stoked for him and Jesse.

 she's from California I saw that too. works for me haha

 @mtbmaniatv: oh ok - i was like IRL ? was wondering how much have i been missing on the local scene since deleted bookface........

 @Luis-Sc: Friendface?

 She's the Irish National Women Champ, flew back to Ireland for champs took the win and flew home

 @zephxiii: could be - deleted all that crap..... wonder if pinkbike / youtube counts as social media..... !? only one's left.....

 Deadline was 11 am est

 @Spillner: Yeah, but they shut it 25 minutes early.
Luckily I just had time to select Neko Mulally, Finn Illes, Brook MacDonald, Adam Brayton, Kate Weatherley and Nina Hoffman.

I've got a good feeling about this round!!

 @bobodaclown: they all are out with injuries, that's the joke...

 @ORTOGONAL555: oops that will teach me to stop reading after the first name. Sorry

 I did the math (which means it might be wrong) and I have Amaury 1.448 seconds faster than Danny between split two and the finish.

 Tomorrow will be 100% ridiculous. Might be tough to watch.

 @dingus: MATHS.

 @Pedal-Bin: The timing took place in the USA so I thought I'd be respectful ad do the math on this occasion.

 @Pedal-Bin: globish man, just play along

 You're right. I apologize. Wink.

 @BenPea: I predict the race will be decided in a section of the track without cameras.....

 Danny Hart, KOQ, can he turn this into a win? Let's hope so!

 Damn right. And all I got was negative props for pointing that out! Guess some people struggle with basic maths! ????

 Not sure she'll be going all out on this track. Remember she skipped the last jump on at MSA to save her ankle... that said, even a docile run from Nicole should land her a podium.

 Is him......... SCOTT STERLING's relative....... !?

 SOO SICK

 CORRECT

 and 250 point for finals

 Why is this?

 @scvkurt03: so that the final is where the overall can be won or lost. Makes the final WC more fun for us

 @patricioescobar: Doesn't make much of a sense, cause if Pieron won the qualis, the race tomorrow would be much more interesting. Now Bruni just needs to get down the hill safely, which doesn't sound like an amazing end of season.

 @mentalhead: Contrary to this, if Pieron botched qualis (which by the looks of it, he did), then it would be less exciting.

 @azogas413: Or did he go easy in qualis because there's no points to be had and he's a protected rider?

 @azogas413: You don't "botch" qualies when there's nothing on the line. No reason to go fast, just get down and save yourself for race day.

 @toast2266: His splits make it look like he had an issue at the top, rather than a safe run. After split two he rode the rest of the track 1.45 seconds faster than Danny Hart did.

 @mentalhead: yes, but that is not what is happening.

 There's a clip of Amaury going down in his quallies run on his Instagram.

 @Lotusoperandi: Yah I get it. I'm making a point in a scenario where qualis actually mattered here.

 @toast2266: Alright, in this case nothing was botched. But if qualis mattered and he placed this poorly, then the excitement for finals would be gone. That's the point I was making.

 @dingus: f*ck man, he's constantly a mm away from detonation. He death gripped that on out, all good.

 He might know he can put down a storming time and hopes Bruni chokes being 2 nd to last man down as it’s a tricky track and and mistake could go punished .
But I doubt it ll go that way .Brunis the man of the moment. @mentalhead:

 @mentalhead: this year the fught for tgr overall is thight between Pierron and Bruni. The rule is in place to prevent someone from winning the title after qualy if they have a huge points lead. It happened in Andorra with Gwin winning the title just cruising in final to get a few points after he won qualyfing.

 @ORTOGONAL555: Its funny everyone is dismissing Troy and and making it about Loic and Aumery?He is currently sitting between them in overall, would love to see Loic win but wouldnt bee too upset if Troy managed to do it.

 @miguelcurto: Troy was in 3rd, 200ish points behind Peirron going into this race.

 @dingus: tks,got that later,the Uci rankings page showed diferrent,weird.

 @dingus cdn1.imggmi.com/uploads/2019/9/7/537a326a5b2abee624d9177f700a9534-full.png

 @miguelcurto: yeah, I the uci rankings include other races like world champs and some other national races.

 Fuck yeah.....'murica.

 No reason to pin it when quallies don’t matter for points. He just needed a top 60

 @mtbmaniatv: are there even 60 riders total?

 @phops: there are like 130

 He raced world champs last week...

 Take a look at the separate article on PB.

 The track is proper and most are not up to it, I’d imagine

 Here: www.uci.org/mountain-bike/events/mercedes-benz-uci-mountain-bike-world-cup

1. Danny
2. Loic
3. Charlie Harrison
4. Troy

Amaury down in 13th.

 Yes there was

 Pretty sure you need to start a quallies run to get into the finals even if you're protected.

 @dingus: bummer

 13

 Crashed, not racing