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dolface 12/26/2019 7:05am
12/26/2019 7:05am
Jolanda Neff had a bad crash, this could shake up the 2020 XC season

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Hi everyone, I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! While I was riding my mountain bike in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, I came off the trail at high speed and crashed onto a pile of tree trunks with spiky branches. My lungs partially collapsed, I broke a rib, and my spleen got ruptured which caused internal bleeding. To stop the bleeding, the medical team first wanted to remove my spleen with emergency surgery but luckily the trauma team at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC, had an expert who could do a procedure called embolization, which meant he went into the artery of my leg to go up to the artery of my spleen to block it with a plug. I am very lucky to be in such good hands!! @luca_shaw has been taking such great care of me and I can’t thank him and his fantastic family enough for being here for me 24/7. Also big thanks to @steelcitymedia for getting me out of the woods. The people at Mission Hospital did an excellent job in a life-threatening situation and my guardian angel has been amazing the last couple days. Trek has been super supportive and sent me a bouqet of beautiful flowers. I‘m still in a lot of pain and breathing is hard, but my condition is stable now. I’m sleeping a lot. Further plans have not been made yet. Thank you to everyone for your messages! Jolanda 🖤

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Ric_Cederholm 12/26/2019 7:09am
12/26/2019 7:09am
Perhaps Jack Moir is riding a Scott eBike from Dean Lucas.....maybe it's his (from a post of Dean's)
tombola33 12/26/2019 7:29am
12/26/2019 7:29am Edited Date/Time 12/26/2019 7:31am
Seagrave to SCS or on Santa Cruz bikes


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gibbon 12/26/2019 7:53am
12/26/2019 7:53am
tombola33 wrote:
Seagrave to SCS or on Santa Cruz bikes


Given that she's been riding around on a Canyon for the last few weeks........somewhat unlikely.
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SharpieMTB 12/26/2019 8:08am
12/26/2019 8:08am
Andreu is off YT. Where too for him?
iceman2058 12/26/2019 8:12am
12/26/2019 8:12am
Official word from Andreu Lacondeguy, off YT after 8 years:

It feels weird to say that I will no longer ride for YT Industries in 2020. Its been a crazy ride! Thank you for the last 8 years! From Bergline, X Games and all those crazy dirt jump comps to the top of Rampage and the creation of the Fest Series...thanks for being there and thanks for the support. I wish you guys the best in the future! It's now time for me to take a step forward and switch my program to something new!

Thanks for the good times guys, see you in the mountains
- Andreu Lacondeguy
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C-LION 12/26/2019 8:38am
12/26/2019 8:38am Edited Date/Time 12/26/2019 8:40am
Silly season full on or will they ride SC?

See link in the next post
RiderMikeCheck1 12/26/2019 9:10am
12/26/2019 9:10am
RiderMikeCheck1 wrote:
There's been some talk that Pivot is scaling back all of it's sponsorships for 2020 (not just mountain). He might be a casualty of that. Although...
There's been some talk that Pivot is scaling back all of it's sponsorships for 2020 (not just mountain). He might be a casualty of that. Although, he is one of the top EWS guys so he may have also left for a bigger contract anyhow.
jive turkey wrote:
No way, you think Pivot is scaling back their road team as well?
The rumor I was referring to is cutting back their Cyclocross squad/sponsorship and how it may relate to the Pivot MTB side of things since it's coming from the same budget. Could also mean an increase on the MTB side as well.
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Voxran 12/26/2019 9:49am
12/26/2019 9:49am
C-LION wrote:
Andreu Lacondeguy off YT (see his latest insta post)
C-LION wrote:
So, with Andreu und Nico two of the biggest freeride athletes will join a new brand. Any ideas? Will they join the same brand? Possible, but...
So, with Andreu und Nico two of the biggest freeride athletes will join a new brand. Any ideas? Will they join the same brand? Possible, but not very likely in my opinion

- Commencal was named in a few comments as a new brand for Andreu. His brother is currently riding for this brand, so why not having them united?
- The above picture puts Transition back in the spotlight. Can they afford both athletes? It’s more likely that Nico will join them in my opinion.
- other brands: your turn 😉
Commencal for Lacondeguy.

For Nico, I just know that it's not Commencal.
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barryjenson 12/26/2019 11:34am
12/26/2019 11:34am
Transition with the freeeeeeriders to cmget coverage that way savings a huge chunk of cash from not putting money into a race team
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syngltrkmnd 12/26/2019 11:41am
12/26/2019 11:41am
Agreed, quite sure Nico is not going to Commencal.
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MTBert 12/26/2019 1:12pm
12/26/2019 1:12pm
ridefoxuk posted a vid of brendog railing a berm on an ebike with shimano gears ’n brakes .. might mean nothing, might mean a spec change for him or even for scott‘s dh team
jive turkey 12/26/2019 1:24pm
12/26/2019 1:24pm
RiderMikeCheck1 wrote:
There's been some talk that Pivot is scaling back all of it's sponsorships for 2020 (not just mountain). He might be a casualty of that. Although...
There's been some talk that Pivot is scaling back all of it's sponsorships for 2020 (not just mountain). He might be a casualty of that. Although, he is one of the top EWS guys so he may have also left for a bigger contract anyhow.
jive turkey wrote:
No way, you think Pivot is scaling back their road team as well?
RiderMikeCheck1 wrote:
The rumor I was referring to is cutting back their Cyclocross squad/sponsorship and how it may relate to the Pivot MTB side of things since it's...
The rumor I was referring to is cutting back their Cyclocross squad/sponsorship and how it may relate to the Pivot MTB side of things since it's coming from the same budget. Could also mean an increase on the MTB side as well.
Good to hear Pivot’s road program will remain unchanged. 😉
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Verbl Kint 12/26/2019 2:30pm
12/26/2019 2:30pm Edited Date/Time 12/26/2019 2:45pm
Ric_Cederholm wrote:
Perhaps Jack Moir is riding a Scott eBike from Dean Lucas.....maybe it's his [img]https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/forums/2019/12/26/8728/s1200_Screenshot_2019_12_26_08_48_15.jpg[/img](from a post of Dean's)
Perhaps Jack Moir is riding a Scott eBike from Dean Lucas.....maybe it's his (from a post of Dean's)
Check Dean's IG comment posted below
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Verbl Kint 12/26/2019 2:33pm
12/26/2019 2:33pm Edited Date/Time 12/26/2019 2:34pm
Double post
theyellowfromtheegg 12/26/2019 2:34pm
12/26/2019 2:34pm
David9180 wrote:
Jubal Davis off Yeti

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6irZFnDVTS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tanner_Carl wrote:
With RR potentially leaving, it looks to be Neer's team heading into 2020. On a similar note, does anyone remember why Duncan Nason was released mid-season...
With RR potentially leaving, it looks to be Neer's team heading into 2020.

On a similar note, does anyone remember why Duncan Nason was released mid-season last year?
Why do you think that Richie is potentially leaving Yeti?
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Verbl Kint 12/26/2019 2:40pm
12/26/2019 2:40pm Edited Date/Time 12/26/2019 2:42pm
Dean Lucas has trolled the vital rumors thread more than once before, btw.



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stringbean 12/26/2019 3:34pm
12/26/2019 3:34pm
deano and jacko back on a team would be sweet vibing off each other
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c1c51 12/26/2019 3:36pm
12/26/2019 3:36pm
MTBert wrote:
ridefoxuk posted a vid of brendog railing a berm on an ebike with shimano gears ’n brakes .. might mean nothing, might mean a spec change...
ridefoxuk posted a vid of brendog railing a berm on an ebike with shimano gears ’n brakes .. might mean nothing, might mean a spec change for him or even for scott‘s dh team
looks like sram ex-1 and trp slate brakes to me
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puddings 12/26/2019 5:28pm
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tombola33 wrote:
Seagrave to SCS or on Santa Cruz bikes


gibbon wrote:
Given that she's been riding around on a Canyon for the last few weeks........somewhat unlikely.
probably based on the fact that the syndicate commented 'excited' in the IG post that people have concluded that she is moving to Royal Racing (posted later in the thread)
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Pedal4life 12/26/2019 6:12pm
12/26/2019 6:12pm
It is my belief that RR will be at Intense creating a top tier Enduro team that will include last years women's Champion and with 2 DH greats this makes sense to me for Intense.
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watchcwgo 12/26/2019 6:45pm
12/26/2019 6:45pm
Sofia Gomez Villafane off Pivot/Stans XC. She had some good results domestically last year, will be interesting to see what’s next going into the Olympic year. I’m not sure what the selection process is for Argentina but I think she is probably a sure pick.

Re: The fmd Insta post - I didn’t read that as royal racing but as British royalty, hence Peaty.
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trailfurnace 12/26/2019 9:18pm
12/26/2019 9:18pm
Matt Jones’ contract is up this year...
Is he resigning or leaving Marin?
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