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and The Most Fried Take award goes to...
Might not be morally right but he's not wrong.
What the hell are you people feeding your kids?!?
And where can I get some?
Im wondering the exact same thing, scary thing is theres some other kids YOUNGER then these two who are already faster than them.
Now EDR season has finished who thinks richie rude might race the last two DH rounds ??
One thing I've noticed about the Kiwi racers - especially the Junior women - is what a tight knit group they are. No matter which of them wins or loses, they always celebrate together. After the incredible World Champs performance it looks like the 2024 World Champs race could be epic when Eliana Hulsebosch is added into the mix.
I know UCI gets a lot of cr*p this year, but one thing they got right was making the Juniors finals available live. The women and men Elites are going to be pretty thrilling in the next 2 or 3 years, when the final overall standings top 10 are likely to include 5 or 6 riders who are 20 years old or younger.
Does he have enough points or can he get a us jersey?
I think UCI points work across all disciplines. That's why blenki and connor fearon etc can ride in EDR and EDR E.
He has enough points from US nationals and Crankworx
Curious to see if he races the US Open this weekend at Killington. Lot of big names are signed up already according to the Vital podcast.
I am excited to see Richie on the DH bike. I love the way he throws a bike around. At the same time Richie moving to DH is one more nail in the Enduro coffin.
Yeah completely agree, its seen at even the national rounds - yes everyone is competitive but theres rarely any times where even the slower racers are ignored or kinda thought less of because they aren’t as quick. World champs and even just the whole season for juinors will be really interesting next year. Nz finally starting to make a comeback after not having a heap of action over the past few years in dh.
Weird that the Registered Rider list isn't available on Bike Reg?
Or is that just Zone4 that shows that?
I wonder if the us open is a tester for the double header dh and ews listed on 2024 UCI calendar, September 28-29 outside Europe. Would make sense for dh, snowshoe, killington, st.anne. Good ender to the season.
Not entirely sure after world cup series points and UCI points dilemma. I assume that EDR are only world cup series points. Therefore, Richie needed to attend other DH Races to have enough UCI Points.
On the otherside switching from DH to Enduro might be easier, because DH counts UCI points (except Semi Final). I do not know, how many Monopolly dollar you need to enter an EDR. 🤷🏼
E.g if a Team is registered as an Enduro and DH Team, they have the “bought” starting places. Previously, the EWS had more flexibility to allow DH riders to participate and help to promote the EWS.
Rude has 76 UCI points
So...is Billy Bolt going to be present at SnowShoe again this year?
Because if he is and a USA racer wins, I don't suggest doing it in the pits. Maybe down the hill a bit...
https://www.vitalmx.com/features/jorge-prados-bike-catches-fire-championship-celebration
Easy there, short eyes
guessing this is bernies burner account then..
I don't suppose there's any chance of a separate thread being set up for rumours about the Pivot team's love lives? Not really racing talk.
I dont think Billy has ever been at Snowshoe. Stu Baylor was there the first year and it was awesome pretty sure Luca blew up his bike after the race doing burnouts. That pit party the first year will never be topped probably because it was the last round that year.
Duh. I meant to say Stu but I've been watching too many of Bolt's video clips lately. Thank you.
haha that would be sick if Bill showed up though. I think he was actually at the Andorra race this year, ended up hurting his shoulder at the bike park and missing a couple races though.
Fox US Open of MTB Downhill finals are this Sunday, September 24, at Killington.
The start time for the Open class finals is TBD, because the amateur classes start racing at 11:15 with Open women and men starting after all other classes are done, and the amount of time it will take for the amateurs depends on how many racers there are. Last year's men's and women's champs (Norton & Hoffmann) are apparently back this year.
No live stream, but apparently Vital will have a replay on its Youtube channel after the races are done. Live timing will be on ChronoRace.
Qualifying/seeding is Saturday.
First place prize in women and men Open is $15,000.
For anyone who hasn’t listened to the Vital podcast, I recommend it. Good rundown of the US Open, its history, and how they’re broadcasting it.
Frankly, I’d be happy if ESO did the same, but then again I rarely get to watch WC races live anyway.
Just for sh*ts and giggles, let's compare:
Prize money for the US Open men and women in the Open class:
Open Class Downhill Prizing - Men and Women (Equal):
1st - $15,000
2nd - $7500
3rd - $3750
4th - $1875
5th - $937.50
Total for 1st through 5th place: $29,062.50
Elite Men and Women prize money for UCI World Cup races:
1st - 3750 Euro
2nd - 2100 Euro
3rd - 1250 Euro
4th - 800 Euro
5th - 600 Euro
6th - 500 Euro
7th - 350 Euro
8th - 300 Euro
9th - 250 Euro
10th - 200 Euro
Total for 1st through 10th place: 10,100 Euro
Notes: (1) Current exchange rate is $1.06 USD = 1.00 Euro (2) US Open prize money source: https://usopenbike.squarespace.com/us-open-downhill (3) UCI prize money source: 2023 UCI MTB Financial Obligations.
(4) The first place winners in Men and Women Open at the US Open each get more money than the top 10 finishers at a World Cup combined.
Crankworx also pays out more than UCI for each round with a bonus that grows each year if you hit 1199 points in the series. Bonus will be 20k next year
You're right. I think the prize list for the Whistler Crankworx Whipoff showed that the winner got more prize money than the 2nd place finisher at the UCI World Cup downhill. Can't remember off the top of my head. It's embarrassing.
FYI for anyone who wants to either geek out on live timing or just check out times after the qualifying and finals, here's the link to the live timing: https://prod.chronorace.be/angular/results.html#/uci/event/20230922_snow/DHI/CG101/dh/1011
They'll do live timing for both qualis and finals.
Qualifying / seeding starts at 1:15 Eastern time / 10:15 Pacific on Saturday. I assume they'll start with the amateurs... not sure. Their schedule says it runs until 4:30 Eastern.
Finals begin 11:15 Eastern time on Sunday.
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