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LOL in the video he says "a nice bit of gravity-assisted downhill." understatement of the decade.
Track looks "wider" than I remember in the original World Cup. To be expected (may just be me mis-remembering), especially the traverses across slope that had the best in the world all switching to flats to one foot impossible loamy roots.
This is gonna be a ripper regardless. Why didn't Red Bull get rights to air this?
Poor Moir, that guy has to be approaching double digit collar bone breaks.
Maybe just replace the whole thing with a Ti rod?
Jack’s got such awful luck. Just got back up to pace and now off the bike again. At least he squeezed a win in there.
That is what I would call a 'falling out of the sky' trail. My arms got tight just watching that 😂
Champery track has changed quite a bit since the OG days of Sam Hill and Danny ripping it apart. They've added chicken lines everywhere to encourage more riders coming from the French side of the region to hit it.
It's still a very very very steep and hard trail to ride, but now you have options if you're a mortal person.
Flo and the Fast AF video from today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULBDctSWouw
Looks a fraction different from what I remember riding in 2019, but OMG what a track! Champery is a beast!
😳 the sliding and rocks rolling in the opening shot. SO STEEP!
Considering the last time i saw a race at that track it was covered in mud, it certainly does look different
Thanks for the video. Brings sooo many good memories!
Damn I was always scared and excited to run this track. It was always a highlight of Morzine trips.
It doesnt look nearly as steep and gnarly with Danny than others vids. A couple other vids they looked like they were gripping the bars extra tight
Danny’s 1st run:
If that doesn’t get you frothing to ride…
More action from the training sessions in Champery:
Livestream link to Euro Champs Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/live/I8kuWee83nI?si=7ehwepLTwBIooA1J
Is it being shown on any TV channel/website?!
watching qualifying—pile up of masters struggling to get down the track is glorious!
U19 women now, and they’re ripping. What a great day in Europe look at it
Correction: they’re getting broke off too. Steep!!!
I saw an IG story that elite seeding got canceled because of too many crashes, is that true?
Yes that’s correct, that will happen when you let 497 competitors race a track like this, alot of underqualified riders on course who do not belong in a race of this caliber. Very difficult to navigate practice do to the sheer number of people on course and lift ques couseing alot of riders to drop into seeding unprepared.
627 competitors
https://youtu.be/nsS5ixjaij8?si=2eMKjJKPWjREjZ3O
There should be a live stream from the finals today on the Region Dents du Midi YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@regiondentsdumidi/streams
Since the Elite Men’s and half the juniors got canceled yesterday the EUC and UCI have decided to run the categories in this order,
Juniors Women’s
Juniors Men’s
Elite Women
Elite Men
U15
U17
Masters
The race starts at 11:30 Swiss time.
Start list for finals
https://www.uec.ch/resources/2024%20Event/downhill/liste/Ordre%20depart…
Seeding results for tomorrow’s 🇨🇦 champs
https://zone4.ca/race/2024-08-10/386f057a/results
Results from the 2024 UEC MTB Downhill Championship in Champéry today:
Elite Men
Elite Women
U19 Men
U19 Women
Amaury was on the start list, anyone know why he didn't race?
Yes, he wanted to save energy.
He was just here to check the track for next year world champs, and he said it's a very physical one.
u.s. national champs whip-off vid
The Canadian sleeve almost went to an enduro racer today. Jonathan Helly dropped last but finished 3rd. Kasper Wooley took 2nd and Jakob Jewett took the W. Jesse Melamed took 4th and Eliot Jamieson 5th.
Women’s side was Emmy Lan taking the win. She’s been doing more dh. Gracey Hemstreet then ALN followed by Sophie Lawrence and Miranda Miller.
haha "almost went to an enduro racer" - canadian national champs results (thanks for the link @BGoldstone ) - https://zone4.ca/race/2024-08-11/20caec6a/results
elite men/women top 10 below
What a result for Lisa Baumann!
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