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That's because Wyn was doing it for the Bulldog!
Typically it’s because the team manager who registered them got lazy and just put where the team is located, hence why kolb on atherton has a British flag and Matt walker (kiwi) on pivot has a British flag as well
$15k USD is roughly $23k and change in NZD. Talk about a come up for Lachie!
Can put a down payment on a starter home with that type of cash. Make prize purses great again!
Great again? Have mtb prize purses ever been great?
What a great weekend. Dual Slalom drew the short straw weather wise, but there were some tight battles. Whip-off was a great time. It was awesome getting to watch the world cup riders with all the local/regional riders. It's wild how fast they are in person. It's a weekend that makes me almost want to race some dh. but, then again, it's also a great weekend to have fun, ride bikes and watch some great racing.
Average home price in NZ is $900k+ sadly, a drop in the ocean. But yes, great to see the Prize purse up there. UCI needs to do the same.
Want to live in Sydney Australia? You will need $1.6m AUD for the median home.
Shit is bananas.
As long as the UCI leaves the prize purse to be boosted at the WC venue host's discretion instead of already having a sum worthy of a world cup, this is wishful thinking.
However, isn't it funny how these venues never actually top up the prize money to a meaningful amount?
I got a T-shirt for winning a mtb national championship (age category) that cost £60 to enter.
Meanwhile I got between £50-90 every weekend for podiuming at Cx races that were £10 to enter.
our photo/audio US Open feature is live. #USDH community is crushing.
https://www.vitalmtb.com/features/why-ride-downhill-u-s-open-mountain-biking
It's live—US Open race coverage from the Gravity Co-op!
As always, so much gratitude to everyone who puts these shows together. I can only imagine turning these around is a massive lift, but they play a huge role in growing #USDH. Enjoy everyone!
collegiate nats postponed. official statement from usac
USA Cycling Announces Postponement of Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals
The 2024 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships will be postponed due to damage to the host city and surrounding areas caused by Hurricane Helene.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – October 1, 2024 – On Tuesday, USA Cycling announced that the 2024 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships, originally scheduled for October 24-27 at Ride Rock Creek in Zirconia, North Carolina, will be postponed indefinitely due to the damage caused by Hurricane Helene. The storm significantly impacted the host city and surrounding areas, making it impossible to safely host the event as planned.
USA Cycling is actively working to reschedule the event and will provide updates as soon as they become available. The safety of participants, staff, volunteers, and the local community was the top priority driving this decision.
“We understand how disappointing this news is for the collegiate cycling community, and everyone involved,” said Kyle Knott, Director of National Events. “However, considering the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene, postponing is the right decision to ensure everyone’s safety and allow the local community time to recover. Our thoughts are with all those who have been personally affected by this storm.”
Athletes and teams that have already registered for the event will be refunded. Further updates will be shared on usacycling.org and USA Cycling’s social media channels as they become available.
For more information, contact the USA Cycling National Events team at nationalevents@usacycling.org
ABOUT USA CYCLING (usacycling.org)
USA Cycling is the national governing body for the sport of cycling and oversees the disciplines of road, track, mountain bike, cyclocross, gravel, BMX, and esports. USA Cycling’s mission is to grow participation and engagement with the sport of bicycle racing and achieve sustained international success across all cycling disciplines. USA Cycling supports cyclists of all levels and abilities, from those just beginning in the sport to international caliber athletes. The organization identifies, develops, and selects cyclists to represent the United States in international competition through the support of youth and interscholastic programs, amateur and grassroots bike racing events, athlete development programs, and operational support for cycling clubs, racing teams, and event organizers. USA Cycling has a membership of 80,000, sanctions over 2,500 events annually, and is a member of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC).
Trek really needs to sign Lachlan to the Factory team for next year, pay the kid whatever he wants. The Talent in the pits between him, Loris and Reece would be unbeatable, swagger for days!!
started a forum thread for MSA here - https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/2024-mont-sainte-anne-world-cup-dow…
Loris has long been rumored off Trek for next season, Lachie is a no-brainer for TFR.
US Open post-race press conference
Curious: do they ever try to focus riders practice at the same time of day as their actual Finals race? In other words, Women's Finals, 12pm, therefore, their practice times would be 11:00-1pm?
It seems that vision is a quiet topic these days, so consistency of light from practice to race seems like a legit goal.
On the day before qualifying, the group B and A afternoon training sessions are around the same time of day as elite women's and men's finals.
It's my understanding that the fees to the UCI are already one of the largest costs in putting on a WC.
Maybe if the fees weren't so high, that money could be used for prizes.
I believe it was, in fact, in finals; and on his homemade bike, at that. However, it was an attempt that ultimately ended in eating shit. Not a great backflip jump haha.
A quote from the other site, "Pretty much I decided yesterday I was going to go back after this race and probably not really race anymore, so I figured I’d try to get a race run flip before I lost my chance. Kinda called it out before going back to look at the jump, so by the time I scoped it out and saw how flat it actually was, I’d already kindof commited. Convinced myself it was possible by the time practice was over so I just went for it in my race run haha. Obviously didnt work out amazingly, but I'm stoked I tried."
It's mentioned in the Vital finals post from that specific race, second bullet point.
https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/FINAL-RESULTS-Snowshoe-World-Cup-DH-Race-1,1395
And it's on his Instagram.
Oof I actually remember seeing this now. Ya that's not quite the jump I'd call someone on to for a flip lol. Legend for the send but especially on a race DH bike that's probably how that one was gonna go lol. Borderline anti hop lip. Rear suspension probably trying to suck in rebound before it left the wood.
Any one know why it looked like Womens overall podium was top 5 and Men’s was top 3
My guess is they still see the women’s side as still growing and want to help the careers of four and five. Where men’s is pretty grown so they just don’t care about those guys.
It looked on Nina and Myriam that they were not prepared for it really, coming from the crowd... Maybe someone messed up, they had to get extra bottles for bubbly for them as well it looked like.
As an event announcer myself I will say it is totally plausible that the announcer forgot in the moment it was top 3 for the overall. Even at the world cup level no one gives the announcers a script of the podiums, they just get an overall points sheet for the updated overall standings and then call the appropriate numbers of riders to that podium for each class. There are a lot of podiums at the final race, so easy for something to slip...
Based on Marcus J's observation that Myriam and Nina weren't ready and the champagne bottles had to be scrounged around for, sounds like it could have been an honest mistake that they just rolled with in the moment.
So on Gwin's stories he is at what I understand is Whiteface. Looking at one of the pictures he is near the White face quad.
Using the Whiteface Quad alone would not give the elevation for a WC track (approx 400m vert) They would need to use the next quad (Summit Quad) to gain more elevation (up to 965m vert) or go the other way & use the Gondola to the Little Whiteface Peak give them approx 713m Vert for the track.
I've never been there or know the terrain, but it seems the vert is there, and the Pics from Gwin look cool. Let's hope the track they build is exciting to race on.
The UCI doesn't specify an elevation change for DH, only that it must descend (hah!)
I don't know which event had the least drop, but the Canberra world cup and world champs made do with 180 metres over 1.5 km.
Canberra was horrific 🤣
there was racing in Windham too, almost under 2min long
I guess for TV, they like short intense tracks. Also much easier to set up cameras etc on a smaller hill.
400m of elevation is in line with most racetracks in europe if im not mistaking
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