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snake must have bit Finn too. DNS Q2
Looks like Dak has had an issue in Q2, not registering times past split 2.
Junior qualifying results are in: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/results-2025-val-di-sole-uci-world-cup-dh-junior-qualifying
The snake was biting in Q2. 8 DNFs!
Full elite qualifying results: https://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/results-2025-val-di-sole-uci-world-cup-dh-elite-qualifying
no pivot riders in finals again this weekend. Mr Cocalis must be tearing his hair out
wrong, jennas little sister is in the juniors finale, also roger viera
my apologies i did not see Roger qualified. also thought Jenna's sister was a privateer.
If we had the stats of other sports, someone could tell us what the most DNF's in a qualifying session has been in the past, the average on old format & the average on new format.
Looks like way more DNF's than I've seen in the past.
30 elite men riders to finals within 5.7 seconds of each other. top 3 fastest within .775. racing is just so competitive now.
hrastnik gonna nik that $100k!
Anyone know what happened to my guy Finn? ☹️
I assume it's a 1 & done prize? Like if a guy or girl won it back to back races? Or if a guy & girl win at the same round, only the girl wins it because she did it first?
Question for all you guys who've spent time in the racing scene... Do the top guys tend to pull their hardware out whenever possible from surgeries? Or do they leave it in hoping it stays stronger than before... And risk the re-injury or potential shattering caused by hardware?
Particularly for collarbone... I feel like given superior medical care and rehab they would opt for taking it out but... At the same time its usually seen as weaker/compromised after the initial break. Not sure how top pros see it. Risk vs reward etc.
https://www.gatescarbondrive.com/-/media/files/gcd/press-release-docs/uci-bike-race--gates-contest-rules.pdf
its not that hard to find the rules you know?
Luck as innn mechanical? I feel the sudden, pressing urge to ask what rims they are running this year.
His tire looks like a 2.1 semi-slick in the photo...but sure it's just optical illusion.
Do you refuse to speak to your friends & text them the link to something instead?
As often happens, there's conveniently a thread for this exact question: https://www.vitalmtb.com/forums/hub/do-pros-remove-their-hardware-post-surgery-also-did-you [Editor's Note: after posting this I realized you were also the one to start that thread]
I saw Jackson's winning Q1 time was 3:42.221, which seemed longer than normal for VDS, so just for fun I looked up an old time from "back in the day." Gwin's winning time from 2011 was 3:10.356, which is WAY quicker. Over 30 seconds quicker. So it's not just my eyes, the track does traverse a lot more. Seems like that hasn't made it safe by any means, but as others have mentioned, the mega pressurized new format may have something to do with that.
That is A LOT! Has the start gate been moved sine 2011, or is it still in the same place?
Good too see Finn walk away from that
Start lists for finals tomorrow, to help you sort out your fantasy picks!
Junior Women
Junior Men
Elite Women
Elite Men
Dang that's a hard one. Back right into that big rock sticking out.
He talks through it w/ Wyn here: https://youtu.be/JoorLh_y9NQ?t=885
Here is the list of elite riders who have raced a finals this year but missed the cut this weekend. Let me know if I missed anyone—
Elite Women
- Eleonora Farina
Elite Men
- Martin Maes
- Danny Hart
- Tuhoto-Ariki Pene
- Luke Wayman
- Finn Iles
- Davide Cappello
- Richie Rude
- Henri Kiefer
- Remi Thirion
- Lachlan Stevens-Mcnab (DNF)
- Laurie Greenland (DNF)
Finals Stats:
13 of the Finalists were in the Vali di Sole top 30 in 2023
17 of the Finalists were in the Val di Sole top 30 in 2024
11 WC winners into Finals
9 of the top 15 are WC winners
8 of the top 10 are WC winners
Top 5 are ALL WC winners
13 Countries Represented
6 French (4 WC Winners/Each w/ 2 or more wins) Bruni - 11/Vergier - 6/Daprela -2/Benoit - 2
5 British (2 WC Winners) Walker - 1/Williams - 1
4 Italians (0 Wins)
3 American (0 Wins)
3 Irish (2 WC Winners) Dunne - 1/Oisin - 1
2 Australian (1 WC Winner) Brosnan - 4
1Spaniard (0 Wins)
1 Swede (0 Wins)
1 Columbian (0 Wins
1 German (0 Wins)
1 Brazilian (0 Wins)
1 Austrian (1 WC Winner) Kolb - 1
1 Canadian (1 WC Winner) GoldStone - 4
Last Morsel -
Goldstone - Has Won 4 of 11 World Cups Entered
Goldstone has won THREE of the last FOUR World Cups Entered
His 1st WC Win WAS VAL DI SOLE 2023...by 2.2 seconds !!!
***Only 2 riders in Finals have won here before. Goldstone & Vergier.***
Only Active racers to have tamed the BlackSnake are Amaury (2), Gwin (4), Laurie (1), Hart (1).
Retired winners - Minnarr (1), Atherton (1)
Maybe add racers who got injured like Ollie, Amaury and Anna to give a more complete picture?
Some live 4x streaming here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9FsLIwieh0&ab_channel=ValdiSoleBikeland
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