2025 World Cup Downhill - La Thuile, Italy

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lawn dart 7/8/2025 1:08pm
7/8/2025 1:08pm
lawn dart wrote:
How much more safe / fair would DH be if races were run like surf events?  ie. A week or so block of time, and the...

How much more safe / fair would DH be if races were run like surf events?  ie. A week or so block of time, and the event is held at the best time on the best day--not scheduled months in advance, with no adjustment for specific conditions.  Maybe in consultation with the racers?! 

I know that this would be weird, and probably impossible, from a marketing standpoint, but...wouldn't it likely be more safe?  And fair?! Considering the unfairness of one racer pulling 4 tear-offs, and another never touching his / her lenses, it would also be great to get each class on track when light conditions / weather are basically the same.  Like, maybe run the junior men and elite women, and the junior women and elite men on two separate days, so that there's basically a 3 hour window, instead of 5-6, during which you can get four-seasons happening in one day in the Alps.

ea82abuser wrote:

5 words:

"Stay on your bike, Danny!"

Ha ha.  Good point!  Didn't it rain through all of the Men's elite that day, though?!  Pretty much everyone was in the peanut butter?

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lawn dart 7/8/2025 1:11pm
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BGoldstone wrote:
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smelly wrote:

“Night stage” looks to have better lighting than most daytime tracks 

 

They could do that in some of the tech sections.  Even during the day.  Erase some of the contrasting light that fucks so many people.

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owl-x 7/8/2025 1:34pm
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there’s no way that’s where dude decided to whiz

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bizutch 7/9/2025 7:36am
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owl-x wrote:

there’s no way that’s where dude decided to whiz

Did you watch it? Here it is at the exact time stamp.
https://youtu.be/guJnr4OzvKU?si=DS6_ynJJyelDJglY&t=2630
Not saying he actually did.  But if I wanted people to think I was whizzing on the start hut, I'd have my left hand on something, look down where I was aiming, turn my hip where that dude behind me can't see my groin & disappear from frame for the next rider.
He's awfully convincing.  I would.
 

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