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Surely the time penalty is the time it takes to go back and re-enter the track where you left it? If you don't want to do that, it's a choice to get disqualified. The existing rule is harsh but fair and leaves no wiggle room for creative interpretations.

I know we are mostly gravity oriented here, but the Cannondale Factory (XC) team is shutting down and Maxime Marotte announced that Origine Racing Division will be without Origine come 2027. Origine said that they will continue as a frame sponsor some place else. The Cannondale development leaves a lot of quick people looking for teams next year, although I am sure they must have something arranged already. In other XC topics, I wish people would talk more about what happened to Chiara Teocchi. She is left paralyzed and was fighting for her dear life a some weeks ago. It...

Yep. The La Thuile XC course was gnarliest of the year. This info about her was kept kinda suspiciously low profile from a certain point on. At first nobody talked because she had complications during surgery and it wasn't clear if she was going to make it. But after this, I think it was a PB article and that was that. If her confession of IG doesn't make one's eyes wet, I don't know what does...

Finn weighs on WynTv. DQ and no course tape

I like it when the racers stay on the racecourse. Lachie’s run was phenomenal. Still, it didn’t fit within the confines of the event which 30 other riders agreed to.

Yes, them's the rules. Everyone knows it when they line up at the starting hut. No protected riders No mercy on leaving the track Welcome to DH.

I 100% would’ve bought one of their full-suspension bikes because they look so good (plus steel is underrated for full squish), but they prefer the low stack and longer reach to rear ratio.

Yeah, there is definite excitement but it's never going to beat the climax of the 2019 season between Amaury and Loic

well, the thing is my friend that Erice has an absurd raw speed, and if she is healthy she will be up there no doubt about it.. this is what teams look at, not the past results between injuries etc.. she is a bullet, nobody will fire her unless she comes back and does not show the same self she was.

I guess maybe not a "rumor".... more of a "I hope so" thing: Erice back to riding a MTB. Fingers crossed for her to be able to race next season.

Big shout out to Wyn for the pits video. Those little insights we learn about Jacob Jewetts shoulder, Gwin being the last one to leave the pits and Mad Maxs brake levers captures these athletes in a way that the morons from WBD will never be able to when they shove a mike in front of them. Hope he has a long future in downhill when he stops racing.

Jack’s crash the morning of Qualies. Landed in rocks behind the tree

Henri Kiefer with an update.

After watching world cups for years it was a total treat to get to whiteness it in person. Took the gondola up and walked down the course stopping to spectate any chance we could get. What a race, what a venue and what a crowd. Hearing the roar come down the mountain with each rider was something special.