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Neko on the podium after letting everyone battle and crash in front of him

as they should that was a WILD amount of drama for what is seen as a side event, without all the big names, nor the big production. it literally had all the drama these broadcasting companies seek. crashes, photo finishes, bar to bar racing, its a tighter package to produce and therefore relatively cheap to do. 4x > dual slalom or that weird dh4cross thing crankworx tried (hot take)

Love how they threw 4x in, it's too much fun to ignore

Just watched Ben Cathros round up of the race and he twice mentions MAIDEN wins, not DEBUT wins as Rick keeps saying on the commentary but apart from that error I have to really take my hat off to him and Beaumont for their commentary yesterday.. they real did increase their hype for the last 10 and helped build some excitement. Beaumont has really steadied the ship in my opinion. And Rick deserves a lot of credit for not letting the criticism destroy his confidence

Val di Sole 2021 junior world champs Jackson Jordan Lachie Val di Sole 2026 elite world champs Jackson Lachie Jordan

Once Jackson's sister showed up and surprised him in the pits, after that heartfelt hug, it was pretty much over for all the other senior men's racers. I think she deserves a cut of his winnings, just like his mechanic.

Your undisputed, reigning, defending, and STILL Women's Elite World Champ:

the gearbox riders actually have a gear to sprint at the finish where regular drivetrain riders look spun out.

Including when she raced as a Junior, Vali Höll has raced in 9 UCI World Champs races. She had one DNS in the finals (I believe it was due to an injury) and finished 12th in another (I think she had a wreck). She won the other 7.

Cedric Gracia, of course. Gee for freeride, not sure of his trick bag tho. Feel like I accidentally forgot Jacko? I was fully convinced Jackson was gonna go FR/slope from his childhood. Didn't know about all his race experience. Vinny T goes fast. On dirt AND snow. Then attempts 100 foot drops that question how to design the physics of a landing for something that size...

minnaar heelclicker at rampage 2003 - no more freeride than that LOL

Well Rory seemingly outright calls himself a free racer. A term often given to Brendog, Theo, Kaos, Kade, etc. It's worth noting a lot of freeriders start in racing and a lot of racers have a significant freeride background. Just natural crossover. Brage and Remy used to race. Greg apparently has a really understated free ride background... Obviously Asa can flip. I'm not sure which current riders have a deeper BMX background the way Kade did. Also a lot of racers ride moto in the off season, naturally. Like MOST of them it seems. Won't even name them all. In...

there never needs to be another MTB scrub done ever again. HOLY CRAP!

no Q2 at champs, right?

Cannot get over the Rory Kirk scrub clips. Insanity.

I'd like to propose a UCI rule change dictating that the Trek Unbroken senior men's team members must wear their World Champs national kits year-round to help me tell which one is which.

Really cool. I understood (italian is pretty good but technical stuff goes over my head) the goal is to optimize suspension performance for every phase of cornering- opening compression under braking, back to neutral/baseline while rider is neither braking nor pedaling, then stiffening compression when the crankset is under forward load to maximize forward drive. I.e. theoretically providing gains on both corner entry and exit. Proper active suspension system.