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Just listened. Stoppage affected the outcome in a manner unfair to the KNOWN nature of our sport. Hard start times establish weather as a firmly set & unarguable variable. Injury. Lightning. Valid reasons to change start times. 5-6 cameras going down should never affect the race. Also, how hard is it to relay exactly what he stated in that 1 minute clip in the post show? Why would WBD & UCI not be transparent? Issue an immediate statement to media & teams. This is professional sports?

You're dead wrong. No other live competition stops for cameras. Complete disservice to the 20 other riders who laid their lives on the line for a time. No one's making Jett Lawrence pull off track if we can't see LaRacco's Leap!!! This is yet again WBD being the worst of the worst. Final result has 6 riders from pre-rain, Vergier's course designer outlier miracle run & the rest post rain after they "postponed" the race. WBD fokked our sport again yesterday for their own greed.

Oh heck yeah it was. Rain on goggles. Dusty shaded wood is a nightmare. Spectators scrabbling up/down the mountain stirring more dust than the riders would powder glaze the lightest sprinkle on goggle lens & blind instantly. As Troy SLIPS in the left/right that Bruni doubles... Rick - "Well, we're hearing some technical issues with our cameras up on the mountain caused by this weather" Carlson - "Yeah, you can see how much wetter it is up there already!" Rick - "I am hearing we're going to be suspending racing after Troy's run. Massive technical problems on the hill. Loads...

I’m a full-blown conspiracy theorist on this one. There were no perceivable problems beyond the usual glitches and missed camera-changes. Maybe an issue with a single drone? Hardly enough reason to postpone a race when so many have gone on under much worse weather conditions. Vague “major technical issues” that just so happen to coincide with the passing of the worst of the rain, lining up Jackson’s run happening under clear skies with the rainfall absorbed into the track? I’m skeptical. Can lightweight FPV drones fly in the rain? Is this an excuse that passes the straight-face test that allows...

Copy+paste my post from the La Thuile thread: I’m a full-blown conspiracy theorist on this one. There were no perceivable problems beyond the usual glitches and missed camera-changes. Maybe an issue with a single drone? Hardly enough reason to postpone a race when so many have gone on under much worse weather conditions. Vague “major technical issues” that just so happen to coincide with the passing of the worst of the rain, lining up Jackson’s run happening under clear skies with the rainfall absorbed into the track? I’m skeptical. Can lightweight FPV drones fly in the rain? Is this an...

Where do I post the comment that it was suspicious that they held up the DH race today right at top 10 in time for the storm to pass for top 5. “Technical difficulties “ with “cameras”?