Official 2016 UCI World Cup Downhill Thread

onenerdykid

onenerdykid

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With ski season on the way out (for the East Coast and here in Europe it barely even showed up), mountain bike season is fast upon us! This weekend marks the start of the UCI calendar season with the first stop in Lourdes, France. The weather is pretty nasty at the moment, which should make for some rad racing!

Here is the UCI World Cup DHI calendar so you can keep up with the stops:

April 9-10 - Lourdes, France

April 23-24 - Cairns, Australia

June 4-5 - Fort William, Scotland

June 11-12 - Leogang, Austria

July 9-10 - Lenzerheide, Switzerland

August 6-7 - Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec

September 3-4 - Vallnord, Andora

September 6-11 - WORLD CHAMPS - Val Di Sole, Italy

You can watch each event live and for free at http://www.redbull.tv/

If you haven't been following the teams during the off-season, there were some pretty big changes that should make for an exciting race season: Gwin off Specialized and on to YT Industries, Bruni off Lapierre and on to Specialized, Athertons off GT and on to Trek, and the GT team picked up Bulldog and Wyn Masters. This will also be Peaty's last year racing, so 2016 should be far from dull.

And just in case you need some stoke:


 
Dang it. I did not need another thread to distract me. That said: threads.

Stoked for this season!
 
Basically visit Vitalmtb for more recent updates

Visit Pinkbike for more post comprehensive coverage.

There, no need for a UCI DH thread.
 
13668982:skierman said:
Basically visit Vitalmtb for more recent updates

Visit Pinkbike for more post comprehensive coverage.

There, no need for a UCI DH thread.
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Like all non skiing threads on NS, you can go somewhere else for up to minute coverage. Heaven forbid NS members want to talk with other NS members about the DH season.
 
The best part about the return of WC DH season is the return of Claudio's course previews.

[video]http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/stories/1331716038604/claudio-course-preview-lourdes-dh-track-2015[/video]
 
13668999:stupendous-man said:
I thought peaty already retired.
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He's still listed on the Santa Cruz Syndicate but he'll be racing under "British Cycling" due to a lack of UCI points and wearing that jersey instead.
 
I'm pretty stoked to see how Gwin and Gee do on their new bikes, I got a feeling this season is going to be real good!
 
13668990:Sparta said:
Like all non skiing threads on NS, you can go somewhere else for up to minute coverage. Heaven forbid NS members want to talk with other NS members about the DH season.
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Heaven forbid if someone finds this thread useless! OMG
 
13669011:e.littt said:
I'm pretty stoked to see how Gwin and Gee do on their new bikes, I got a feeling this season is going to be real good!
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As much as I like to root for Gwin, I think this is going to be Bruni's season. 4 second place finishes last year and reigning World Champ, I think this is the year he will peak and lay down the hurt.
 
13669428:onenerdykid said:
As much as I like to root for Gwin, I think this is going to be Bruni's season. 4 second place finishes last year and reigning World Champ, I think this is the year he will peak and lay down the hurt.
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I'm rooting for Troy Brosnan, he had a couple podiums last season with crashes! So many huge names laying it down, it's going to be a great season
 
13669680:saskskier said:
Claudio's first course preview of the season!
http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/stor...io-caluoris-lourdes-2016-gopro-course-preview
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So good! Despite Claudio being an ex-World Cup racer, I love that Remi has to ride at like 60% and keep waiting for him at certain spots. It's insane how fast guys like Remi are. If you ever get a chance to watch a World Cup in person, just hang out at one section of the track and watch the tops guys rail it. Fucking insane.
 
13670386:e.littt said:
http://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/RESULTS-Timed-Training-from-the-Lourdes-World-Cup-DH,966

Timed training results are up, top 6 are within one second of each other!
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Good to see chainsaw massacre back in it.
 
13670386:e.littt said:
http://www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/RESULTS-Timed-Training-from-the-Lourdes-World-Cup-DH,966

Timed training results are up, top 6 are within one second of each other!
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13670535:skierman said:
Timed training doesn't matter.
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While that's 100% true, it was pretty cool seeing those guys that tight. That was obviously their race speed for the given conditions and it could very well be a tight finish come Sunday.
 
Sunday predictions....

Men's Podium:

1. Bruni

2. Gwin

3. Atherton

4. Brosnan

5. Bryceland

Women's Podium:

1. Atherton

2. Seagrave

3. Carpenter

4. Hannah

5. Siegenthaler
 
Predictions:

Men

1. Loic Bruni

2. Troy Brosnan

3. Aaron Gwin

Women

1. Rachel Atherton

2. Tahnee Seagrave

3. Manon Carpenter
 
1. You suck

2. This thread sucks

3. I can potentially win prizes by doing this on the two massive mtbing websites.
 
13671230:cydwhit said:
Gwin
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He put down a killer run! Some sicks lines that only a few others were hitting too. Good on him for keeping it together the entire way down this track.

SOOOOO gutted for Loic though... he's biffed it in the finals a few times now. The pressure to win a world cup must be so incredibly high. I hope can can keep his wits about him because he obviously has the speed needed to do it.
 
shitt i predicted

1. gwin

2. stevie

3. ratboy

and for womens

1. tahnee

2. rachel

3. ragot (was she even racing)

so close to those wheels
 
13671308:stupendous-man said:
shitt i predicted

1. gwin

2. stevie

3. ratboy

and for womens

1. tahnee

2. rachel

3. ragot (was she even racing)

so close to those wheels
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Ragot retired last year.

Stoked for Tahnee though. Hopefully she can give Rachel some real pressure.

Guys race was pretty awesome though. tough luck for Bruni but everyone else was fantastic.
 
13671679:tac0.slayer said:
Stoked on Harts 3rd place, hopefully we'll see some solid results from him this season
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I hope Hart and Bruni can break the "curse" of winning Worlds before ever winning a World Cup. Would be awesome to see them come through this year and I've got a feeling Bruni will do it.

I'd like to say the same thing about Morgane Charre, but I think her World Champs victory was a bit of a fluke. She's consistently 15-20 seconds behind Rachel every race, so I doubt we'll ever seen anything from her again.
 
13671989:-Zimbo- said:
http://www.redbull.tv/videos/event-stream-636/downhill-finals

anyone else catch the guy mooning the camera at 47:06? LOL
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I saw a couple full moons sunday.
 
If it makes you feel any better, TGR hires dumb asses with no clue of the sport to write up their half-assed, terrible, worse-than-grind-tv "race reports"....

See how many errors you can spot!
http://www.tetongravity.com/video/bike/few-survived-lourdes-aaron-gwin-slayed-it

"US rider (and new YT Industries team rider) Aaron Gwin came out on top yesterday at Red Bull's World Cup downhill race in Lourdes, France this weekend. Evading the various holes and dirt snakes that did damage to his fellow riders, Gwin scraped the win by finishing a whopping 4 seconds faster than runner-up and hometown favorite, Loic Bruni.

The carnage this past weekend, and on finals day in particular, was real. The Lourdes track claimed its fare share of riders, with the dry and dusty track littered with holes from the continuous use.

In the women’s division, no one really dominated the course. Leading qualifier Tracey Hannah suffered a crash and even the winner, Emmeline Ragot, admitted to making a multitude of mistakes.

Watch the thrills, spills and excitement from Lourdes on RedBull's highlight reel!"
 
13672801:kim_jong_ill said:
How'd you guys feel about Jack Reading's rig? Personally I think it looks like it's been squished
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Especially since he claims it's a medium... with a wheelbase of 1330mm and head angle of 59.2°... I'm all for long, low, & slack bikes (I run my Gambler is its low and slack setting, so my head angle is a touch steeper than 62°) but that strikes me as a bit nutty.

Granted I don't ride at world cup race pace, so I'm sure he knows/feels something that I don't. But even if it was guaranteed to make me a faster rider, I'm not sure I would take it- I already scare the shit out of myself far too often haha.
 
13672926:skierman said:
If it makes you feel any better, TGR hires dumb asses with no clue of the sport to write up their half-assed, terrible, worse-than-grind-tv "race reports"....

See how many errors you can spot!
http://www.tetongravity.com/video/bike/few-survived-lourdes-aaron-gwin-slayed-it

"US rider (and new YT Industries team rider) Aaron Gwin came out on top yesterday at Red Bull's World Cup downhill race in Lourdes, France this weekend. Evading the various holes and dirt snakes that did damage to his fellow riders, Gwin scraped the win by finishing a whopping 4 seconds faster than runner-up and hometown favorite, Loic Bruni.

The carnage this past weekend, and on finals day in particular, was real. The Lourdes track claimed its fare share of riders, with the dry and dusty track littered with holes from the continuous use.

In the women’s division, no one really dominated the course. Leading qualifier Tracey Hannah suffered a crash and even the winner, Emmeline Ragot, admitted to making a multitude of mistakes.

Watch the thrills, spills and excitement from Lourdes on RedBull's highlight reel!"
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Wow... that's pretty terrible. I get that not everyone can write with the proper lingo (although I do like the dirt snake reference), but they basically reported on last year's race for this year haha.
 
13673053:onenerdykid said:
Especially since he claims it's a medium... with a wheelbase of 1330mm and head angle of 59.2°... I'm all for long, low, & slack bikes (I run my Gambler is its low and slack setting, so my head angle is a touch steeper than 62°) but that strikes me as a bit nutty.

Granted I don't ride at world cup race pace, so I'm sure he knows/feels something that I don't. But even if it was guaranteed to make me a faster rider, I'm not sure I would take it- I already scare the shit out of myself far too often haha.
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It could very well eat up rough patches or force him to be further back on the bike. How do you like your gambler? Is it playful?
 
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