UCI MTB (XC, DH, Enduro, Marathon) season 2022

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  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,198
    Well you raise a good point. What is gravel? Strade Bianchi is gravel, but so is Unbound (Dirty Kanza)..yet they're quite different.

    And then you have the marketing; BMC's aero gravel bike won the women's race, whereas, the Canyon Ultimate road race bike won the men's.
    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    andyrac said:

    Well you raise a good point. What is gravel? Strade Bianchi is gravel, but so is Unbound (Dirty Kanza)..yet they're quite different.

    And then you have the marketing; BMC's aero gravel bike won the women's race, whereas, the Canyon Ultimate road race bike won the men's.

    I 'm shocked, shocked I tell you at the mere thought of the bike mattering far less than the rider.

  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,438
    The off road bits of Paris-Tours looked rougher than what I saw of the Gravel Worlds!
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,198
    Some transfer rumours/ news....

    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,198
    Some changes to the EWS, and Downhill races:

    https://www.pinkbike.com/news/world-cup-dh-semi-finals-and-enduro-given-uci-world-cup-status-for-2023.html
    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    edited December 2022
    Wonder how happy the DH riders are with extra runs?

    As an additional bit though, taken this from the UCI press release:

    "Forty Elite riders (30 men and 10 women) will qualify for the final, where the goal is to broadcast each of the 40 runs in their entirety live on WBD platforms.

    In addition, thanks to the increased participation of Junior Women, a qualifying run will be introduced for this category, with the fastest 10 proceeding to the final. The Men Junior and Women Junior competitions will also be broadcast for the first time."

    More coverage? Cracking news.
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,198
    You would hope they were consulted; practice, timed practice/ qualifying, semi-final and Final.....
    More coverage and exposure has got to be good; however, more injuries isn't....and injuries are a part of DH, they nearly all crash at some point, as going quick requires risk taking.
    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,198
    More transfer news; Lars Forster announced he is leaving Scott-Sram, and Filippo Colombo announced he is leaving BMC-MTB; which we already knew, as he's signed for the new Q36.5 Road team, but is rumoured to be joining Scott-Sram for MTB races.

    And this morning, Lars Forster has signed with Thoemas-Maxon, joining Fluekiger, Keller & Albin.
    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,198
    And now officially confirmed; Colombo to Scott-Sram for MTB racing.
    All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."

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