Glasgow Worlds 2023 *spoiler thread*

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,158
    Not good for GB with one of the men having to get in the car quite early on.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    Matthews tries to park his bike up Plapp's crack
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,648
    ddraver said:

    Yerr...RC are sure you weren't driving on Spa by mistake..?

    Belgium goes for the "mauvais chaussee" sign in favour of actually mending the road...

    *shrugs* most of my riding was on the Flanders route and it was pretty dreamy.
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,158
    Commentators having no idea what constitutes a decent time so Hatch is going into hyberbole mode every time a new best time is set even though they seem to promptly get smashed.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,158
    Hoole's bike a bit of a mess.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,158
    Italian rider attacking his team mate Bettiol on the climb. I don't think he fully understands the concept.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    Pross said:

    Hoole's bike a bit of a mess.

    He's enjoying his time in Glasgow then.
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,640
    edited August 2023
    Kicking the shite out of your rear derailleur isn't going to fix anything.
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    gethinceri said:

    Kicking the shite out of your rear derailleur isn't going to fix anything.

    It'll make her feel better. Probably.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    GB going to end up in the worst place- 4th
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,704
    Ended up really close.
    Only 7 seconds
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    Proof that I'll watch any old shite
  • gethinceri
    gethinceri Posts: 1,640
    Wasn't bad, coverage could have been better, I liked the parcours for the jeopardy.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Apparently this is the MTB cross country track, not the downhill...

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    MDVP just needs to confirm if there'll be wooden ramps on the day
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Here's a preview of the course

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DN0dmxiu4
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    I don't remember a mandatory gap jump ever being in a XCO course

    (And certainly not if it really is mandatory...as in no B-line...)
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,532
    ddraver said:

    I don't remember a mandatory gap jump ever being in a XCO course

    (And certainly not if it really is mandatory...as in no B-line...)

    What's the point of the B-lines anyway? Surely a pro can just ride the A ones?
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    TheBigBean said:

    ddraver said:

    I don't remember a mandatory gap jump ever being in a XCO course

    (And certainly not if it really is mandatory...as in no B-line...)

    What's the point of the B-lines anyway? Surely a pro can just ride the A ones?
    Well I'd like to ride the course myself at some point 😜

    The b line should be a lot slower for sure.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,197
    I still don't understand Madison tactics / techniques. V tight points finish.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,391
    5 teams competing in the final Madison sprint for the medals, all with a change of gold.
    Dutch take it just from GB and NZ. Belgies unhappy!
    GB needed someone between them and NL to pip them to gold.
  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,170
    A 'B-Line' may be added if the 'A-Line' is particularly tricky/ technical...and may cause a bottle neck. A lot of riders used the 'B-Line' in the last XCO World Cup in Val di Sole where the 'A-Line' had been blown out.

    Ironically, last season in some races, Nino actually used the 'B-Lines' on some laps at Petropolis, and Albstadt to make up ground/ get ahead of those ahead slowing up for the 'A-Line'.

    In other news, Milan Vader won't travel due to illness, so the Dutch men really are relying on MvdP for big points.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    TheBigBean said:

    ddraver said:

    I don't remember a mandatory gap jump ever being in a XCO course

    (And certainly not if it really is mandatory...as in no B-line...)

    What's the point of the B-lines anyway? Surely a pro can just ride the A ones?
    What andy says, but also imagine if people couldn't make the A-line without crashing (in this case...really badly). Further, at the worlds where there are riders that may actually not be quite so pro as usual I'd have thought it was more important.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,160


    I hope he sent them some freebies
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    ddraver said:

    TheBigBean said:

    ddraver said:

    I don't remember a mandatory gap jump ever being in a XCO course

    (And certainly not if it really is mandatory...as in no B-line...)

    What's the point of the B-lines anyway? Surely a pro can just ride the A ones?
    What andy says, but also imagine if people couldn't make the A-line without crashing (in this case...really badly). Further, at the worlds where there are riders that may actually not be quite so pro as usual I'd have thought it was more important.
    On the junior women's downhill it was noticeable how many of the weaker riders dived out of the last big jump on the avoiding line. After five minutes of pressure they were utterly cooked, and it was probably a good thing they could get out of it. Also came in handy during the men's elite later due to the number of punctures - not many riders suffering them were overly keen to test the integrity of their rims.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Just watched the video, at least that mandatory gap doesn't look that hard. The rest of the features seem to have B (even C) lines.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    The trials of MvdP and the MTB wing of the KNWU...

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/other/van-der-poel-will-have-to-start-from-the-back-row-in-the-mountain-biking-world-championship-he-understands-very-well-how-it-works/ar-AA1eYwS7?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=69c2dd79946545d7bf492f1ce5b0b87e&ei=11
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    edited August 2023
    Dunno if this will work but there is a B line on this

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvpuvvTskXn/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    Still looks fairly gnar.

    You can see how consequential the double is here and what could happen if someone blowing out their A misjudges it a little

    Edit - I also completely missed that even making the double doesn't end well for that rider. Presumably a Canadian can handle a little bit of jumping...
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    edited August 2023
    ddraver said:

    Dunno if this will work but there is a B line on this

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvpuvvTskXn/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    Still looks fairly gnar.

    You can see how consequential the double is here and what could happen if someone blowing out their A misjudges it a little

    Edit - I also completely missed that even making the double doesn't end well for that rider. Presumably a Canadian can handle a little bit of jumping...

    That's the same jump that didn't have a B line on the preview video I think.

    The jump itself looks OK but psychologically the fact it's a double rather than a tabletop makes it hard. She's carried too much speed and overshot - if anything the jump and landing looks too small given the speed they will be coming into it, she didn't look like she was trying to take lots of speed either. I wouldn't ride it :p

    The b line looks fine to me.

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