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  • jimmyjams
    jimmyjams Posts: 781
    Pross said:

    Excellent race, Archibald gave it everything for a medal but Kopecky had her marked. Lost it earlier in the overall event, must have been one of the top points scorers in the final event.


    The omnium is the best track race-set, because the elimination race and the points race are so good, that when combined, the omnium becomes great.
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495
    My niece's fiance and her younger brother both competed in the age group BMX races yesterday. Very cool to watch them on the streams. Looked like such a great atmosphere with so many riders there.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Tashman said:

    My niece's fiance and her younger brother both competed in the age group BMX races yesterday. Very cool to watch them on the streams. Looked like such a great atmosphere with so many riders there.

    Hard work for the announcers with the overlapping races!
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  • bobones
    bobones Posts: 1,215
    Good interview with Matt Stephens and MVDP

    https://youtu.be/YogZubKl4sw
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    Does anyone know why MvdP doesn't use a dropper post? I've never ridden with one, but I can see the advantages.

    I assume he will also be gloveless which is more understandable.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Flatland BMX is rather fun in a pleasantly old-skewl way...

    Very Dogtown vs Zboys (on bikes)
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    TheBigBean said:

    Does anyone know why MvdP doesn't use a dropper post? I've never ridden with one, but I can see the advantages.

    For a long time the reason for most of them was weight. I can't think of a better one.

    They are game changing even to mere mortals.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    ddraver said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Does anyone know why MvdP doesn't use a dropper post? I've never ridden with one, but I can see the advantages.

    For a long time the reason for most of them was weight. I can't think of a better one.

    They are game changing even to mere mortals.
    The world of mountain biking is very different from the one I used to play around with. I used a rigid...bike.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,974
    bobones said:

    Good interview with Matt Stephens and MVDP

    https://youtu.be/YogZubKl4sw

    That was excellent, thankyou for posting.
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    edited August 2023
    Good ride by Anna Henderson in the TT, just gone 2nd 1:15 down on Chloe Dygert

    And immediately bumped down to 3rd by Christina Schweinberger
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Marlen Reusser DNF
  • neonriver
    neonriver Posts: 228
    Reusser pulls the pin between the first 2 time checks
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    That will frustrate the PTP crowd.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    r0bh said:

    Marlen Reusser DNF

    Just caught her sitting in the grass verge.
    Was she having a bit of a tantrum?
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    blazing_saddles said:

    r0bh said:

    Marlen Reusser DNF

    Just caught her sitting in the grass verge.
    Was she having a bit of a tantrum?
    No, just disappointed I think. Apparently she crashed in the mixed TTT relay
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    I don't wish physical harm to anyone, but I'm kinda of hoping Grace Brown gets a puncture or two. Would be delighted to see Anna Henderson get a medal.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Ooof Grace Brown goes close but Dygert takes it by 5 seconds
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,974
    PFP bossed the short track earlier.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    edited August 2023
    Hugging Dylan van Baarle >> finish line interviews apparently... :)

    Evie praying for rain on Saturday

    Tom P was on the right wheel for the whole race except for the one time it mattered
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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,974
    Lucky DVB!

    I hope she can maintain her form for Saturday.
    Surprised Neff was so far back.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Jolanda's lost it now she's fallen in lurve. Love seems to bring the best out in PFP tho... ;)
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    A few Slovenian athletes are doing this too. That super climber woman (Janja garbrecht..? sp?) for one

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  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197
    ddraver said:

    Hugging Dylan van Baarle >> finish line interviews apparently... :)

    Evie praying for rain on Saturday

    Tom P was on the right wheel for the whole race except for the one time it mattered

    Rain could throw a spanner in the works, and make things interesting, particularly in the men's race; it's the one possible weakness Nino has - he doesn't like wet conditions.
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  • jimmyjams
    jimmyjams Posts: 781
    ddraver said:

    A few Slovenian athletes are doing this too. That super climber woman (Janja garbrecht..? sp?) for one

    The top-class Slovenian downhill (esp giant slalom) skier from a decade or so ago, Tina Maze (twice Olympic gold medallist, 4 times World Champion), is also involved in trying to raise money and procure help from outside. Maze's own home town, Crna na Koroskem, was flooded and in her words “left in ruins“.

    Retired for about 5 years now, she, together with Slovenian cross-country skier Nataša Lačen, met Ursula von der Leyen today in Crna, and they walked around (in wellies, everywhere still looked under an inch or so of water) and inspected some of the damage there.
    Afterwards von der Leyen announced (although not necessarily because of Tina Maze's persuasion) that the EU will give Slovenia 100 million Euro this year and 300 million next year to help rebuild what has been damaged or destroyed.
  • twotoebenny
    twotoebenny Posts: 1,542
    TheBigBean said:

    That will frustrate the PTP crowd.

    I’m not sure why we have the women’s worlds included in PTP as it’s the only time they’re involved. I don’t follow women’s racing so have no idea, just pic the favourite. Was she injured?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Nope, didnt have it so stopped/had a hissy fit*

    *del as appropriate
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Politics aside, you have to hand it to Dygert. A proper come back. If you need a reminder of where she was, be careful opening the right hand image...

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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    She deserves it. The last 3 years must have been hell for her.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    There seemscto be a suggestion that MVDP is getting a helping hand from the organisers?


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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    Rules? Schmules!

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