DH World Cup thread

[RustyMTB]

Exactly right?

 

[Mik3F]

Yep

Can't imagine may other professional athletes being as accommodating as they are

Every time I go to Dyfi, the Athertons are always super pleasant and always happy to stop for a chat / selfie etc

 

[Mik3F]

Just back from Dyfi

Vali Holl, Brook MacDonald, Dakota Norton, Ryan Pinkerton, Ronan Dunne and Oisin OCallaghan were there along with some others who I didn't recongise

Managed to get a lap in with Vali and Brook, I saw them for the first 3 or 4 corners before they were long gone

Its amazing how fast they are up close and in person

 

[Husky430]

Signed up for Stan Sport and can see the already completed XC races but no mention of the upcoming downhill at Fort William this coming weekend, hopefully it will appear over the next couple of days but wanted to organise all the mates coming around to watch it. Think the UK is about 9 hours behind at the moment so if the race starts around 1pm their time that should make it around 10pm our time. Anyone know for sure what time it all kicks off. Also was wondering if they will broadcast all the practice as we used to get in the days before, hanging out to watch the whole build up to the finals, anyone over in the UK have a program to the whole weekends schedule?

 

[JP-NZ]

Signed up for Stan Sport and can see the already completed XC races but no mention of the upcoming downhill at Fort William this coming weekend, hopefully it will appear over the next couple of days but wanted to organise all the mates coming around to watch it. Think the UK is about 9 hours behind at the moment so if the race starts around 1pm their time that should make it around 10pm our time. Anyone know for sure what time it all kicks off. Also was wondering if they will broadcast all the practice as we used to get in the days before, hanging out to watch the whole build up to the finals, anyone over in the UK have a program to the whole weekends schedule?

HYPED for this weekend's race. Gutted Jackson is out for the season.

You can google track times for all races. I found this with a quick search.

As for Race times:

Junior Woman = 8.30pm AU - 10:30pm NZ
Junior Men = 9pm AU - 11pm NZ
Elite Woman = 10:15pm AU - 12:15am NZ
Elite Men = 11pm AU - 1am NZ

I am unsure what each TV broadcaster will show but I will be using the new streaming partner Staylive

 

[JP-NZ]

Oh just to note all those AU/NZ times are sunday evening

 

[Husky430]

HYPED for this weekend's race. Gutted Jackson is out for the season.

You can google track times for all races. I found this with a quick search.

As for Race times:

Junior Woman = 8.30pm AU - 10:30pm NZ
Junior Men = 9pm AU - 11pm NZ
Elite Woman = 10:15pm AU - 12:15am NZ
Elite Men = 11pm AU - 1am NZ

I am unsure what each TV broadcaster will show but I will be using the new streaming partner Staylive

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Thanks heaps for that, yeah really getting excited as long as Stan play the game and it's all live, and still wondering about Saturdays quallies and semi finals

 

[Spin]

Thanks heaps for that, yeah really getting excited as long as Stan play the game and it's all live, and still wondering about Saturdays quallies and semi finals

Should be in ucimtb YouTube channel if it's not on Stan Saturday night.

 

[JP-NZ]

Should be in ucimtb YouTube channel if it's not on Stan Saturday night.

Yep, previous years semis were on Youtube. I am not 100% sure whats happening this year though

 

[Weeksy]

Well Discovery+ is showing as starting for the Sat morning at 11am here... Then basically all Sat and Sun on Discovery+

Whether that's the reality or not, we'll wait and see, but looks to me like it SHOULD be there

 

[Spin]

A friend just sent this screenshot.

 

[Husky430]

A friend just sent this screenshot.

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Thanks heaps for that, saw it was on there for the Sunday night finals, good job Monday's a public holiday up here in Qld. No mention of quallie or semis though but forgot that you can watch them live on youtube. What a top weekend coming up and the Enduro is on the following weekend, go Jack!!

 

[RustyMTB]

So who else has just watched five track walks in a row on Youtube?

 

[JP-NZ]

I see Martin Maes is racing an Orbea Wild with extended link and the battery and motor removed.. Crazy!

 

[Husky430]

Did anyone get to watch the qualifying or the semifinals??? Sat up waiting for it to come on to YouTube as it did last year only to be disappointed. Another UCI Whoop f-up, what’s going on with them? So now having paid for Stan Sport here in Oz, the only thing is the finals starting at 10pm which will be 1pm in the Uk which means no junior finals will be shown, what the hell. All their talk about showing the juniors last year plus all the hype over qually and semis and then they don’t broadcast them#¥>%!!!
NOT HAPPY- BRING BACK REDBULL AND ROB WARNER

 

[Spin]

Qualifying has never been broadcast. Semi finals were streamed last year along with junior finals the day before senior finals.
This year they have moved semi finals to run after qualifying and put junior and senior finals together the following day.
Yesterday , the Youtube channel had notifications for the junior finals with a time and date. No other communication mind you. For me , this was the first hint that something had changed.

I went looking for answers at Vital and Pinkbike , found nothing from the UCI but it became apparent that semis wouldn't be streamed.
So we'll get junior finals streamed free on Youtube tonight and senior finals behind the paywall.
Next round ? Who knows ! I bet WB and the UCI don't have a clue either.
It's a complete and utter sh1tshow.

 

[Weeksy]

Weirdly on Discovery+ in UK the coverage when i looked on Tues this week was saying they were showing the Semis on Sat, so i was quite looking forward to that. However clearly that never transpired this weekend which is a bloody shame. Not just for the big boys but for the other riders who are there this weekend and may not make other weekends. The sponsors must be fuming as many of the big teams won't even be seen this weekend on TV coverage.
From my perspective i'm most interested in watching the juniors later for many reasons and really looking forward to that.. I just really hope the don't fuck the viewers over there too.
Next year though, will as many people put their hand in their pocket for the coverage if it's like this.. I very much doubt it.

 

[RustyMTB]

Gromit finals streaming on Youtube for anyone who needs to know.

 

[D3xt3rMTB]

Has discovery plus via sky added a paywall for uk users? Get discovery plus as part of my sky Q package but being asked to add tntsports to my package to be able to view the DH feed via sky q and not working at all on my discovery plus tv app.

 

[Weeksy]

Has discovery plus via sky added a paywall for uk users? Get discovery plus as part of my sky Q package but being asked to add tntsports to my package to be able to view the DH feed via sky q and not working at all on my discovery plus tv app.

Should work fine, ours did with Sky Q. Worked last year, worked this

 

[RickBullotta]

Sucked to see Minaar crash first race of the season in his first race on a new bike/team. Hoping for better results the rest of the year.

 

[TheSnowShark]

Wow.... Bruni masterclass today..

World Cup Fort William 2024 | Bruni signe une masterclass : sa descente victorieuse en vidéo - Vidéo VTT - Eurosport

Après avoir dominé les qualifications, Loïc Bruni (Specialized Gravity) a réalisé la descente parfaite pour s'offrir sa 9e victoire en Coupe du monde de descente dimanche à Fort William lors de l'ouverture de la saison VTT 2024. Voici en images les temps forts du run du Français, qui a terminé...

www.eurosport.fr

 

[Mcharza]

Martin Maes is Racing a Modified E-Bike in the Fort William World Cup Downhill Martin Maes is Racing a Modified E-Bike in the Fort William World Cup Downhill - Pinkbike​

- was 13 seconds behind the winner. Maybe it would have been worth keeping the engine

 

[RickBullotta]

Wow.... Bruni masterclass today..

World Cup Fort William 2024 | Bruni signe une masterclass : sa descente victorieuse en vidéo - Vidéo VTT - Eurosport

Après avoir dominé les qualifications, Loïc Bruni (Specialized Gravity) a réalisé la descente parfaite pour s'offrir sa 9e victoire en Coupe du monde de descente dimanche à Fort William lors de l'ouverture de la saison VTT 2024. Voici en images les temps forts du run du Français, qui a terminé...

www.eurosport.fr

He finally got to check Fort William off his list!

 

[TheSnowShark]

Entretien (en anglais)

World series - Fort William | Loic Bruni : "J'avais l'impression de voler sur les rochers avec mon vélo" - Vidéo VTT - Eurosport

Loïc Bruni n'avait jamais réussi à s'imposer à Fort William, l'un des spots les plus mythiques du VTT en Coupe du monde et le Français a réussi une masterclass en remportant la première manche de la Coupe du monde de descente dimanche. Une satisfaction énorme pour lui, comme il le formule après...

www.eurosport.fr

 

[RustyMTB]

Bruni is such a machine, one of the greats. Pleased to see Troy on the box, such a consistent rider, always missing that little 1% of pace, maybe it's coming together for him this year.

 

[VWsurfbum]

Has discovery plus via sky added a paywall for uk users? Get discovery plus as part of my sky Q package but being asked to add tntsports to my package to be able to view the DH feed via sky q and not working at all on my discovery plus tv app.

Theres multiple feeds on the Discovery +, the TNT one charges. Also if like me you were going to have it on in the background all afternoon, the main "all afternoon feed" doesn't have commentary??? but the individual races do?

 

[Weeksy]

I think that's a menu option thing where it's set to Ambient Noise, can be changed. I've not looked into where/how, but i've seen it about a bit.

 

[RustyMTB]

The option to mute Rick's beige, paint by numbers commentary is a blessing imo.

Something else I've just realised is Dialled has been dumped. One of the best elements of race weekend for me, I'll miss those two & their who would win out of a fight between & Marmotte & Jordi? line of enquiry.

 

[VWsurfbum]

Best thing of the weekend, is Tahnee's new speed suit.