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Jun 12, You must login to Pinkbike. Don't have an account? Sign up. It's impossible to imagine how hard it must have been for Rachel Atherton to make her return to the tape this weekend in Lenzerheide after already achieving so much and being one of the sport's greatest riders. While Rachel has admitted she found it hard last week, the speed was clearly there when tested against the clock as she secured 2nd in both qualifying and semi-finals behind hard-charging series champion Camille Balanche. When it came to finals you could have thought we had gone back to Rachel's dominant period in downhill as she looked unstoppable on the Swiss course and held the overall lead through every split to the bottom and take home the win in incredible fashion. We can't wait to hopefully see more of Rachel at races this year. One stat we spotted while analysing the potential perfect run in Lenzerheide was the large amount of time that could have been picked up by the riders. In the Elite Women's race, the top three were separated by just 0. The largest amount of time seems to have been lost in the final three splits where none of the top three Elite Women held the fastest time. It was first-year Elite Gracey Hemstreet who seemed to master the bottom splits as she went fourth at split three before winning the final two splits. Split times in finals could be very interesting to follow this season as riders become fatigued from the short rest time between semi-finals and finals. A lot of the discourse heading into this season was whether Jordan Williams and Jackson Goldstone were real threats for the usual top Elite riders. Past years have seen the two young riders come close and even beat the fastest Elite times, but given the different timing of the Junior races we were never given a true direct comparison. Lenzerheide finally got the two rapid first-year Elite riders up alongside the World's best and they truly delivered with Jordan winning finals along with taking 6th in Qualifying and 9th in semi-finals. Sadly we weren't able to see a fully up-to-speed Jackson. Jordan has already reached the heights of Nico Vouilloz as he took the win during his first Elite year and we are excited to see where he goes from here. Similar to the Yeti team's dominance at the second round of the Enduro World Cup in Derby the opening round was very much Specialized's weekend as they took the win in the Elite Men's semi-final followed by 1st, 3rd and 5th in finals. It was interesting to see that race winner Jordan Williams is not yet on the top-secret prototype being ridden by Loic Bruni and Finn Iles although we have heard he is riding a slightly modified version of the current Demo. After years of Junior downhill racing being represented by numbers on a screen, it was amazing to finally have a live broadcast. While for some the jury is still out on the new production from Warner Bros. Discovery you have to give them credit for finally offering a chance to watch the Juniors, and at no cost. The new schedule does make it a tough week for the younger riders having practice straight after the track walk and being the first riders going against the clock with a Thursday qualifying session. Having a Junior rider on a team does seem pretty useful this season as they get to try out the course a day before the Elites. Hopefully, this may see more of the top teams bring on a few more younger riders in the coming years. Author Info:. First Ride: Rocky Mountain Element views. Desert Delirium - Dario's Rampage Randoms views. Score Time. Daaaaaaaan FL Jun 12, at Jordan Williams wins on his elite debut. Mountain bike commentators, Jackson Goldstone is the real deal! It's past the point of being embarrassing at this stage. To be fair I did say that both riders are the real deal. Jordan's win was obviously incredible but you can't ignore the fact that an injured Jackson still came in sixth against a stacked field of Elites who are not injured. I think there is a time to say when Goldstone is injured The fact is, we now actually know Jordan can win. We do not know that Jackson can. That all said, this was such a good article. Lanebobane Jun 12, at Jackson was beating Jordan pretty consistently in past years and it felt like Jackson got the spotlight with Jordan getting a small mention. Now Jordan gets his first win and they're still being lumped together. You talk about Jordan more in the section and also in the perfect run comparison, so I'm not sure what folks are clamouring about here There's a lot written on Jordan, and rightfully so, on the home page. No need to whine about one article that was looking at a few other plots from the weekend. No one is saying Jackson would have won if he was healthy, just that he did great and maybe wasn't at his best. VtVolk Jun 12, at VtVolk : Hahaha you're not wrong! A little context would be appreciated, but I think most of us know Ed is referring to Jordan winning in his first elite race ever, something only Nico has done before. Although his was the '95 world champs so maybe Jordan's not that great after all satire. Overcooks one section that cost him the race. Gonna make some noise this year. Time difference is one thing, but Jordan's run looked incredibly smooth, other riders were on the edge, he looked like it was nothing special. This kid is simply brilliant on a bike. Find at funny that both his teammates and his biggest rival have coveted helmet, and then he beats them all without the fancy proto bike. Lanebobane : Goldstone had his ruptured appendix removed 11 days before this event PauRexs FL Jun 12, at And was not invited at Hardline.. Something I disagree with in the article is very semantic: I think the only way you win a race this season, especially if AP is running, is if you have a perfect run. AI know what the 'perfect run' analysis is and I like it, but I think this season, whatever is the winning run I've already said it, some fools downvoted me and called it dumb but Jordans fastest times races that he won last year were an good deal faster than Jacksons fastest times when compared to the elites at those races. So when put them both in elites, on their best day Jordan is faster and is going to do better in a field with more depth. That's not to say Jackson isn't going to win one, I think he is. Jordan has already won one. Finns first Elite season was 56, 19, 40, 39, 8, 5, 25, 17, Daprela managed 11, 3, 6, 7 in that funny season. Jacksons result was hell good, sick or not. VtVolk : I am a fan of Jordan being the next Alien he certainly rides like one but you can't say he's reached those heights already. Nico won how many? It's probably not going to happen in this era of DH there is too much depth, Nico did it when his competition were as interested in the party's as the racing. Seriously how many times has there been an epic race where someone puts down a heater and looks like they're going to get their first win only for Loris and Loic to come down and put a whole second into their time effortlessly. Those dudes are underrated. When in all honesty they're probably better, given the level of competition and how much they have pushed it. Dogl0rd FL Jun 12, at Especially when Bruni has 5 Elite World Championships including 3 in a row. Not sure what else he needs to do except a couple more overalls. Lanebobane Jun 13, at Unless they're going to interview every athlete and ask 'were you sick? Lanebobane : Fair enough, although he wasn't just recovering from a cold or something. Whenever someone races following a serious injury or illness, we usually hear about it, especially if they perform well. All the power to you if you don't give af though haha. Woodpeckar FL Jun 12, at And while Redbull wasn't perfect I thought Discovery was a definite step down in quality. Commentators not providing much any? Cedric was excited to have spotted the Canyon KIS steering 'suspension' sic - although god knows what my non-existent second language would be like as if it hasn't been around and publicised - even in the run up to the event. Apart from the really pointless comments, it also took them like 15 seconds to notice new split times. Cedric was more focused on riders' rear tires I guess. The splits were also too few and there was no split analysis comparing the riders either. Telebikes Jun 12, at I also needed to pull up the semifinals results to be able to keep up with who's coming up next and how many riders where left. It took them so long to spot them at times I wondered if their screens were showing them. Ours weren't always. Anyway, as I said, a low quality baseline hopefully means they can only get better. Vudu74 FL Jun 12, at It's the very first time for this new format, I think it would be fair to give them some time to develop a chemistry with each other. I remember when Rob went to Redbull and everyone was so upset that they would have to listen to a sober Rob that wouldn't offend anyone. He became the voice of the sport after that. I didn't think Discovery did that poor a job, a bit of a step down from what we're used to from RB, but not as much as people are whining about. Cedric could do with the commentator training Rob had, and they need to think about banner graphics for the likes of 'up next' and run to run comparisons, but I don't think there were any huge deal breakers. The long drone panshot was good but went on for half a second too long into the woods where the camera couldn't cope with the speckled light and the drone pulling up, but timing the cuts between cameras is something RB took a while to get good at. What they can work on is the buildup over the course of the race and managing the energy. I left the broadcasts willing to pay for access, which I hadn't anticipated, but expect them to figure things out as the year progresses. I didn't expect them to match Rob and don't think it was a complete disaster. They can surely improve with time. But definitely a lot of potential for offering more useful insights and balancing the hype commentary. With Cedric I had the feeling that he often lacked the English vocabulary to make his points clear but might also have been the nerves. And please never ever again skip nearly the full run of Danny Hart to show and say absolutely nothing interesting about the riders waiting at the top! I would not complain about English comments I tried to listen to the French comments, but they were much worse. Soporific, one would have thought that they were commenting on a petanque match One of the two even managed to scratch the names of the French riders, which is to say how well he knows the discipline ROOTminus1 : Agreed. There were things they'll need to clean up, no doubt, but I think it was decent overall for a first kick at the can. Cedric has the energy although I think he'll need to learn to manage it , so he just needs a bit of practice. Let's not forget how bad the commentating has been in the past. If that's the worst it can get with these two, we'll be alright. The production was a bit weird for me random cuts to the nervous guy in the warm up section spewing worthless chatter, random scenic shots in the middle of race runs, poor drone quality, no remaining riders list graphics , but it was nice to watch a decent portion of the finals runs. Even RB was picking up video mins into the run at most events. I know Lenzerheide is a short track, but if that continues at Leogang and beyond, that'll be pretty awesome. I thought the coverage was ok - and like others here, I expect they will figure a few things out as the season progresses. I miss Rob Warner. Probably just a familiarity thing, but it was not quite as exciting without his commentary. I miss Claudio too - just the right amount of 'goofy' to make it all work. I also miss the short lead-up videos that usually start around Wednesday, with track previews, interviews, qualifier updates, etc. Those help build up the excitement for the main race. Finally, when I tuned in Saturday morning at - the first thing I want to see is the results from the semi-final that happened while I was asleep I don't think we found out the race order until a few seconds before the first rider started. BigHerm FL Jun 12, at Why did they keep showing the team manager or owner while a rider was on track? I'm here for the racing, not the reaction shots. Also, thought it was odd they didn't mention Anna Newkirk's wild looking Contra ride. Like they hadn't done any pre-work outside of looking at the rider's team name. Bike and rider crushed BTW. So shiny. I thought they did great for a first commentary in a new format for a new season. I think Ric did a great job holding it all together and Cedric brought a great DH background knowledge and excitability to it. They were a little behind on a couple things, but we are all watching the same thing Worthy replacements, imho. Its only going to get better. The only thing that really bugged me was a lack of knowing who was coming up next. I wish there would've been a starting list shown more often. As a profound introvert,those two on commentary are what extroverts sound like to ours ears ALL the time. Cameras where too far from the rider not showing closer action except the yhe drone. There were no slow motion replays Track wasn't fully covered Pretty lame and boring TBH. And, for the course preview, just keep it on the rider, don't cut back to Cedric watching it on a tablet. Its their first time so we can give them a break and let them build from their mistakes. The-Foiling-Optimist Jun 12, at A colleague of mine, who was exhausted after only attending the third one, told me, 'your secret is that you're so extroverted, you actually suck energy out of introverts'. I though that was unfair as really I'm just trying to prevent the conversation from flagging! I am sure his French commentary is better than his english. Bit more practice and he'll sort it. Can't beat an enthusiastic commentor. That coverage was worse than the old Freecaster days. Cedric needs to practice his English more and annunciate. They need to hire Elliot Jackson. They could use a proper pre-race show and interviews. They missed interviewing Rachel at the line after her historic race run. There was dead air from the lack of commentary or insights being fed to them by their production team. Their mics need to be branded better so we know who we are watching. They need better apparel for the interviewers and commentators. There was an overall lack of excitement. Next to no music to highlight exciting or tense moments. I figured it would be better than Red Bull considering the amount of money and resources from Warner Discovery, but apparently their budget is quite small. PauRexs FL Jun 15, at They r bringing MTB into a new Eraa! Of deception again.. So not needed. Just show the run. If the rider was talking, I want to hear that more than Cedric. Exbow Jun 12, at Rachel winning her first race at 35 after a 5 year hiatus was the highlight for me. This begs the question, what is the current level of womes DH? We all know Rachel in her heydays was something else, but I honestly didn't expect her to win straight out of the gate. Curious to see what the rest of the season brings, but it will be interesting for sure. Just because she hasn't started races doesn't mean she hasn't been riding terrain that would keep her in shape for World Cups and more importantly 2 who knows what kind of benefit taking such a long break has on one's mental health. Being charged up and ready to race again is so important. Look at Tahnee's interview in Cathro's post-race video. It didn't seem like she wanted to be there at all. Hard to full-send it when you're in that mental space. Mtn-Goat FL Jun 12, at The current level is - as high as it has ever been. Tahnee is back. This is just a few of them. Rachel simply had a stunning run and this speaks to her level of skill for sure. They also don't have nearly the aggro attitude the guys have and in my view, they are thinking much more about these runs and that they don't have to be tip-top speed constantly and at the same speed as mens. And Lenzerheide is sliiiiiiiick, completely insane when wet. Lanebobane : the atherton's own bike park is great. Mtn-Goat : lol…RA casually showed up and won. Be real. I just said that. She's as rad as ever. Be real Remember Myriam Nicole was missing and she won the last 2 races at Lenzerheide by healthy margins, not to take away from Rachel as she has come back swinging and it's awesome, but not sure she even expected it, we don't have to worry about the others girls tho, its seems non of them had a perfect run on this occation but when was the last time the top 3 women were seperated by less than 1 second, could give us tight racing on the limit from all the girls all season long. Lanebobane : She said she's been riding at Dyfi Bike Park almost exclusively, which is clearly a dream training ground. It's also little-known that pregnancy is a performance enhancer. The body makes more red blood cells and undergoes other physiological changes that benefit the woman up to a year or even a bit more postpartum. This means that she was able to benefit from that and get in some high-quality training after giving birth. That said, she's also alluded to mental struggles after delivery. I think she must simply be a very strong person, physically and mentally, and that made the difference. Baciatutti FL Jun 12, at This is not her first race in five years. Last year, as in , Rachel raced the Lenzerheide world cup and finished 6th, 15 seconds behind Myriam Nicole. Rachel tried the same race last year - and finished a respectable 6th I believe. Since then, she's had a year. As much as she was managing expectations going in with talk about just trying things out to see where things stood and all that - her consistent performance through qualifying, semis, and then stepping it up another notch in the finals suggests this is not a matter of her waltzing back from a long time off into a weak field. More like a seasoned, fierce racer working really hard and showing up well prepared and winning a competitive race. Lanebobane : They as a family business run a bike park, develop their own bikes, and run their own WC team. Pair that with all the sports performance resources that come from their Red Bull partnership, and you're probably looking at a good bundle of resources. That's a great starting point, since without that, all the hard work that goes into this is harder to make pay off. AppleJack76 FL Jun 12, at Mama bears are far more dangerous, especially experienced ones. IsaacWislon82 FL Jun 12, at There has been an opinion you see voiced here and there that bike parks aren't good for 'proper' downhill training. Rachel's win has to put paid to that nonsense. I was thinking though, that Lenzerheide, and some of the others have a good fraction of the course on actual bike park trails, more so than we probably think from watching the broadcast. So being really fast on those sections, eg knowing how to absolutely rail berms with holes in them, has to be a big help for your overall time. Granted, when people say 'bike park' they often mean 'A-Line' but really do we have to think this when there's miles of tech trails in these parks? Bernard Kerr had a bunch of footage following Rachel at Dyfi in the off-season and she was insanely fast, as he was commenting. What a wonderful story, and as an aside, RedBull sticking with her through everything just looks like sports marketing genius now. Rideuse67 Jun 13, at Now the time gap between the top 5 women is quite tight. Rach' won with a small margin, nothing to compare to the 's. Yes, their blood volume increases to accommodate for the growing fetus, but not their hemoglobin. The life of a red blood cell is about months. She gave birth almost two years ago. They also can lose a large amount of blood during delivery. Give her credit for her hard work like you did in her last sentence. It is also not easy to be a parent and balance all of that hard work either. JonnyTheWeasel Jun 12, at Just watching the rerun of the Men's final on Eurosport and honestly I don't understand what people are bitching so much about. Sure there is room for improvement but overall I'm really enjoying the coverage. I thought the commentary was largely good. The drone footage was cool not always the best it could be and the random cut-aways need refining. All of this can and will be worked on though throughout the season. People comparing 10 years of Redbull coverage to one event is completely pointless. People like a good whinge. Rob warner is contracted to Red Bull, Red bull don't have the world cup anymore so why moan about it? Yep totally agree. The XC coverage already improved from Nove Mesto to now more splits, showing placements outside the top 10, etc , so I'm sure DH coverage will get polished up quickly. Not a bad first effort at all though. But IMO both of these announcers on their first attempt are already better than Claudio ever was. My whole family including my father in law who's never mountain biked or watched a race in his life watched the whole thing and loved it. You could see the positions had changed by watching the humans on the bikes but the graphics weren't keeping up. What do I care. I'm not an XC guy but I will watch the women's races. Don;t really care about the men's. Women are just amazing. Steventux Jun 13, at People are paying for the privilege of not hearing Rob screaming two British riders down the hill and trying to justify it, but come on Perhaps the fastest recorded time for split 1 requires exiting on a line that make it impossible to set up for the fastest possible split 2. Yep, and it's an economy of effort. If you give more in one section, it may not be possible to give as much in another section. The kind of suspension setup that makes you steamroll through rocks and roots is not the same thing that makes you fast in the flow sections and vice versa. Commentary needs work…. ESO needs - to - bring - a - woman - into - the - box. You need a woman commentator like Tracy or Emilie who knows the tracks, the riders, the sport, every turn and wtf it takes to do this. That's oldskool junk - get a woman in there, train Cedric so he's relevant, up Ric's volume slightly - but get an experience woman rider's eye on things. Clownshoe Jun 12, at I think we just need the best possible people in these positions. To me, Tracy seems out of her depth on the RedBull broadcast. Same with Cedric. Clownshoe : Bollocks in a fun way. Emilie too. ESO's stated goal is bringin in more fans - coupla bros, much as we may like or not don't bring 'em in. Plus why exclude women when they are such a part of the sport unlike something like F1. Ced wasn't just ordinary - he was lost. Ladies: bring 'em on. JohSch Jun 12, at Tracy commented like a robot, saying the same exact things over and over again. They used to say the same about Sean Kelly on Eurosport for the road cycling, but so much anymore. There are so many different accents across the UK and Ireland. Just count yourself lucky Ric isn't a Brummie or a Geordie if you think a light Ulster Norn Iron accent is tough to follow! JohSch : Tracy Hannah Commentary kit. Mtn-Goat FL Jun 13, at She's then talkng about the tracks, the riders, her experience on them, what the track is like in whatever section and who's done what when where and why. This type of fluff commenetary you note however is just about all Cedric did though: not a peep about rider, history, track - nothing. So if that's 'all' either of them do, lets have Tracy. Mtn-Goat : Yes, also agreed. I was having a bit of fun and have nothing but admiration for Tracy. Overall, I enjoyed the broadcast, no issues listening to Ric or Cedric. I think it'll improve as they find their feet with it, and maybe read the PB comments! I'm going to say something now that'll surprise you slightly. Hilarious about the XC commentary. Rob is badly missed. Tormy FL Jun 12, at I paid, I guess I want to support it. I knew Cedric would be a wild card, I remember he was in the booth with Rob back in the Freecaster days for a race, he was horrible back then, likely drunk with Rob but Rob could manage under the influence. How could they miss the split times so often?? Rob would walk the track and the pits to get info on the riders and the bikes, did these guys do that? Take notes to discuss be prepared, it is very difficult to talk about the same thing for hours but Rob made it flow. We want both though. Cedric is a great guy, I have met hit a bunch of times. So much energy and great for the sport as a rider and I think he can contribute to this, just not sure being in the booth is it. Personal preference for sure, hated the too much zoomed-in shots on RedBull and liked the more panned-out perspectives on discovery. But now also see the purpose of getting closer to better transmit the feel to viewers. Lots of people are saying we're seeing more of the runs, I didn't think it was too different to RB. It'll be interesting to see what happens next week on a longer track. I don't think they can do much without making the gaps between riders bigger, unlikely as there was already 5 hours of racing with the new format. Incidentally, do your calculations include cutaways to see the team manager's face mid run? Doing so for the whole field would become too long and boring to watch for most. I would like more a tech article about gaps and lines That's more of a Cathro thing to do, isn't it? I mean why do we have to wait Cathro only to do it? Banktramp Jun 12, at I paid for a months trial and the footage overall was ok, with some room for improvements. The commentary on the other hand, Ric was ok he knew his facts and could easily listen to him but Cedric ruined the whole show, he was just shouting out and could hardly understand him. It seems a shame that the coverage of the riding still isn't as good as the freecaster days. I get that they need to be able to get the equipment up the mountain but it felt like a lot of the footage focused on where they could get sponsorship banners into the frame and not on where the most exciting riding might be. MarkyB FL Jun 12, at Really enjoyed watching the Juniors. As someone said previously it's a good opportunity to follow the up and coming riders and, going by the Elite finals something worth doing. Shame not to be able to watch the Elite finals due to the paywall but at least I didn't have to listen to the bland and boring commentary team again. Kind of like the new format but shame Red Bull TV aren't still doing the coverage. Red Bull never showed any inclination to cover non Elite races VWsurfbum Jun 12, at Thats how we watched. The racing was still top notch in the finals and near-full runs for 40 riders to me was unbeatable. The actual finals racing was waaaaay more off the hook than semis - it was as good as gets. VWsurfbum : No. Don't want yet another subscription. It's a known issue that they don't seem interested in fixing. Starch-Anton: Yeah. I am loving the new format semi finals, non elite covergae etc. Just don't like the boring presentation. If only they could join forces. Mtn-Goat : All things considered. I'm glad it's back has it really been 40 weeks?! Loved the racing and let's hope this weekend is a sign of things to come. I griped at first but I love racing and the racers brought it hard I'm happy. Commentators will improve - esp if the get an actual woman racer on board for commentary. Mugen FL Jun 12, at Discovery have come in and the coverage has got worse camera wise but it's great to get to watch juniors and the practice session is more fair now. The new format seems to have lumped a mass of pressure on riders and we saw lots of horrible injuries at the weekend, like we haven't seen since 'back in the day'. Healing vibes to those with fractured necks, backs, elbows, arms Biggest learning I didn't used to subscribe to UCI or Redbull on Youtube, but wow, my subscription is blitzed with coverage after the racing. It's a massive thing now and getting bigger and bigger as the teams come into the Juvenille and Youth category to get the talent. For example there's riders like Till and Max Alran who are stupid quick Frenchies on Commencal, there's George Madley on the Maddison Saracen team, there's the GT Viris team, the Muc-off young guns as well as a fair few other development teams out there. My boy races on one of these teams and the levels of support and assistance is incredible all round, it's amazing to see how much the olds are giving back to the sport Obviously when you then see Jackson and Jordan it shows you that supporting the youngsters is a very good way forward. Keep an eye on the names above, they'll be dominating the Juniors next year i think. I will add Pivot and Nukeproof now having development teams as well. Its crazy that all it took is TV coverage maybe also an increase in racing subs as well to get more development teams out there and operating! Zoo FL Jun 12, at I did at the last minute. Figured it was worth a try for a month. Definitely missed Warner, but it was great to see racing again. So great to see racing again and I watched the juniors and semis for free on YouTube. Not sure what all the hate is about but it's probably the same peanuts that were banging on about the redbull coverage and now they think it was the best ever. I don't think it's perfect but they're doing a reasonable job and will learn and do better. Lots of positives to take away from the weekend. I did it last minute. Was great to see a British double but Not impressed with the quality of the feed, felt the cameras or the bit rate is very low quality. The director or whoever controls the end feed kept missing stuff. The drone was terrible. But then, I am into FPV drones and felt this was poorly executed - but that looked like a combo of the camera person's position, director, and drone pilot's flight path. Plus the drone camera quality was extremely poor. Again, not sure if the investors that put up the money to buy the rights have the money to put on a proper show. Hopefully, they are not just wanting to cash in on everyone's subs and line their pockets but will put on the show it deserves. Time will tell. Darknut Jun 12, at HeatedRotor FL Jun 12, at Hopefully the commentary guys actually get into the pits an talk with riders during the week so they atleast know something lol. Darknut : Why are more people not talking about this!! S I just went ahead and sunscribed to GCN. None as good as Red Bull and Warner but it will have to do. I definitely miss Warner, but as a french it's a bit easier for me to understand Gracia. Maybe there is a french audio stream, I haven't checked but meh. The video stream looks like a little better in quality, not a lot but like from gopro 11 to gopro It seems we see a lot more track than we used to, someone checked? Drone view: let the riders alone and anyway drone view sucks. Bring back cable cam. The semi finals are nothing more than a tool to get the viewer to pay to see the Finals If anything it will be detrimental to the racers because they will be more tired for the race run. Tombola27 FL Jun 12, at Was there not a delay in their feed perhaps? Also thought the delay in talking about split times was a bit odd. Im stoked for Rachel. Its a much bigger achievement that many think. It wasnt just a mountain to climb in terms of fitness but also psychologically. I bumped into her at dyfi less than a year ago and while it was a really nice chat, it was clear she was struggling with her confidence to get up to speed again. To overcome that and get this result shows real grit, determination and application. Thats why she is one of the greatest I guess. During the Final men's DH, I wondered to myself if Rick would reiterate the same quips he used during the semi-finals one example, like going on and on about how nice charlie hatton is , and sure enough, Rick trotted out the same stories and quips he'd already jotted down from the semi-finals. I'm sure some of you had to have noticed it too He ain't no Rob Warner, but Cedric brings a bit of DH credibility where it counts - and some humor too. CustardCountry Jun 12, at Funnily enough, when I watched the final highlights knowing the results I thought that Rachel actually looked a bit slower than some of the other women racing. But I guess that just shows how much more composed she and her bike were compared to the others. She takes such good lines and never stalls in corners. Watch her helmet cams, if the track is running straight she rides the thing perfectly straight from A to B no matter what's in her way and in the corners she gets wide and rounds it off without losing any speed. It's a tried and tested method. I'm not buying another stinking app. It was irritating as hell to watch this on YouTube because I couldn't find it on the app they said it'd be on. Only to not be able to watch finals then have the results blown for me while I was searching for where the hell to watch it. Camera shots were not good. Commentating was mediocre. Glad juniors got some love. But from what I saw it just wasn't that great and I have no desire to buy a service I don't want for anything but a few races a year. At least Peacock there's stuff my kids can watch on it. They killed the fantasy leagues and now they're killing availability. It's like they want these sports to die. Gruta FL Jun 12, at Once upon a time DH racing used to be on mainstream sport channels, I was very young back then and the sport was not that exciting Commentary needs work, yes , they will get there eventually, as will the camera operators, the drone pilots, and the diretor. I no longer have to open an app on my phone to watch a race but I still can I just turn on the TV and there it is, for me a diehard fan of the sport, or for anyone who is zapping their tv remote. Jackson Goldstone didn't get 4th in finals - he was 6th - still bloody good. Think he got 7th in semis. Thanks for the spot, you're right not sure what I was on about there. Both are incredible feats for their first elite DH race. Redbull was free and the coverage was WAY better. So other people were paying for me to watch racing. So being consistent in the semis and finals to build points affects whether or not you are protected. Multiple attempts to get it fixed with GCN support were unsuccessful. Sunday afternoon I accidentally saw the race results, and then gave up jumping through hoops with GCN. I don't think I'm going to bother this year. If I wasn't lazy, I'd love to plot a chart of qualy vs semi-finals vs finals on where riders finished, to visually see who improved or declined between their runs. Like you did with XC. They're at least on Trek frames, not sharpied Commencals. I skipped over the 'here's the track preview' segment for the third or fourth time between men's and women's and semis and finals. The flow between events felt poor. I also did not even bother to watch the men's semis in the end. There were too many riders and like most of us, I don't have unlimited time for this hobby. I would much rather have seen a smaller men's semi's fields and a larger women's final. I don't think seeing the last-ranked men's rider was more important than having slots for 15 women so Phoebe Gale could compete in finals, for one. UK back in force on the DH track what an epic first race for jordan williams. HardtailHerold Jun 12, at First ever elite race and first elite race back winner stories. Literary perfect story telling. Life is better than fiction some times. Really happy for Rachel actually I was routing for her. Might have got lost in the post heading down to you? VWsurfbum : Apparently the app defaulted to 'ambient audio' for a bunch of people, i. Thanks for letting me know it seems to be working now. VWsurfbum :. I learned the broadcast is better on mute Betacygni Jun 12, at I actually liked the commentary, but when I had it mistakenly on ambient only sound it was pretty cool just hearing the bike and trail. Davichin Jun 12, at NattyShreddz FL Jun 13, at I learned WC DH is still great, but it was more fun when we had a fantasy league. We Miss You Rob!!! SuperXav FL Jun 13, at Any updates on AP? What happened? When is he expected to go back on a bike? Wish him a good recovery! But it is early days so a low baseline hopefully means the only way is up. Pretty damn lame across the board as far as the race coverage goes! Most camera shots were crap. Not even a pimple on the ass of the Redbull Coverage. Except for the last couple of runs of each race it was boring as hell. D- at best. We need viewing figures vs last year - how many eyes were on this event? I didnt even bother to look at the streams but from comments across the internet it looks like quality was not worth paying for. I feel this will be bad for the sport overall and would expect 'journalists' to be covering these points with more critical detail. You should watch it and make up your own mind. How is that a decline? No one uses terrestrial TV anways. Gruta FL Jun 17, at It's on Eurosport, period. Gruta : are you regarded? Gruta FL Jun 27, at Freakyjon FL Jun 12, at Way more action than last year and the commentary was fine, I liked CG's passion. Makes a change to Rob just shouting all the time for no real reason. Were you born this dumb or have you learned it over time? Not really I like Cedric but he has a lot to work on. Elite competition shouldn't be open to competitors who still have an acneic skin. Thanks for the updates, because i sure as hell wont be paying Discovery to fucking watch it This article here is more like one of the post ride analysis. It isn't there in the Discovery stream so you sure as hell won't have to pay if this is what you're after. Why though? You can just about buy a crap pair of pedals, or a Burger and a pint for you and a mate It's really such an insignifcant amount of money to watch what was an absolutely brilliant weekend of racing. It's actually really selfish of viewers not to watch as then the money to riders is LESS rather than more. We sit and complain about costs of viewing, but think of the riders, they're putting their limbs on the line for our entertainment and some can't even be bothered to throw them the cost of a pint and pack of crisps per month. Of course there's the argument that the money won't go to riders This is an incredibly expensive sport for the teams, the riders and especially the Juniors that so many people enjoyed, many of whom are funded purely by their parents Give them a chance to get something back. Why not? You not want these riders to be paid more? I bet you've spent more money on less necessary shit too. EchoLimaTwoOne Jun 12, at Our trifling contribution is not a significant impediment. EchoLimaTwoOne : There simply HAS to be at some stage fella, that's how sport increases, progresses and win money, appearance money etc comes into the sport. The size of the 'business' overall doesn't come into play. I'm not going to say 'if we all subscribe riders will get more' For the sport to grow in terms of participation, riders, teams and locations, then the global audience HAS to grow. How do they do this, they put it on things like Discovery, Eurosport, GCN where people can and will click through the channels, stop and think 'oooh this looks OK' I can't make it any simpler. Cricket, rugby, F1, there are countless examples, none of them good. The problem is, it was on a broadcast you'd never know was there, unless you were into the sport. The only way to reach more people is through more access. Now it's on Eurosport sometimes it's increasing the potential viewers who are sitting watching other stuff or browsing the list. When in Redbull, only people who knew it was there, knew it existed. There is more racing being broadcasted for free than there was in the past. Juniors, womens, semi-finals More than enough top level racers to see to get stoked. It is only the elite finals you get to pay for. Everything else which wasn't available previously can now be seen for free. I'm not sure we'll ever know viewing figures, but I doubt it will grow. None of the other even slightly niche sports grew when they went behind a pay wall, why would this be any different? You maybe increase the chances of someone with Eurosport seeing it but you've lost all the free eye balls you had previously. I personally doubt most actual fans will watch the semis, they're not just not that interesting compared with the actual finals. Less at stake, worse coverage. Betacygni Jun 13, at It will however appeal to a subset of cyclists and those that come into the sport via other ways. These are the ones that will see the free clips then pay for the full experience. The sport will grow by other means, they certainly had pathetic race coverage when I started mountain biking in the early 90s…. Betacygni : I think it did grow the sport. Would I be into watching racing had it not been for the old Freecaster coverage? Almost certainly not. I also started to get into XC when it was freely available via redbull. I'd not discount the effect of free coverage at all. Literally 0 barriers to becoming a fan. How about now? I see a cool clip or maybe semi final coverage and want to watch the finals? Where is it? It's confusing, clearly, judging by all the posts here. I also now have to pay. Am I doing that for something that just piqued my interest? Nope, I'm going right back to whatever I was doing before. Betacygni : cycling, yes, but not mtb. I've a lot of friends in the same boat. Folk who were into road or track then got into mtb. Either play, there are plenty of example of participants dropping after sports going to pay wall coverage and of sports growing with fta coverage. Post a Comment Login or Sign Up. All rights reserved. Mobile Version of Website.

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