UCI dhi WC Round#6 Val d'sire! July 29!

World cup action is back after a few weeks off. Gwin could clinch the title after this one.

Live coverage for the Dh race begins at 5:15am PST!

http://extreme.com/mountainbike/1021002/uci-mtb-world-cup-2012-dhi-6-down-hill-finals-val-disere-frahttp://dirt.mpora.com/news/val-disere-world-cup-schedule.html

"World Cup round #6 Val d’Isère in France kicks off this week. Here’s all you need to know!UCI World Cup round #6 sees a brand new track to the WC circuit, Val d’Isère in France.Aaron Gwin could clinch the 2012 WC overall title at Val d’Isère, he’s 295 points clear of Greg Minnaar , which means he could theoretically win after qualifying.Rachel Atherton is 30 points ahead of Emmeline Ragot, so this battle should go right down to the last round in Norway."


Preview of the course:
[video=youtube;QXKHC_oQXF4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXKHC_oQXF4&feature=player_embedded[/video]

 

Well qualifying results are up. Gwin is at the bottom due to a crash, and tracy hannah is out of commission and in the hospital. On the positive if your a Rachael Atherton fan, she took the top spot and is the front runner going in to sunday!




Mickael Pascal Sending it!

 

I like that the course is wide open - should be plenty of good camera coverage with the mountains for the backdrop. Looks like a crazy fast track for DH.

 

I made two changes late last night to my DH fantasy team, and then I saw this news this morning.
aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhhhh . . .

 

I made two changes late last night to my DH fantasy team, and then I saw this news this morning.
aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhhhh . . .

 

Yeah, this looks like a challenging one for gwin. But you never know. Rumor has it Gee tore his acl and he is still up there on the quali's. Plus Tracy Hannah on the injured list hurts my team too. Hope she has a speedy recovery and comes back stronger next year!

Track walk by Tracy Hannah:
http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/stor...-d-isere-track-explanation-with-tracey-hannah

Hannah sending it on a practice run before her crash.

 

I went to change my team yesterday and couldn't.

 

These pictures remind me of something. Isn't there a sport where people try to get crazy air and distance, riding their bikes off of ski jumps? Bikeflingen or something?

 

This course looks so awesome, can't wait to watch

 

Wow, what a shake up this morning! Athertons are dominating so far!

 

Gee denied by brook mc donald!

 

And gwin just got knocked off the podium for the 1st time this season!

 

glad to see Nick Beer walk away from that crash.

 

Great looking course. Spagnolo's crash freaky..aarghh..

http://www.mondraker.com/12/eng/videos.html

 

holy balls that was a great race. gwinny getting shut down by minaar making you think that the overall is up for grabs, but then Gee, McDonald and Bryceland come down and put that to rest. track looked kinda blah, but it really made for some good racing, so I can't complain.

Also, the Nick Beer frontflip. ouch...

 

missed it this morning. red bull isn't showing any replays right now.

 

I just found out that I missed Olympic table tennis this morning because I watched this instead. There's a competitor from San Jose, Ca (hometown!) that I wanted to see.

sigh . . .

 

After looking at a couple of these videos (esp. the T.Hannah walk-down) and, listening to Warner & Brentjens during the final - that was one STEEP course. Can't find the exact # but I think Warner said it drops about 1800'. Some nasty stuff there.

 

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Val-dIsere-WC-Live-on-Pinkbike-UCI-World-Cup-2012.html

The feed is back up and working again. Just an fyi.

 

Thanks! I was looking for that!

Great race to watch. Just finished watching the women's race, which was surprisingly good. The guys will surely kick it up a few notches though and make it awesome.

Steve Smith pedaling in the air off the huge jump! :lol:

Damn! My man Loic Bruni going down in that corner. Is that the one that Gwin went down on too?