Mountain Biking - World Cup Rd 1 Piertermaritzburg

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YamiRider1316
03-18-12, 01:10 PM
Anybody catch the race? Got up at 5 this morning to watch it. Hart had a crash early on that took him out of contention. Seemed to be the story of who was in the best shape with a couple of long pedal sections. Minaar took the win but there were quite a few decent times. This season is going to interesting.

You can catch the replay here
http://live.redbull.tv/events/25/ucistop1-1/

dminor
03-18-12, 03:21 PM
Funny, word was that the course got some re-routes this year to get rid of the long, flat pedal sections, haha. Always good to get early-season confirmation that your off-season training paid off, though. Sea Otter is another one of those.

Thanks for the link. Missed it but will watch when I get some time.
ESW116
03-18-12, 05:04 PM
Just finished watching it on redbull tv. Awesome race with Minnaar taking it from Gwin at the last moment. Hated seeing Hart go down and losing all that time. But I think he probably would have struggled with all the pedaling since he's one of the smaller guys.

Track was kind of boring though. Fast but too much pedaling.

Daspydyr
03-18-12, 06:16 PM
Thanks for the link and the heads up. Looked like some lung busting going on.
cryptid01
03-19-12, 12:19 PM
I watched it. The video and audio quality of the feed was better than I ever recall in years past. As always, more cameras would have been nice.

You don't usually see WC level athletes flopping anaerobically about on the ground after the finish line so that pedally middle section must have been a bittch.

I miss 4X.
dminor
03-19-12, 02:53 PM
"He has gone down faster than a French press and palmiers . . . !"

:lol:
Glandberg
03-19-12, 03:20 PM
Real good race. I love watching them and getting all worked up. Fun to have the last racer win it. Good to the end!
zmorgan
03-19-12, 05:24 PM
Thanks for the link! I've never watched these races but I think I'll be checking them out if they put them online like that again.
YamiRider1316
03-19-12, 07:52 PM
Thanks for the link! I've never watched these races but I think I'll be checking them out if they put them online like that again.

pinkbike actually host them all live. I'll try and post all the replays here though if you miss it.

here's the schedule

UCI World Cup DHI/4X Round 2
02-03.06.2012
VAL DI SOLE (ITA)

UCI World Cup DHI/4X Round 3
09-10.06.2012
FORT WILLIAM (GBR)

UCI World Cup XCO Round 5 / DHI/4X Round 4
23-24.06.2012
MONT STE ANNE (CAN)

UCI World Cup XCO Round 6 / DHI/4X Round 5
30.06-01.07.2012
TBC – AMERICA

UCI World Cup XCO Round 7 Final / DHI/4X Round 6
28-29.07.2012
VAL D’ISERE (FRA)

UCI XCO/DHI/4X WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
31.08-02.09.2012 05.09-09.09.2012
LEOGANG (AUT) SAALFELDEN (AUT)

UCI World Cup DHI/4X Round 7 Final
15-16.09.2012
HAFJELL (NOR)