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« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2008, 08:38:59 PM » |
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I watched these on Sunday. I was checking out the crash vids too.. good stuff!
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« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2008, 09:17:39 PM » |
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I DVR'd it in HiDef. Looks like a fun course. 6000 ft total climbing. Some Europeans said it was too technical. They need to try some East Coat races.
I thought it was the best MTB course I have seen since they introduced it in Atlanta (First year XT brought out V-Brakes I think - sh_t, i'm old).
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« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2008, 11:58:08 AM » |
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Channel 10. Standard NBC Hidef. But started 1am Sunday morning
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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2008, 05:27:24 PM » |
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Interactive GPS link to the Laoshan Coarse below. Click on the numbers and it'll take you to the location on the trail.
http://www.uci.ch/ucisite/doc/GPS%20Course%20Analysis%20-%20Laoshan/start.html
The top 10 finishers and their rides
1 Julien Absalon
Orbea Alma
2 Jean Christophe Peraud
Orbea Alma
3 Nino Schurter
Scott Olympia
4 Christoph Sauser
Specialized Epic
5 Marco Aurelio Fontana
Guerciotti
6 Christoph Soukup
Fuji
7 Liam Killeen
Specialized Epic
8 Inaki Lejarreta
Orbea Alma
9 Sven Nys
Colnago Ibex
10 Jose Antonio Hermida
Merida
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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2008, 07:56:58 PM » |
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That's a pretty cool map! what the heck happened to the Americans!? Adam Craig & I thought I saw Kabush both DNF'd!
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« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2008, 08:02:19 PM » |
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Top notch link, Mark!!
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« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2008, 08:09:58 PM » |
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that's a great map of the course, looks like a cool course, PMBA road trip to China, anyone?
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It's good for the body, good for the soul---Ned Overend
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« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2008, 10:12:39 PM » |
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That's a pretty cool map! what the heck happened to the Americans!? Adam Craig & I thought I saw Kabush both DNF'd!
Not pharma enhanced maybe.... 
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« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2008, 10:30:07 PM » |
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As with Athens I'm astounded that our top riders are getting their butts kicked by the Euros. Adam Craig was one lap down and pulled, and Todd Wells was 3 laps down; it was an 8 lap 2-hr race! I hope the time difference was also due to some mechanicals? And I thought they showed Liam Killeen, UK, crashed out sitting at the beginning, yet he came back and got 7th.
It looked pretty tough though, with over 6000' of climbing. MASS pro racers average 12-15mph depending on the course, so for the fastest XC rider on earth to be averaging under 12 mph make me think it was intense loop they were doing.
And as a part time Englishman; what's up with the Frenchies winning? No offense to Berenice.
Also, I heard President B rode it. Any confirmation?
results: http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/results?eventId=343
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