LENZERHEIDE - Vital RAW 2 13

Vital RAW
Gnarly track, break-neck speeds and nothing but smashing!
Credit: John Lawlor
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UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Downhill
Vital RAW
Lenzerheide, Switzerland
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veefour
2 years ago
Rear mech manufacturers rubbing their hands with glee when they look at that gap between the rocks.
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bizutch
2 years ago
Only true for amateur races. They don't want pros blowing mechs on international broadcasts
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bizutch
2 years ago
That sucks to hear Spomer. Easily the best coverage of World Cups bar none. Maybe bring it back with all the top teams being able to drop a plug 🔌 for their squad during the interview to get them to fund it?

Or a YouTube segment like SwapMoto does where they interview the top riders post race. "Good Day/Bad Day" question format
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sspomer
2 years ago
at WC, we focus on RAWs, bike abuse (slowmo series - today's just went live), track walk (videos which have good rider insight) and pit bits (video and photos), not to mention results posts. that's a lot for our tiny-ass staff (me on the computer building stuff and lawlor and jack at the venue) to knock out in a weekend. red bull handles the race day and destroys it. once the race is over, attention drops significantly and riders/teams are all over Instagram with what you're asking for. race day shows were always the lowest viewed out of any. what will next year bring w/ discovery? who knows.
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ryan_daugherty
2 years ago
That’s too bad but makes sense. I’m not on social media so makes sense why i’m not seeing this stuff.
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sspomer
2 years ago
agreed, but it's so incredible to think that with all the different sections and potential issues riders could have, the times are still within milliseconds of each other. can't wait for race day!
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bulletbass man
2 years ago
Not sure if it will be on camera. I Expect a lot of guys to have an issue. Should make Rob's job a bit harder!!!
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bizutch
2 years ago
While that off camber will definitely decide the winner, I think points for a number of riders are going to be taken away by flat tires in the middle. The SOUNDS of smashing are everywhere.
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