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#581 · (Edited)
LMN said:
And when something goes wrong, and it nearly always does, a lot of them just cave and up pedaling around really slowly.
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I wasn't around XCO when Nino was young (in my previous life snitting - we called it - was much more common in younger athletes), but the primary reason I enjoy watching Nino is that dude seems to never, ever, throw in the towel. As a result you get rides like Nove Mesto last season, or Snowshoe in 2019(?).

So, it sounds like I need to watch that 2016 women's replay. Performances that involve overcoming adversity are one of the most special things in sport; both for the spectator and the athlete, personally.
 
#583 ·
LMN said:
Or she followed a weight periodization plan that had her her really lean for a short period around the Olympics.

That is what Catharine did in 2016. Wintered at 53kg but gradually cut weight and raced at 49kg at the Olympics. Was back to 53kg 2-months after the Olympics.
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Cutting 4 kilos off an already light build had to be hard. So cool when someone gets those things right for a peak and can simultaneously race light and hammer the watts.
 
#586 ·
Anyone know what the deal is with some XCO racers wearing some sort of towel around their wrists? I notice it is particularly prevalent during hot races, which makes me think it is either simply a towel to stop sweat from getting on their grips, or they pre-soak the towel to enhance cooling.
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#587 ·
poopoomcgoo said:
Anyone know what the deal is with some XCO racers wearing some sort of towel around their wrists? I notice it is particularly prevalent during hot races, which makes me think it is either simply a towel to stop sweat from getting on their grips, or they pre-soak the towel to enhance cooling.
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They are cooling bands. They don't actually cool you, but they feel like they do and that is often enough.
 
#591 ·
celswick said:
I really enjoy his commentary during Cape Epic. From listening to him, I believe he is also a mountaineer bike racer. He’s mentioned riding certain sections, riding certain routes, etc.

He’s a class act.
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Not actually, he's ridden a few marathons and Wines2Whales I think. He covers other sports also, like athletics, triathlon, road racing etc. He does his research very well and he talks to the riders/athletes a lot. He could probably do a lot more and convey a lot ore information if the broadcasts were structured differently.
my only criticism is that he sounds rather dispassionate which does not do his passion for his work justice
 
#596 ·
Banyoles will be UCI Test Event, a testing ground for Discovery Sports Events
The XCO test in Banyoles suggests that it will have the best starting grid in its history in 2023. It will be especially attractive for the big teams because it is a UCI Test Event for Discovery Sports Events

It will be held on February 25 and 26

That the XCO event in Banyoles is the number one XCO event in our country is beyond any doubt. This year it maintains its HC category and everything that has made it a world benchmark. But it will have important news. From the outset it does not inaugurate the Shimano Super Cup Massi calendar for the first time in many years, since the Nucía test will have been held before but, above all, it becomes a UCI Test Event for Discovery Sports Events, the company that he's going to take over the entire mountain bike World Cup.

Discovery Sports Events has chosen it as a UCI Test Event in a key year for the radical change in the World Cup

If until now the Banyoles XCO event has always had a stellar participation, in 2023 everything indicates that it will be even more so. Within the uncertainty surrounding the new management of the Mountain Bike World Cup, which has already announced important changes to its format, the Banyoles event will shed some light on riders and teams. No, it's not a World Cup event, but Discovery Sports Events will use it as a test event to test what we'll likely see at the World Cup later.

That will have a direct effect on participation. No team will want to miss such an important event, both from a sporting and organizational point of view. So everything points to a record participation in quality for this 2023 edition.


Saturday is no longer the women's day and there will be a completely separate new under-23 men's race

The fact that it is a UCI Test Event has prompted a radical change in its competition program. Until now, Saturday was the day for the women's categories, but that will no longer be the case. The queen event on Saturday will become the new sub-23 event, where the runners in that category will compete in their own race, separate from the elite. As it happens in the World Cup. It will also be the day for the women's cadet, master and junior races.

On Sunday the action will begin with the junior men's event followed by the two highlights of the day. The women's elite and under-23 race and the men's elite. These last two tests can be followed in a live broadcast. In total there will be 7 different departures during the two days.

Complete program XCO Banyoles 2023

Saturday February 25

9:00 a.m. Male Cadet Start / Male Masters 50/60
10:30 a.m. Start Masters 30/40 Men
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Official training
2pm U23 Men's XCO
PODIUMS as the women's race begins
4:00 p.m. Female start (Cadet, Masters 30/40/50 and Juniors)
PODIUMS

Sunday February 26

10:00 a.m. Junior series XCO men
PODIUMS
11:45 am Women's Elite & U23 XCO (women's combined category) – LIVE TV
PODIO (top 5 U23, top 5 Elite)
2:00 pm Elite men XCO (option for under-23s) – LIVE TV
PODIUM (top 5)
 
#597 ·
This sounds like a huge team. Very interesting how the Europeans are stacking teams, while USA and Canada are frighteningly non-committal. I count nine on the team.
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The new colors and runners of the Wilier Pirelli 2023
The Wilier Pirelli team has been reinforced in XCO to once again have young promises. In XCM they bet on the bikers who have already made them succeed

It is one of the best teams in the world in XCM and very prominent in XCO
The Wilier Pirelli team is one of the most powerful on the planet as far as bike-marathon is concerned, and also an outstanding reference in the world of XCO. It is enough to review its 2022 results to confirm these statements. In 2023 they will debut new colors and their kit, made by Gobik, leaves behind the black color that dominated their jersey.


Willier Pirelli

They maintain their XCM squad but expand that of XCO
Wilier Pirelli not only aspires to maintain its privileged position in the world bike-marathon. He also seeks to continue climbing in the XCO to the point of being represented at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In the XCM section, the team is led by the European champion, Fabian Rabensteiner, and maintains a squad whose pillars are the same as in the previous season. They still have Daniel Geismayr, Wout Alleman and Samuele Porro.
Where if there are many novelties is in its XCO division with 4 new signings. They keep XCO under-23 world champion Simone Avondetto as well as Italian under-23 champion Giada Specia.


4 signings who share being young promises
The Englishman Cameron Orr, current British XCO champion and who has already competed with Wilier Pirelli in the last Absa Cape Epic, officially becomes part of the team.
The Danish Sofie and Gustav Pedersen, two young talents from the under-23 category, also join the team. Sofie is in her last year in the category and Gustav in his first.
The transfer list is completed by the Dutchman Morris Gruiters, another young biker who was national junior champion and who will debut in the under-23 category.


Willier Pirelli

They will start their season at the Mediterranean Epic
The team will carry out a long 3-week training camp in Spain at the Hotel Cap Negret before facing the first race on their calendar, the Mediterranean Epic.
The team's calendar includes events such as the XCO World Cup and also the new bike-marathon World Cup. In addition to events such as the Internazionali d'Italia Series, Absa Cape Epic and other notable events in both disciplines
 
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