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Since we may not get any World Cup racing this year I've been going back and watching helmet cam footage of world cup tracks, Danny Hart has some really great vids and today he posted footage of Losinj 2018 and it just seemed like the worst track on video. I'm sure it was great but on cam it seems pretty boring. Conversely, watching his Andorra 2019 run was insane, I've probably watched it 20 times. To me, it's the epitome of a WC track.
So, what's your vote for Best and Worst WC tracks of the modern era, and why. post up links to runs that support your vote.
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worst
So, what's your vote for Best and Worst WC tracks of the modern era, and why. post up links to runs that support your vote.
Best
worst
Maybe unpopular, but the saddest race was the Fort Bill rain run with the muddy tree section (2018?). It was kind of interesting to watch the large majority of the field struggle hard with that section, but it ended up being such a disaster with most of the field crashing/dismounting. They certainly cleaned it up and I doubt it will be as much of a problem in the future after that happening though. I don't know if I think any track is particularly bad. Even Leogang, which gets a lot of hate, is interesting to me because it's all about precision, speed, and tenths of a second.
Worst - Leogang probably
And how is it that RedBull so regularly misses covering the crux sections of the courses? Rider X gains 3 secs on the lead but we have no footage to see where or how.
Worst Tracks: Leogang, Pietermaritzburg
Tracks that I acknowledge are great but am sort of sick of seeing the same angles every year: Fort William, Mont Saint Anne. I think we should rotate the classic tracks so they become special again. Right now they are the ones I look forward to the least. "Oh look its the same rocks as last year, oh look they made added a bus stop chicane, oh look they took out the mud bog that was actually interesting and challenging... SIGH"
Tracks that I don't care much for but am happy to see because they're at least in new places: Losinj, Lourdes v1, Balneario Camboriu, Pietermaritzburg
Tracks I wish would come back: Schladming, that's the whole list. Have zero interest in who can speed tuck their xxxxxxl 29er the best.
Track I was most excited for in 2020: Portugal looked freaking rad all the way down!
Random idea.... Northstar in California has irrigation lines running down their trails and water them to keep down the dust. With the kind of infrastructure that is available at Whistler, they could build the perfect trail down Creekside, with plenty of video coverage and perfectly moistened trail and just go full bike park perfection. Riders against a uniform track. No excuses?
Best: Val di Sole, it would be scary to ride and that's how a WC track should be.
Lacks the uniqueness of ft. Bill, msa, Vds, vallnord. I don’t hate the track but i don’t like it enough to see it every year. Croatia is another one which is more unique than leogang imo, but also isn’t a track I’d want to see every year.
PMB was crap, but I would argue the live feed of Fort Bill isn't great, by the time the rider is on screen, 2/3rds of his run have been done, and that last 3rd of the track isnt interesting to watch and is only won/lost based on the pedaling/tucking section.
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