Gold Coast Comm Games
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@chris-b said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
End of the first lap and Sheppard is not in the frame (first seven or eight) - must be at least a minute behind the leaders, so pretty much no chance.
ABC radio just mentioned she had to have some repairs to back wheel due to the "technical" nature of the course.
@booboo Unfortunate hazard of MTB racing - you need everything to go right on the day.
A fucking puncture and your dreams of glory are gone. I get pissed off just at the inconvenience of having to stop and change a tube.
I'm presently trialing my own invention to provide additional protection/support around the valve stem - lamb elastrator rings! So far, so good!
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@chris-b said in Gold Coast Comm Games:
End of the first lap and Sheppard is not in the frame (first seven or eight) - must be at least a minute behind the leaders, so pretty much no chance.
ABC radio just mentioned she had to have some repairs to back wheel due to the "technical" nature of the course.
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England, England, Canada, Canada.
Sheppard comes ninth - just behind a Namibian!
Punctured on the first lap apparently. She was seeded sixth apparently, so needed a bit of luck to medal - the Australian No. 2 seed only came about seventh in one of their few failures (that I've seen) thus far!
Lets hope Gaze and Cooper have more luck than Sheppard. Gaze (18) saying he feels like the race is his to lose! Interesting because I see Cooper (6) is ranked above him - as is a Jaapie (17). An Aussie just behind (21), with a Canadian (41) and the third NZer (55) in the mix.
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The three NZers and the Jaapie have formed a bunch. They look significantly faster through the technical part - but, the rest of the field made a burst and just briefly made contact at the end of the flat part - but, immediately dropped back when they got on the technical uphill.
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Hatherly (SA) attacks on lap three - only Gaze goes with him and the gap to Oliver and then Cooper opened to 11 seconds.
Gaze has retaken the lead and Oliver is bridging the gap - Copper a few seconds further back.
