Val di Sole Day 1 - UCI World Cup 2012

 I hope Sam kills it this weekend

 1. Sam 2. Gwin 3. Smith

 God the track looks like its in perfect condition! Wish i could afford to get out to all the world cups even if It was just to spectate.

 hill smith hannan

 carbon demo was around last year... but still yayayayayayaayayyyy can't wait.

 This track is going to be greasy if it rains. Go Stevie Go!

 leg broken and world cup in Italy is a bad combination...loosing the world cup circus just 100km from home!!! Anyway I will be screaming for DANNY all the weekend long! Oh my god Danny, stay on your bikeeeeeeeeeee

 Come on Sam!!!!

 S-WORKS DEMO !

 Why oh whyyyyy did we have to wait so long between Round 1 and 2? Oh well, hoping Sam sticks it on the top of the podium!

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 1: Gwin
2: Minnar
3: Hill
4: Smith
5: Hart

 I always like to see Sam in action, hope he will be on the top this weekend!

 do we want to see this or what ,hell of a track

 theres a perfectly good 4x track there in the last pic, but theres no 4x

 please Sam, finish what you started back in '08, we all want to be amazed !!

 It will be an awesome weekend... this is our 1st world cup ever for team UBK, can't wait to see my boys in action. Sam was looking fit very fit and said he's ready to go. interesting to see on practice today. I think we'll up for a few surprises on final

 Danny Hart could be in good position, as he's tiny and this track looks about some tight corners and skipping over the roots. Greg should be 1st or 2nd. Smith looks like on fire. And if Sam can keep it together, he'll be nr.1. I don't think that Gwin will be in top 3... there are just too many crazy guys going out there, and not sitting down before finish. This is just my opinion and predictions.

 Want to see Brendog shredding this track!

 I'm counting on Sam to kick some major tail this weekend.

 that loam won't last long with sam hill ripping through it

 Top five . No particular order: Minnaar, Gwin, Gee, Hannah, Smith Also Hart, MacDonald, Beaumont, Hill, Peaty - it's gonna be a great race!

 I'm going to cheer for Sam too but I just hope all this pressure doesn't get to him. I know he wants redemption but he'll need to stay focused to take a win.

 Hill is badass but he is not as fast to get first more in fourth or fifth...
Gwin, Minaar, Smith, Atherton and maybe Graves fighting for the top three

 Love this sport. All round the world right now, there are mountain bikers reading this page and making involuntary noises over photos of loamy soil and rocks.

 Danny Hart Troy Brosnan Manon Carpenter because there on my dirt fantasy legue.

 Excited to see the WC going again, stoked for the local mountains opening up. Now if only I had a job where I had summers off!

 Carbon demo 8!!!

 1.Smith 2.Hill 3.Hart

 Good work on the photos of the track. You get a real prespective of how steep some sections are!

 I love when Peaty predicts "gonna be lots of carnage 'ere"

 Marcelo gutierrez les va a dar la guerra COLOMBIAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 BAD NEWS GUYS... CEDRIC GRACIA, FRACTURED HIS PELVIS... TODAY...

www.etnariders.com/4/post/2012/06/news-brutto-incidente-per-cedric-gracia.html

 Beaumont will be all over this too and might surprise some of you, he looks on top form at the moment

 1) Sam hill 2) Greg Minnar 3) Aaron Gwin 4) Danny Hart 5) Gee Atherton 6) Steve Smith

 1. Gwin 2. Peaty 3. Graves

 greg minnar, u gonna fucking kill this!

 The track looks fast!

 go Sam !

 steep with a lot of trees close together.mmmmmmmmmm

 Waiting for an HART ATTACK in Val di Sole

 Get on the hunt Sam!!!

 Mr. Gwin does well on this track.

 too bad troy is injured ;(

 Hill.

 these are the first pix i've seen in a while that really lets you get a sense of how steep it really is!! so rad!

 Hill for the win

 1. Minnaar 2. Hill 3. Gwin 4. Stevie Smith 5. Gee

 I hope Peaty gets on the podium, but any British rider would be good.

 May the best riders win on the day! Who gives a sh1t where they're from!

 I think it means that this track is hell... Cant wait to see who wins!

 DANNY HART.........remember i told yah

 C'mon Sam, give us a run like old times

 Sam for the mens mens win. And our local manon for the girls

 steve peat is a GOD!!!

 BRENDAN FAIRCLOUGH will place where on this course ?

 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQo5UhE2GQU get amped

 Steve all the way to the bank....its his turn!

 Go sick Mick go!!!!!!!!!!

 needz moar miss pink pants

 Getting EXCITED!

 "Steeper than it looks . . ."

 Carbon bikes make me smile

 i wish i had my own "tune" on my forks and shock

 I wonder if thats the new carbon s works demo.

 Peaty'sthegreatest!

 GO..GO..GO..UBK Team Indonesia....:-D

 steve smith!!!!!

 gwin heart smith minnarrr rr fairclough

 Gwinner for winner or Hart

 hoping Gee Atherton and Jared Graves will be on the podium

 USA! USA! USA!
(...and Stevie Smith)

 First Podium for NICK BEER you will see!!!!

 sams,slimming,grinning&winning,

 val di sole!!!!

 1.Sam 2.Hill 3.FTW

 Popo

 sam is the best.....

 COME ON DANNY!

 yayayay

 Egads. How excited am I?

 fairclough

 So many people here are predicting Hill over Gwin. There is no way Hill touches Gwin's unless Gwin goes down.

 1.gwin 2.minnar 3.smith

 Smith for the win!!

 Black socks, black shirt, black hat cadillac yea!

 Just got another 'mountain bike erection'

 It has been too many weeks since PMB.
Sam is looking slimmer.

1. Hart
2. Gwin
3. Smith
4. ???
5. ???