He probably means that this famous JBC race was still ran under the UCI (yop, they are still there! all the judges and so on. It isn't the official world cup, but still UCI C1 race)
Adam you might be thinking of dual slalom back in the day. When dual was dropped in favour of 4X that's when the DHers stopped racing because they were more likely to be injured/crash before their main event. The likelihood of crashing into another rider in dual is very low, in 4X, very high.
@iamamodel Not true, there were more crashes in dual slalom than in 4X, the tracks were much more narrow so the riders would likely crash into each other on the turns and the lack of berms meant they also crash into spectators too. Most downhill riders carryed on riding 4X as it sat side by side with the downhill world cup, it was just the thing to do. Still had people like the Athertons, Steve Peat, Cedric Gracia etc. riding 4X for many years.
im not against 4X, i enjoyed watching it live at MSA. its a great night time event to have but is it really worth having a world championships when its not on the world cup circuit..
4X is better without em
You think JBC wall ride, marossi's overtake would be allowed under the uci???
Most downhill riders carryed on riding 4X as it sat side by side with the downhill world cup, it was just the thing to do.
Still had people like the Athertons, Steve Peat, Cedric Gracia etc. riding 4X for many years.
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