Results: Les Gets P2V Invitational

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BenPea (Sep 20, 2020 at 10:49)

Oops, forget to invite any women.

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j-t-g FL (Sep 20, 2020 at 11:22)

Not many fast French ladies, must just be the one right? Hahahaha

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BiNARYBiKE FL (Sep 20, 2020 at 14:43)

"The most exclusive DH event in 2020"? I think not! I had a DH race the other day that was so exclusive I was the only participant. I was stoked to land at the top of the podium, but bummed to find that I also came in dead last.

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floletondeur (Sep 20, 2020 at 23:24)

9 of them were invited .
Pompom, Rachel , Vali , Tahnee , Sigenthaler , Balanche ... some didn’t want to take any risk before Leogang, and boarders are not the easiest thing to go through right now .

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jamesdunford (Sep 20, 2020 at 23:43)

@diowolseara: Thank you. You shouldn't have needed to say that as it was obvious, but it's pretty simple: There are a lot more guys that race DH than girls. It's not difficult to do the math and work out that the percentage out of total riders was likely similar for guys and girls.

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commental (Sep 21, 2020 at 7:09)

@diowolseara: Is there snow on the ground already? Quite surprising to hear there are any boarders about.

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expat-taff (Sep 21, 2020 at 12:07)

@commental: I'd like to see how good your SPAG is in French.

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BenPea (Sep 21, 2020 at 12:16)

@jamesdunford: fair do's. Although it's good to see the times so tight from first to last.

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commental (Sep 21, 2020 at 15:14)

@expat-taff: Wee, sest vray.

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drbike FL (Sep 20, 2020 at 11:00)

Fabien's time was supposed to be +17.53? (Out of place if +7.53). Either way, good to see!

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madmon (Sep 20, 2020 at 13:00)

G.O.A.T. back in the runnings

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c2crider (Sep 20, 2020 at 14:32)

The stream was top notch - plenty of angles of the track, no annoying filler. My French isn't good enough to understand most of what was being said, but really enjoyed watching!

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usfrenchie (Sep 20, 2020 at 14:39)

Shoot I missed that there was a live stream. Where did you catch it? Is there a replay?

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Ryan2949 FL (Sep 20, 2020 at 20:25)

@usfrenchie: if you didn't find it yet. m.facebook.com/pg/LesGetsOfficiel/videos

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The-Foiling-Optimist (Sep 20, 2020 at 23:08)

Hey I missed the live broadcast as we went to to the Whistler Bike Park (which is a very good excuse I think) but I assume it wasn't live anyway since it was apparently released at 6pm Paris time. Which explains why Loic Bruni was able to do the colour commentary on his own race! My French isn't great at all but he really seemed to do a brilliant job. It's interesting how much English creeps in, "Il est tres fast". The Academie Francais needs to come up with a French term for "road gap".

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teenwolf (Sep 20, 2020 at 18:44)

All three SC Syndicate in top 10. F’n awesome results!

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Milesalley66 FL (Sep 20, 2020 at 12:05)

What about Chris Grice?

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NorCalNomad (Sep 20, 2020 at 17:19)

That's what I wondering. There are pictures of him practicing and shuttling with everyone else.

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Milesalley66 FL (Sep 21, 2020 at 5:06)

@NorCalNomad: Update: he got 4th place in the junior category. 4.38 seconds back from first place

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NorCalNomad (Sep 21, 2020 at 9:45)

@Milesalley66: Crazy how the juniors are still going way faster than the women.

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peytodog FL (Sep 21, 2020 at 10:08)

@NorCalNomad: where did you see jr results?

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NorCalNomad (Sep 21, 2020 at 11:24)

@peytodog: www.vitalmtb.com/news/news/RESULTS-P2V-Invitational-Les-Gets,1319

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dufoz (Sep 20, 2020 at 23:30)

Fabien back on the race tracks ?? I love it

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TyPierce (Sep 20, 2020 at 17:19)

So, no Pompon? Seems weird.

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The-Foiling-Optimist (Sep 20, 2020 at 23:03)

Per Instagram posts, Pompon and Thibault Daprela, who also weirdly wasn't there, seemingly had gone off to Austria a few days earlier do some promo project with Vali Holl for the new GoPro 9000SUX. It's also odd non of the other French women like Melanie Chappaz and Camile Balanche weren't there.

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floletondeur (Sep 20, 2020 at 23:19)

@The-Foiling-Optimist:
Melanie was there , she hurts her shoulder on the traning day , so could take the start

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The-Foiling-Optimist (Sep 20, 2020 at 23:20)

Woops, Chappaz broke her collarbone at the P2V. Clearly I need to spend more time on Instagram.

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albinognome567 (Sep 20, 2020 at 18:41)

Mickael haha

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turtlesauce2000 (Sep 20, 2020 at 11:48)

Basically a french national round

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NorCalNomad (Sep 20, 2020 at 17:19)

Just a lot more interesting of a track

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chriskneeland (Sep 20, 2020 at 11:58)

How did Luca get into Europe?

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Milesalley66 FL (Sep 20, 2020 at 12:06)

He’s dating someone out there and he’s been there for a while.

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onlyDH (Sep 20, 2020 at 12:52)

@Milesalley66: dating doesn’t get you entry into the EU right now. M

Maybe Santa Cruz got him a work visa.

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Oolex (Sep 20, 2020 at 12:54)

@Milesalley66: He has an EU passport: www.instagram.com/p/B7_roWkgG_e

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chriskneeland (Sep 20, 2020 at 13:25)

@Oolex: Ahh, half Belgian.

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spaceofades FL (Sep 20, 2020 at 13:30)

I think he swam

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humoroususername (Sep 20, 2020 at 20:23)

@onlyDH: uh... Anyone can fly into the EU right now. They just have to self isolate for 2 weeks.

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onlyDH (Sep 20, 2020 at 20:27)

@humoroususername: while Croatia is allowing travelers from the US, the EU still has a ban

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humoroususername (Sep 20, 2020 at 23:52)

@onlyDH: Croatia is in the EU...i live in Ireland. There are flights from the US landing here everyday and there is literally nothing to stop a US citizen getting off a plane and going wherever they please.

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chriskneeland (Sep 21, 2020 at 3:41)

@humoroususername: Looks like everything I can find on the EU travel ban still says no Americans allowed, with exceptions.

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commental (Sep 21, 2020 at 7:17)

@Oolex: Lucky git. I'm going to miss mine.

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humoroususername (Sep 22, 2020 at 1:03)

@chriskneeland: there is no enforcement of any of these "bans". You can get on a plane to Ireland tomorrow and aside from providing an address where you are supposed to self isolate for two weeks there is nothing different to normal. It's the same in most countries.

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chriskneeland (Sep 22, 2020 at 3:05)

@humoroususername: Wow. That's unfortunate.

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Oolex (Sep 22, 2020 at 5:23)

@commental: Yours is better than mine.

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neimbc (Sep 21, 2020 at 4:02)

Benoit is on fire now.

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nsp234 FL (Sep 20, 2020 at 13:13)

Barel 26th!