Glad to see UCI/CBS has improved their production quality from the previous year. The coverage of the race, the positioning of the cameras, the drone footage, and the timing were all well executed. The commentary team and the interviews also flowed well this go around.
@@Zzz-lz9kb UCI isn't interested in growing the sport. They've just decided it's better to milk the fans that exist and hope for the best. The riders and the sport deserve so much better than what UCI has to offer. Greedy greedy greedy
Oh, for sure. It was especially informative to see the rider and his unclipped pedal falter instead of seeing riders that beat his time. This is indeed the finest of coverage
It leaves you asking if they hate the viewer and if they hate the sport as well. I know I'm feeling like it's not worth watching anymore. Way to ruin it all, UCI
It's looking like it's the goal of the new management. Just another great thing they want to destroy because it inspires such strong development of not only skill and composure, but actual social bonding. There can be no doubt the big money bankers want this sport doused because it build too much character in the participants
Even Monster does a better job for the bike industry than UCI. Why would you send riders to these races when nobody gets to see the race. You'd be better off to mail a brochure to random people
@@straunwagner6322 haha it might not be a paid comment but it sure smells like it , i really do hate being negative but the coverage suck so much towards what we had with warner and redbull
How to improve: 1. All podium runs top to bottom coverage, even the winning run is missing a whole minute which is substantial. Better, make it top 10 T2B 2. Make it longer, there's an anticipatory build up in seeing the progression that adds to the events magnitude, in a world of highlights and short attention spans, we want the book version. 3. By giving lesser known riders coverage it gives sponsors coverage and this helps riders who are taking massive risks and nobody sees it. Imagine getting a podium and it's barely shown, all the work and training and dedication for a blip of media. 4. Private RUclips coverage is often better because it's more real, humans deal in stories, in the trenches, 20 people in the crowd sidelines could capture the real experience. With todays technology get closer to the action, be in the dirt, not removed. Was good commentary, Gwin has great insights
They Are Getting Better , BUT...... It will NEVER Be like it used to be ...Those days are Gone .....Unfortunately ..ESPECIALLY after watching The HARDLINE coverage I WILL say that GWIN does an EXCELLENT job tho !!!!
4 points I’d like to make as a long time fan… 1) Hiding this sport behind a pay wall at this stage of its development is only going to cripple its growth. 2)This is an extreme sport and should not be commentated like a regular sport. We need colourful characters like Rob Warner. 3) The new format is terrible. Semi final runs just increase the chance of injuries to riders. 4) Riders deserve a higher percentage of profit in their pay from the privateers up BRING BACK REDBULL
What’s the point of watching this. It isn’t worth it! Fuck downhill it’s all about the free racing now! Bring on redbull and hurry up and create your hardline series! This shit is ruuuuuuibbish!!
It's almost like UCI wants to fail with how terrible their coverage is. I wonder how the advertisers feel about how difficult you all make it to put eyeballs on their ads. Stop being so greedy and just let us watch! And for almost every rider you are only showing the absolute most uninteresting sections of the course. You're just showing them in the bike park and then crossing the finish line. The interesting part of the race is the middle section through the woods.
No, he’s not retired. There’s been complications following his crash that obliterated his elbow joint at the Lenzerheide World Cup last June 2023. From interviews, it sounds like he’s on the road to recovery & as well as commentating, he’s been busy with setting up a team with Crestline Bikes.
@davidanderson1639 I follow his Instagram so I knew he had a ownership deal with crest and had a team built ... and riding... so I was just not sure why he was commentating and not competing. Thank you for the updated info
@@HeWhoRoamsAimlessly you’re welcome!! It sounds like the crash worse than it looks on the video; with the end of the radius & ulna being driven into the joint & pretty much exploding. It’s great to have him commentating; former / current racers are far better equipped to give a knowledgeable perspective on what is happening. That said Gracia was absolutely horrific. Granted English isn’t his first language, but you’d have expected him to be able to give some sort of insight into the race compared to what we got. The UCI have totally dropped the ball with coverage these past few years. Watching Red Bull Hardline last week made me realise just how much of a step down the current coverage is; it’s totally disrespectful to the sport, the riders & the fans.
@@stirfrybry1 I don't know. You're watching a race finals and then all of a sudden they split the screen and start interviewing a rider that finished a while ago, i mean what the. Otherwise they have improved, regarding camera work and commentating.
Finn 2nd? Funny that, he only did 1 full race run. No offence meant to the fella but I wish they'd get rid of the protected rider thing! So many riders can qualify now thanks to the qual/semi/finals runs but so many of them have to think do they risk a non finals qualification by riding the semi at 95%, whereas some of them will have to do 3 of the best runs of their lives! Others take all that energy straight into the final! Not good!
If you've got the full 1.5hr of footage, why not just post it? More people will watch. It's simple. Just upload the full thing. Easy Done Also keep these commentators, the other guy is putting us to sleep
Guys....we just see nothing during 45sec with that useless drone cam seriously ! It makes no sense ! We see more things during the trainings and qualifs on other channels and riders channels that on your live stream !... Thankfully, the riders never disappoint me and try to do their job and being consistant !
Absolute garbage coverage. Imagine watching any other sport, and your favourite athlete is in the top ten but you don’t get to see them race. Athletics, Motorsport, surfing, anything… at the very least, top ten are covered. UCI, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
Bring back RedbullTv to cover it. Whoop/UCI need to rethink this, as its diabolical coverage. Great way of promoting the sport 🤦♂️NOT! How are they going to inspire new younger gen of riders who can't watch the elite race becuase its subscription BS.
Your coverage sucks. Please please go back to redbull’s coverage. They shows the top 5 finisher’s full runs. You guys show less than a minute of each guy. Lame.
RED BULL 2025! FREE THE LIVESTREAM!
support your sport you piece of shit
Please at least make it 30 min+, this is diminishing our favorite athletes...
I wish they would upload the whole broadcast
The stark difference between this coverage and Red Bull Hardline last weekend is really disappointing to see.
@@j0shbear628totally agree, completely night and day differnce....Bring back Redbull and Warner to commentating
You can watch the live broadcast. Josh and Aaron made a great job at that
Where is that? I watched the Juniors but the Elite category never appeared for me. @petherjohansson8728
Loic's form has been so consistent, he just keeps refining and building on it, one of the true greats.
coverage is getting alot better! solid commentators, instant replay of incidents from riders. A bigger part of the track is beeing shown. Nice.
Now if they can stop treating riders like shit they'll be good to go!
The speed in the wood sections is out of this world, amazing
Solid runs by Loic and Finn. It would have been nice to see a bit more of Finn in the woods considering he ended up 2nd.
Much better commentary
Glad to see UCI/CBS has improved their production quality from the previous year. The coverage of the race, the positioning of the cameras, the drone footage, and the timing were all well executed. The commentary team and the interviews also flowed well this go around.
LOL are you a bot? This coverage was ridiculous. The video bloggers do a better job. Stop huffing your own farts
Great runs by Loic and Finn . What an incredible save by Ronan Dunne in the stump section !
I know whoop, let's miss out every important and entertaining part of the track in your coverage. Awesome
Who is that commentating with Gwin? He's no Rob Warner, but still much more like it
100%
He's Josh Carlson.
The other guy got sick, and Josh jumped in last minute, what a blessing.
No Rob shouts thank god
Waaaaaay better!
Way to go Lachie 🇳🇿
Rotorua Represent.
RIP Rick. Gwin and Carlson are the future of DH commentary.
Good commentary by these two now ! :)
Where’s the full livestream replay?
You have to pay for it
Sadly, it's not the redbull
Pay? Definitely sad. Not a good way to grow the sport.
Pay for it. WTF. We need RedBull TV back😢
@@Zzz-lz9kb UCI isn't interested in growing the sport. They've just decided it's better to milk the fans that exist and hope for the best. The riders and the sport deserve so much better than what UCI has to offer. Greedy greedy greedy
Is Ric gone from the commentary? This seems much better.
No one is better than Rob and Claudio!
Unfortunately not, he got just sick. Josh Carlson jumped in the booth last minute.
Brutal
@@DiniMuetteri69 Josh is much much better at it than him. They need to take note of this and make a change.
@@MD-uu5nt That would require WBD to actually listen to what people are saying. Not gonna happen unfortunately.
Love it, this race had pretty good drone footage actually!! 💪🏻✊🏻
Thanks for the updates, UCI! :)
That’s amazing, I love you bruni
awesome thanks 👍
Much better coverage. Well done for listening
Oh, for sure. It was especially informative to see the rider and his unclipped pedal falter instead of seeing riders that beat his time. This is indeed the finest of coverage
They didn't listen. Ric was ill and will be back this weekend. 😒
Commentary so much better
This was a good recap, thank you!
Keep these two as commenters please..
I still want Gwin back racing! Full form i bet hes still competitive on rough tracks
Love how in accurate the whoop pop up is😂
Bruni 🔥
Way to go Lachie 🥝
Greatest of all time ! The goat
Super Bruni is Amazing ! 💪
This coverage is shocking !!
It leaves you asking if they hate the viewer and if they hate the sport as well. I know I'm feeling like it's not worth watching anymore. Way to ruin it all, UCI
Bruni masterclass
Good job loloooooooooooo❤❤❤🤙🤙
highlights is good. still want the raw stream though.
Red bull and Crankworx should just hold their own break away World Cup Series of all MTB platforms. UCI are killing the sport.
It's looking like it's the goal of the new management. Just another great thing they want to destroy because it inspires such strong development of not only skill and composure, but actual social bonding. There can be no doubt the big money bankers want this sport doused because it build too much character in the participants
The Ozempic Queen in the opening intro? Which producer's daughter is it?
Rapid upload 💪🏼💨
We have reached a point where Red Bull events are far better than UCI events. Better commentary, better riders, better courses etc..
Bring back red bull coverage....
Needs a massive injection of excitement in the commentary booth. Just watch this year's Hardline and see the difference it makes !!!
Well that was better than fort bill coverage.
Interesting that the uci allows active Suspension but no go pro footage from the race runs...
Anyone know where to watch the downhill free????
Where can I watch the full event? This is only highlights
Alguem sabe dizer se no downhill campeonato tem exame anti doping ?
with the drone you can really feel how fast these guys go...when its a gopro you think nahhh
I guess as a casual fan that's true. Until you've actually raced it would be hard to truly comprehend the speed
The commentary actually got me excited. Nice improvement. Camera angles are still trash but much improved.
Loic is the Tom Brady of DH
Yt mob on podium 👍👍💪🏼💪🏼
This is average content, even if it was free. Redbull did substantially better. Gwin is a good commentator
Shall we do a drone shot?
Yeah fab idea, that’ll please the fans!
Flies drone half way to Mars
Erm, well done
FFS
What’s with the drone footage from 150ft?!
saving money on cameras?
Just when you thought the camera work couldn’t get any worse…..
Downhill was headed to the olympics when redbull covered it. Now its heading into the bin. What a shame
Man, wish they would drop this track and bring back Schladming
Please bring back Rob Warner
We need back to RedBull!😢
Even Monster does a better job for the bike industry than UCI. Why would you send riders to these races when nobody gets to see the race. You'd be better off to mail a brochure to random people
Please show us more of the runs of the top 10 finishers. If going to do a 15 min YT edit why not do 30? Anyone who wants to can just skip ahead.
Not really showing the technical parts of the track. Way too much drone footage
There are people in charge now who know nothing about any of this
Why skip over the most important part of Finn’s run?
Terrible coverage. Didn’t show where he was faster than anyone or his important parts of his run. Coverage is so bad. Bring back redbull.
Absolutely brilliant coverage enjoyed the live stream and this recap gives you the main story’s. Top work 🙌🙌
lol. You must be paid to post positive comments. They don’t even show all the podium runs. What a joke.
@@straunwagner6322 haha it might not be a paid comment but it sure smells like it , i really do hate being negative but the coverage suck so much towards what we had with warner and redbull
LOL I sure hope it's sarcasm here
how loic ride so fast?
Bring back Redbull with Rob and Eliot!!
How to improve: 1. All podium runs top to bottom coverage, even the winning run is missing a whole minute which is substantial. Better, make it top 10 T2B
2. Make it longer, there's an anticipatory build up in seeing the progression that adds to the events magnitude, in a world of highlights and short attention spans, we want the book version.
3. By giving lesser known riders coverage it gives sponsors coverage and this helps riders who are taking massive risks and nobody sees it. Imagine getting a podium and it's barely shown, all the work and training and dedication for a blip of media.
4. Private RUclips coverage is often better because it's more real, humans deal in stories, in the trenches, 20 people in the crowd sidelines could capture the real experience. With todays technology get closer to the action, be in the dirt, not removed.
Was good commentary, Gwin has great insights
They Are Getting Better , BUT...... It will NEVER Be like it used to be ...Those days are Gone .....Unfortunately ..ESPECIALLY after watching The HARDLINE coverage I WILL say that GWIN does an EXCELLENT job tho !!!!
Watched this live on my free "alternative" stream ⛳
I hate that an analogue sport is becoming like F1 with electronic suspension aids.
4 points I’d like to make as a long time fan…
1) Hiding this sport behind a pay wall at this stage of its development is only going to cripple its growth.
2)This is an extreme sport and should not be commentated like a regular sport. We need colourful characters like Rob Warner.
3) The new format is terrible. Semi final runs just increase the chance of injuries to riders.
4) Riders deserve a higher percentage of profit in their pay from the privateers up
BRING BACK REDBULL
What’s the point of watching this. It isn’t worth it! Fuck downhill it’s all about the free racing now! Bring on redbull and hurry up and create your hardline series! This shit is ruuuuuuibbish!!
It's almost like UCI wants to fail with how terrible their coverage is. I wonder how the advertisers feel about how difficult you all make it to put eyeballs on their ads. Stop being so greedy and just let us watch! And for almost every rider you are only showing the absolute most uninteresting sections of the course. You're just showing them in the bike park and then crossing the finish line. The interesting part of the race is the middle section through the woods.
1080P Really?
seems like i disagree with most in liking Ric's more than Josh's commentary
Red Bull please
I miss the days of Rob Warner screaming his commentary. These 2 muppets sound like they've never been on a bike.
I love not seeing my favorite riders get featured and can’t watch the full replay
So is gwinn retired?
No, he’s not retired. There’s been complications following his crash that obliterated his elbow joint at the Lenzerheide World Cup last June 2023. From interviews, it sounds like he’s on the road to recovery & as well as commentating, he’s been busy with setting up a team with Crestline Bikes.
@davidanderson1639 I follow his Instagram so I knew he had a ownership deal with crest and had a team built ... and riding... so I was just not sure why he was commentating and not competing. Thank you for the updated info
@@HeWhoRoamsAimlessly you’re welcome!! It sounds like the crash worse than it looks on the video; with the end of the radius & ulna being driven into the joint & pretty much exploding.
It’s great to have him commentating; former / current racers are far better equipped to give a knowledgeable perspective on what is happening. That said Gracia was absolutely horrific. Granted English isn’t his first language, but you’d have expected him to be able to give some sort of insight into the race compared to what we got.
The UCI have totally dropped the ball with coverage these past few years. Watching Red Bull Hardline last week made me realise just how much of a step down the current coverage is; it’s totally disrespectful to the sport, the riders & the fans.
So we don’t even get to see all the riders runs 😢
Redbull coverage is far better than this one :(
UCI really messed up when they ditched Rob Warner.
1080p in a 4k world 👎
Von dutch hats are coming back? Wth
Please don’t bring ric back. These Guys are great together
She is not dressed for Mtb 😂
Yeah wtf was that
Shut up and let Aaron talk! Dude is a certified legend and the other guy keeps trying to cut him off.
Aguanté Red Bull
Keep these commentators.
Watched it live, who came up with the idea to destroy the runs by at the same time interview a rider that already finished. That was a bad idea.
So it's not even worth paying to see it? What a prime example of the incompetence crisis befalling humanity
@@stirfrybry1 I don't know. You're watching a race finals and then all of a sudden they split the screen and start interviewing a rider that finished a while ago, i mean what the. Otherwise they have improved, regarding camera work and commentating.
Finn 2nd? Funny that, he only did 1 full race run.
No offence meant to the fella but I wish they'd get rid of the protected rider thing!
So many riders can qualify now thanks to the qual/semi/finals runs but so many of them have to think do they risk a non finals qualification by riding the semi at 95%, whereas some of them will have to do 3 of the best runs of their lives! Others take all that energy straight into the final! Not good!
Luic Broni
Whats that spec on the screen? Oh, its a rider being covered by crap drone footage.
If you've got the full 1.5hr of footage, why not just post it?
More people will watch.
It's simple.
Just upload the full thing.
Easy
Done
Also keep these commentators, the other guy is putting us to sleep
Still failing to see the mud Gwinn speaks of. Looked like hero dirt to me.
UCI - way too short, they've ruined the sport.
Guys....we just see nothing during 45sec with that useless drone cam seriously ! It makes no sense !
We see more things during the trainings and qualifs on other channels and riders channels that on your live stream !...
Thankfully, the riders never disappoint me and try to do their job and being consistant !
Absolute garbage coverage. Imagine watching any other sport, and your favourite athlete is in the top ten but you don’t get to see them race. Athletics, Motorsport, surfing, anything… at the very least, top ten are covered. UCI, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
Possibly the worst coverage I've ever seen of a world cup highlights. Awful. Destroying out sport
Bring back RedbullTv to cover it. Whoop/UCI need to rethink this, as its diabolical coverage. Great way of promoting the sport 🤦♂️NOT! How are they going to inspire new younger gen of riders who can't watch the elite race becuase its subscription BS.
Your coverage sucks. Please please go back to redbull’s coverage. They shows the top
5 finisher’s full runs. You guys show less than a minute of each guy. Lame.
This is absolute trash. You don’t even show all the podium runs? Unbelievable
Flobikes sucks
Those DH clothing style gets tighter and tighter. Soon it will be DH lycra clothes I am afraid.