Jackson Goldstone Winning Run | UCI Downhill MTB World Cup 2022 in Vallnord 

Track's always a bit faster in the morning isn't it though, morning dew giving a bit of extra grip before it's blown to pieces throughout the day before the top 10 or so elites come down.

@@JMcKaySV Nevertheless it never happened before. Goldstone is a beast!

@@JMcKaySV It’s not “always” faster in the morning, if it pours rain then it’s obviously not “always” going to be faster… He layed down a ripper, just shaddap and appreciate it.

In all fairness, that track got worked and thrashed later in the day, so Jackson definitely had an advantage with the time. Of course, he was able to take advantage of that slightly faster track because he is so skilled.

@@bigwave7207 he still thrashed Loris' qualifying time by 3 seconds... I've seen some raw clip from a key section where only Jackson and Gwin hit it smoothly where they sort of glided through it doing a double after a drop while pumping so hard where everyone hit it differently. They sort of find a way to make the large braking bumps as rollers. Lol

that'll be happening next year boss

Every rider has a start time. But you are allowed to start within a range around your start time. And this range starts at 5 seconds before the start time. The countdown counts to your start time so they are allowed to start when the countdown is at 5. "Go whenever you're ready" would not make much sense. Of course there must be a rule on when to start. Mainly to make sure there is enough delay between two riders so that's unlikely that a faster rider catches a slower one. On races at national level it could be that in qualification you might start behind a slower rider so you might start a bit later and not right at 5 to lower the chance of catching him. But if this is very unlikely you would start right away at 5 and not waste any time to get even more nervous ;)

@@HannesSchmiderer got it!.. thanks for the explanation .. the speed at which the pro riders can ride blows my mind