World Cup Australian Round
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stringbean
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facilities would have to be stromlo, which is why it got it, track, illinbah, caus it sick
brodie_rider
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illinbah is close to home, stromlo has the groundspace for tents and all that events(other tracks probably do to) and thredbo has the facilities and scenery, scissor paper rock anyone?
Dene Dweller
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It should be at Illinbah, from what I've heard the track is awesome. Would be better held in the ski fields but the unfortunate part is they are covered in snow when the UCI rounds are being held, a slight problem there.
If I was in charge of SA I'd cut a track from Mt Lofty to Waterfall Gully and you could easily have a 4 minute single track with about 500m elevation. Pitty about the conservationists and politicians. So we are stuck with Stromlo for the time being, no a good representation though of what is / can be offered around Australia.
If I was in charge of SA I'd cut a track from Mt Lofty to Waterfall Gully and you could easily have a 4 minute single track with about 500m elevation. Pitty about the conservationists and politicians. So we are stuck with Stromlo for the time being, no a good representation though of what is / can be offered around Australia.
stringbean
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chillywilly
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hey Stu you and me will have to run a world cup race at Illinbah then hey?
Stupid post! Like Farkin members are going to have a say in where the world cup round will be held. DO a Search, TheCat (I think) or Drew has explained the process for holding a World Cup round. I am guessing you mean the world cup round in 2010 because the Worlds this year is definately set in concrete.
trouble
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I think Thredbo, the track needs to be slightly changed more challenging I think. Having a 6:15minute (pro times) time track would be different to what the normal world cup 3-5minutes tracks are like, I would be voting Thredbo or Mt Buller, cause of a chairlift, the hill is nice, there is lots of parking and accommodation and facilities, despite what people complain if you rode it for the first time again as a pro, it would a great track I think, there is plenty of space for a village down below the chairlift on the mulch, and I have always liked Thredbo it feels like ma home track, just good vibes there. Not as close as Canberra but I think it would suite a world cup more, if they spent the money spent on Mt Stromlo making Thredbo better.....it could be easily a world cup park, but no avail national parks.
Only 1 small problem.......Snow! With that said, you could get alot of those portable snow blowers from the USA and clear ALL the snow off.
casey79
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The Pietermaritzburg - South African World Cup this year is in the second week of April (3rd till the 12th). The old its "snowing when they race the world cups" is a bit redundant now.
Bring on Thredbo.
