Loic Bruni’s sensational victory in Fort William! | UCI Downhill World Cup

Loic Bruni’s sensational victory in Fort William! Super Bruni put down a heater of a run and secured the top step in what is his first ever UCI Downhill World Cup win in Fort William!

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specialized Gravity the French national champion the reigning UCI downhill World Cup overall title holder sets off to try and break his boogey track Fort William has never been kind to this man is this the year he finally writes the wrongs he got a disc breake cover on his bike I haven’t seen that before they never stop tker with this specialized prototype and everything they seem to be doing seems to be working so far bruny absolutely superb through there yeah that’s looking really good yeah Lo looked comfortable all weekend on the right lines just I don’t know it seems to me like he’s kind of figured it out uh his qualifying time was I think a shocker to everybody came down almost 3 seconds faster than everybody and I’m I’m curious to see what happens this run cuz there’s a lot of energy to put into one of those runs and he I don’t know if he backed off a little bit I mean obviously the semi was still very competitive in third really fast time but you kind of almost feel like he was maybe saving a little more in the tank for today Clips a pull on his way through there bruny swings left man look at that SPL one second faster at the first split for L bruny his best here was fourth at the UCI worlds last season before that You’ to go back to 2018 for a fifth he had that huge get off in 2019 if you remember that midair we talked about it with him earlier in the week and he said it was one of the worst crashes cuz he so much time to think about the impact yeah nothing like flying through the air Ricky Bobby style you’re like yep flying through the air right now not good it was a huge crash man he hit his face he was kind of bleeding everywhere it was a scary one it was good to see him walk away from that but he didn’t just walk away from he rallied to take the title that year as well just as as tough as it gets like bruny but there is anak Moore in all its terrifying Majesty so many holes yeah just never ends like Brun though is looking to make sense of them here today going for his best result in Fort William he’d love to get this year off with a win wouldn’t he yeah that would uh I mean I he’s the guy to beat this year right he’s got the one number one played on this bike for a reason Fort Williams kind of in the puzzle he hasn’t been able to solve in the past if he could start the season with a win here that’s uh that’s going to be a bit trouble for everybody else to figure that one out last year as well I think there was definitely more wins that he probably should have gotten but whether it was rain or little Andora yeah there was that a bit of a social spot with t prella online about it and yeah he got it done the hard way last year ly bruny with that title yeah I think the results didn’t quite show where he was at he did win the championship but it was uh I think he had more wins in him so if this year goes a little smoother oh yeah man this is a r that is 2.7 seconds faster for L bruny that is a lot of time on this track 158 Beats per minute six times a UCI downhill world champion last year was his third world cup overall title and what a way to start this season 2.7 seconds up at the second split in Fort Williams yeah it is very hard to pick this run apart and find something he’s doing wrong seems like the bike’s working well he’s just spot on his lines everywhere when him when he and that specialized start clicking together he kind of skims through stuff you never see him sort of get impacted by the holes he’s traveling over top three at the minute TOA Norton Luca shop B kange that looks all set to change this run keeps going the way it’s going yeah and he has a history at the bottom I don’t know if it’s that bike he’s got lockouts or 2.5 no so he’s dropped two1 yeah whatever they do he uh he finds time at the bottom of tracks that thing goes really quick he’s super efficient you’ll see him staying low here nice and tucked in multiple suspension modes on that fight so he will be able he will have a set up for these jumps to stiffen things up to carry the maximum speed he just needs to get the wheels set down in the right place and get on the pedals 165 FTS per minute now bruny now heads down towards the line there’s not much more he can do apart from this final jump is L bruny going to go into L Willi bruny takes the lead by three seconds from Dakota Norton that is how you start a title defense L bruny punches the air he’s not done it that often in Fort William that one felt good yeah what a run wow we we were wondering if he’s figured it out it uh I think he answered that that looked about as good as it gets I hadn’t seen that desperate cover I don’t think it was entirely D to the desperate cover that I don’t think he was even running that in practice first day