So fast, so steep, so abusive. The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill at Vallnord, Andorra, kicked off today with plenty of roost, dust and jumps. The gap jump at the end of the video had never been done until today, when Bernard Kerr hit it on his Pivot Phoenix bike for the first time. Now other riders like Danny Hart and Greg Minnaar have stepped up to grease it. Loris Vergier of the Santa Cruz Bicycles Syndicate went fastest in timed training today on his V10cc. Qualifying is on Friday with the race on Saturday.
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Ben cathro* this will be where vital raw will be tommorow*
Vital raw* hold my beer🍺
I rode the WC Track in Leogang a week after the Worldcup on my 29er V10 and it was dusty as hell. My frontwheel slipped on the corner where Rachel crashed in her race run. I am also struggling with the front wheel Grip a bit 🤔 quite interesting that a longer Chainstay could be a solution 🤔
Minnaarrrrrrrrr
Yo i live in Andorra and ride the WC track very often and i have to say that it is no were neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaar as flat as it looks on the video. It is steep as…
I swear every person in Europe has an effing whistle in their pocket
the whistle of hell……..
Great shots, your always in the right places. That drop at the end is mahoosive 🚀
@1:26 The immortalised words of Troy Brosnan I CANNOT SEE
The whistling makes this almost unwatchable with the sound on.
Why do they blow the whistle every time they go by
what is the whistle all about?
Raw sounds are the best period!
The Whistle Song by DJ Alligator begins playing
4:41 ''woo hoo…oohhh arrrghghfhfstf''
2 wheel gladiators
Had to stop watching, enough whistle…
Amaury looking super fast and effortless at the same time
FOR THE BOYS
The fkn whistle man, WTF?
Seriously though, these guys spend like 30% of the race airborne. Soon a wingsuit will be in order as a standard kit for DH riders.
The sickest footage!
Flag on Gwin's head at 2:32. USA!!
fvck yeahhh!
Those whistle sounds tho.. annoying af, i would certainly edit those out man. ffreep freep frreep freep freep..
frreep
Lool
July 4th a day to remind all Americans that they wouldn’t exist without Those ‘tea drinkers’
When I first started mtb in 96, all the local trails were ascending……..not very fun
A longer chainstay is only going to help if you raise the bars too. Said effect will be more centered in a longer wheel base bike. This will be less weight on the bars however and potentially less grip. Lowering the bars will give more front end grip and allow you to run shorter chainstays to get centered but will be a shorter wheelbase bike which will be a less stable bike although not necessarily too unstable
the silence of these machines is amazing
I got arm pump just watching this. Heavy track
Shove that whistle up someone's ass please
can someone explain the whistles to me lol thanks
'' those tea drinkers '' who do you think you are.