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Alright. Round 5 is upon us, and this

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time we're in the French alpine resort of

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We talk about how the season is developing,

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the changes to the track. The potential for

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aero and electronic gains and plenty more.

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Is no doubt gonna provide some amazing racing,

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so without further ado. Here's your Max tires

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pre show with Chris K murray.

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Chris K murray. Welcome back to the downtime

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podcast. We're live in Le in person for

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the first time this year. How's things. I'm

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back No. You're back. Welcome.

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Actually, L is in home Like, we we

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slag off quite a lot down and mo.

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For for multiple reasons, Yeah. Like, not

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not the the foreign people with actually the

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locals, the Democracy,

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and there's a bit of there's bit a

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beef here. Even though there's a lot of

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inter does it there's a lot of beef

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in this part of the world. 20 20.

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Literally 10 minutes apart. Right? Yeah. 10 minutes

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of apart put,

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different post codes different.

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Because it's quite different, quite different. Are quite

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different.

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And mo quite connected. Okay. And then L

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is it's like, now.

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Nah. We're not... Searching as all the people

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from Geneva and Paris and stuff by a

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lot of property appears property prices are crazy.

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1 lights. Well, before we talk about Aj

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this week, let's reflect back a little bit

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on the last race in Val soul because

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it was It was an exciting 1 for

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as always, I guess.

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while. Like, that's a that's a big deal

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for Tan to come through what she's done

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and get back to that point. Yeah. 1076

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days I counted. And then

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I don't know if to stole my start

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and broke it, but Warner brothers,

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Candidate is 1077.

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back actually and find out who is more

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correct. I I like being correct, you know?

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Maybe there's a leap year thing. Yeah. Maybe

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it was a leap year Forgot about pinch

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Now I was gonna... Yeah. An amazing win.

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She won the race basically the only way

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she could, which was by dominating.

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2 sectors. Yeah.

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sector 4 are kinda, like, the the beginning

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be her thing at this stage, but it's

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Well, lot of time to find. Right? Well,

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the 14 seconds there They're about,

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on first place,

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wasn't not happy about it, but just got

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to work. As she's as she's done previously

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in the past, but I think she felt

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this 1 was un

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insurmountable on Climb una unsustainable. So to work

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on on after semi finals that evening on

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track walk and then that night was all

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about just getting the best result possible.

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was quite away away from that. Yeah. In

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semi finals, I And just... I think in

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the star Just made the decision that she

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was just gonna absolutely send it.

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her own,

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res craft and everything else. She knew that

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the only option was to dominate sectors 1

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and 2, which she did. And she had

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an dominated sectors 2 as much as she

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had it on Monica harassment probably would

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got very close, You know. Yeah. Incredible. And

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we're sort... I mean,

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Tiny. It gets she grew up around here.

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It's sort of a home race in a

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way... Yeah Well, it is actually... It's like,

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yeah. Around about... So she was in Bike

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club. Okay. So that was the only now.

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It there's a Morrison bike Club and there's

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probably a Sag door club stuff as well.

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in general for kids around here in in

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Morris Or he is a lot bigger now.

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probably almost 20 years ago.

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skiing was still the the main thing for

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the local kids, local kids, especially didn't really

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ride them mountain much much to kit and

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equipment wasn't particularly well adapted. You know, you

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had to kind of barge job the whole

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thing.

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L. So tanya has got a lot of

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friends here from L and,

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a lot of friends that are still involved

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in the mountain bike world still involved in

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the scene here in L or or globally

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on the World cup circuit, So it is

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definitely

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you know, a home race for her and

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she she really hated missing out in world

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champs here 2 years ago with the concussion.

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her best here, especially in the really dusty

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conditions that we had here last year. Yeah.

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I think yeah. She's gonna be

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chopping the bit for for a big 1

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this week. Yeah. Big party of if nothing

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else.

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And plenty of other women champ it a

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bit as well. And not not, you know,

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not to forget Valley Valley didn't go her

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way Val song and it all it didn't

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go her way here last year, but, you

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know, up until the point,

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She looked pretty good all weekend here last

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year. Yeah. Like, she looked pretty good in

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val solely as well. Yeah. It didn't look

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kind of in dominating for him because because

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of just how hard that track is And

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I think it's you really have to measure

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everything in val solely in terms of practice

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and,

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raised in the whole lot.

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So she was, you know, on pace all

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week in in Val sol, but, you know,

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kinda on on a similar looking looking pissed

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to somebody of the other top women whereas,

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you know Leo guy. She was kind of

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know, little a little bit above everyone. Mh.

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And here last year L as well, Q

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and semi that she won 9 of the

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10 available sectors

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across q and semi and crash Sadly in

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the second corner. It would've have been good

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because Mary put down an exceptional run here

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last year. I did Monica harassment. Yeah. Which

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people are automatic, you know, frequently flies under

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the radar, but usually mid season or on

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the really demanding tracks that are blown out

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and dusty and destroyed near the bottom monica

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just, you know, keep the same consistent strong

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pace the whole it through.

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So last year, Shame valley crashed in in

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the second term because it would awesome to

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see her finals were up against Marine. Yeah.

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It would been it would've been really good.

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I think yeah, look, we're in... Like you

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said, we're in for a

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a huge week of women's racing. It's so

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exciting now to so many women and and

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there's no guaranteed spots for finals in terms

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of, like, you you can't pick your 10.

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You've got your 3 protected for finals anyway.

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Or you're 5 protected.

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You just can't. You can't predict much even

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and you can't predict the winner anymore. You

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can't anything it's amazing. You know, Monica came

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back smashed it last time out Val slowly.

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Marion was there there thereabouts, but not quite

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on that winning form. She could be this

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week She's been up and down all season,

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She's either been

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destroying it or kind of been a little

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bit back and not really sure why. So

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she's... She's been putting in some huge work

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between the races and the bike and herself.

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I know. So, yeah, Women's racing is

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on fire again in Solid as well with

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eddie put down the fastest time did. Yeah.

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by at just under a tenth of a

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second day of amazing. I in literally in

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completely different

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fashion to tiny. Yeah. So got smoked by

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town top 2 seconds. Yeah. And by quite

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a bit as well might a lot. Yeah

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I get 4 probably at split 2 tiny

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would have been 4 and a half ahead

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probably. Yeah. And then Ellie just fully flipped

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it and just drag back all that time

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on on the run to the finish line

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on the steep and steep and gnarly stuff.

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these young junior ladies who have so much

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learning to do in terms of race craft

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and just their

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progression in career in general.

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But the base level of ability and physicality

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and training and preparation that they're bringing in

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at 16 years old, 17 years old is.

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Sits phenomenal. Yeah. Next level. Yeah and E

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is still there. She's had a couple of

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areas races, but she's still there Thereabouts.

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Sasha earnest. Yeah. You know, amazing bike rider

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definitely doesn't have the kind of physicality that

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El Hills bosch has it rides the bike

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in a completely different way interacts with track

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in a totally different way. Races as a

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result in a totally different way. So she

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matures and progresses, like Sky's, and you're gonna

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have 4 or 5 junior girls coming through

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in the next couple of seasons that ride

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and race in totally different ways. Yeah. So

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just like we saw of val Sol, you're

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women. Yeah. That literally ride and raised the

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tracks quite different. So you're not gonna know

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who's gonna be up or down at each

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split in sector and... Yeah. Cool. Great time

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for the sports because a few years ago,

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it wasn't like that. Not for sure, man.

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And then moving on to the men's. I

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mean, Am run was

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incredible to me as a novice it look

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perfect.

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You're. No. Let's come on. Okay. Well, an

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informed Novice, maybe. It looked pretty perfect. And...

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You know, we've seen Amr do special things

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here before, admittedly on the old track, but

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he's

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he's not slow around here. No. He's... Yeah.

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I I didn't even what to say. There's

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no surprises for that. That was stunning. So,

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basically, we were honored at to you know,

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a host of coaches staff, team managers everything

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else.

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Obviously, the weather it come in a bit

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began for the elite men's of Val sol.

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So

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things started to get a little bit little

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bit weird. You know, maybe 4 or 5

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riders after the dakota has run. Sadly a

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little bit wet again, especially the exposed section

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of Val It's so hard pack.

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It just doesn't get soft anymore. And then

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the ring gets on top gets slick. And

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so, basically, there's a few of us there

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Obviously know the sport. I was actually standing

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with with reese Wilson.

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And, obviously, we've seen this sort of scenario

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unfold in the elite men's field multiple times.

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Hence why we try to move finals an

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hour earlier. Yeah. Last year and all that

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sort of thing,

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year afternoon. Rain, and is what it is.

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And basically, it goes like this. If Troy

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Bros isn't getting close to winning. Yeah. And

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he's 1 of the last 5 or guys

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down, then it's probably game over. Yeah. So

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Troy was fourth or fifth last man,

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and he was pretty close to dakota his

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time at split 2 it was. And we

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were like, right. It's it's probably game on

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again. If these last 4 or 5 guys

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who are on currently on world class form,

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they've qualified in the top 5 if they

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can't get close to whoever whoever's the hard

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seats it's it's off. Yeah. But normally, no

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matter what the conditions are. They kinda can.

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Yeah. Troy did a pretty solid job lost

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the at the time at the bottom I

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think, and then Fin came through and was

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just absolutely tanking.

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But Still was a little bit off, and

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then Amr dropped in and everyone was like,

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well, here we go. He's been on fire

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since Leo but really you kinda made a

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mess of his in Leo again.

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And

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in Leo Gang last practice, he was just

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on He was just back at Am. He

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was was a back Am. He was just

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Am He was a new... He was a

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better version of. Like, it looked insanely controlled

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nominal. And then, yeah, that race val. It

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was just outrageous. Yeah. And I know they

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did a huge 1 amount to work on

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that bike. Throughout the week. So it started

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the week on, basically, a a very different

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bike Okay linkage and

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bits and bobs hanging off in different places,

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you know, changing either way they're change kin

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or exactly what it changes, but they've definitely

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been trying. They're best to e out, you

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know, a performance advantage.

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Specialized gravity doing a fantastic job clearly, you

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know, leading the, Yeah. Team overall, I think

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still.

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I pretty. Pretty close, but 1 and 2

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in the men's overall. Yeah. And

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So, yeah, I can commence on look off

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for putting in some big hours with Ama

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and probably the rest of riders trying to

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get some advantage and Am just capitalize on

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1 every sector in Val.

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In pretty well conditions just

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literally as the saying goes pulled everyone's pants

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though. Yeah. You say just clean the floor

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at the whole field. And everyone was not

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1 person at the finish line who was

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disappointed. I don't think everyone was just either

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in or in shock. That was On Bombshell

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moment you know Yeah For sure. For sure.

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And last this time last year, it felt

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like we were waiting for Launch his first

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win like he'd had a pretty incredible season,

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but hadn't quite converted and he did it

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here. With in in great style. And it

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feels like this year that's Dakota. We're we're

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waiting for this win from Dakota and I

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wonder whether it will come this because it's

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gone well here in the past. Dakota has

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been sending the plenty laps last few days.

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It's like Ben benoit was before the racing

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here last year. I think, you know, that

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there is here had been a little bit

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later last year, early September really helped Ko

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because he was just, like, progressing throughout the

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season just on fire, just getting in the

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all of the laps, especially planning and and

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some demanding tracks around his neck of the

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woods.

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Dakota definitely

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want to watch for sure. Ben benoit, I

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a little bit on the back foot, it

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seems after moment. So he said he just

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didn't get it. I actually talked to him

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a few days ago.

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When half of the world cup field was

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riding on plenty. And he said he just

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was just off the bullet from Day 1

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in Val sol. So he'll be trying his

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best to to back it up here. But

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I think he knows himself. He's gonna have

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to do something different than he did. He

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was just trying to, like, from Lu when

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he, you know, crashed final probably should want.

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Mh. Coming here to Last year, he, you

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know, he he just he knew he had

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to hold it together basically. And he did

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the perfect last year he did Q. Yeah.

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He only won won potentially 2. I think

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only he won sector all weekend, but he

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won q his semi finals.

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Impressive. Yeah. Crazy. He was just on the

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money The track here last year without... It

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was just no moisture. It was at an

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absolute dust,

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which meant that it was just

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really hard to be the fastest

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everywhere

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unlike, some trucks where you can be really

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fast everywhere. You had to just be really,

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really good everywhere. Jackson for example, here last

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year was the fastest in the steep stuff.

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So sector 3 and 4. Like, destroy the

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field every everyone, but top and bottom, just

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didn't really have that extra little bit. Mh.

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And as a result it was kind of,

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you know, Podium piss 345 volt. Yeah. That

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words. Was just kinda on the money

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everywhere, but not quite the fastest and they

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paid off. So

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I don't know I'm not sure how that

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the race is gonna be worn this year

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because

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it's definitely not gonna get that dusty. It's

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it's probably raining as we speak here. So...

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Well, yeah.

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Before we talk about trailers, just briefly touching

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and, and you said you had some nurse

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stats for us what what have you been

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looking at that's interested you?

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But just kind of the ones we said

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about you, how how hard it is to

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be perfect. Or how hard it was here

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last year to be perfect. Mh. Vale won

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a lot of sectors here last year, then

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what didn't

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So in the men's field, especially it was

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really, really challenging, but this track is, like,

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it's it's 1 of the...

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It's a classic 1 now, and it's actually

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not that difficult.

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Which is like,

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it's really hard to raise, but actually, technically,

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it's not it's not on the same level

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as that was all in terms of challenge.

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Sure. I feel like I could ride the

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track. My last I could people could. Yeah

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Most people could and of the more the

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demanding stuff has been kind of been cleaned

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up and I made it easier, which you

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like the roll gap at the top. Mh.

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Which the first year is built. I remember

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doing it.

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For the invitation of the year, and it

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I had the weirdest entry with 2 burns,

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and the landing was short and Steep as

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a corner straight there, and the whole thing

455
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was just like,

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a mine melt trying to get your speed

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dial. You couldn't see his blind take off,

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semi blind landing blind corner, the whole lot

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whereas now that they just made it straight.

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So there was a couple of interesting weird

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tech features which have made it easier. So

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really, it's it's a a track that's relatively

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easy to ride, kind of easy to write

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fast.

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Which meant them with the dose last year

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that in terms of stats and and how

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it works out,

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it was really really hard to be perfect

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everywhere so you had to try and just

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you know, be really, really good. Yeah. And,

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you know, Vale should have probably been really,

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really good everyone in finals and and probably

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won the race, Ben benoit did the job

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almost lost up the last jumps. And yeah,

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that often in terms of, you know, the

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data and stats, people are always like, motor

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ways and jumps never. There's their point that's

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why you're the the race, and then in,

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but time And again, the almost side races.

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So ben benoit almost lost a raised there

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last year. He was sixteenth and on the

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motor jump section here near the bottom. He

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in the top 5 and every other sector.

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He was only sixteenth overall in that sector,

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sector 5 at the bottom, which kinda had

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the exit piece from the woods over the

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jumper Res recast a few years ago.

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Straight down there. Basically no breaking that, making

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sure the bike was tracking well, Aerodynamics. Everything

490
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else was so crucial. And the women's feel

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the time gaps were massive

492
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No visually there wasn't actually much difference.

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So, yeah. It's it's it's an inch super

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interesting track and yet again, just because it's

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not the most challenging. It doesn't mean it

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isn't challenging,

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and it doesn't mean it doesn't make really

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interesting racing. And a cool contrast to, you

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know, Leo gang,

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race the 2 halves Vale sol, the black

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snake, ma'am marie short you have to do

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that. Yeah. And then here with the weather

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and everything else being early, you know, well,

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early July now.

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We just don't really know what we're gonna

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get with it So Yeah. Do we know

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much about track changes this year?

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They've done 3 very tight burns out of

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the start. Okay. Ty bike park look at

510
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things you've ever seen in your life. Why

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I don't know. Lily is the track builder

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who course builder hero I don't really well.

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So I'm gonna ask them why what what

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But like we saw with Valleys raised from

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last year can decide the race If you

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don't have a good job It were so

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hard last year It was 2 burns last

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year, and they were so challenging to do

519
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well, and I remember seeing, like,

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tanya kinda

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do a weird job and finally I like

522
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it's... That's how hard there because she's queen

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of carrying ex speed

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or between between be.

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She's so. Just 1 of the best writers

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in the world. Male female doesn't matter. And

527
00:16:21,671 --> 00:16:23,266
that sort of stuff. You wanna Go to

528
00:16:23,345 --> 00:16:25,738
M. Tanner, You'll find... You'll find out footage

529
00:16:25,738 --> 00:16:27,333
you'll find. Yeah you try to follow margin,

530
00:16:27,413 --> 00:16:28,370
and you're like, right? And can you get

531
00:16:28,370 --> 00:16:30,449
my head you're down here. So, you know,

532
00:16:31,083 --> 00:16:33,303
even that sort of stuff is challenging here,

533
00:16:34,810 --> 00:16:35,445
between the first and,

534
00:16:36,968 --> 00:16:38,639
after that first row up. Yeah. Into dark

535
00:16:38,639 --> 00:16:40,389
woods, it's gonna pick up some of the

536
00:16:40,389 --> 00:16:43,254
old 2 9 corners again. Yeah. Just for

537
00:16:43,254 --> 00:16:44,368
a couple of seconds whereas last year, it

538
00:16:44,368 --> 00:16:46,212
just kinda went straight down long left. Over

539
00:16:46,212 --> 00:16:47,404
some roots into the woods. I think it's

540
00:16:47,404 --> 00:16:49,230
gonna pick up those burns again, and then

541
00:16:49,230 --> 00:16:50,818
fresh. Yeah. And that would so just, like,

542
00:16:51,056 --> 00:16:52,962
5 meters, 3 meters to the left or

543
00:16:52,962 --> 00:16:54,788
the right, probably to the right slightly right

544
00:16:54,788 --> 00:16:54,947
high.

545
00:16:56,952 --> 00:16:58,705
Through there, and it's only further down. It's

546
00:16:58,705 --> 00:17:00,298
gonna be, you know, move left and right

547
00:17:00,298 --> 00:17:02,369
of last year's tracks. Yeah. But they really

548
00:17:02,369 --> 00:17:03,962
can't do much in terms of authorization.

549
00:17:04,614 --> 00:17:07,562
And I think the land that's communal, they're

550
00:17:07,562 --> 00:17:09,155
only allowed to move a tiny bit every

551
00:17:09,155 --> 00:17:10,111
year. Mh. You know,

552
00:17:10,908 --> 00:17:12,661
without starting to cause major issues in terms

553
00:17:12,661 --> 00:17:14,830
of environmental stuff, so that the track and

554
00:17:14,830 --> 00:17:15,950
move a little bit left and right. It's

555
00:17:15,950 --> 00:17:17,390
when we get further down is gonna be

556
00:17:17,390 --> 00:17:19,470
some some bigger changes, which is cool. So

557
00:17:19,549 --> 00:17:22,029
I think the the woods after the rip...

558
00:17:22,349 --> 00:17:23,230
After the lake. Yeah.

559
00:17:24,199 --> 00:17:26,821
Has a it's it's a change, a substantial

560
00:17:26,821 --> 00:17:28,965
change. It won't look substantial and television probably

561
00:17:28,965 --> 00:17:30,554
because it's still in that woods, But there's

562
00:17:30,554 --> 00:17:31,666
bit of a change there, which is nice.

563
00:17:32,159 --> 00:17:33,515
To rebuild some of the be and some

564
00:17:33,515 --> 00:17:34,950
of the catches down there. It's nice. And

565
00:17:34,950 --> 00:17:37,524
then further down. It's... You do the little

566
00:17:38,858 --> 00:17:39,916
the d,

567
00:17:40,453 --> 00:17:43,019
they call it, which is the the far

568
00:17:43,019 --> 00:17:44,692
off cam. Okay. So you do that, which

569
00:17:44,692 --> 00:17:46,684
is gonna be basically the same. Come out

570
00:17:46,684 --> 00:17:47,799
and you do that section of bike package

571
00:17:47,799 --> 00:17:48,915
jumps, which is part of the bike pack.

572
00:17:49,169 --> 00:17:50,445
And then eat your turn right, and you

573
00:17:50,445 --> 00:17:51,642
go into that woods from there down, it's

574
00:17:51,642 --> 00:17:53,077
gonna be quite different. Mh. Which is cool.

575
00:17:53,237 --> 00:17:54,216
So it's gonna stay,

576
00:17:55,311 --> 00:17:57,145
higher to the riders right once you've traverse,

577
00:17:57,305 --> 00:17:59,792
it'll kind of off cam root section higher

578
00:17:59,792 --> 00:18:01,706
to the riders right, come that blown out

579
00:18:01,706 --> 00:18:03,619
section above the black would. Yeah. Come into

580
00:18:03,619 --> 00:18:05,714
dash higher up with a bit of a

581
00:18:05,852 --> 00:18:07,526
right last second, so it's gonna be less

582
00:18:07,526 --> 00:18:07,845
blown out.

583
00:18:08,736 --> 00:18:10,723
Fresh dirt every refresh lines developing, and then

584
00:18:10,723 --> 00:18:12,234
for the black itself, which an now has

585
00:18:12,234 --> 00:18:14,302
not tree sadly. Yeah. I think everyone might

586
00:18:14,302 --> 00:18:17,006
remember Re Wilson inside inside line from 20

587
00:18:17,006 --> 00:18:17,642
21. Yes.

588
00:18:18,373 --> 00:18:19,645
Especially in the wet, which is just an

589
00:18:19,645 --> 00:18:21,157
outrageous decision to make in the wet that

590
00:18:21,157 --> 00:18:23,385
he made it very impressive. Yeah. So that's

591
00:18:23,385 --> 00:18:24,976
dead straight again, yeah. That's gonna go straight

592
00:18:24,976 --> 00:18:27,377
down. It's really, really cool because that's Although,

593
00:18:27,457 --> 00:18:29,363
it looks a bit kind of, like, oh,

594
00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:31,030
it's straight it's boring. In terms of, like,

595
00:18:31,268 --> 00:18:32,301
the gaps you can do in the way

596
00:18:32,301 --> 00:18:32,460
in,

597
00:18:33,651 --> 00:18:34,683
managing your entry speed,

598
00:18:35,397 --> 00:18:36,295
breaking points

599
00:18:36,762 --> 00:18:38,349
you know, and how critical that is to

600
00:18:38,349 --> 00:18:39,936
cut your speed out to the the grass

601
00:18:39,936 --> 00:18:41,364
to ski piece to grass field and onto

602
00:18:41,364 --> 00:18:42,951
your jumps. Yeah. So I think it's actually

603
00:18:42,951 --> 00:18:44,960
really a really good changed to me. A

604
00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:46,480
lot more technical than it looks. Yeah. A

605
00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:47,759
lot more technical looks last year It was

606
00:18:47,759 --> 00:18:49,519
kinda like, getting your breaking right at the

607
00:18:49,519 --> 00:18:50,580
last little kin

608
00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,931
tick shrub. Yeah. That left han be slightly

609
00:18:53,931 --> 00:18:55,685
less than everyone else You carry maximum exit

610
00:18:55,685 --> 00:18:57,360
speed. This year it's gonna be way more

611
00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:59,194
interesting. I think yeah. So dead strip but

612
00:18:59,194 --> 00:19:00,549
super interesting Yeah. There's a there's a couple

613
00:19:00,549 --> 00:19:01,746
of key changes. I think it's gonna be

614
00:19:01,746 --> 00:19:03,596
enough to fresh. Yeah. That's cool. Let's talk

615
00:19:03,596 --> 00:19:05,431
a bit about conditions. I've... I've been lucky

616
00:19:05,431 --> 00:19:06,868
to spend the last week right in More.

617
00:19:07,028 --> 00:19:09,342
And without beetle though. And dark dodge me

618
00:19:09,342 --> 00:19:11,346
all we can't touch I dodge the danger

619
00:19:11,346 --> 00:19:12,855
laps. Touched the danger Like dodge quite a

620
00:19:12,855 --> 00:19:14,760
few danger laps. It was basically, like, whole

621
00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,189
world cup field seemed to be more than.

622
00:19:16,348 --> 00:19:17,936
Yeah last week. No no matter what what

623
00:19:17,936 --> 00:19:19,309
way you turned around and your

624
00:19:19,778 --> 00:19:21,609
getting told or talking someone or something like

625
00:19:21,609 --> 00:19:22,724
that. What's the good stuff Show I'll be

626
00:19:22,724 --> 00:19:24,715
the good apologies to anybody that I asked

627
00:19:24,715 --> 00:19:26,228
if I wanted a lap and I sort

628
00:19:26,228 --> 00:19:27,025
of disappeared.

629
00:19:28,313 --> 00:19:29,904
But, yeah, the water table is pretty high.

630
00:19:30,619 --> 00:19:33,085
Yeah. We had a huge amount of heat.

631
00:19:33,403 --> 00:19:34,993
So this... In the woods it's still... I

632
00:19:34,993 --> 00:19:36,480
think it's starting to dry and then it

633
00:19:36,679 --> 00:19:38,115
the rain came again yesterday.

634
00:19:38,673 --> 00:19:40,108
And we looked like we've got rain on

635
00:19:40,108 --> 00:19:41,703
and off for a fair chunk of the

636
00:19:41,703 --> 00:19:44,016
week. Maybe dry Thursday, Friday. I'd checked the

637
00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:45,532
forecast this morning and there's rain again for

638
00:19:45,611 --> 00:19:48,200
Saturday. Yeah. So it's gonna be an interesting

639
00:19:48,498 --> 00:19:48,998
develop

640
00:19:49,375 --> 00:19:51,050
developing track over the week I guess. I

641
00:19:51,050 --> 00:19:52,725
mean, it's gonna be a big contrast at

642
00:19:52,725 --> 00:19:53,762
last year. And I remember some of the

643
00:19:53,762 --> 00:19:55,517
riders just talking last year about upper body

644
00:19:55,517 --> 00:19:56,075
fatigue gets bottom.

645
00:19:56,805 --> 00:19:58,312
And they were quite surprised. We're like, the

646
00:19:58,312 --> 00:20:00,375
track isn't, you know, it's it's like, 570

647
00:20:00,375 --> 00:20:02,041
meter descent. It's 1 of the the biggest

648
00:20:02,041 --> 00:20:03,335
tracks we have in terms of

649
00:20:03,962 --> 00:20:06,109
descent. It's relatively long 2.2 kilometers or whatever.

650
00:20:06,268 --> 00:20:07,619
It's like, it's it's on the money in

651
00:20:07,619 --> 00:20:09,528
terms of a long down modern down track.

652
00:20:10,005 --> 00:20:11,356
But it's never been... As we said, it's

653
00:20:11,356 --> 00:20:13,527
not filed a sol speck rough. So it's

654
00:20:13,527 --> 00:20:15,204
never been the most physical. And last year,

655
00:20:15,284 --> 00:20:16,722
people were complaining about providing for fatigue, you

656
00:20:16,722 --> 00:20:18,320
know, I thought. It was because of the

657
00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,249
dust. It's just a so much counter steering

658
00:20:20,249 --> 00:20:22,481
and and, you know, counter balancing on your

659
00:20:22,481 --> 00:20:24,634
steering happening because of so dusty blown out

660
00:20:24,634 --> 00:20:26,229
in spots. So I think that sort of

661
00:20:26,229 --> 00:20:27,345
side of things this should be way better.

662
00:20:27,759 --> 00:20:29,119
Gonna be traction everywhere as long as it's

663
00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,200
not wet. Unfortunately, some of it is bike

664
00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:32,720
pack, some... And even some of the stuff

665
00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:33,919
that is in bike pack that's just been

666
00:20:33,919 --> 00:20:35,359
raised for 4 or 5 seasons now is

667
00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:37,286
hard pack. So it gets real slick and

668
00:20:37,286 --> 00:20:38,953
unless it gets very, very wet. Kinda like

669
00:20:38,953 --> 00:20:40,621
kinda plenty. When it gets real wet, it's

670
00:20:40,621 --> 00:20:41,813
amazing when it gets a little bit wet.

671
00:20:41,971 --> 00:20:44,298
It's a bit horrifying. Yeah. So

672
00:20:44,689 --> 00:20:45,808
Let's see what the weather does. I think,

673
00:20:45,888 --> 00:20:47,246
like you said, end of the week looks

674
00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,323
okay for now. Like, the the predictability the

675
00:20:49,323 --> 00:20:50,602
forecast thursday in Friday is really high. So

676
00:20:50,602 --> 00:20:51,960
it looks like we're gonna get dry. Okay.

677
00:20:52,534 --> 00:20:53,808
Dry practice day dry,

678
00:20:54,525 --> 00:20:55,025
quality

679
00:20:55,481 --> 00:20:57,154
quality semi day, which is which is cool.

680
00:20:57,872 --> 00:20:59,943
And because we need that. That's good... When

681
00:20:59,943 --> 00:21:01,297
those days are variable it kinda, like,

682
00:21:02,109 --> 00:21:02,908
It's a big day. It's a big day

683
00:21:02,908 --> 00:21:04,107
in the office for me You anyways for

684
00:21:04,107 --> 00:21:04,267
sure.

685
00:21:05,066 --> 00:21:06,424
So if that sticks like that, Be happy

686
00:21:06,424 --> 00:21:08,022
with that, and then we'll see what Saturday

687
00:21:08,022 --> 00:21:10,828
brings. Fingers Crossed. It's too. For now, the

688
00:21:10,828 --> 00:21:12,020
predictability is not particularly high in the on

689
00:21:12,020 --> 00:21:14,243
the forecast of fingers crossed. But it's definitely

690
00:21:14,243 --> 00:21:15,832
gonna be a variable temperatures like you said

691
00:21:15,832 --> 00:21:18,929
are seasonally low. Yeah. Like we're we're sub

692
00:21:18,929 --> 00:21:21,255
20 degrees at peak temperatures at some points

693
00:21:21,255 --> 00:21:22,531
during the week, which is crazy at this

694
00:21:22,531 --> 00:21:24,206
time of the year. Yeah. Normally be touching

695
00:21:24,206 --> 00:21:26,040
25 no matter what, You know? But the

696
00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,237
last couple of weeks been quite humid and

697
00:21:27,237 --> 00:21:28,353
hush. Now it's kinda like,

698
00:21:30,041 --> 00:21:31,710
Yeah. Have a look out the window. It's

699
00:21:31,710 --> 00:21:34,013
not great. Like, is it 12 in impasse.

700
00:21:34,252 --> 00:21:36,079
Yeah. So it's... Well I look June the

701
00:21:36,079 --> 00:21:37,270
weather's month a year in this part of

702
00:21:37,270 --> 00:21:37,588
the alps.

703
00:21:38,716 --> 00:21:40,149
It is what it is. I think the

704
00:21:40,149 --> 00:21:41,900
riders are gonna be happy with some moisture

705
00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:42,934
in the ground. And like you said at

706
00:21:42,934 --> 00:21:44,128
the water table been so high. And just

707
00:21:44,128 --> 00:21:45,822
the amount of rain we've had the last

708
00:21:46,054 --> 00:21:48,052
68 weeks and even all all winter long.

709
00:21:49,570 --> 00:21:50,769
It's gonna take a lot of sun, a

710
00:21:50,769 --> 00:21:52,127
lot of heat to dry it out and

711
00:21:52,127 --> 00:21:53,406
we're without getting either of those things Sonya

712
00:21:53,406 --> 00:21:54,579
you. So it should be a fast track

713
00:21:54,699 --> 00:21:55,813
thing. I think it should be fast. It

714
00:21:55,813 --> 00:21:56,631
should be pretty

715
00:21:57,404 --> 00:21:58,120
interesting. Yeah.

716
00:21:59,791 --> 00:22:01,541
Maybe slick in the mornings, group b, Guess.

717
00:22:02,193 --> 00:22:03,949
The worst of it again as purple standard.

718
00:22:04,188 --> 00:22:05,864
Standard yeah. And maybe some rut would would

719
00:22:05,864 --> 00:22:06,922
be amazing because,

720
00:22:07,778 --> 00:22:08,895
I was actually over at K,

721
00:22:09,710 --> 00:22:11,549
in endure, world cup, a few days ago,

722
00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:12,750
on the number of rot because they had

723
00:22:12,750 --> 00:22:14,750
a wet practice dry ish race. Yeah. The

724
00:22:14,750 --> 00:22:16,349
were rot, like I never seen so many

725
00:22:16,349 --> 00:22:17,630
rot in the endure. So I think if

726
00:22:17,630 --> 00:22:19,642
we had some rot here for the downhill

727
00:22:19,642 --> 00:22:21,156
be a lot of riders, especially our French

728
00:22:21,156 --> 00:22:23,387
riders be extremely happy. Yeah. I think, actually

729
00:22:23,387 --> 00:22:25,221
everyone who's been on... Been around here riding

730
00:22:25,221 --> 00:22:26,336
on planning writing it more.

731
00:22:27,465 --> 00:22:28,576
Any of the bike around here it'd be

732
00:22:28,576 --> 00:22:30,401
pretty happy because it's been Rod central recently.

733
00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:31,830
Yeah. You've had to get real good at

734
00:22:31,830 --> 00:22:33,894
just keeping your eyes up and making sure

735
00:22:33,894 --> 00:22:35,981
that wheel front wheel get get into the

736
00:22:35,981 --> 00:22:36,858
route to the road route you wanna get

737
00:22:36,858 --> 00:22:38,454
into? Yeah. 1 of the guys we were

738
00:22:38,454 --> 00:22:40,449
riding with this week had a a rough

739
00:22:40,449 --> 00:22:40,689
fail.

740
00:22:41,407 --> 00:22:43,651
An empty well. Yeah. Interesting. It's all about

741
00:22:43,651 --> 00:22:45,242
vision, I think the the rot riding, you

742
00:22:45,242 --> 00:22:46,991
know? And well well once you're in, it's

743
00:22:46,991 --> 00:22:48,899
it's not breaking and keeping the the defeat

744
00:22:48,899 --> 00:22:49,853
out this commitment Isn't it.

745
00:22:50,648 --> 00:22:52,810
Yeah. It's just like, eyeballs up point shoot.

746
00:22:53,048 --> 00:22:54,638
Yeah. Once you're in there? Just just let

747
00:22:54,718 --> 00:22:55,910
Ron, you know So I... Got a bit

748
00:22:55,910 --> 00:22:57,182
of that. I'd be a happy I see

749
00:22:57,182 --> 00:22:58,692
that. Not, part of my skills, set. When

750
00:22:58,692 --> 00:22:59,749
need to come out more. Hang

751
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:01,259
And then

752
00:23:01,729 --> 00:23:03,559
Yeah. I guess the riders have had, like,

753
00:23:04,037 --> 00:23:05,947
the biggest break. It feels like for for

754
00:23:05,947 --> 00:23:08,574
a while And most people seem to hung

755
00:23:08,574 --> 00:23:10,404
around in and around the alps and got

756
00:23:10,404 --> 00:23:12,330
plenty of laps in. Like, what have people

757
00:23:12,330 --> 00:23:14,400
been doing? I guess, there is almost time

758
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,708
to kinda close any or start closing gaps

759
00:23:16,708 --> 00:23:18,300
if you perceive you've got them from a

760
00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:20,390
physical perspective or I think a lot of

761
00:23:20,390 --> 00:23:21,990
people because we had Leo and Val slowly

762
00:23:21,990 --> 00:23:23,029
back to back. It was it was a

763
00:23:23,029 --> 00:23:23,910
little bit of recovery happened.

764
00:23:25,350 --> 00:23:27,110
Some riders are are super well trained and

765
00:23:27,110 --> 00:23:29,123
just bounce back pretty quick after. After back

766
00:23:29,123 --> 00:23:30,637
to back racing got straight into his others

767
00:23:30,637 --> 00:23:32,391
needed, you know a few days off. And,

768
00:23:32,550 --> 00:23:33,507
I know a lot of people took 3

769
00:23:33,507 --> 00:23:35,043
to 4 days we're not we without much

770
00:23:35,260 --> 00:23:37,430
after... Especially with racing maybe a bit of

771
00:23:37,430 --> 00:23:39,210
an party than travel from

772
00:23:39,990 --> 00:23:40,490
Val.

773
00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:43,029
So people took some days off, and then

774
00:23:43,029 --> 00:23:44,883
everyone just got stuck the lapse If this

775
00:23:44,883 --> 00:23:46,719
looks like everyone while on the laps basically

776
00:23:46,878 --> 00:23:48,714
Yeah. Between all the bike parks around here

777
00:23:48,714 --> 00:23:51,428
between, you know, Mo Super mo, Warrior,

778
00:23:52,066 --> 00:23:52,806
Shit tell

779
00:23:53,278 --> 00:23:55,346
Mo, people went to pi to get a

780
00:23:55,346 --> 00:23:55,982
better dryness,

781
00:23:56,539 --> 00:23:59,346
slightly drier conditions. Some people rest the the.

782
00:24:00,611 --> 00:24:01,965
There's a lot going on. I, you know,

783
00:24:02,124 --> 00:24:03,238
most people just take away a did a

784
00:24:03,238 --> 00:24:04,910
bit of training. I know riders I work

785
00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:06,105
with it a did a couple of strength

786
00:24:06,105 --> 00:24:07,617
training sessions in in the last 2 weeks.

787
00:24:08,589 --> 00:24:09,869
Got a lot of laps in to had

788
00:24:09,869 --> 00:24:11,230
things specifically to work on, Just got a

789
00:24:11,230 --> 00:24:12,430
lot of volume and some people just made

790
00:24:12,430 --> 00:24:13,869
the most of getting laps in the way.

791
00:24:14,109 --> 00:24:15,525
Either because they didn't never a choice because

792
00:24:15,644 --> 00:24:17,549
their designated riding day was wet day or

793
00:24:17,549 --> 00:24:18,580
because they really wanted to get out there

794
00:24:18,580 --> 00:24:19,136
and swing off.

795
00:24:20,009 --> 00:24:21,041
I don't know if you notice this, but

796
00:24:21,121 --> 00:24:23,581
I'm Southern California invades More every year now.

797
00:24:23,740 --> 00:24:24,430
And there's about

798
00:24:24,867 --> 00:24:26,775
15 young riders from from Soc cal.

799
00:24:27,809 --> 00:24:29,955
So Ryan Pink, and Austin Du lead the

800
00:24:29,955 --> 00:24:32,555
charge there. Yeah. They just basically choose a

801
00:24:32,753 --> 00:24:34,742
choose a plenty lap every day. The steepest

802
00:24:34,742 --> 00:24:36,890
not, jan roots and slippery stuff they can

803
00:24:36,890 --> 00:24:38,481
find because, obviously, they don't get that soc

804
00:24:38,481 --> 00:24:39,197
out and they just sent.

805
00:24:39,849 --> 00:24:41,607
15 laps a day. So... Yeah. The because

806
00:24:41,607 --> 00:24:43,526
the commitment I saw pinky riding within in

807
00:24:43,526 --> 00:24:44,505
the Steep was

808
00:24:44,884 --> 00:24:46,962
off the charts. Yeah. Those those boys love

809
00:24:46,962 --> 00:24:49,040
it. Yeah. I think Pinky and Austin, especially

810
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:49,494
together

811
00:24:50,015 --> 00:24:51,214
kinda they ride a lot at home together

812
00:24:51,295 --> 00:24:52,575
So it just fly each other, to get

813
00:24:52,575 --> 00:24:53,775
the go out, follow each other.

814
00:24:54,414 --> 00:24:56,894
And, yeah, get get loose. I follow them

815
00:24:56,894 --> 00:24:58,659
actually for warm up lap, which is, and

816
00:24:58,659 --> 00:25:00,009
they were about 6 laps deep, and know

817
00:25:00,088 --> 00:25:01,914
Was just like, yeah. I'm out I'm off

818
00:25:01,914 --> 00:25:03,978
for an actual warm up lap for for

819
00:25:03,978 --> 00:25:04,614
a runner or 2.

820
00:25:05,344 --> 00:25:06,779
Us. So... That's what people have been doing.

821
00:25:06,859 --> 00:25:07,975
People have been just doing a lot a

822
00:25:07,975 --> 00:25:09,730
lot of laps and some people that like

823
00:25:09,730 --> 00:25:11,643
have been nursing injuries and that sort of

824
00:25:11,643 --> 00:25:14,036
things. So Just usual mixed bag, but I

825
00:25:14,036 --> 00:25:16,443
think with 2 weeks, which kinda turned out

826
00:25:16,443 --> 00:25:18,198
to be, you know, actually closer to 12

827
00:25:18,198 --> 00:25:19,235
days. Let's say, it with a bit of

828
00:25:19,235 --> 00:25:21,309
rest either side of rest after val was

829
00:25:21,309 --> 00:25:22,665
sold in a bit of a taper tapering

830
00:25:22,665 --> 00:25:23,781
off to get ready for this week.

831
00:25:25,871 --> 00:25:27,148
Laps the main thing. And you would see

832
00:25:27,148 --> 00:25:28,665
a lot of mo, as well Mo opened.

833
00:25:28,904 --> 00:25:30,341
The birds are tacky. So a lot of

834
00:25:30,341 --> 00:25:31,538
people did Mo laps as well and get

835
00:25:31,538 --> 00:25:33,055
the g forces in. Yeah. Look pretty good.

836
00:25:33,867 --> 00:25:35,698
A track that we don't really talk about

837
00:25:35,698 --> 00:25:37,371
kind of a Motor away section, but there's

838
00:25:37,371 --> 00:25:39,600
that big fast traverse across the piece at

839
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,273
the top or not piece across the field

840
00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:41,964
at the top

841
00:25:42,484 --> 00:25:44,482
and then, obviously, the exit speed that you

842
00:25:44,482 --> 00:25:47,039
carry then, like, down across the road and

843
00:25:47,039 --> 00:25:49,437
into the final jumps, both those, would imagine

844
00:25:49,437 --> 00:25:50,236
are pretty critical.

845
00:25:52,088 --> 00:25:54,656
I guess, so Aero aerodynamics Is gonna be

846
00:25:54,792 --> 00:25:57,280
significant maybe on those 2 sections and also

847
00:25:57,655 --> 00:25:58,529
potential for this, like,

848
00:25:59,404 --> 00:26:01,551
electronic suspension platforms and stuff to start paying

849
00:26:01,551 --> 00:26:03,321
off some of those are. Maybe more in

850
00:26:03,321 --> 00:26:05,237
the bottom section in the top, but super

851
00:26:05,237 --> 00:26:05,556
interesting.

852
00:26:06,274 --> 00:26:08,030
Actually. I I wrote to it.

853
00:26:08,988 --> 00:26:10,998
Like a few days ago and He was

854
00:26:10,998 --> 00:26:12,993
riding the stock suspension. Doesn't doesn't have the

855
00:26:12,993 --> 00:26:14,669
the the buttons for for, you know, plenty

856
00:26:14,669 --> 00:26:16,824
of laps luckily. Yeah. And he just made

857
00:26:16,824 --> 00:26:18,181
a comment about, oh, I need the red

858
00:26:18,181 --> 00:26:20,185
button. For this. And I was like, I

859
00:26:20,185 --> 00:26:21,616
looked at all the red button actually, does,

860
00:26:21,775 --> 00:26:23,945
you know, we were riding some filthy steep

861
00:26:24,319 --> 00:26:25,989
wrote it rough thing. And he was like,

862
00:26:26,148 --> 00:26:27,753
I need a red button for this. So

863
00:26:27,753 --> 00:26:28,866
it's like, I'd love to actually know where

864
00:26:28,866 --> 00:26:31,013
the red button the achieved. So... Yeah. I'm

865
00:26:31,013 --> 00:26:32,602
reading... That top section in L,

866
00:26:33,477 --> 00:26:34,908
and you do those 1 now just it

867
00:26:34,908 --> 00:26:35,703
was apparently 3 be.

868
00:26:36,513 --> 00:26:37,627
It's gonna be bit slower eggs and then

869
00:26:37,627 --> 00:26:39,217
it little tiny step down and it goes

870
00:26:39,217 --> 00:26:41,683
slightly uphill. Mh. And then you traverse across

871
00:26:41,683 --> 00:26:42,240
the ski piece.

872
00:26:43,527 --> 00:26:45,034
Kinda find the hard ground. You did a

873
00:26:45,034 --> 00:26:46,620
tiny road gap. That made a couple of

874
00:26:46,620 --> 00:26:48,126
changes between those 2 road gaps are real

875
00:26:48,126 --> 00:26:49,475
small 1 and the big 1. A couple

876
00:26:49,475 --> 00:26:51,714
of small changes there probably about they'll be

877
00:26:51,714 --> 00:26:54,194
consequential in terms of line and and time

878
00:26:54,194 --> 00:26:56,115
eventually. And that top section doesn't seem to

879
00:26:56,115 --> 00:26:58,194
actually separate people. Okay. Huge. I don't know

880
00:26:58,194 --> 00:26:59,794
if that's just because everyone attacks it because

881
00:26:59,794 --> 00:27:01,247
it's the top of the tracking house to

882
00:27:01,247 --> 00:27:03,322
attack everyone's fresh, or there's not much to

883
00:27:03,322 --> 00:27:05,078
separate peep, I'm not really sure. And even

884
00:27:05,078 --> 00:27:06,834
with those be in really challenging Ash, there

885
00:27:06,834 --> 00:27:09,321
wasn't huge time differences, which was Or the

886
00:27:09,321 --> 00:27:12,108
the time differences were just relative to your

887
00:27:12,108 --> 00:27:14,257
your position. You know I mean, if you

888
00:27:14,257 --> 00:27:15,451
were fast, you're fast and you're were faster

889
00:27:15,451 --> 00:27:17,138
at the top, you're fast, most places. Yeah.

890
00:27:17,377 --> 00:27:19,073
So yeah, strange on that, but the bottom

891
00:27:19,290 --> 00:27:21,681
section. I don't know if that's... It's probably

892
00:27:21,681 --> 00:27:24,072
fatigue slightly fatigue related in terms of your

893
00:27:24,072 --> 00:27:26,237
breaking. Getting out of the last woods and

894
00:27:26,237 --> 00:27:29,045
across there. So what impact air aerodynamics and

895
00:27:29,102 --> 00:27:31,091
electronics is gonna have this year is, yeah,

896
00:27:31,489 --> 00:27:32,205
I'm interested to see.

897
00:27:32,935 --> 00:27:34,837
Really interesting. See here Definitely plays a a

898
00:27:34,837 --> 00:27:36,739
role at the last section, but the majority

899
00:27:36,739 --> 00:27:38,428
riders have figured out that you need to

900
00:27:38,482 --> 00:27:40,404
reduce the frontal area get low. If you

901
00:27:40,404 --> 00:27:41,762
watch back the footage from last year, you'll

902
00:27:41,762 --> 00:27:43,360
you'll see the majority riders getting pretty low.

903
00:27:44,398 --> 00:27:45,757
I'm not sure what cool long did to

904
00:27:45,757 --> 00:27:46,715
be so slow there last year.

905
00:27:47,609 --> 00:27:49,447
Need to dig in again. He's got further

906
00:27:49,447 --> 00:27:50,486
to go to get low than the most

907
00:27:50,486 --> 00:27:51,924
weight. He does. He's a big lawyer. He's

908
00:27:51,924 --> 00:27:53,283
a tall. But he did he did get

909
00:27:53,283 --> 00:27:54,721
quite arrogant for him. I remember I remember

910
00:27:54,721 --> 00:27:56,160
analyzing it after the race last year and

911
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,525
just, having have a quick look to see

912
00:27:57,525 --> 00:27:59,508
if he done anything strange. And I think

913
00:27:59,508 --> 00:28:02,285
he just kinda wanted to assure the race.

914
00:28:02,603 --> 00:28:04,110
So he just grabbed a little bit too

915
00:28:04,110 --> 00:28:06,514
much break. So, actually, like, that last section,

916
00:28:06,674 --> 00:28:06,913
I think,

917
00:28:07,870 --> 00:28:10,045
a little bit of diving and dragging is

918
00:28:10,103 --> 00:28:12,655
way more, you know, costly than okay not

919
00:28:12,655 --> 00:28:14,824
being here arrow Yeah less both. Standing up

920
00:28:14,824 --> 00:28:16,502
like a socket you're done for but no

921
00:28:16,502 --> 00:28:18,100
1 does that really you know... Yeah. So...

922
00:28:18,260 --> 00:28:19,938
Yeah. Super super interesting. I think we need

923
00:28:19,938 --> 00:28:20,657
some slightly better.

924
00:28:23,468 --> 00:28:25,223
We need we need cameras for analysis like

925
00:28:25,223 --> 00:28:27,456
to do in in football soccer, you know?

926
00:28:28,413 --> 00:28:30,248
Did did do analysis cameras where you'll have

927
00:28:30,248 --> 00:28:31,763
the camera for television for the action, but

928
00:28:31,763 --> 00:28:33,294
you'd also have 3 or 4 cameras around

929
00:28:33,294 --> 00:28:35,452
stadium that just are fixed. You can actually

930
00:28:35,452 --> 00:28:36,730
see position play and that sort of thing.

931
00:28:36,970 --> 00:28:38,808
And I'm sure American football basketball do these

932
00:28:38,808 --> 00:28:40,166
sorts of things That's... I need to put

933
00:28:40,166 --> 00:28:41,205
the word in a warner on a brothers

934
00:28:41,205 --> 00:28:42,808
level. I need a front on and a

935
00:28:42,808 --> 00:28:44,631
behind camera for anything that's fast so we

936
00:28:44,631 --> 00:28:47,168
can actually analyze your position. You can measure

937
00:28:47,168 --> 00:28:48,357
from the layer and that sort of thing

938
00:28:48,357 --> 00:28:49,562
see if it has an impact that would

939
00:28:49,562 --> 00:28:51,150
be. That'd be, it'll won't be feel very

940
00:28:51,150 --> 00:28:52,500
durable I would have thought. Especially on a

941
00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:54,565
straight set. I I know the software does

942
00:28:54,565 --> 00:28:56,391
exist. Yeah. I know F 1 and motors

943
00:28:56,391 --> 00:28:59,265
sports like moto f1. Yeah. All over, like,

944
00:28:59,344 --> 00:29:01,410
a rash. You know, I I... As far

945
00:29:01,410 --> 00:29:03,498
as I'm aware they're even, like, have photographers

946
00:29:03,793 --> 00:29:06,335
around tracks to Yeah. Front downside on shots

947
00:29:06,335 --> 00:29:06,835
for

948
00:29:07,224 --> 00:29:10,087
for analysis of yeah. You know, including front

949
00:29:10,087 --> 00:29:11,758
area and all that sort of things. Yeah.

950
00:29:12,394 --> 00:29:14,818
The the, yeah. Need more staff more money...

951
00:29:15,192 --> 00:29:16,701
But... And then, like, we talked about the

952
00:29:16,701 --> 00:29:18,051
electronics or you and I talked about in

953
00:29:18,051 --> 00:29:19,719
text with trying to apply a little bit

954
00:29:19,719 --> 00:29:22,816
of statistical analysis data electronics. Like, there's enough

955
00:29:22,816 --> 00:29:24,823
data there to have it in inside as

956
00:29:24,823 --> 00:29:27,300
to whether the electronics did, you know matter.

957
00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:28,818
And I forgot to check actually if Lukas

958
00:29:28,978 --> 00:29:30,097
Shaw was fast as here at the bottom

959
00:29:30,097 --> 00:29:31,535
last year. Yeah. I think there was no

960
00:29:31,535 --> 00:29:31,775
pe.

961
00:29:32,347 --> 00:29:33,936
Or the pedal is kinda not super important.

962
00:29:34,254 --> 00:29:35,684
You pedal between the jumps, but you're still

963
00:29:35,684 --> 00:29:37,590
going... You're already on 55 60 kilometers an

964
00:29:37,590 --> 00:29:38,964
hour. Yeah. So

965
00:29:39,433 --> 00:29:41,422
He's not going that power. Yeah. But the

966
00:29:41,422 --> 00:29:43,172
torque be luca produces isn't it's gonna be

967
00:29:43,172 --> 00:29:45,637
as consequential. But the jumps look pretty small

968
00:29:45,637 --> 00:29:46,928
for the speed that they're come in through

969
00:29:46,928 --> 00:29:49,323
there. Yeah. Course sides might not be. With

970
00:29:49,323 --> 00:29:51,558
we'll Roast Lilly, the track builder again because

971
00:29:51,558 --> 00:29:52,995
everyone knows including himself. He's not great at

972
00:29:52,995 --> 00:29:54,831
building jobs. Alright and last year,

973
00:29:55,881 --> 00:29:57,783
last minute had to rebuild the entire jump

974
00:29:57,783 --> 00:29:59,209
line. Yeah. Because 1 of the land owners.

975
00:29:59,446 --> 00:30:01,823
They basically build the jump line. Someone someone

976
00:30:01,823 --> 00:30:04,385
appeared. Yeah. I I won't slate everyone from

977
00:30:04,465 --> 00:30:06,140
Paris because it's a very large city. As

978
00:30:06,140 --> 00:30:07,576
far as I'm aware was a parisian who

979
00:30:07,576 --> 00:30:08,853
had a shallow right beside the jump line.

980
00:30:09,012 --> 00:30:09,650
Okay. Finish like,

981
00:30:10,619 --> 00:30:12,287
appeared for holiday seasons. Was like, what's this

982
00:30:12,287 --> 00:30:13,716
mountain bike on my land,

983
00:30:14,430 --> 00:30:15,700
move your jump space. It's on my land.

984
00:30:15,939 --> 00:30:17,129
So that's what I heard. Not sure if

985
00:30:17,129 --> 00:30:18,638
there's true. Just what happened last year some

986
00:30:18,638 --> 00:30:19,089
sort of

987
00:30:19,528 --> 00:30:20,805
land issue. I don't know if there's a

988
00:30:20,805 --> 00:30:22,879
bit of a building size starting or some

989
00:30:22,879 --> 00:30:24,395
some excavation needed to be done or something,

990
00:30:24,474 --> 00:30:25,432
but to basically have to move the jump

991
00:30:25,432 --> 00:30:26,880
line and rebuild the jump Yeah. So the

992
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:27,913
weren't rate last year. I think this year

993
00:30:27,913 --> 00:30:29,446
they're gonna be a bit better because they're

994
00:30:29,979 --> 00:30:30,479
they're

995
00:30:30,853 --> 00:30:32,759
built. Okay. Not on someone's land. So they're

996
00:30:32,759 --> 00:30:33,450
gonna stay,

997
00:30:33,808 --> 00:30:35,802
but, yeah. There... They've... Historically, they've been kind

998
00:30:35,802 --> 00:30:36,999
of odd distances,

999
00:30:37,557 --> 00:30:39,311
which happens a lot in in bike parks

1000
00:30:39,311 --> 00:30:41,545
unfortunately. Yeah. She under she. Yeah. Yeah Yeah.

1001
00:30:41,784 --> 00:30:43,713
There's new jumps on plenty and I tripled

1002
00:30:43,713 --> 00:30:44,671
the double, which I should do that.

1003
00:30:45,629 --> 00:30:47,146
But that's how that's how it goes. Unfortunately,

1004
00:30:47,226 --> 00:30:48,264
it seems in in bike packs.

1005
00:30:49,222 --> 00:30:50,579
So I think it it does take a

1006
00:30:50,579 --> 00:30:52,016
few laps for everyone to figure figure out.

1007
00:30:52,176 --> 00:30:55,466
And I know I remember her, 22.

1008
00:30:56,025 --> 00:30:57,623
Miriam has some big issues trying to get

1009
00:30:57,623 --> 00:30:59,061
the the backside. And all the I'm trying

1010
00:30:59,061 --> 00:31:01,151
to get the timing right? Yeah. Remember she...

1011
00:31:01,310 --> 00:31:02,980
I remember speaking to her about. And She

1012
00:31:02,980 --> 00:31:04,968
was really, really struggling to just, like, trying

1013
00:31:04,968 --> 00:31:06,400
to basically win the race and trying to

1014
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,308
get herself dialed in, you know, on those

1015
00:31:08,308 --> 00:31:08,808
jumps

1016
00:31:09,359 --> 00:31:10,957
And even last year, 23, there was was

1017
00:31:10,957 --> 00:31:12,315
a lot of people like going too long

1018
00:31:12,315 --> 00:31:14,153
or too short, man and women. So they

1019
00:31:14,153 --> 00:31:15,831
they were tulsa. Especially when you come in

1020
00:31:15,831 --> 00:31:17,605
with huge speed, and you have feel like,

1021
00:31:17,684 --> 00:31:19,365
right. This 1 is fine, then I've squash

1022
00:31:19,365 --> 00:31:20,884
this 1, then do I break check do

1023
00:31:20,884 --> 00:31:22,565
anything else... Yeah. It's real tough. Yeah. Because

1024
00:31:22,565 --> 00:31:24,404
you're coming off that sort of piece section

1025
00:31:24,404 --> 00:31:25,771
at light, 60 odd k and hour how

1026
00:31:25,771 --> 00:31:27,358
probably. Yeah. I get the speed gun so

1027
00:31:27,358 --> 00:31:28,628
you can Yeah. So, actually, I didn't do

1028
00:31:28,628 --> 00:31:29,818
it last year, but I should do. Yeah.

1029
00:31:30,056 --> 00:31:31,088
Have a coffee on the road. You can

1030
00:31:31,088 --> 00:31:32,095
bring you can bring me 1 of those

1031
00:31:32,294 --> 00:31:34,286
aero presses and we could. Was sort close

1032
00:31:34,286 --> 00:31:34,684
area.

1033
00:31:35,721 --> 00:31:37,793
Nice. And it's the last race before the

1034
00:31:37,793 --> 00:31:38,589
big olympic impact break.

1035
00:31:40,039 --> 00:31:41,630
Do you think we'll see riders as the

1036
00:31:41,948 --> 00:31:43,857
super hungry potentially taking a bit more risk.

1037
00:31:44,016 --> 00:31:45,686
There's almost time to get over a bit

1038
00:31:45,686 --> 00:31:47,595
of an injury before the the close of

1039
00:31:47,595 --> 00:31:48,072
the season?

1040
00:31:49,757 --> 00:31:51,029
No. I don't think so. Honestly, I don't.

1041
00:31:51,347 --> 00:31:52,540
I don't think anyone wants getting injured I

1042
00:31:52,540 --> 00:31:53,255
don't think anyone's like,

1043
00:31:54,130 --> 00:31:55,164
like, injuries are so.

1044
00:31:57,402 --> 00:31:57,902
Inconvenient

1045
00:31:58,432 --> 00:31:59,938
in terms of prep. In terms of life.

1046
00:32:00,175 --> 00:32:01,126
Yeah. You know, Just...

1047
00:32:01,918 --> 00:32:03,107
I think some riders don't wanna take a

1048
00:32:03,107 --> 00:32:05,347
break now. And just... The myself train, but

1049
00:32:05,347 --> 00:32:06,779
they just wanna do life that is in

1050
00:32:06,779 --> 00:32:07,973
race the race life for a little bit.

1051
00:32:08,211 --> 00:32:10,280
Yeah. I other riders need to train.

1052
00:32:12,125 --> 00:32:13,797
Go just go off and just get stuck

1053
00:32:13,797 --> 00:32:16,184
into some solid training. So I think the

1054
00:32:16,184 --> 00:32:18,093
value and a lot of people have eyes

1055
00:32:18,093 --> 00:32:19,446
and world champs, You know, I know if

1056
00:32:19,446 --> 00:32:20,162
you get 2 riders.

1057
00:32:20,814 --> 00:32:22,241
That Eyes and World champs is a big

1058
00:32:22,241 --> 00:32:24,383
goal of the season. So getting out hair

1059
00:32:24,383 --> 00:32:26,208
fresh and healthy ready to attack training for

1060
00:32:26,208 --> 00:32:27,397
world champs is is quite important.

1061
00:32:28,049 --> 00:32:29,165
People have other things So do I there's

1062
00:32:29,165 --> 00:32:30,920
there's lots of media happening, there's lots of

1063
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,595
other racing happening. There's that sort of stuff.

1064
00:32:32,755 --> 00:32:34,988
So I think most people will... The level

1065
00:32:34,988 --> 00:32:37,381
of risk required, and the management of the

1066
00:32:37,381 --> 00:32:37,755
risk

1067
00:32:38,510 --> 00:32:40,580
required to successfully get your a world cup

1068
00:32:40,580 --> 00:32:42,330
weekend quality semi his finals and when the

1069
00:32:42,330 --> 00:32:44,559
thing is kinda ever present. So I won't

1070
00:32:44,559 --> 00:32:45,912
change a huge amount with the exception of

1071
00:32:45,912 --> 00:32:47,679
1 or 2 writers who might just rolled

1072
00:32:47,679 --> 00:32:49,039
the dice. Might be a couple of roll

1073
00:32:49,039 --> 00:32:50,399
that. But look look at Amr. Look out,

1074
00:32:50,639 --> 00:32:52,399
like, he didn't even rule the dice by

1075
00:32:52,399 --> 00:32:54,639
the sort. The aria attracted the various conditions.

1076
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:56,559
Yeah. He was just locked in as they

1077
00:32:56,559 --> 00:32:59,207
say, you know, So... And he's man for...

1078
00:32:59,845 --> 00:33:01,200
As we saw here in 20 19 in

1079
00:33:01,519 --> 00:33:03,193
And the edge. And lived on the edge

1080
00:33:03,193 --> 00:33:04,788
of the tire, lived on the edge of

1081
00:33:04,788 --> 00:33:06,716
everything that the Yeah Yeah. Another 1 of

1082
00:33:06,716 --> 00:33:08,471
them would be good. But, yeah. We've had

1083
00:33:08,471 --> 00:33:08,550
some...

1084
00:33:09,587 --> 00:33:11,421
Like, we've had more french here than anything

1085
00:33:11,421 --> 00:33:11,921
else,

1086
00:33:12,936 --> 00:33:13,436
between

1087
00:33:14,133 --> 00:33:14,531
Am,

1088
00:33:15,819 --> 00:33:16,930
Ti Martin.

1089
00:33:17,724 --> 00:33:18,835
Then were Ben benoit.

1090
00:33:19,390 --> 00:33:21,295
Louie, Louie. And then that was a triple

1091
00:33:21,295 --> 00:33:23,120
road champs here. That was Am Lo and

1092
00:33:23,279 --> 00:33:23,517
Lars.

1093
00:33:24,883 --> 00:33:26,632
So we've had so much french victory here.

1094
00:33:26,871 --> 00:33:29,415
The crowd is just phenomenal. If you're tuning

1095
00:33:29,415 --> 00:33:31,426
into this and you can make it to

1096
00:33:31,482 --> 00:33:33,648
do. Just just come. Just spend all the

1097
00:33:33,648 --> 00:33:34,923
money, spend all your time, to just get

1098
00:33:34,923 --> 00:33:36,835
here Some experience in. The most the better,

1099
00:33:36,994 --> 00:33:38,428
Like, I I'd almost... If you need someone

1100
00:33:38,428 --> 00:33:39,783
to stay, I've got a roof. Like, I've

1101
00:33:39,783 --> 00:33:41,137
got a garden, pitch pitch picture tent to

1102
00:33:41,137 --> 00:33:42,846
my garden, know, It's like

1103
00:33:43,220 --> 00:33:45,445
it's phenomenal. It's such a good atmosphere such

1104
00:33:45,445 --> 00:33:47,057
a good vibe week long. It's

1105
00:33:47,670 --> 00:33:49,234
we're talking about it actually in

1106
00:33:49,910 --> 00:33:51,364
Leo Gang Val is

1107
00:33:52,057 --> 00:33:53,409
because it's a free for all essentially. They

1108
00:33:53,409 --> 00:33:54,601
can't close the town, the Pits in the

1109
00:33:54,601 --> 00:33:56,112
town. It's not really ideal. It's kinda good.

1110
00:33:56,191 --> 00:33:57,782
It's kinda bad. Yeah. As you know yourself,

1111
00:33:57,941 --> 00:33:59,709
So it's basically it's turns into free for

1112
00:33:59,709 --> 00:34:01,946
in all directions. And Mo has the spartan

1113
00:34:01,946 --> 00:34:03,704
race on this weekend. Oh, no way. Yeah.

1114
00:34:03,944 --> 00:34:04,823
Crazy from some of the,

1115
00:34:05,622 --> 00:34:07,434
The obviously has cross country as well as

1116
00:34:07,475 --> 00:34:08,275
as well as downhill,

1117
00:34:08,994 --> 00:34:10,594
the road would be crazy, busy. It's it's

1118
00:34:10,594 --> 00:34:12,835
just it's quite pure carnage. It's amazing. It's

1119
00:34:12,835 --> 00:34:13,954
brilliant. You know, It's just a free for

1120
00:34:13,954 --> 00:34:15,805
roll. So I think hopefully it's gonna be

1121
00:34:15,805 --> 00:34:17,318
just as busy this year. It's a little

1122
00:34:17,318 --> 00:34:19,468
bit earlier than than previous. So hopefully, it

1123
00:34:19,468 --> 00:34:21,300
is gonna be just as busy and. But

1124
00:34:21,459 --> 00:34:22,813
I think yeah all of the French will

1125
00:34:22,813 --> 00:34:22,972
be.

1126
00:34:23,784 --> 00:34:25,619
Ready for for big things, you know, Gets

1127
00:34:25,619 --> 00:34:27,932
stuff elevated. Yeah. It is gonna be an

1128
00:34:27,932 --> 00:34:29,847
exciting week. Thanks as ever for spare some

1129
00:34:29,847 --> 00:34:30,586
time to

1130
00:34:30,899 --> 00:34:32,652
sit down and help everyone get hot weakened,

1131
00:34:33,131 --> 00:34:35,443
the overall. Oh, the overall Yeah done that.

1132
00:34:35,523 --> 00:34:37,914
Because we have the brick. Yeah. So it's

1133
00:34:37,914 --> 00:34:40,243
like it's pretty. It's matter. Like, I didn't

1134
00:34:40,243 --> 00:34:42,159
actually dig in... Because suppose because digging into

1135
00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:42,978
the overall

1136
00:34:43,516 --> 00:34:45,592
like that is sometimes a little bit in

1137
00:34:45,592 --> 00:34:47,029
a gaming the system. You don't talk too

1138
00:34:47,029 --> 00:34:48,546
much about points to writers. You don't wanna

1139
00:34:48,546 --> 00:34:51,112
be like, oh, Know. You know, Tan went

1140
00:34:51,112 --> 00:34:52,706
originally into season trying to be as consistent

1141
00:34:52,706 --> 00:34:54,460
as possible in in quality savings and finals.

1142
00:34:54,699 --> 00:34:54,858
Yeah.

1143
00:34:56,293 --> 00:34:56,931
And then kinda,

1144
00:34:58,300 --> 00:35:00,054
Poland kinda threw a slight spanner in the

1145
00:35:00,054 --> 00:35:00,691
works to that.

1146
00:35:01,727 --> 00:35:02,227
So

1147
00:35:03,002 --> 00:35:05,489
focus more on winning winning races. And then

1148
00:35:05,489 --> 00:35:07,487
had a nightmare in finals actually in Leo

1149
00:35:07,647 --> 00:35:09,644
Gang which really set the overall Yeah. Back

1150
00:35:09,644 --> 00:35:11,083
in terms of, you know, her second position

1151
00:35:11,083 --> 00:35:13,481
behind Valley actually lost second position briefly. Now

1152
00:35:13,481 --> 00:35:14,620
she's back in. So

1153
00:35:15,014 --> 00:35:17,088
it's... In all categories, I think it's it's

1154
00:35:17,088 --> 00:35:19,164
really interesting to how writers are just gonna,

1155
00:35:19,324 --> 00:35:19,403
like,

1156
00:35:20,202 --> 00:35:21,478
approach the big break in terms of when...

1157
00:35:21,638 --> 00:35:23,050
Where they sit in the overall and how

1158
00:35:23,327 --> 00:35:25,150
how that's gonna motivate or demo motivate or

1159
00:35:25,150 --> 00:35:26,657
change approaches to Alaska because we've only need

1160
00:35:26,657 --> 00:35:28,322
2 workouts after. Yeah. Yeah. Which is crazy.

1161
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,066
You think about it, you know, we've months

1162
00:35:30,066 --> 00:35:30,304
in.

1163
00:35:30,953 --> 00:35:33,340
It's crazy. Tracks that are very, very different

1164
00:35:33,340 --> 00:35:34,931
and very, very cool. So I think,

1165
00:35:35,885 --> 00:35:37,578
Lo head command leading in the main

1166
00:35:38,048 --> 00:35:39,643
junior are all over the shop because there's

1167
00:35:39,643 --> 00:35:41,077
not much points available in the junior so

1168
00:35:41,077 --> 00:35:42,512
and you kinda you kinda do and don't

1169
00:35:42,512 --> 00:35:43,708
get crucified if you have a good or

1170
00:35:43,708 --> 00:35:45,620
bad result. It's really strange to junior point

1171
00:35:45,620 --> 00:35:47,151
system yeah. It doesn't feel like it works

1172
00:35:47,151 --> 00:35:48,987
in in anywhere near the same way. Does

1173
00:35:48,987 --> 00:35:50,264
it? As the leads. Not. It's really weird.

1174
00:35:50,344 --> 00:35:51,621
Yeah. You're like, someone has been on it,

1175
00:35:51,701 --> 00:35:53,137
you know, like, ace has been on, but

1176
00:35:53,137 --> 00:35:54,255
then he's been off. He's had a few

1177
00:35:54,255 --> 00:35:56,658
issues. Flag situation. Leo again. Yeah. And then

1178
00:35:56,658 --> 00:35:58,488
the point you're like, he's rosie? You're like

1179
00:35:58,488 --> 00:36:00,079
what why he? Yeah. It doesn't make much

1180
00:36:00,079 --> 00:36:01,114
sense. But the elites in the other hand

1181
00:36:01,114 --> 00:36:03,023
is is pretty crazy. And I think. Finn

1182
00:36:03,023 --> 00:36:04,875
want to watch. In terms of consistent, he's

1183
00:36:04,875 --> 00:36:06,635
been the most consistent pretty much with the

1184
00:36:06,635 --> 00:36:07,034
exception of,

1185
00:36:08,795 --> 00:36:09,114
Poland.

1186
00:36:09,994 --> 00:36:11,674
And, obviously, if he had an missed q

1187
00:36:11,674 --> 00:36:13,449
in Semi and Leo Gang, he'd be neck

1188
00:36:13,449 --> 00:36:15,525
and neck. I think be right there, especially

1189
00:36:15,525 --> 00:36:16,562
beating him an val slowly.

1190
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,155
So, yeah, Men's and women's overall really interesting

1191
00:36:20,155 --> 00:36:21,751
valley Got a a strong lead, but as

1192
00:36:21,751 --> 00:36:22,651
we saw which

1193
00:36:23,045 --> 00:36:25,045
her crash in finals of Val sol as

1194
00:36:25,045 --> 00:36:26,885
we saw a town, turning things around as

1195
00:36:26,885 --> 00:36:27,204
we saw a

1196
00:36:28,164 --> 00:36:28,824
Just being

1197
00:36:29,445 --> 00:36:31,125
there every week, it seems, you know, even

1198
00:36:31,125 --> 00:36:32,655
if she's at little bit back, next year

1199
00:36:32,655 --> 00:36:34,483
should be should be right there. So it's

1200
00:36:34,483 --> 00:36:36,549
exciting. I think with 2 races left after

1201
00:36:36,549 --> 00:36:37,685
this, whatever happens

1202
00:36:38,218 --> 00:36:39,569
this week in terms of... If there's a

1203
00:36:39,569 --> 00:36:40,704
big points explosion

1204
00:36:41,174 --> 00:36:42,767
a big a big hole a 400 point

1205
00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:44,441
hole or a loss in terms of, like,

1206
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:45,976
finn, you know, missing a few,

1207
00:36:46,672 --> 00:36:47,150
of the runs,

1208
00:36:47,946 --> 00:36:49,460
then things will be flipped in their head

1209
00:36:49,460 --> 00:36:51,389
for the last 2. Yeah. Interesting. Watch this

1210
00:36:51,389 --> 00:36:53,224
space. Yeah. Be time. Awesome. It's gonna be

1211
00:36:53,224 --> 00:36:55,061
a good week. And, yeah, thanks. I'll see

1212
00:36:55,061 --> 00:36:56,258
you your tracks side at some point. I'm

1213
00:36:56,258 --> 00:36:58,414
sure. Now, you you you'll avoid me Like

1214
00:36:58,414 --> 00:36:59,292
you didn't I'm plenty.

1215
00:37:00,664 --> 00:37:02,259
I'll bring you a coffee. Thanks. Nice 1.

1216
00:37:02,419 --> 00:37:02,738
Cheers mate.

1217
00:37:06,487 --> 00:37:08,481
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