Downhill Pre-season Testing | UCI Mountain Bike World Series

Hello everybody and welcome to the unmistakable lord in the south west of France We are here for downhill pre-season testing What's the point of all this? Well, it's a chance for us to walk through the new changes that we're making to downhill this year Walk through how the semi-final format is going to work And more importantly, it's a chance for the riders and teams to knock a bit of rust off Go out on track, get some race bikes screwed together And see how things stack up against the clock Things have been pretty interesting over the last few days Five, four, three, two, one It's so good to be here and see all the new changes And obviously a new team for me this year So to have all the people around and the new pits Getting used to it before the first race is really helpful, I think I'm not aiming for anything, you know I'm just taking it as it comes And just riding best I can And it seems to be doing well so far So I'm trying to keep it up Yeah, so this test event helped a lot, I think Just to get one's used to racing again But then also to new track changes And everything's going to be new for the new events And also for the broadcasters and organizers I think it was a good way to test stuff And we could give a little bit of feedback Yeah, pretty good We should do this more often before the season Yeah, no, it's good Good little day Got a flat, a little bit gutted But it's nice to be able to see my teeth And yeah, I'm pretty stoked really It's nice to get some time down And feel what it's like against the clock again And yeah, overall just a good weekend really This track and this weekend hasn't been easy for us Really tricky condition But I think it's a good training It's been good We need to figure out some stuff Like we are not ready for the moment So yeah, we're still working We'll try to be ready for the first World Cup That's the goal We do a lot of testing in the winter But this is definitely a little bit higher up pace-wise So it's closer to what we will find at the races So it's interesting to record the runs And analyze them And then try to see Actually we had some dry and some wet So also try to see what works when And tire-wise everything It's pretty interesting And for me, it was so important that they did that Because also for them And for the whole getting to know each other It was a super important step So, stoked Definitely, it's good to see everyone And yeah, get some good time on the downhill bike Winning camp and then see what's ahead Yeah, I'm stoked Favorite track, so hyped Yeah, for sure It's a new format, the track And yeah, the new all of the side And yeah, also the bikes and a few stuff So, pretty good training Yeah, I think we're going to do a race next weekend Or in two weeks too And then a bit of rest And try to be as fit as possible for the first round There we have it then An interesting couple of days here from Lourdes in France Don't forget, second weekend of June Lenzerheide Round 1 Is when the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup All kicks off properly Don't miss a second of the action GCN Plus and Eurosport We'll see you there, it should be a good one