Video: Les Arcs Enduro2 - Alpine Enduro in Teams of Two

The first ever Enduro2 event took place this last weekend in the French Alps, with almost two hundred riders tackling a monster course with 15 stages and 12,000m of descending over two and a half days. Timed sections included trails in the superb Les Arcs Bikepark, as well as branching out into tough, relentlessly steep natural paths and tracks in the area. Blazing sunshine and high temperatures made for dry and dusty conditions, and when the clouds of roost and loam settled, the fastest team was a duo from World of MTB.de - Daniel Eiermann and Jakob Breitwieser.

Team World of MTB.de were the fastest over the three days racing.

Being a long way from home didn't seem to slow down the all female team from Nelson, New Zealand of Meg Bichard and Raewyn Morrison, who finished in 12th position overall, beating a huge number of all-male teams.

Meg Bichard is sponsored by event organiser Trail Addiction.

At this time of year the Mont Blanc backdrop is still snow covered, but the network of trails laying dormant in the pine forests and high Alpine in Les Arcs are ready to rock as soon as the lifts open, so Enduro2 took advantage of prime-time loamy trails at the start of the summer season. Here, the first few riders are soaking in some not too bad morning views on the way to the first ever Enduro2 stage.

'Granny's garden' trail - the name is pretty self explanatory.

As well as sponsoring the event, Stages Cycling's Matt Pacocha proved he's skilled enough to handle some of the toughest tracks in Enduro and looked comfortable all weekend.

High fives after enjoying the stages also have an element of surviving another descent with bike and rider intact. Not many riders managed the three days without some incident or another.

There's not much liaison climbing in Enduro2, but tough stages with relentless braking and steepness up the physicality levels.

Sam Flanagan was one of the big Hope Technology crew that made the event, and Enduro2 made it ten days racing straight in a row for the hardcore Yorkshireman.

Representing Orange bikes, Toby Pantling and Cube rider Olly Carter manged to just bring it home in one piece and finish in second place overall.



Enduro2 has been a massive success for the organisers and hopefully the stunning venue of Les Arcs will welcome the event again next summer.

Full results can be found here: sportident.co.uk/results/2015/LesArcsEnduro2/

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