Video: 4X ProTour 2013 - Round One Recap by PeteNewman

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joshostrand (May 6, 2013 at 12:06)

Glad they actually showed the Women for once! Great Track, and superb racing!

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yxbix (May 6, 2013 at 13:53)

not intending to troll or anything, pure curiousity: is anybody running 650B (or even 29??) in the 4x pro tour? or the bigger wheel is significantly slower at the start for such short race? I would like a coverage of bikes at 4x tour

brooce (May 6, 2013 at 23:17)

I haven't ever seen anyone on the bigger wheels, I guess there's no need for them because most of the tracks is not too rough and the bike should be possibly easy to manouver, although I haven't tried the 29er yet...

mnorris122 (May 7, 2013 at 5:51)

Nah, in 4x you need as quick a start as possible, no one would use something other than 26

donalddouche (May 7, 2013 at 13:11)

They would use 20" or 24" if they were allowed. 4X is just slow BMX racing.

zarathai (May 7, 2013 at 20:52)

Correction: 4X is Manlier BMX racing

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trozei (May 6, 2013 at 12:21)

I'm waiting for Protour to comment.

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Aibek (May 6, 2013 at 12:42)

When i saw 4x protour i thought, damn that dude reproduces fast, was worried for a sec there!

larryssman7 (May 6, 2013 at 14:47)

hahahaha

Rabbit237 (May 6, 2013 at 19:25)

Poor Protour... can't catch a break :p

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cranny (May 6, 2013 at 15:58)

Great stuff Poland! Job well done

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slyfink (May 6, 2013 at 17:42)

Man, I'd forgotten how fun 4x can be to spectate. Thanks for putting this up, and keeping comin'.

emanuel290 (May 7, 2013 at 6:15)

a big reason why I believe it was a stupid move by the UCI to not run it along side the downhill!!! It was always so much fun to go and watch and it just added more a show element to each racing round... not to mention more exposure for the manufacturers... Bring it back to the main UCI series!

brooce (May 6, 2013 at 12:27)

At first I thought that it was a Google ad that came on the screen at the beginning of the video...

lollex (May 6, 2013 at 12:32)

Szczawno Poland strong

Lilshredman (May 6, 2013 at 16:17)

Never actually tried 4x, but looks so fun!

choppertank3e (May 7, 2013 at 6:47)

Was that big jump an option that jumped the other line? Best 4x course I've seen yet. I've missed 4x hopefully some new rivalry's will develop to compare to Lopes vs Graves. The battle for second in the men was a great race.

eli146 (May 6, 2013 at 11:59)

Tracks looking good

olddogbmxer (May 7, 2013 at 5:55)

If we had some tracks like this in the US 4X could be successful and as popular as in Europe. It is such a blast to race 4X !

jissse (May 6, 2013 at 15:06)

Cool recap, thanks Pinkbike !

chillindrdude (May 6, 2013 at 17:28)

sweet track.

A1abama (May 7, 2013 at 9:48)

sweet dream for russian "fourcross" :c

VTwintips (May 6, 2013 at 19:52)

It'd be amazing to see a live feed of this. Such a crazy course.

camlikesbikes (May 6, 2013 at 13:47)

cool track

rumblefish255 (May 6, 2013 at 21:50)

man why cant we have a 4x course in so-cal?

louiscypher (May 6, 2013 at 23:43)

well I guess since the emigration from Poland to UK reached its peaks again no wonder so many English riders in Szczawno

samuwell (May 6, 2013 at 12:43)

Everyone's so stoked these days

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bigburd (May 6, 2013 at 13:02)

I'm not I'm miserable as f*ck..

BlurRider (May 7, 2013 at 12:45)

Wish i had that in my back yard

LvkeTaylor (May 7, 2013 at 4:50)

The Gran Turismo loading screen music was a perfect choice haha.

mortifiedpeguinz (May 7, 2013 at 10:47)

great video, but what's up with the porn music?

PeteNewman (May 9, 2013 at 10:54)

I like porn....

ccsviewer (May 6, 2013 at 13:21)

That song...

EsLoTeS (May 7, 2013 at 2:19)

fucking annoying the song man

japhex (May 7, 2013 at 0:51)

Awesome track, good video and editting.

MTBurned (May 7, 2013 at 7:38)

Bring live coverage

ancillottirob (May 7, 2013 at 9:20)

Boom Boom

Gawdodirt (May 6, 2013 at 18:26)

4x is the only form of mountain bike racing where there are more than two riders on the track during the same run. I know I would love to see some head to head downhill racing!

DandelionDan (May 6, 2013 at 18:36)

Mass start XC?

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JoseBravo (May 6, 2013 at 19:51)

mega-avalanche?

karaknic (May 6, 2013 at 21:49)

XC Eliminator ?

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STeveN83 (May 7, 2013 at 7:17)

XC Eliminator is a complete joke.

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WAKIdesigns (May 7, 2013 at 0:57)

Those jumps are fkn huge! And the jump them on bikes which are the same as those of XC racers, only the geomoetry is different. I like it how one Polish Pro has put it: any woose can ride a World Cup DH course and stay on the bike all the way down, but in 4X or BMX, he'll either quit before the first jump or end up in a hospital

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charliem3850 (May 6, 2013 at 14:08)

I love the sport of mountain biking but that was boring!

notthatfast (May 6, 2013 at 14:30) (Below Threshold)

that's why nobody watches 4x

charliem3850 (May 6, 2013 at 14:59)

Its an awesome track! The racing was less than stellar.

Turtey (May 6, 2013 at 19:27)

Thats funny, I spent the video thinking about how much fun a good 4x track must be.

notthatfast (May 7, 2013 at 2:29)

it probably is, but it's hardly as fun to watch as downhill or enduro

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sladevallydh (May 6, 2013 at 12:59)

Nobody give a fuck PB

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sladevallydh (May 6, 2013 at 12:34)

Nobody gives a fuck PB

rumblefish255 (May 6, 2013 at 21:56)

you have no idea what you are talking about....ya maybe it aint the funest thing to watch for you. 4x has an elegence only understood completely by those who race it. and the people who dont race most the time just dont have the guts to go bar to bar or elbow to elbow at high speed with another rider. and if you dont have interest in 4x you dont have to watch the video you good for notin hater sladevalleydh!