Video: Alpe d'Huez French Cup DH Course Preview with Benoit Coulanges

 Buzzing hard watching that.

 @RedBurn: maybe no fire breathing maxxis in the edit but dude if you'd ever pushed yourself down a racecourse you'd understand why that was good shit.

 Great response! Was super fast. Plenty of Professional Keyboard Dh riders on PB!

 @paul-fl0yd: remember this is the same country that points us at a grassy hill in Les Gets and calls it a WC track

 @Preachey: it's the same country that it's dominating the WC scene.. (I'm not French despite my flag)

 @paul-fl0yd: Well if you don't like it, the mega avalanche track is nearby. Would be fun if the DH is the actually qualifier track for the mega.

 @Serpentras: The first part of the track is a variation of the Megavalanche qualification track. Notoriously shorter but way more technical than the main Megavalanche race track.

 @etga6657: I know , I loved to ride it. That's why I said it would be interesting to see this as the next WC track instead.

 Nothing wrong with having to pedal.

 you really don't need to ledal at all on this track

 @Jrtf: did you see how many times he was on the pedals? Almost the whole thing

 I can imagine for the exposure, tourism and everything it is most interesting for them to have the finish in Alpe d'Huez with loads of shops and restaurants eager to make some "off season" income. That is, I suppose it was planned like this well before the covid crisis. Agreed the Megavalance finishes way down too but there riders typically stay for a whole week so they'll still spend their money in Alpe d'Huez.

 @vinay: Even the Mega qualifier run used to end in Oz but since 10 years ago it ends in Alpe d'Huez.
I guess politics and economics speak louder.

 @nozes: in 2014, when the rain came, it finished for the last time down in Oz, unfortunately. Getting back up was a pia, though.

 @Muckal: No, the qualifier finished in Huez village, not Oz en Oisans. The main race goes down past OZ after the climb out of Alpe d'Huez.

 @nozes: Alright, I only rode the event back in 2008 and wasn't aware of how things changed afterwards. I admit I preferred the lower section in the woods over the upper section that gets all the media attention, but then again I do understand the changes they made. Alpe d'Huez has loads of tourist facilities but outside of some big events (Tour de France, Megavalanche) only gets to monetize on that in the winter months. Of course things have changed over the years as more ski resorts cater for summer tourism to make money year 'round, but back then it wasn't quite there yet. So yeah of course they want the tourists close to where they already have the facilities and infrastructure.

That said, I'm with you that the Mega without the lower section isn't quite complete, even if it is "just" the qualifier.

 @commental: true, thanks for correcting. Anyway, it's a shame. On the other hand you can get your post race vodka orange way easier in Alpe d'Huez.

 @Muckal: Haha, I think it was better when it went down to Huez, but as you say, it was a ball ache getting back up to town.

 One of the French National courses was the one you are thinking of, you can see it going up the lift from Oz. I've ridden it (not at pace), some scary lines at the speed those guys take it!

 Some top ten french Enduro riders (Adrien Dailly, Kevin Miquel, Thomas Lapeyrie ) raced the track on their Enduro bikes, they were quite fast!

 The guy is a bit of an underdog and one of the stylish racer of the WC.