Les Deux Alpes' French Cup will be the race to follow this weekend with Madison Saracen, Atherton Racing and the Syndicate all joining a host of fast Frenchies at their second national round of the year. Here are Danny Hart and Thibaut Daprela's previews of the course to come that looks to be a great mix of grassy turns, bike park trails and steep tech in bone-dry, dusty conditions.
That was downright impressive. I am always in awe of how efficient pro dh riders ride a course. And that blind corner jump onto to low level wall ride was sick. Thanks for sharing this awesome content Pinkbike.
Wouldn't it be cool if the UCI had almost all new rounds each year and included these smaller venues like this that we almost never get to see? Clearly they are willing to host big time races here, but probably not willing to pay the outrageous demands of the UCI to host a world cup. It'd be awesome if they had all new rounds other than maybe one or 2 each year and just rotate a huge number of venues on a 2-3 year schedule almost like enduro. Nothing against fort bill or mont st anne or leogang but when you are 10+ years on the generally same course...gets a little stale. Could use with a couple year hiatus to get excited about them again.
We rode in Les Deux Alpes a couple of years ago. They billed out as an outdoor festival and only had half of the lifts open with massive queues - we haven’t been back!
Wait, wait, wait, wait... At about 2:33 does he jump halfway into the wooden left hand turn/berm? For the love of all things great and small- that is a thing of beauty.
Great to see some more racing, but France just added to list for quarantine, so all UK riders will have to go into 2 week quarantine when going home after this race?
They can drive to Switzerland and fly home from there Or Maybe they’ll just stay there for a while :-) as the next wc races are in Europe , hopefully we get to see some more local dh races with elite fields now
Incredible pro line creativity blows me away. Berms? We don't need no stinking berms. Straight-line mothereffers!!
Stunning.
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