Lapierre Introduces EWS-E Team Led By Nico Vouilloz
Lapierre announced today that Nico Vouilloz will head a new team focused specifically on racing the full EWS-E series. The three-rider team will include two French up-and-coming racers from the downhill world: Antoine Rogge, age 18, and Kevin Marry, age 22.
 | For the coming season I am training in the best possible way as I know that the level will be really high, and if I want to have some good results, I’m going to have to do some big efforts. I can’t wait to get stuck into the racing and find out where I am in relation to the other teams and racers.’’ |
| I’m really enthusiastic with the idea of racing in Team Lapierre Overvolt colours for the coming season. Not just riding a Lapierre, but to do so with Nicolas Vouilloz, is a dream come true! I have a lot to learn from him, both on and off of the bike. I also get to share this adventure with Rogger (Antoine Rogge) who I have known since he was a kid and who is seriously fast, it’s awesome! |
| With what these racers have shown us since their arrival, I believe that we have a bright future and the resources necessary to already aim for some solid results in the upcoming events. I am confident in our ability to accomplish our objectives. Overall I am very satisfied with their state of mind, these are two young, highly motivated racers with a lot still to learn. I can’t wait to get racing to be able to share my experience and guide them throughout the year. This new team will also allow us to continue the development of the GLP2, but also to work on our own physical characteristics, as we know that the level is going to climb again in the 2nd year of EWS-E.’’ |
The team will ride the Lapierre Overvolt GLT II, which Nico Vouilloz designed with e-enduro racing in mind. The team is also supported by SRAM, RockShox, Michelin, Bosch, Ride 100%, Tag Metal, HT Components, Racer 1927, Joe's No Flat, and Slicy Products.
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I'm kind of worried about what represents what emtbs are designed for. I'd rather see adventure glorified, not some mock battle glorifying one man's triumph over others trying to display athleticism on some hillside (just with a different class of equipment).
Maybe like Red Bull Romaniacs "Hard Enduro", but with emtbs? www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaSRMhIBVYU
(Yes I know, not enough money to build specific ebike courses)
Would be kind of neat though.
Are E-mods posible? I'd have a 1.21 Gigawatt mod in seconds of unboxing the new bike! GREAT SCOTT MARTY
Short track Ebike XC could be awesome too... or actually - you could resurrect 4X this way. Just imagine the 4X course that they can take many laps on, can be with super tech climbs too. I would watch that over regular 4X any day. 4X was silly considering what BMX elite racing is.
@mattwragg lead us! Let us open up our minds and make proper use of these things.
Absolutely ! And if we go farther we can even imagine to transform it in an spectator sport, like in an arena, and call it super X ?
Well, it is E-mountain biking, so different to mountain biking. They are not racing people without motors, so what is your point? Also, I think Nico has "earned his downs"
I have not looked into the racing side of E-Mtb, but I would have thought they would require regulation like any other competitive sport.
Racing format would surely speed up the development of Ebikes and add some innovation too.
so Nico and the other twi duds having fun promoting the bikes for living, why not?
20% of US power comes from coal but the more straws dipped into the power pool means more needs to be generated from all means. I feel if you're gonna ride a bike you should pedal it under your own power. Too many Waffle House, pork bun, Budweiser guzzlin goons plugging their "bike" into the wall to be able to ride while fuxing up trails, being a nuisance, blowing up spots, etc. They should stick to their POS Hardly Ableson oil leaking bikes with blaring tunes and loud pipes on the street and leave the single track alone.
www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-in-the-us-generation-capacity-and-sales.php
'In 2020, about 60% of U.S. utility-scale electricity generation was produced from fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum), about 20% was from nuclear energy, and about 20% was from renewable energy sources.'
Bicycles should not require electricity from any source...
If you drive to the trailhead you're likely generating far more green house gasses than a decade of charging an ebike battery.
Unless you drive an electric car, like I do, in which case you're still generating far less overall emissions. (And I bought mine used)
Not sure why you replied to my first post, side-tracking my point (with an incorrect stat) that bicycles should not expel emissions. Open your eyes.. from the same website you linked:
"The percentage shares of utility-scale electricity generation by major energy sources in 2020 were
natural gas 40%
coal 19%
nuclear 20%
renewables (total) 20%
non hydroelectric renewables 13%
hydroelectric 7%"
Either way, majority of Ebike riders are fat and lazy and should pedal under their own power. There are exceptions of course, people with health issues, age, etc., but majority are fat piles. It's pretty obvious to anyone with eyeballs really.
Your electric car just moves the exhaust pipe to a different location but I guess it makes you feel good.
Great to be back!