POV | BEST TRACK of the Year? World Champs Course Preview Les Gets
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Watch the race live on Red Bull TV: win.gs/WorldCh... (geo-restrictions apply)
This is it then, the big one - Laurie Greenland takes us down one dry and dusty DH track for the 2022 MTB World Champs in Les Gets, France. If you’re new to cycling, then it may at first seem odd that you can win a world championship in one race, but, well, you can, and when you do, you get to put the rainbow stripes on the rest of your jerseys for life!
This will be the second time that Les Gets has hosted the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, with that appearance coming back in 2004. Back then the French location was a regular fixture on the UCI mountain bike racing calendar. Les Gets disappeared from the UCI calendar after the 2004 Worlds but regained its spot in 2019 when it became a World Cup location. Racing at the World Cup in Les Gets took place in 2019 and 2021.
Being a world champion is a huge deal in mountain biking and the race carries with it more kudos than any other. For one year after the World Championships race, the winner of the World Champs gets to wear a special jersey that signifies them as the World Champion. They can wear that jersey at any race they take part in as long as they are racing that discipline. This jersey is usually white and has the colours of the rainbow in a band on it.
The broadcasted events for the 2022 UCI MTB World Championships will be shown on Red Bull TV. The live stream is, however subject to a geo-block. If a stream isn't showing when you click the link below, a local broadcaster has the rights in your country.
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One of the other benefits of winning World Champ is that your country gets an extra spot in their quota (if you race in the championships the next year). So, South Africa, France, Canada and Bulgaria got 8 spots because Minnaar, Nicole, Goldstone and Yankova are the reigning champs. The most any other country gets is 7 spots.
didn't know that, great to hear :D
It's quota+1, if your country would get 4 riders in that year, they get 4+1
I don't think South Africa and Bulgaria are getting anywhere near max quota
@@DanArnets1492 They're both getting 7 + 1, per UCI.
ej ej with the inside facts 🙏
@@RedBullBike Where can USA audience watch the livestream? Thanks!
Les Gets' method of building a new track: flag off where you want it it to go, build a few jumps and a few berms, invite the world's top riders, let them rip up the grass and top soil and we'll call it good.
Yep… way too smooth… where’s the tech and gnar? Yawn…
Yeah calling this the best track of the year is insane. Mont Saint Anne was the best this year by far
Not only Les Gets method.
Can you please use higher fps for POV videos? The preview run at Fort William used 1440p 50fps, and it looked so much better. 25 fps is not enough when there is so much movement.
Remember you're in France - that marshall at the jump was simply on strike for a few minutes
Eh frero calmos sur les clichés la mdr
@@Leomagnien07 Don’t mind this guy, he’s French. Most of them can’t speak English :P
But why did he finger wiggle though? I cant stand cliffhangers 😂
@@nelson4483 je suis canadien, nous parlons anglais et francais... poorly tho sorry mon ami du Francais
@@nelson4483 yeah but many of them can win a DH race
Such a cray track especially with the dry conditions! Nice vid guys!🤘🏻
will be interesting when the rain comes down 👀
@@RedBullBike yes then it is going to be slippery!🤙🏻
Nice run! Those jumps look like they could get tricky at speed, one seems short and the others really big
slight reshape incoming 🤫😉
They're not good at making jumps.. Even some small local jumps in that area are better. Lol
Sick track it's going to be a wonderful race, I just miss some super gnarly, steep and slow rock garden.
I took the Gondala up there looking down on the start hut 2 weeks ago. The track looked epic, Gondala was the most rickety I'd ever ridden, was cacking myself lol
😂😂👌
I was in les gets on Monday. This bikepark is super fun. So many tracks to explore, not only downhill but also Enduro. Great vacation activity!
Good job Laurie for spotting the finger wiggle, for all he knew there could have been a crash after the road gap. Marshall needs a talking too though, use a red flag if there is an obstruction.
Why is the national champs not being broadcast live in the UK on red bull TV?
so good. Barely out of breath mentioning "little road gap" :) awesome!
Looks like the first world cup track I would survive from top to bottom. :D
FWIW: Weather forecasts from the BBC and Accuweather say sunny skies for qualis Thursday but some rain on Friday and Saturday (Saturday is race day), so conditions could change a bit after qualifications are over.
I wouldn't take forecasts into account too much, they've been a bit unreliable around here (I live about 70km from Les Gets). The amount of times I left with sunny forecasts to encounter big storms or vice versa was quite high... Then again, it's the Alps so... good luck getting accurate forecasts with them mountains!
@@NickArthfael That's forecasts everywhere, I guess. I only mentioned it because at about 3:22 Laurie mentions how the one section might change if it rains (he said it could get "treacherous").
@@ejej6934 If it rains it will be carnage :D
What's the deal with the whistle blowing?
I'd like to know, too
Mais non! Trackside Jean-Jacques cost us the road gap delight! 😅
Beautiful…cant wait to go back
Little road gap.. MASSIVE
Les Get it!
ayyy! ⚡️
A pista é incrível, parabéns.
Amazing work
Looks so sick! 🤟
Hey red bull , What’s up with “geo restricted” not available content?!
Unbelievable nice Track 😍
My little country Costa Rica has 3 riders racing there!!! Come on BOYS!!!!!
Why did the track worker stop him from going off that drop?
That’s what she said!
Masha Allah . 👍🏽💪👍🏽🙏🏽👍🏽💪🙏🏽
Laurie so sick 🤙
Still curious about why the wave off.
Also curious about the constant whistles.
Yo sick track
rowdy one for sure 🤘
I don't think the track locks like this on Saturday !!!! hahaha....the rain change it completely.
it will be a whole different track until then, no worries 🙌
Epic!!! Very Nice🔥🚲😎
Why are the world champs geo blocked in Australia on the Red Bull app?
SBS have the publishing rights
@@malp4650 cheers Mal, what a joke. They not interested in the season, but want to look like the home of all things cycling so they exclusively show the world champs… Red Bull do a way better job
@@malp4650 watched it last night, how depressing watching it wothout Rob Warner. I’ll look at it as a glimpse of what it will be like when MTB moves to Discovery… Not looking forward to it
Nice video red bull keep it up
Yes loz you’re not wrong this does look like Val da soul But That track is gnarly as hell this is not as gnarly but still a hard track
🤘
Soo good
Blazin'!
Why is it geo-restricted in the states? Kinda lame....had a beer and treats and everything. All the other races showed. Looks like I'll be having a Heineken at 5 a.m. watching American Pie
If the guys at Les Gets knew how to build jumps, this track would be amazing. So good at everything else, terrible at building jumps.
The new jumps at the bottom are gash
Was für eine Staubwüste! 😳
I'm in the states and want to watch, but it's geo restricted. Anybody know where else I can watch?
VPN
Ripoff! Wanted to see the stepdown into the berm
Kind of a boring looking track really. No rock gardens, tight sections or anything greatly challenging.
Wide open off camber high speed should cause a few crashes though.
I think it will make line choice easier to see when you aren’t actually there live, though. Fun for tv
You don’t ride bikes
@@96mtbrider you invite the best DH racers from all over the world and this is the track you think will put them to the test? I've seen more technical sections in some of the XC races.
@@jamlee344 why are the racer’s saying it’s one of the best tracks of the year? You don’t ride. Your ape brain sees big rock and thinks ooo that’s technical!! You cant even recognize a pure bred race track when you see it. Steep and natural and taped wide. Why do all racers say schlamding was the best race track? Why are the racers saying this is the style of track they like to build to ride and practice on? Are you American?
looks good, a few little showers 👌
Shhhmokiiin
what rims do they use please?
Most will use a 30mm internal width either carbon or aluminium depending on sponsors or personal choice
@@1brokenspoke189 Ok thanks so much
Beacause my ethirteen carbon was broken and i need change this one into aluminium but idk wich one choose
( sorry fort my bad English)
DT Swiss ,Hope, or Mavic all make good quality aluminium rims and far cheaper than E13 carbon rim
When will this geo restriction bullshit end?...
If I was Discovery I would fight tooth and nail to end geo restriction for World Champs to ease some of the hate they're getting already.
Don't even get me started on the Discovery streaming bullshit...
Why is everyone whistling
So riders know when other riders are nearby
@@liminalkid makes sense. there were some riders stopping on the track. how on earth are they allowed to do that? aren't they a huge risk for the descending riders?
I don't think Jackson Goldstone would need a breather for the course preview. Bring him back!
Chill my man lauri is very good at what he is doing
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too dusty
There is nothing special about this track, it doesn't even look hard, look at Mont Saint-Anne for a real challenge.
This side of the mountain is super steep and when dry the speeds are insane it is a different challenge to MSA but just as difficult
Eh first idk
you made it ⚡
Typical French Marshalls and fans trying to put off anyone who isn't a home competitor.......
chiale! Les essaies n'ont même pas commencés que tu cherche des excuses! More salt please!
😂😂😂 frenchies and their methods
🤣
Hate the whistling 😥
Track looks crappy and sandy. Random stumps everywhere. Zero speed