2025 Downhill Season Wrap With Chris Kilmurray
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
Downtime MTB
4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
To round out the year, we’re joined by Chris Kilmurray to get behind the results and into the data of the 2025 downhill season.
Winning margins. Track difficulty. Rider consistency. Junior depth. Elite pressure. Chris Kilmurray is a coach, an analyst, a man who lives in the numbers.
So, together, we’re breaking down the 2025 season, statistically, objectively, and honestly. What the juniors told us about the future. Why some tracks separated the field… and others didn’t. Which riders redefined expectations and which comebacks mattered most. From tyre performance to suspension trends. From French dominance to the rise of the USA and what all of it means as we look ahead to 2026.. There’s heaps to chat about, so sit back, hit play, and enjoy this episode with Chris Kilmurray.
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| 0:00.0 | I think maybe one of the standouts when you look at the data is just how good Jackson's race runs were. |
| 0:05.1 | When Jackson's qualifying and some of his practice performances weren't actually that great. |
| 0:09.1 | I think that's, that race run is like indicative of the future. |
| 0:13.2 | The junior men are so, so close to the elite men now. |
| 0:15.3 | But. |
| 0:19.6 | Hey everyone. I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast, the podcast for the true fans of gravity mountain biking, taking you deeper into the sport than anywhere else. |
| 0:27.9 | This episode has no brand support, so it's our lovely patrons that have helped make this happen. |
| 0:32.8 | Patreon is a big part of enabling me to keep making this podcast and bringing new episodes like this one with Chris. This podcast is my full-time job. I love doing it, but it is a huge amount of work. This is how I make a living and how I provide for my family. So if you enjoy listening to downtime, maybe consider supporting me on Patreon. What I'm asking for is the price of a cup of coffee or a pint. If you can't afford it, that's okay. Don't worry about it. |
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| 1:25.4 | That and all the links I've mentioned will be in the show notes for this |
| 1:27.9 | episode on the website, downtimepodcast.com. All right, to round out the year, we're joined by |
| 1:33.3 | Chris Kilmurray to get behind the results and into the data of the 2025 downhill season. Winning |
| 1:38.9 | margins, track difficulty, rider consistency, junior depth, elite pressure. Chris Kilmurray is a coach, an analyst and a |
| 1:46.0 | man who lives in the numbers. So together we're breaking down the 2025 seasons, statistically, |
| 1:51.2 | objectively and honestly. What the juniors told us about the future, why some tracks |
| 1:55.9 | separated the field and others didn't, which riders redefined expectations and which |
| 2:00.5 | comebacks mattered most. |
| 2:02.1 | From tire performance to suspension trends, from French dominance to the rise of the USA, |
| 2:06.5 | and what all of it means as we look ahead to 2026. So without further ado, here's Chris Kilmurray. |
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