After dominating U23, Riley Amos is ready for the Elites. Here's how he's preparing.
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
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🗓️ 19 November 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Riley Amos won overall Under 23 World Cup titles in both short track and cross-country this year and finished seventh in the Paris Olympics, the highest an American has ever placed in the event. He is a member of the Trek Factory Racing Team and lives and trains in Durango, Colorado.
- Going into the 2024 season did you expect to win the overall U23 titles in short track and cross-country?
- Do you plan to change your race training or strategy when you move up to Elite next year?
- How much do you focus on nutrition as a part of your training and racing?
- For the last World Cup XC race of the season you rode the Trek Top Fuel which is a FS bike with 120mm of travel front and rear. What made you choose the bike for that course? Were you running a dropper post?
- I read that you joined the Durango DEVO mountain bike program in second grade. Did you participate in any other sports?
- Do you think it's helpful for athletes to specialize in MTB from an early age?
- As a USA Cycling National Team member, have you done much training in Bentonville? How does the riding there compare to Durango?
- Why did you decide to ride the Palisade Plunge as a loop? How did it go?
- In addition to the World Cup circuit, are there other races you're targeting for 2025? Do you have any fun rides planned?
Follow Riley @rj_amos on Instagram.
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| 1:00.1 | Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff and today my guest is Riley Amos. |
| 1:07.4 | Riley won the overall under 23 World Cup titles in both short track and cross country this year |
| 1:13.8 | and finished seventh in the Paris Olympics, which is the highest in American has ever placed in the event. |
| 1:20.5 | He's a member of the Turek Factory Racing Team and lives and trains in Durango, Colorado. |
| 1:25.8 | Thanks for joining us, Riley. |
| 1:27.6 | Thanks, Jeff. Appreciate you having me on. It for joining us, Riley. Thanks, Jeff. |
| 1:28.3 | Appreciate you having me on. |
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