Anton Cooper, Cross country racer

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Anton Cooper is a fixture of the World Cup cross country scene. He won the U23 World Championships in 2015 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games, but perhaps his best known finish came in 2018, when he battled World Champion Nino Schurter for the top step of the podium in a sprint finish at Nove Mesto. In this interview, he talks about all the things that went right that day, and what he would have done differently to snag that final victory. He talks about why the pro field might be changing in th...

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0:00.0	At the time, I was actually, as much as I was stoked as I was to have had the best race of my career,
0:06.9	I was also gussed by, because I kind of knew, like, these opportunities are very, very rare,
0:14.9	and I may never have that opportunity again.
0:18.0	And I'd rather have the opportunity and seize it rather than have the opportunity and be
0:24.5	the bridesmaid. It's showtime everybody. Showtime! You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:34.4	This is the world as it exists today.
0:38.3	Life moves pretty fast.
0:41.3	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:43.3	You could miss it.
0:45.3	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:49.3	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:51.3	Donnie, you're out of your element. I I see you think this has nothing to do with you
0:57.0	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus
1:03.0	This is the adventure stash with Payson McAlvin
1:06.0	Hello and welcome back to the show
1:10.1	This week, Anton Cooper.
1:13.3	Anton Cooper is a fixture of the World Cup cross-country scene.
1:18.1	He's ridden for Trek for quite a few years now.
1:22.0	We know each other a little bit, got to know each other quite a bit better over the course
1:27.4	of this podcast. Really enjoyed getting to learn a little bit, got to know each other quite a bit better over the course of this podcast.
1:28.2	Really enjoyed getting to learn a little bit about some of his secret passions like
1:32.9	bike packing.
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