Behind the Scenes of the Nukeproof Axess Racing Team

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Downtime MTB

Sports, Leisure, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Hobbies, Wilderness

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

For Axess Intense Factory Racing, the 2025 season was full of high highs, and some really low lows.

Injury. Uncertainty. Financial pressure. And moments behind the scenes that most race programmes never talk about publicly.

But those lows are exactly what pushed Joe Breeden and Olly Morris forward with new partners, a bigger budget, and an exciting new setup for 2026 as the Nukeproof Axess Racing team is born.

This is a conversation about pressure, vulnerability, and what it actually takes to keep a race team moving forward when everything’s on the line. So sit back, hit play, and enjoy this episode with Joe Breeden and Olly Morris.

You can also watch this episode on YouTube here.

You can find everything Nukeproof Axess Racing on Instagram @nukeproof_axess_racing and the Axess website is here and Axess Racing is on YouTube here.

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0:00.0	and you don't know if there'll be a team the next the following year.
0:02.8	In a grand scheme of things, I was a waste of space. I thought at the time was a breakdown, like I just started crying in front of everybody. Because we had such a shortfall financially coming to the year, like I was forced into a position where I had to be so creative to find ways to bring in money. I thought my season was down because there was a lot of pressure to have to deliver at that point. I think I was the only rider on the team that was
0:23.1	delivering what we needed to deliver. Then Juan goes P1. I'm thinking, okay, like, fair play.
0:36.0	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.
0:44.7	This episode is sponsored by Wahoo Fitness, but more about them later.
0:48.9	We've got heaps of great episodes coming up for you this year, so make sure you don't miss them by following the show.
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1:02.6	we're at Downtown Podcast. And if that's still not enough, then you can get the full inside line
1:06.8	by joining our newsletter at downtimepodcast.com, 4 slash newsletter. As always, I really appreciate
1:12.7	your support, be that sharing these episodes with your friends or online, leaving the podcast to review
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1:32.9	All right, for access intense factory racing, the 2025 season was full of high highs and some really low lows, injury, uncertainty, financial pressure, and moments behind the scenes
1:39.0	that most race programs never talk about publicly.
1:42.1	But these lows are exactly what pushed Joe Breeden and
1:44.6	Olly Morris forward with new partners, a bigger budget and an exciting new setup for
1:49.0	26 as the nukeproof access racing team is born. This is a conversation about pressure,
1:54.8	vulnerability and what it actually takes to keep a race team moving forward when everything's
1:58.9	on the line. So without further ado,
2:01.6	here's Joe Breeden and Ollie Morris. All right, Ollie Morris, Joe Breeden. Welcome
2:10.0	back to the downtime podcast. How are you both? Actually, I go first. We're good. Yeah,
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