Bielsko-Biala, Poland 2024 – Post-Race Show
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4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Alright folks, World Cup Downhill is back for round two in the brand new venue of Bielsko-Biala in Poland and this is your Maxxis tyres post-race show, where I’ll be joined by Neko Mulally and Olly Morris to dig into what went on. The track developed all week long and the rain definitely made things tricky. But the riders rose to the challenge and provided incredible racing. So sit back, hit play and listen to this Poland World Cup post-race show with Neko Mulally and Olly Morris.
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| 0:00.0 | All right folks, World Cup downhill was back this weekend for round two in the brand new venue of Biesco Biala in Poland. |
| 0:10.0 | And this is your Maxis Tires post-race show with Nico Malali and Olli Morris. |
| 0:14.8 | Maxis is synonymous with racing and is the name that comes to mind when you think of performance. |
| 0:19.4 | It's no surprise then that they've won more than any other brand in the history of World Cup racing. No matter where or how you ride, Maxis has the tyres for you with a wide range of tread patterns, casing and compound options. For Enduro, I run the DHR 2 Max Terra double down on the rear, paired up with the Assegai Max grip up front with their slightly lighter XO plus casing. On the downhill bike, it's DHR2's front and rear, both DHCasing and both with a super grippy Max grip compound. You can check out the entire range of Maxis tires over at maxis.com and find the tires at your local Maxis dealer. You can also give them a follow on Instagram where they're at Max's bike. |
| 0:59.2 | All right, Poland delivered an ever-evolving track with a mixture of bike park and more natural sections. The rain came in and added to the challenge, but the riders rose to it and provided |
| 1:03.5 | us with incredible racing. We're here to get into the details of what went on. So here's |
| 1:08.4 | your Maxis Tires, Post-ace show with Nico and Olly. |
| 1:14.9 | All right, Poland threw down. We had an interesting weekend on the brand new track, |
| 1:19.3 | and I'm joined, as ever, by Nico Malali and Oli Morris to find out what went on. |
| 1:23.0 | Nico, we'll start with you, man. Not the perfect preparation for a race. You've had a bit of a couple of weeks since Fort William. |
| 1:29.8 | May just give us a brief overview? |
| 1:32.0 | Yeah, Tuesday after Fort William World Cup, |
| 1:35.8 | we were on our way to Andorra where Angel lives to spend the week off. |
| 1:40.5 | And we had our van stolen from a hotel and all our bikes stolen out of it. |
| 1:45.0 | It was tough. We ended up getting really lucky with the amount of spares that were left over. |
| 1:52.0 | We could build each rider a new bike and we had all we needed this weekend, but it required me to fly home, |
| 1:59.0 | put my hands on every spare part I thought we'd |
| 2:01.6 | need. |
| 2:02.6 | And yeah, just put a lot of time into getting back to where I was on the day after Fort William. |
| 2:11.6 | So yeah, luckily so many of our sponsors kicked in and helped us out to be here rolling and so many other |
| 2:19.1 | teams were so nice to offer to help lend us anything that we needed so yeah a lot of good |
| 2:24.5 | people in the industry and once we were here the hard work was done and that was all behind us so |
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