Bielsko-Biala, Poland 2025 – Post-Race Show

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Downtime MTB

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

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

I’m Chris, this is the Downtime Podcast and you’re tuned into our Poland post-race show with Neko Mulally and Olly Morris.

If you’re listening, that means that like me, you probably LOVE the sport and want to know as much as possible about what’s going on. That’s exactly what we are here to do.

Throughout the season, we’ll be bringing you analysis and insights that you won’t hear elsewhere.

However, as you probably know, the mountain bike industry isn’t in a great place right now and as a result, this series doesn’t have any brand support. The World Cup coverage is the most expensive thing I produce, as it often includes travel and I like to pay the guys for the expertise that they bring to the table. I honestly considered not running the series this year, but I love doing it and from what all of us involved have heard trackside from the fans, you love it to.

So I’ve decided to fund it myself, for now.

But if this show means something to you, and you want to keep it going, then please consider supporting us over on Patreon. You can sign up for as little as £3 a month at patreon.com/downtimepodcast. That’s less than the price of a coffee, but it makes a real difference. The more of you who chip in, the more likely it is that we can keep doing this.

I know times are tight. But if you value what we’re creating here, if it helps you stay connected to the sport you love, then now’s the time to chip in and help out.

Right, the season kicked off in style with rain, hail and snow for the riders to deal with on track in Poland. We’ll be talking about the new qualifying format, if Amaury Pierron should have been disqualified and of course belt driven bikes. There’s heaps to dive into, see without further ado, here’s Neko Mulally and Olly Morris.

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0:00.0	I'm Chris, this is the downtime podcast, and you're tuned in to our Poland post-race show with Nico Malali and Oli Morris. If you're listening to this, then chances are you love mountain biking just as much as I do, and you want to stay as close to the heart of the sport as possible. That's exactly what we're here to help you do. All season long, I'll be joined by Chris Kilmurray for our pre-race chats and by Nico and Olly for these post-race debriefs.
0:21.9	We're bringing you analysis and insight that you won't find anywhere else straight from the track.
0:26.5	But here's the reality. The mountain bike industry is struggling right now and that means this series doesn't have any brand backing.
0:33.0	It's the most expensive thing I make and with travel costs and paying for the team for their time and expertise. Honestly, I thought hard about not running it this year. But I love doing it and from the
0:42.9	amazing support we've had trackside, I know you love it too. So I've decided to fund it myself for now.
0:49.1	But if this show means something to you and you want to keep it going, then please consider
0:52.8	supporting us over on Patreon.
1:28.4	You can sign up for as little as £3 a month at patreon.com for slash downtime podcast. That's less than the price for coffee, but it really does make a difference. The more of you who chip in, the more likely it is we can keep doing this. I know times are tight, but if you value what we're creating here, if it helps you stay connected to the sport you love, then now's the time to chip in and help out. Just head to patreon.com 4 slash downtime podcast, that's p-a-t-r-e-o-n.com for down-time podcast and help us keep rolling. All right, the season kicked off in Poland this weekend, Insta-Hale with rain, hail and snow for the riders to deal with on track. We'll be talking about the new qualifying format if
1:32.5	Amory Piron should have been disqualified and of course belt-driven bikes. There's heaps to dive
1:37.1	into so without further ado, here's Nika Malali and Oli Morris. All right, 2025 is underway in style and welly Morris.
1:45.3	All right.
1:50.5	2025 is underway in style and we welcome as always Nico Malali and Olli Moly Morris.
1:52.8	Ollie, first off, how's things with you?
1:54.8	Good, thank you.
2:00.1	Yeah, yeah, I've had a rough few weeks, but we as a team, we actually made it. I actually made it and uh yeah we can't although there was
2:04.8	some point i think when we were when we got there and we realized it was going to be snowing all
2:09.6	week in about four degrees there was probably something in us thinking maybe we shouldn't have gone
2:14.5	but um yeah otherwise all good. Thanks, Chris.
2:21.5	Yeah, brutal week. And Nika, a very different World Cup weekend for you, right?
2:25.4	How was that experience of being very much the other side of things?
2:29.8	Yeah, it was good. It was a lot of prep to get there.
2:38.2	It felt like once I got to the race, all the hard work was done. And while it was a super busy week, it was like the preparation was paying off.
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