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The Pinkbike Podcast

Episode 135 - The Pinkbike Racing Podcast: Episode #6 - Vallnord World Cup DH Post-Race Wrap-Up

The Pinkbike Podcast

Pinkbike

Sports, News

4.8718 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week, Ben, Harry, and I get stuck into why racers would ever want to form a union, how to organize a piss-up in a brewery, and all the other top stories from the Andorran World Cup, not least the racing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, hey.

0:13.0

We haven't even achieved anything.

0:17.2

Hello everyone, my name is Henry and welcome to the Pink Bike Racing podcast, aka the Bucket Boys.

0:23.3

I'm joined by Harry Jenkinson, Filmer Extraordinaire, and Mr Big Daddy Ben Cathrow.

0:30.0

Now, I think this could be our best audio to date, as Harry has, and I quote, intervened to stop us,

0:39.8

to stop ourselves hurting each other anymore.

0:45.1

Currently, it looks like I'm staring at the bad end of some kind of small mammal,

0:49.4

and sadly this episode won't include any sweat intermissions,

0:51.8

although you're more than welcome to take it upon yourself,

0:54.8

to pause it and have a good airing just if you need to.

1:02.8

Now, what a weekend in Vowenord. Before we get to rating, let's rant a little. Ben, is this the worst World Cup you've ever been to in terms of organisation? Yes. It's been awful. Yes. I mean,

1:10.0

before I get back to... Well, I mean, can you before I get out. Like, like, like organizing is a massive, massive kind of subject. A very specific part of the organization was lacking. And that was the logistics for the downhill part of the event. Yes.

1:32.8

And yeah, it's been ranted about in several of our videos and it will be ranted about on this podcast as well.

1:36.5

Yeah, I mean, so just for those that don't know,

1:38.5

normally Varnold is, I think, probably one of the best World Cups to work at.

1:41.9

It runs like Clockworks.

1:43.1

You have a really big pit at the top of the lift.

1:45.5

The runs from a town called La Masana.

1:48.4

And basically you descend from there.

1:51.0

So it means you warm up in your pits.

1:52.4

It's great.

1:53.2

The lift is super efficient.

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