Episode 240 - Martin Maes Reflects on his 2019 Ban, and What the Future Holds For Him in Downhill

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4.8 • 718 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Martin Maes is something of a contradiction. On one hand he's an articulate man with a stoical outlook, and on the other he quite simply doesn't do things quietly. Whether it's coming onto the scene as one of the first true-enduro youngsters before eventually delivering on his potential after many years of trying with GT, or getting mired in a doping scandal and beating downhill racers at their own game, there is so much about his career that is exceptional.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Pink Bike podcast. I'm your host for today, Sarah Moore, since Henry
0:15.9	Quinny is still in Fort William after watching the first World Cup. But I have Mike
0:20.5	Casmer here and Dario de Julio.
0:22.6	So thanks for joining me, guys.
0:24.0	Did you both watch the race this weekend?
0:25.3	I did, yes.
0:26.4	You betcha.
0:27.5	What did you think?
0:28.6	It was a good race.
0:30.2	Yeah, it was pretty exciting.
0:33.1	Valley Hole came out on top for the women's race.
0:36.4	I thought Nina Hoffen, like, had it after she came down. Like, that was a really, really good ride. And I think she maybe thought she had it, too, like, until Valley got to the finish line. Like, there was a video I saw of her reactions. And she, like, she really was hoping for that win. But yeah, Valley hole. Yeah.
0:54.2	Yeah.
0:54.2	Valley hole came out on top.
0:57.9	And really cool to see Tani Seagrave and Camille Valanche in the women's race,
1:03.1	like both coming back from like serious head injuries and back in third and fourth.
1:10.2	So yeah, that was pretty, pretty wild that they can just like come back and
1:15.7	still be on the top of the game.
1:17.7	And then fifth place for the women was Gloria Scarcy, who, yeah, I don't know if we've
1:21.6	seen her on the World Cup podium yet.
1:23.0	So that was pretty cool.
1:24.6	Yeah.
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