I'm Chris, this is the downtime podcast and you're tuned in to our Leargang post-race show

with Nico Malali and Olly Morris.

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All season long, I'll be joined by Chris for our pre-race chats and by Nico and Olly for these post-race debriefs. We're bringing you analysis and insight that you won't find anywhere else straight from the track. But here's the reality. The mountain bike industry is struggling right now, and that means this series doesn't have any backing. It is the most expensive thing that I make with travel costs and paying the team for their time and expertise. Honestly, I thought hard and long about not running it this year, but I love doing it and from the amazing support we've had trackside, I know you love it too. So I've decided to fund it for myself for now. But if this show means something to you and you want to help keep it going, then please consider supporting us over on Patreon. You can sign up from as little as three pounds a month at patreon.com for slash downtime podcast. That's less than the price of a cup of coffee, but it makes a real difference to me. The more of you who chip in, the more likely it is that we can keep doing this for you. I know times are tight, but if you value what we're creating here, and if it helps you stay connected with the sport you love, then now's the time to chip in and help out. Just head to patreon.com for slash downtime podcast. That's p-a-t-r-e-on.com for-slash-dentime podcast and help us keep it rolling. A massive thank you to everyone who's chipped in so far.

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So if you can, you know what to do. All right, racing in Leargang was tight. Once again,

highlighting the depth of talent that we have in World Cup downhill right now. Another tough

quality session fed a day of racing with insane times and some small differences having a big impact on the results.

The 2025 season continues to deliver and there's heaps to dive into.

So without further ado, here's Niko Malali and Olly Morris.

All right, we're here in Salzbergerhof in Leagang. Thanks to Boa for helping us be here this

week. Get your fit dialed in across shoes, helmets and many other awesome products from some of your

favourite brands. Definitely worth checking out. I'm joined again by Olli Morris and Nico Malali.

Welcome, slightly wet a day today. Unusual, Ollie, for us to have a dry World Cup and then for the Endura and the XE to get rained on, right? Well, apparently, it always rains on Sundays, but we raced on Saturday, so not too bad, really, yeah. I wouldn't want to be an Endura rider today, though. That's, or XE for that matter. You were saying on the way in, like two-hour liaison is how they start the day. And about the time we're talking and it is chucking it down out there. So good luck to them. Good luck in jury riders. Although Mr. Greg Callahan will be very happy. I saw him last night and he was doing the rain dance. So he's ready for it. Nico, we had a rough ride for most teams and riders getting over here, whichever routes and transport mechanisms people

used, people got stuck, people were late, it was a bit of a unfortunate start to a week that

was already tight with a Sunday race followed by a Saturday race. Were people able to kind of

leave that behind themselves or have people been scrabbling a bit trying to get back on track?

I think once everyone was here, they were kind of locked into the program for

the weekend. The main issue is there's like one good flight direct from Toulouse to Munich that

almost all the riders were on. I booked my riders on it and it got canceled on Monday night. So what was

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