Les Gets 2025 – Post-Race Show

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4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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I’m Chris, this is the Downtime Podcast and you’re tuned into our Les Gets 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.

So I’ve been funding it myself, along with the support of our wonderful Patreons.

If this show means something to you, and you want to help me 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.

A big thanks to all the Patreon’s who came along to our ‘ask me anything’ with Chris, Neko and Olly last week, I hope you all had fun.

This weekend we’re back on the infamous slopes of Mont Chery in Les Gets. The weather threw a hefty curveball with some huge downpours to add to the challenge of a race week. We’ll be breaking down the weekend for you and as always there’s heaps to dive into, so sit back, hit play and listen to this Les Gets post-race show with Neko and Olly.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Chris, this is the downtime podcast and you're tuned into our Lajé post-race show with Nico Malali and Olly Morris.
0:09.7	First up, a quick reality check.
0:11.5	We're a little over halfway through the season and we still don't have funding for this series.
0:15.3	This content exists due to our wonderful patrons and our desire to keep making it happen for you all to listen to.
0:21.1	So a big thank you to those of you who support this.
0:23.1	It really does make a huge difference.
0:25.2	If you're on the fence about supporting, then we'd love it if you come on board and help out via Patreon.
0:29.5	You can sign up from as little as £3 a month at patreon.com for slash downtime podcast.
0:33.9	That's less than the price of coffee, but it makes a real difference and can help us keep this going to the end of the season. I know time's a tight, but if you value what we're creating here, if it helps you stay connected to the sport that you love, then now's the time to chip in and help out. All right, this week, we're back on the infamous slopes of Montcherie in Lejeet. The weather through a hefty curveball with some huge downpours to add to the challenge of a race week. We'll be breaking down the weekend for you and as always there's heaps to dive into. So sit back, hit play and listen to this Leje post-race show with Nico and Olly. Okay, we're here at Atlas Ryko, Morsini, place to come if you fancy a riding trip in the French Alps.
1:12.1	Nika, you've done some work with these guys in the past, right?
1:14.3	You've stayed with them quite a few times.
1:16.1	Yeah, the first year I started my Frameworks Project when it was just me and my mechanic.
1:21.6	We stayed with them for three weeks that summer, like any off week that we had, we came here and they, it was really
1:29.1	easy because they provide everything. They have all the meals covered, which are really good
1:34.7	meals. The food's insane. It's crazy how good it, like it was way better than I expected as an
1:39.2	all-inclusive thing because we've gone to other places in the past and the meals here are just incredible.
1:47.4	And then they get the lift passes for us too.
1:50.5	And they basically just like turn up and all the little things are covered.
1:54.4	And it's been riding distance from the plane lift.
1:56.9	So it was a perfect place to come on those off weeks.
1:59.6	And then as our team grew, they, um, they sponsored us and would help us out with lodging in those off weeks.
2:07.4	So then our whole team would come here.
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