Loudenvielle 2023 – Pre-Race Show
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4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
It’s new venue time and we’re in Loudenvielle, France. We’ll be talking about this brand new track which sounds like it should provide a real challenge for the riders. Hear Chris’ thoughts on the venue, the track, who’s going to be pushing hard for the win and much more. So sit back, hit play and listen to this Loudenvielle World Cup pre-race show with Chris Kilmurray.
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| 0:00.0 | World Cup Racing is coming thick and fast, and this weekend we're heading to a brand new track |
| 0:08.2 | in Luden-V-A-France. So here's your Maxis Tires pre-race show with Chris Kilmurray. Maxis is |
| 0:14.3 | synonymous with racing and is the name that comes to mind when you think of performance. It's |
| 0:18.3 | no surprise then that they've won more than any other brand in the history of World Cup racing. No matter where or how you ride, Maxis has the tires for you with a wide range of tread patterns, casing and compound options. On my Enduro bike, I'm running the DHR 2, Max Terra double down on the rear, paired up with an Assegai max grip up front in the slightly lighter Exo Plus casing. On the downhill bike, I've got a DHR2 front and rear, up with an Assegai Max grip up front in the slightly lighter XO plus casing. |
| 0:38.4 | On the downhill bike, I've got a DHR2 front and rear, both with a DH casing and with their |
| 0:42.9 | super grippy Max grip compound. Both of those setups are working awesome for me. |
| 0:47.4 | You can check out the entire range of Maxis tires over at maxis.com and find the tires at |
| 0:52.2 | your local Maxis dealer. You can also give them a follow on |
| 0:54.9 | Instagram where they're at maxis bike. All right, it's new venue time and we're in Ludenvié, France. We'll be talking about this brand new track, which sounds like it should provide a real challenge for the riders. Here Chris's thoughts on the venue, the track, who's going to be pushing hard for that win and much, much more. |
| 1:11.3 | So without further ado, |
| 1:12.8 | I'm joined by Chris Kilmurray for your Maxis Tire on the venue, the track, who's going to be pushing hard for that win and much, much more. |
| 1:11.3 | So without further ado, I'm joined by Chris Kilmurie for your Maxis Tires pre-race show |
| 1:16.0 | for the 2023 Aludan V8 World Cup. |
| 1:22.5 | All right, Chris Kilmurray. Welcome back after a pretty chaotic weekend in Varnard. |
| 1:28.3 | I'm kind of interested to get your thoughts on that actually. |
| 1:30.3 | There was a lot of towing and throwing on schedule, lots of ups and downs over the weekend. |
| 1:35.3 | Do you think it kind of played out in the right way in the end? |
| 1:39.3 | Do you think it was handled well? |
| 1:41.3 | Yeah, I think it's impossible to predict exactly what the mountain weather is going to do. |
| 1:49.7 | The bottom line was for race day, the bottom line was that the helicopter couldn't fly for evacuations. |
| 1:55.7 | So once the wind speed goes above, I don't know, 65 kilometers an hour, 70 kilometers an hour, |
| 2:00.0 | the helicopter can't evacuate. And that's it, that's race off, simple as that. |
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