Riley Amos, XC mountain bike racer

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Payson McElveen

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4.8 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Riley Amos became the breakout star of cross country racing earlier this year when he became the first American male to win a U23 World Cup . At just 19 and in his first year out of the junior ranks, he also snagged the podium at two other World Cup races in Albstadt, Germany and Nové Město, Czech Republic. He entered the 2021 season with uncertainty about his prospects as a professional rider, only to leave the season with offers from every factory team on the circuit. Last week, it was anno...

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0:00.0	My first World Cup start in Germany early in the year, I went in with pretty low expectations.
0:05.8	And I got fifth.
0:06.9	And I was like, holy crap.
0:08.8	Like, wait a minute.
0:10.1	I think I can actually, I think I actually have some, some legs and some potential here.
0:14.8	And so the very next weekend in Czech, I rode to second place, like a World Cup podium.
0:22.9	And it was just like, holy cow,
0:26.1	like, this is my second ever time racing a World Cup.
0:31.4	And so at that point, I realized, okay, now you have people's attention.
0:33.5	It's showtime, everybody.
0:34.8	Showtime!
0:39.3	You've been living in a dream world, Neil. This is the world as it exists today.
0:43.3	Life moves pretty fast.
0:47.3	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:49.3	You could miss it.
0:51.3	Listen, we're talking about practice. Repeat, we talk about practice.
0:56.0	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:58.0	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:00.0	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:04.0	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:09.0	This is the adventure stash with Payson McElvin.
1:13.8	Hello everybody.
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