Roger Vieira – The Privateer

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Hobbies, Leisure, Wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Roger Vieira is a mountain bike rider who personifies the privateer spirit. Moving from Brazil to the UK in 2014, Roger has done everything in his power to become the best racer he can be. With many ups and downs along the way, this season Roger has had some great recognition. Becoming the first supported privateer by Wyn Masters’ privateer project and with riders like Greg Minnaar saying that Roger is the one to look to for the best lines on track. So we sat down to find out all about Roger’s racing career so far. This guy puts in the work and shows just what it takes to succeed as a privateer. So sit back, hit play and listen to this episode with Roger Vieira.

You’ll find Roger on Instagram @rogervieira8.

You can also watch this episode on my YouTube channel here.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Chris Hall and this is the downtime podcast where we're going to be taking you deeper
0:07.8	than ever into the gravity-based side of mountain biking. First up, a quick thank you to our
0:12.0	supporting partner this week, IXS, who've also got a giveaway for you. IXS have long made awesome
0:17.5	mountain bike clothing and protection, but they also do some really incredible
0:20.8	work for the sport that we all love. If you follow downhill racing, you'll no doubt have heard
0:25.1	of the IXS downhill cup. Running for over 20 years, the IXS Cup has provided quality racing for
0:30.2	thousands of riders and a crucial stepping stone to World Cup level competition. You only need to
0:34.9	look at the list of athletes that've cut their teeth at the IXS to know how important it's been, with riders like Valley Hole and Jackson Goldstone amongst
0:41.7	the list. The IXS Downhill Cup has also provided much needed European racing experience for many
0:47.1	races from further afield, helping to propel them into competing at the very highest level.
0:51.7	So it's awesome that brands like IXS are supporting downhill
0:54.3	racing in such a major way, enabling up and coming talent to find their feet and get ready to race at World Cup level. If you want to find out more or have a go yourself, then you can head to iExSdownhillCup.com and you can see their entire range of clothing and protection at IexS.com for slashtb. The good news for you is that we've got a
1:12.9	full head-toe set of IXS kit to give away to one lucky winner. He'll win their trigger
1:17.6	Evo jersey and pants, their downhill helmet, carve gloves, trigger goggles and carve race knee pads.
1:23.7	All you need to do is to comment on my Instagram post from Monday the 12th of June, which is a picture of Sam Blinking Top in that gear, and name one world-class rider who kickstarted their racing career at the IXSDH Cup.
1:35.1	You've got until Friday the 23rd of June to enter.
1:37.8	If you're enjoying the podcast and you want to help out, then Patreon is the best place to do so.
1:42.2	You can set up a regular donation by heading over to patreon.com for slash downtime podcast. That's Patreon, spell P-A-T-R-E-O-N. A massive thanks to Paul Jurd, who joined that list of lovely patrons this week. Also, if you want to represent the podcast, then there's downtime t-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies available over at downtimepodcast.com for slash shop.
2:01.8	If you want a little bit more downtime in your life, then you can join my newsletter where I'll
2:05.5	provide you with a bit of behind-the-scenes info on the podcast, interesting bits and pieces from
2:09.7	around the mountain bike world, some mini reviews of products that I've been using and like,
2:13.6	partner offers and more. You can do that over at downsidepodcast.com for slash newsletter.
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