Stéphane Tempier, cross country mountain biker

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Stéphane Tempier is a professional mountain biker who has been a fixture on the cross country World Cup circuit for over a decade. He placed second overall in the World Cup series, medaled in the World Championships, and represented France in the Olympics. He currently rides for Trek Factory Racing. In this interview, he and Payson talk about training during France's lengthy lockdown this year, how mountain biking has changed since he started racing, how his role as an athlete has changed wit...

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0:00.0	Since five, six years now, with all the social media, the sport is not only results, it's not only performance, it's more, it's also communication.
0:09.7	And it's something more collective.
0:12.5	You're completely a part of the brand.
0:14.7	It's not only a part of the team, it's a part of the brand.
0:18.1	It's Showtime, everybody. Showtime!
0:22.9	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:26.6	This is the world as it exists today.
0:31.5	Life moves pretty fast.
0:33.9	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:36.2	You could miss it.
0:41.3	Listen, we're talking about practice Repeat on the dude's room
0:43.3	Donnie, you're out of your element
0:46.3	I see you think this has nothing to do with you
0:49.3	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
0:58.1	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McAlvin.
1:01.2	Hello and welcome back to the show.
1:03.3	This week, Stefan Tempier.
1:07.8	Stefan Tempier is one of the top World Cup racers on the planet.
1:12.0	He was second overall in the World Cup series behind Nino a couple of years ago.
1:13.9	He's meddled at the World Championships.
1:19.4	I've known of Stefan for years, obviously, as a fixture of the World Cup series and a man with an incredibly distinctive peddling style.
1:23.3	I've always wondered, who is the guy behind that 60 RPM massively powerful pedal stroke that is just landing podiums left, right and center on the World Cup series?
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