Val di Sole 2024 – Pre-Race Show
Downtime - The Mountain Bike Podcast
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4.9 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Alright, we’re back to back and heading to Val di Sole this weekend for one of the most demanding tracks on the circuit. How will riders ensure they are recovered and ready to go, what does this year’s version of the track have in store for us and are we entering a new era of dominance. We cover all that and more. So sit back, hit play and listen to this Val di Sole World Cup pre-race show with Chris Kilmurray.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, there's no time to rest as we're straight into another week of World Cup Racing |
| 0:07.7 | and this is your Maxis Tires pre-race show for Valde-Sol with Chris Kill Murray. Maxis is synonymous |
| 0:13.7 | with racing and is the name that comes to mind when you think of performance. It's no surprise |
| 0:18.1 | then that they have won more than any other brand in the history |
| 0:21.5 | of World Cup racing. No matter where or how you ride, Maxis has the tyres for you with a wide range of tread patterns, casing and compound options. For me, on the Enjuro bike, I run the DHR2 Max Terra double down on the rear, paired up with the Assegai Max grip on the front in their slightly lighter XO plus casing, which I find is tough enough for most of the riding that I do. |
| 0:40.8 | On the downhill bike, I've gone with the DHR2 front and rear, both DH casing with their super grippy max grip compound. You can check out the entire range of Maxis tires over at Maxis.com and find the tires at your local Maxis dealer. You can also give them a follow on Instagram where they're at Maxis Bike. All right, we're back to back and head into Vaudersoll this weekend for one of the most demanding tracks on the circuit. How will riders ensure they're recovered and ready to go? What does this year's version of the track have in store for us? And are we entering a new era of dominance? We cover all that and more. |
| 1:11.9 | So without further ado, here's your Maxis Tires pre-race show with Chris Kill Murray. |
| 1:20.0 | Chris Kill Murray, welcome back after a very brief week of absence to the downtown podcast, |
| 1:26.6 | mate. It feels hectic back-to-back for the first time this year. It doesn't feel like a week of absence to the downtown podcast, mate. It feels hectic back to back for the first time this year. |
| 1:29.4 | It doesn't feel like a week of anything, yeah. |
| 1:31.8 | Feels, yeah. |
| 1:32.9 | Yeah, I agree. |
| 1:34.7 | It goes quick for sure. |
| 1:36.5 | Yeah, so before we talk about Vardosol, let's reflect back, I guess, just briefly on Lear Gang. |
| 1:42.6 | An interesting race weekend. |
| 1:43.9 | We've talked often in the run-up to Lear gang. An interesting race weekend. |
| 1:47.7 | We talk often in the run-up to Lear Gang about, you know, |
| 1:50.6 | people looking for tens of seconds and it being tight racing. |
| 1:53.3 | And yet we had pretty huge time gaps. |
| 1:58.2 | I think I saw you put a stat up today that the gap between Loic and second was bigger than the gap between Andy Colb, |
| 2:00.6 | who was last year's winner and ninth place last year, which is insane. |
| 2:05.7 | Yeah, really interesting, and I think it's a good way. |
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