Val di Sole 2025 – Post-Race Show

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🗓️ 22 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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I’m Chris, this is the Downtime Podcast and you’re tuned into our Val di Sole post-race show with Neko Mulally and Olly Morris.

If you’re listening, that means that like me, you probably LOVE the sport and want to know as much as possible about what’s going on. That’s exactly what we are here to do.

Throughout the season, we’ll be bringing you analysis and insights that you won’t hear elsewhere.

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I know times are tight. But if you value what we’re creating here, if it helps you stay connected to the sport you love, then now’s the time to chip in and help out.

Val di Sole’s Black Snake as ever proved to be a tough challenge for the riders, with some conquering this ever evolving hectic dust bowl of a track and some getting bitten hard. The 2025 season continues to deliver, and there’s heaps to dive into, so sit back, hit play and listen to this Val di Sole post-race show with Neko Mulally and Olly Morris.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Chris, this is the downtime podcast and you're tuned into our Vaudersoll
0:07.4	post-race show with Nico Malawi and Olli Morris. If you're listening to this, chances are
0:12.0	you love mountain biking as much as I do and you want to stay as close to the action as possible.
0:16.4	That is exactly what this series is all about. All season long I'm bringing you right into the
0:20.7	heart of World Cup downhill with Chris joining me for our pre-race episodes and Nico and exactly what this series is all about. All season long I'm bringing you right into the heart
0:20.9	of World Cup downhill with Chris joining me for our pre-race episodes and Nico and Olly for these
0:25.5	post-race debriefs. We're giving you proper insight and analysis direct from the track that you
0:30.4	won't find anywhere else. But here's the truth. We're nearly halfway through the season and
0:34.8	while it's been amazing to see new Patreon supporters coming on board, it's still not enough to cover the cost of making this series. There's no brand backing right now, and this is the most expensive thing I produce, with travel, time, and making sure the whole team gets paid for their work. Honestly, I came close to not doing it this year, but I love it, and from the response we've had online and trackside, I know you do too. That is why I've been self-funding the series up to this point. So if you value what we're creating, if this show helps you feel closer to the sport that you love, then please consider supporting us over on Patreon. You can join from just £3 a month. That's less than the price of a coffee, but it goes a long way.
1:44.8	The more of you that chip in, the more likely it is that we can keep this thing going. So head to patreon.com for slash downtime podcast. That's p-a-t-r-e-o-n.com for-slash-down podcast and help keep the show rolling. A massive thank you to everyone who's signed up already. it genuinely helps, but we need more of you, so if you can, now's the time. All right, Varadus'l's Black Snake, as ever, proved to be a tough challenge for the riders, with some conquering this ever-evolving, hectic dust bowl of a track, and some getting bitten hard. The 2025 season continues to deliver, and there's heaps to dive into.
1:48.8	So without further ado, here's Nico Malali and Olli Morris.
1:57.1	Okay, Valde Soil has wrapped up a pretty insane race in the Dust Bowl.
2:00.0	I'm joined once again by Nico Malali and Olli Morris.
2:03.3	Nico, start with you. New For-cross career on the way, right?
2:09.3	Oh, man. I never did a four-cross before, and we were in the gondola for track walk going over the four-cross track, and everyone on my team said, come on, dude, sign up. You're not
2:15.7	afraid, are you? And I was I was like you're right I'm not
2:19.8	walk straight to the registration after trackwalk and got my number plate is that because
2:24.1	you sort of feel like you haven't got enough to do over the week Nika no no I think like
2:28.6	little things like that if it keeps them stoked on my team if they're like if they think
2:34.1	it's it's something fun to talk about through the weekend, then I'll do it.
2:38.5	And I enjoyed it.
2:39.8	At first I was like just did it for that reason.
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