THE REALITY OF RACING THE MTB ENDURO WORLD SERIES!!

[Applause] that's like nothing I've ever done what's up people welcome back to my channel I am in finale in Italy and today I'm going to be racing an EWS and enduro world series for Team Aryan bike the guys there Johnny and Morgana in front of me we're a mixed team and I'm really nervous because I've never done an e WS this is where the toughest athletes really come to prove themselves there's five time stages all added together it's 59 kilometers of riding in total 15 ah it's gonna suck it's gonna be an absolute sufferfest but it's gonna be awesome at the same time I've got a water bottle strapped to my bike I've got a banana a big banana and a pair of nuts taped to my bike I'm wearing these weird padded bum shorts things that are new to me own you have to wear a back protector in a full face and you're not allowed to take your full face off I'm off to the start now it's 8 a.m. oh and it's raining in Italy wish us luck me and Johnny are both wearing chess cam so we're going to be taking you guys with us for the entire race you can sit at home and do nothing let's get real thank you really after I do these around your wrists more stuff more stuff to carry we can't have a chest cam has to be a helmet get up on stage I don't know what's going on [Music] Visalia good ad see off to the start start here's a start of stage one we've been driven up to the top so actually the real timed race begins here the longest down or track I've ever done will you have to race it one go and that's just one a 5 [Music] on a nice bike at the same time stage you got power [Music] which way [Applause] [Music] cause someone oh my god that's the hardest thing I've ever done that is so hard oh my word I was really sick that goes on forever it's the awkward holes and the bumps that you can't see over like right we only had one practice run on Friday oh my god my bananas spit that's the end of that I was excited for that as well that's what I was riding for hey guys how you doing that's the hardest thing I've ever done so hard the beginning Johnny got a puncture didn't it Oh No two out of three made it down in pretty good time you only got a puncture so we're gonna fix that then we've got a pedal up to stage two which is a long climb up a road further than either olive ever pebble I can't talk further than I would have ever pedaled in my life you all right Johnny oh it's a front flat all right fix it man let's fix it we got stage two and three and four and five to make up the time so stage one is done and it's now where this becomes an actual enduro day we have to climb up to stage two it's a long way win masters gave me a few little key pro tips about the pedal he said take the cheek pads out of your helmet it doesn't fit very well no way let your head breathe a lot more because this full face is quite hot for this stuff it's not an enduro helmet knee pads down just let everything breathe I can't get the tape off so I'm gonna have to like tip my nuts up you go look at that energy energy on a frame I'm so tired get ready to dig in Oh come on Oh Stage two is a lot shorter than stage one but I crashed I've had my first crash of the day it didn't look before he didn't look that bad actually really hurt I'm all right Johnny got a flat raise out a flat front and stage one in a flat rear in stage two crashing ain't fun when your maximum heart rate and you have to like get back up then I smashed my ankle bone on a rock anyway enough about me more climbing we're headed to stage three now and this is a one hour climb but we're against the clock because about a couple of punctures stop to do some vlogging and we need to do this climb in about half an hour so of all the places I wanted to push today it's not on a one-hour climb I'm Way up my depth it's so tough so hard about 45 percent done see at the top it sucks honestly this is miserable yes yes I made it the annoying thing is though there's a water fountain here and I filled my bottle to the top before climbing up here I've carried it all up here so we're at the top of stage 3 I've got a ride down stage 3 all the way to the sea the ocean back up stage 4 which is a long one down again and then up to stage 5 which is the highest point you go from there all the way down to the ocean steep rocky big crashes ready go now let's go alright come on Tefo into a puddle okay Lowline remember some fun they folded come up relax oh yeah honestly after that climb that's like nothing I've ever done yes stand out the hardest thing to be against the clock with nothing in the tank hopefully the others have done all right Morgan this is so again that one was so hard good John eight yes dude the chain look that's all right we've got a carry on but I'm on my ass in Italy how far is this one about solid uphill why good choice mate ebike downhill we got uphill on acoustic bikes victory paddled up a mountain until the road stops all right going Stage four this is a horrible one let's do it oh my god the GoPros in front of my face oh my word [Music] by the horrible truck crashed again crashing so frustrating the time I spend just picking my bike back up get my feet on the pedals and all that it's worth more than all the pedaling I did in that run I sprinted that last climb because I had to get to the top and upload a YouTube video it took me an hour to write off a mountain I've never done that in my life these people do it every weekend I don't know how the racers keep on top of that is so tough it's great though one stage to go but this pedal to the top is the most ruthless of the whole day but the end of this one is apparently just crowds of people watching you're hammering through dusty rocks and you finish up on the beach that's pretty amazing let's go everything hurts so it's now about three o'clock maybe later we start at 8:00 what's that what's that I thought my brain can't do math how can I not do math eight for seven hours we've ridden 41 miles of those 41 miles not lots of it's downhill is it did you take these mountain roads like that and the downhill tracks are direct so I've done more climbing today than I did in the last 12 months yes I've made the top isn't it to be there that has been instant it's taken us seven hours to get here we started on sea level we did stage 1 we did stage 2 we were then back down at sea level we rode up did stage 3 we were back at sea level we rowed up we did stage 4 me and Johnny took a wrong turn ended up at sea level by the beach now we're back here there's one stage left stage 5 the ending of this one is legendary that's where all the crowds are I can't wait to hammer through it I'll probably have a double flat I don't care how it goes to have got here is really crazy and I'm being called from the top so let's go racing we go in just do it let's go thanks fine so loose [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh oh no way yes Dan yes Johnny yeah what day yes poor mental event they weren't lying about the crowds being on that hear it proper pumps you up at the moment you are so dead now look we're down the bottom we got this for you we've completed it ne WS this is the trophy of Nations if you're confused about the format why we are writing in a3 we because I don't have UCI points we entered as Marin industry so there's an industry Cup where companies can enter a team of three all our times are added together so it's a proper group effort that's why we were riding together pushing each other helping each other to have a bike that was working with me the whole time not against me it's huge like I didn't have any problems with the bike I've become at one with that bike it's been so cool it breaks a tire so many things I don't usually appreciate on a mountain bike made such a difference so that's been EWS comment if you want me to do another one I certainly don't but I'll do it for you guys

Channel: Matt Jones

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Keywords: mtb, mountain biking, bike, enduro, ews, enduro world series, finale ligure, downhill, racing, riding, pov, gopro, trophy of nations, 2019, matt jones, marin bikes, morgane such, enduro race, crash, mtb trail, trails, bike jumps, downhill mtb, downhill racing, world cup, uci

Id: ydQUpWym31I

Length: 19min 29sec (1169 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 02 2019