Who's looking fast in Lourdes? | Up To Speed with Ben Cathro

welcome everyone to the holy land of lourdes france where the holy water seeps out of the hill and makes the rocks really slippy it is round one of the 2022 world cup season and there's been lots of changes there's new bikes there's riders switching teams there's people that have started new teams and yeah we're gonna see who's looking good talk about the riders talk about the bikes get you up to speed before round one in lourdes france hello [Music] even in the dry the rocks in this course are slippy meaning you have to be accurate and delicate the dirt has a lot of clay content meaning that when it rains the grip level can really drop especially when it gets carried onto rocks and roots the last time we were here it rained during the race which really mixed up the results whether wet or dry this is a track that requires maximum commitment okay okay oh okay we have some brand new teams for 2022 there is the all-new forbidden synthesis team with a sick roster with flat pedal legend conor fearing and canadian pinner magnus manson magnus has been battling blood cancer for the last six months or so so we're all stoked to see him back racing conor fearing was fifth the last time he raced here so he's definitely one to look out for there are also rumors buzzing about that they're putting together a downhill bike for mid-season so keep an eye out for that the next one's not a brand new team but the underdog 555 gravity racing are on raw bikes making this raw's first ever downhill world cup competition kj sharp and luke williamson will be racing but other team riders ryan browning and douglas goodwill are injured but we hope to see them both in fort william raw and forbidden aren't the only ones giant also have a new downhill bike in the works as do intense and cube it's great to see that these brands are bringing out fresh downhill bikes enduro is dead you heard it here first swaggering onto the scene with all the gear and a moderate idea we have the pink bike racing team we're going racing ourselves myself t will ali and amy kenyon are going to be giving a good effort this weekend ethan crack is always fun to watch he's sticking with gt this year and moving up into the elite category and we're excited to see how he gets on with this bigger challenge he's got a couple new teammates with jess blewett and ryan pinkerton joining the gt squad another exciting prospect moving up into the elite category is ashin o'callaghan i'm sure i'll be correct on the pronunciation of that yt have pulled most of their budget out of downhill racing this year but what remains is the newly rebranded yt racing dudes oshin will be looking to make a statement in his first year with the big boys isabella yankova has the number one play in the women's junior category in 2021 she had a family funded program but this year she has moved teams to gen s specialized racing we caught words she had a big crash in brood but she is looking fast here from first run miriam nicole was looking paint she had some incredible results last year and will be searching for that consistency this year she showed her hand in time training by posting the fastest time by a good six seconds phil atwell is looking rad out there as usual he's set up his own team called propane positive jordan williams won back to back in the double event at snowshoe last year in the junior category he's one to look out for to rival jackson goldstein lori greenland made a huge move from mondraker to syndicate this year it's an exciting move for the uk rider and it'll be super interesting to see how he gets on with that santa cruz rig intense have their new prototype and this morning it got a new linkage it's certainly a little rough around the edges and one anonymous source told us it looked like something that fell off a soviet era tank and was clunkier than a first gen ipod but it's a prototype for a reason and it's all about trying to get answers then refining [Music] where's hmm [Music] [Music] oh [Music] hello oh oh that was lovely i just don't know bikes battering down tracks nothing better so did you agree with who we're thinking looks good anyone you think we missed let us know in the comments who we should keep an eye out for stay tuned for tomorrow we're going to do inside the tape do some line choice analysis bit of ghosting and uh might even try and race my bike as well we'll see how it goes what's here for pink bike racing we might do okay

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Keywords: pinkbike, mountain biking, mtb, bike life, cycling, bikes, mountain bikes, mountain bike, Lourdes, lourdes dh world cup, World Cup, down hill world cup, ben cathro

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Length: 9min 26sec (566 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 26 2022