2019 Les Gets World Cup Downhill Race Track Walk Slideshow

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From the steepest track of the year to the fastest. The 2019 UCI World Cup Mountain Bike series rolls into Les Gets, France, for the 5th race of the season. The wide open course, filled with grass turns is full of history and has been freshly taped to avoid some worn-in lines. Sven, Boris and Dan check in trackside and had the brilliant idea to host the #LesGetsLongJump on the random wooden booter in the middle of a straight-line ski run piece of the course. See you there from 2-3pm Thursday, the final hour of DH training before timed runs.

Peaty wishing he could send the boom boom buck jam Vital Long Jump Contest tomorrow. It will be held in the last hour before timed training. Firm up your suspension and put on some big rotors. #LesGetsLongJump -Sven Martin

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Peaty in THAT SPOT. He talks us through that fateful World Race run in 2004 that stung for so long! -Sven Martin

Tim Flooks stood in this exact spot 15 years ago. He describes what he saw. -Sven Martin

Mechanics podium takes a top-step swap this week and Loris and Greg have traded 5th and 6th again. 
 
1 - Jack Roure - Loic Bruni 
2 - Aaron Pelttari - Troy Brosnan 
3 - Gaetan Donaz - Amaury Pierron 
4 - Scotty Mears - Danny Hart 
5 - P.A. - Loris Vergier 
-Dan Hearn

Number 1 mechanic, Jack Roure, has supported Loic for 9 years. Is it time for Loic to take the World Cup overall this year? -Dan Hearn

Since Cole Lucas didn't get the Kiwi National Jersey to race this weekend (despite meeting all the specified criteria), he is getting his adrenaline thrills other ways this weekend. Testing the depth of the Pivot off the roof of the pits #sketchykiwis -Sven Martin

Loic has his eyes on a victory at home. -Seb Schieck

Will this be the new "BK" Gap? Bernard wants to jump it first run in training. @maddogboris

Can't wait for some good ol' classic French grass racing. -Sven Martin

Troy Brosnan getting some treatment because of his gnarly crash in Andorra before finals. If you haven't seen it yet hit up @troybrosnan on Instagram. @maddogboris

Did you watch #cathrovision? This is the steel Troy's mechanic, Aaron Pelttari, removed during trackwalk. @maddogboris

Kade Edwards was MVP in Vital's King Of The Pits today. #KOTP check our Insta-stories. -Sven Martin

Speed tucks and max speeds this week here in Sunny France. -Sven Martin

Two lifts get riders to the top of the DH course. The second one being one of the slowest of the year. -Sven Martin

Brendan and his mechanic probably the latest on trackwalk and maybe still up there. There's a lot less cockpit tweaking for the team, so there's time to take a long stroll. @maddogboris

It's Harley days in neighboring Morzine this week. Expect to see and hear a lot of revving and red lining this week. SRAM came prepared. -Sven Martin

Not a lot of DH races have this kind of backdrop. The sender gap looking small juxtaposed against Mont Blanc. -Sven Martin

Eddie still in his EWS-winning race kit, ready for action in Les Gets. -Dan Hearn

Tape 'em wide and let the lines get cut in. -Sven Martin

The Pivot crew are partial to a bit of Rosé now and again but weren't too stoked to see a thorny rose bush between the tape. Matt Walker in audio. -Sven Martin

Minnaarly scoping out the track. He placed second here 15 years ago. -Sven Martin

Yeah Amaury! #frenchdomination @maddogboris

First race here in Les Gets for Danny Hart. He's been before, but only on family trips. @maddogboris

Team ReManda, both out switching their single crown enduro toys for full blown DH rigs. -Sven Martin

Hanging out in France. -Sven Martin

Come on Finn...we wanna see you going crazy. @maddogboris

Finn's mechanic Kevin Joly enjoys his "home race". @maddogboris

A lot of stress for a mechanic if your rider is always scrutinizing your work. Yanick under Nino's watchful eye. -Sven Martin

Cathro is going to have his hands full on this widely taped course. -Sven Martin

Lots of room to play. -Sven Martin

Jake Newell with the sanding prep for some carbon repairing that needs to be done tonight. #privateerlife. -Sven Martin

There's a lot of little goat track huckster's that get called "Road Gaps." But this is the real deal right here in Les Gets. -Sven Martin

Bonjour ca va? -Sven Martin

A few bits of random botany left mid-track on the upper reaches. I wonder if this will still be left standing in three day's time. -Sven Martin

Giant finally going giant. -Sven Martin

Wyn in a class of his own. Back with us after skipping Andorra. He's sitting in the EWS Top 10 but happy to back on the big bike. -Sven Martin

"Kisscam" frenchstyle. @maddogboris

Rachel checking out the "river" gap close to the finish area. @maddogboris

War wounds of a long career. Rachel Atherton. -Sven Martin

It's not just grass turns in Les Gets. @maddogboris

Andorra Junior Winner, Matteo Iniguez and his friends already starting the BBQ after track walk. @maddogboris

Mark Wallace's mechanic Nigel, has a special technique to test the diameter. @maddogboris

Hang loose. @maddogboris

Cole Lucas is unfortunately not racing but he already found a new sport in the pits. @maddogboris

Gondola views. Mont Blanc and the "new" XC track. The XC is using parts of the crankworx Dual Speed and Style Track and the 2004 4X World Champs track. @maddogboris

Team Pivot Factory Racing and Friends stoked to start trackwalk. @maddogboris

They also did a great job with the new finish area. Usually it was more or less a straight line after the rock drop. @maddogboris

Everbody loves the track changes. Here you can see the new taped off-camber corner and the old Crankworx track. @maddogboris

King of the Pits. Actually it was just Kade Edwards and Brage Vestavik going crazy on that stage. @maddogboris

Syncronized street action. @maddogboris

Tahnee Seagrave not stoked to spend another race...not racing. @maddogboris

#sliderztothemax @maddogboris

If your teammate whips and scrubs better than you! Dean Lucas got tagged in a scrub pic of Marine Cabirou. @maddogboris

Jack Moir had an amazing 10th place in Andorra and Neko Mulally could be up there too this weekend. @maddogboris

A present for the FOX crew from Cole Lucas queued and ready for attention. -Dan Hearn

Which of the Pivot team could this be? #imlovingit -Dan Hearn

Mechanics' wages obviously aren't too bad in Syndicate land! P.A. bestowing Vincent from FOX with a little gift. -Dan Hearn

Is there anything a man can't do with a hammer? -Dan Hearn

Memories of Matt Walker's Andorran race run that could have been. -Dan Hearn

Title sponsors of the race here in Les Gets, Cube had a fresh white frame for Phil Atwill at the last race and a dialed pit setup ready for the week. -Dan Hearn

You know that time you bought a house and there was a car thrown in? Nah, me neither. But Peaty does! And he got a sweet The Woods Morzine sticker thrown in too. Rad! -Dan Hearn

The pits are scattered through the town here in Les Gets. -Dan Hearn

Don't miss the Vital MTB long jump badonk-a-donk hank-a-dank contest from 2-3pm! @maddogboris