The Rockiest Course Ever - Sam Pilgrim Previews the Losinj World Cup DH Track 32

When I was over in Croatia I was able to hit the Losinj world cup downhill track and do a GoPro course preview of the track!

The World Cup downhill will take place in a few weeks and I'm excited to see how fast the DH pro riders are going to be!!

The track has some huge jumps, tight technical stuff, flat out sections, roots and even some street sections at the finish.

I was riding the HAIBIKE Xduro dwnhll 10.0 e-bike and it handled very well for such a crazy track!!

Shot on GoPro hero 5 black.

Hope you enjoyed it!!

Credit: Sam Pilgrim
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Sam Pilgrim
Losinj, Croatia
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Adam_Damz
6 years ago
the finaldrop dindt look unfinished..... but respect.... looks rocky but the pedalling street section might be exhausting AF and i would hate it in the race!
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jfkusa
6 years ago
I’m actually pretty excited to see something new on the circuit, I just hope nobody goes offline and shoulders the wall.
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TEAMROBOT
6 years ago
The indomitable human spirit nevers ceases to impress THE ROBOTS. Knowing virtually nothing about downhill racing or high-level competition won't stop the average Joe from speculating. Truly courageous.
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StainedSilver
6 years ago
A lot of moaning about the dockside finish/asphalt.. the Spec Gravity team and others have mentioned this is a 2minute track. That would finish at the end of the dirt and not run into the residential area. People are getting ahead of themselves I think. As fun as this preview was, I’m not sure Sam Pilgrim is correct on this occasion.
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vweb
6 years ago
Looks like we'll see A LOT of little lever at the left of the bars. I don't like the track (there are safety concerns everywhere I look on the video...), but at least it will be a challenge for the engineers with a good tier of big rocks, another tier of... litteraly nothing and a last tier of flat asphalt and tight turns.

My bets are on the fittest athletes. Bulldog for the win ?
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RaoulDuke
6 years ago
Physical track with a bit of urban dh at the end? My money would be on Marcelo Gutierrez. (Though you obviously can't count out the usual suspects like Gwin, Minnaar and Bruni)
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vweb
6 years ago
Hey, I forgot about Marcelo ! I wanted to name an outsider, that's why "Bulldog".
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vweb
6 years ago
Just like I said : nope. It would be cool to have another name on the first place tho.
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ralle
6 years ago
The pedal at the end probably won't be as bad when they (hopefully) throw in some urban-dh obstacles for pump and carrying speed thru the flat tight corners. We might see some very sketchy gaps at the rocks, It'll definitely be interesting to see how to big dogs slice thru the terrain.
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mtnrush666
6 years ago
The run started off strong, but looked like fatigue was kicking in half way down. I wonder how much of that is due trying to man handle a heavy ebike down a rocky track...Sam P. is a strong guy with skills.
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Beez177
6 years ago
Not defending it but he was able to pedal to the top, no uplift. Try that on a traditional DH is the point.
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ardor
6 years ago
Haha. Isn't he a GoPro athlete too? You'd think they would be on that like stink on shit.
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ccolagio
6 years ago
urban DH racing is cool because it's its own thing. and it's amazing. but seeing the last 15+% of a track being pavement in a UCI DH race? crushed gravel at the top of the track?

this course is awful and i look forward to the comments from the racers. these men and women are the most elite MOUNTAIN bike racers in the world. is this course a joke? might as well just copy the EWS course selection - they're putting in the work to keep the circuit fresh and challenging...
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Jdub004
6 years ago
The Racers will embrace any track you put them on because they want to support the life of their sport. Elite racers have the rawest passion, so they will be stoked as long as they have a leg over a bike.
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the_owl
6 years ago
I dont know how these guys talk while in the gnar. I have to remember to breathe when Im riding DH
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hamncheez2003
6 years ago
this is incredibly stupid. The XCO rules state that no more than 15% of the track can be asphalt, and I think this "dh" track violates that!
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boaz
6 years ago
agreed. the asphalt will decide the race, as it’s long enough and flat enough to require alot of pedaling. there were a couple rocky sections that looked pretty gnarly though...
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bbbswan
6 years ago
that was insane, and it will be an amazing new refresher on the WC circuit! hopefully, with the
this prior testing going on, RedBull will be able to have some extended footage, and even perhaps a drone filming that huge urban-dh style "finish"

also, I bet we see a lot of people in the water, let's just hope it's not because of rain! Haha
also mechanics will be busy with a lot of flats and crushed rims
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MrPrometheus
6 years ago
Forget the traditional Vital OTB. New contest should be 1) number of spectators and/or animals hit in town 2) number and names of riders who blast through the finish area into the water.
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