The race was awesome today from practice. I felt confident and great, probably the first time all season I had felt this way! I knew I could do good so I push a lot, I have come a long way since last year. I have trained really hard and worked a lot on the bike with the team. We had the perfect bike today with the 27.5s so I rode at the limit. In Norway I took a fall from really high, thinking I would do good, but I had a slow run and still crashed. Today I had nothing to lose so I just went really hard. For sure when I arrived on the scene up from juniors I was intimidated but I never could have expected this 4th overall so I'm very proud of myself, but I have to do better next year and keep progress at all the races! - Loic Bruni, Lapierre Gravity Republic |
'Time to bloody go'... You've gotta be totally focused and on top of it. It's not an easy thing what we do... you learn how to deal with it. You learn how to race well... Gee Atherton |
I have things going through my head in the start gate, but then once I take my first pedal stroke all that stuff's gone and it's just charge and focus - Stevie Smith |
I'm speechless at the moment... just over the moon. These last few races have just gone better than I could ever dream off. I just won three World Cups in a row all on amazing tracks and I'm mind-blown right now! I was quite nervous before the race today, but way before the start on my warm-up it all went away, things got loose and I felt good. There was nobody at the top, just dead quiet. I was wondering if Gee might have made a mistake and was little back... They were gonna tell me if that happened, but when Nige my mechanic got the phone call but didn't say anything I knew he'd gone good and was top 5. I just want to keep racing my bike... going faster wherever I can, that's what I like doing it's amazing... so stoked right now! - Stevie Smith, Devinci Global Racing |
My run was ok, it wasn't great. I wasn't sharp enough or aggressive. It was the same as my last few races... the type of run I could have done a hundred times in practice. Those type of runs aren't going to win you a championship and today's shown that. I started well but just didn't keep it up. It's a long course with a lot of the tech stuff at the bottom so you really have to attack all the way to the finish line and at the same time kind of juggle the line of pushing hard without crashing. If I'm honest it was Norway that's cost me this title and just one of those days I guess. We've got a bit of down time now. A World Cup season really takes it of you... every rider's got some injuries that they need to recover from and chill out for a bit, but we're gonna be getting back on the training ready for next season as soon as possible. I'm looking to step it up again next year for sure. - Gee Atherton, Atherton Racing |
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