Les Gets 2022 interviews by Sven Martin
Les Gets World Champs 2022 provided probably – actually, definitely – the wildest spectacle of any mountain bike race we’ve seen.
When the final rider crossed the line and the elite men’s results were confirmed – a French 1-2-3 – the crowd erupted. Well, the crowd had been erupting all day. Fans poured onto the course in a football-style pitch invasion, sweeping the handful of police out the way and engulfing their heroes Loic Bruni, Loris Vergier and Amaury Pierron, in a sea of crazed, raucous, deeply passionate celebration.
Thankfully this isn’t football though, and the day’s winners lapped it up, enjoying every second of the madness.
This is downhill. What a sport. What a race to witness.
We hope you enjoy the interviews below by Sven Martin.
Eddie Masters ponders how far he'd go for the rainbow flags
Loic Bruni scream-talks his race
Nina Hoffmann advises no-braking to the finish
Amaury Pierron tries to accept his second place result
More interviews to follow…
