Megavalanche Finals 2024 - No Glacier but lots of Mud, Mess + MTB Madness! Wild racing + full stats
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- The 2024 Megavalanche started from the top of the quali track this year due to poor visibility on Pic Blanc. The white out above meant the rescue helicopter would have struggled if and when the inevitable happened... so the top 400 was split in half and the top 200 men funnelled their way down the qualification course to where it meets the main race track above Alpe d'Huez and carries on down through the trees to the finish in Allemond. I fitted some full length Dirty Dan DH mud tyres in anticipation of a messy affair in the clay soil on the bottom half of the course. However, the top half was still fast and rough with plenty of rocks and snow so rolling speed wasn't great and it made for a very interesting race with lots of overtaking and jostling for position. I felt super tired the day before in the E-Mega but after a solid sleep (going to bed at 4pm!) I felt a little bit fresher. I wasn't as spritely as I wanted to be at the beginning but I still had enough strength to keep fighting to the bottom. Enjoy!
Thanks for sharing the dashboard! It's really interesting to see the slope, speed and power for this race!
You’re welcome! It’s a bit of extra effort but I think the stats help to show the whole story 🙂 Glad you like it!
Excellent ride. I really, really, love the telemetry. I've shared this with six or seven people already just because of the telemetry. It's also fun to watch someone in position 15 or 20 or 25. A lot of times when you were watching the videos of the ones right up front, it's just them riding. Here we got to see you catch people etc. Excellent race!
Haha! Well, thanks! I’d certainly quite like to be one of those at the front but I totally know what you mean. The times when I’ve won my quali heat for example are never as exciting as when I’m having a good battle with a whole bunch of other people! Plenty of action in this video that’s for sure.
I LOVE that final push!!
@@montogeek Almost killed me but well worth it!!! It’s pretty cool seeing the power and hr stats for that effort too 🙌
Man, you are a brute. You took that hill as if you owned it, and the mud didn’t seem to be a problem. What aride. Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks very much! Haha, I was pretty pleased with how that climb went but maybe I ran out of puff a little bit at the top. At the same time though, I didn’t want to drop down the other side feeling tooooo tired so I didn’t totally end myself on the climb because I knew it was going to be tricky times descending in the wet!
Great race James. Great results in tough conditions (muddy conditions). Well done.
Thank you!
Really easy for you in the mud. I apreciated the last overtaking with the heart above 170 ...thanks for sharing with the full data, very usefull to understand better the race.
I wouldn’t say really easy but I seemed to do a better job than most! Real tricky conditions. Thanks for the comment! Cheers
You are THE BEST!!!
I certainly try my best!! Haha. Thanks very much!
seems like your setup for the speed sections was just great - you were flying boy!
Thank you very much sir!
Great race. The strengths and drawbacks of the extra grip tyres were really obvious.
I was amazed at how good they were on the snow and they were immense on the mud. But boy did you pay for it on the stones near the top, the pedalling and tar!
You must have been knackered after the race!
@@antog42 It’s cool you noticed! They felt good but noticeably draggy which I guess isn’t ideal for such a pedally course! If I had more time (and wasn’t also racing the e-bike category) then maybe I could have cut the rear tyre down to make it roll a bit faster… made for an interesting race at least! Definitely felt tired by the end of the weekend that’s for sure!
Good job Brother. Love the dashboard. Love that it has the grade. It puts everything in prospective.
Cheers man, glad you like it!!
Sorry for cutting you off buddy in 6:24. I thought that that injured rider will stop you and I couldn’t stop from that top line.
Oh! Haha, all good man! It can be total chaos sometimes!
very good race of a real pro. congratulations from germany
Thanks very much! I appreciate it
Massive power numbers! 1300 at the end, I was out of breath just watching 🥵
Haha, thanks! I’m not actually as punchy as I used to be so it’s something to work on for next year! 💪
Great race. There's not much missing to the absolute top.
Thanks! Just a bit more fitness I think… I’ll work on that for next year!
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For me as an average biker-Joe it's just bonkers to see that people can put down 1000 watt during a race like that 😅 You could probably power a toaster with that 😂 One of the best Megaavalanche 2024 videos out there...love the stats. Puts the fisheye videos into perspective wjen you see a grade auf -5/% 😮
Haha, indeed! Probably could power a tiny little toaster for a short amount of time 😅 I can’t guarantee just how toasty your toast would be by the end of it though! Probably more likely to turn it brown with mud rather than coming anywhere near close to burning it 😂
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Amazing! Lots of hawk tuah’s during the race. Haha
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Hahaha, just can't help myself but at least I didn't have Covid!
Great ride and thanks for the full telemetry. Any chance you could share your bike details and choices. Many thanks.
Glad you liked it! Yes, good idea, I should try and do a quick bike check video soon… cheers!
Jamesy Boy getting it!
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rocket man strikes again! :D
@@TeasyLove Hahahaha, love it! Thanks 🙌
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Thanks for the comment!
very tough race. You are all great guys and heroes.
it seemed that light riders were better at doing small work with the steering wheel,
They draw curves better. guys are bigger, they prefer to cut.
you survived the crisis for 22 minutes, and again in the top 3.
where can I see the top ten riders by results?
Cheers! Here is a link to the full results. This page is for the main final but you can also find results for the other categories and quali races on the same website:
timingzone.com/megavalanche-alpe-dhuez-2024/#1_7A2204
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wow, reminds me of last year.
Thanks for the link.
good luck in the next races
@@user-ho1pm2xj1c Thanks very much! 👊
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What happened at 6:24. He was liam ?
this guy had a massive crash
Yeah, that’s Liam unfortunately. He made a mistake and boshed his head into the ground 🤕 He’s fairly ok though!
Was wondering why rider was standing in the way leaving his bike on the track!
Concussion will do that! Hope downed rider OK.
Great run ,love all the telemetry 😁👍
Can someone tell me what the gauge in the lower left corner is measuring? Thanks.
@@nickstjohn6980 Hi! Thanks for the message. It’s displaying Power and Heartrate 👍
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