Talking E Bike Tech With The World Enduro Champion! | Yannick Pontal Interview

E Bike racing has seen some great growth in the past couple of years and has reached a point to where the pro racers and brands now really know what makes a great race bike. Steve Jones catches up with Yannick Pontal, AKA the 2022 E-Enduro World Champion and winner of the first-ever E-EWS and BlackBox Test Pilot Program rider.
BlackBox Racing is an elusive program that links an extremely exclusive athlete pool and the SRAM product development team so we're interested to hear what he thinks makes a great race bike!
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[@NerdsonDirtMTB]

This was great, Yannick is a beast and the advice he gave was brilliant! More E-EWS interviews!

[@jeanmarc_in_Hudson]

Wow, what a great interview!
Yannick Pontal is so candid and generous with bike and setup info... Thanks!

[@xyz12334567898]

My favourite interview so far. Great job!

[@embn]

Thanks! We're glad you enjoyed it!

[@downhill64]

Another great video team, keep them coming.🙂

[@embn]

Thanks! We're glad you enjoyed it! There's much more like this to come 👍

[@deadfinggerz]

Bike and body battery must be on point for this race format. Respect.

[@Magoo71]

Thanks for another great video Stevie! It was great to hear Yannick talk about all the different variable settings on his eBike for racing! Was a really good interview!!!

[@marauder7412]

This was a great interview. Lots of great insight into just about every aspect of bike riding. Congrats to Yannick

[@geekanoids]

Very interesting insight, thank you for sharing this.

[@BeMTB-13]

Très intéressant, merci à vous et à Yannick 👍

[@alexanderscott2567]

Brilliant!

[@lozetchells9164]

Thanks for the interview Steve! What was his bike? Levo i think, right? What spec?

[@DarrenRedfernPOV]

He's not on a levo this year. Be something with a sram motor

[@lozetchells9164]

@@DarrenRedfernPOV right. Would explain why there was no mention 👍🏻

[@CurvedSlightly]

Why is he in his PJs?