Megavalanche 2023 / Holeshot / 5. Place / full run / Alp d'Huez / Stefan Peter

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[@glav1782]

Such a great experience seeing videos from your and Kilian, and getting both your perspectives along with seeing the race in your eyes. Well done!

[@TheRealFeechLaManna]

Great race man, Ive been your fan since your 2001 run, was good to see you here, still in the top contenders! The first 3 got lucky on the ice, but you and Kilian fighting it out as usual (you even told him to push!push!push! lmao I am sure not a lot of riders EVER get to tell Kilian to move his arse :D and he only got ahead of you by using 'Liam's SHortcut' by the road sign!), and a 5th far in front of hundreds of good riders, that is something to be proud of! Bravo, and very entertaining video as always. Thanks for the ride!

[@KylaraKuhn]

He "only" got ahead because he took a smarter route. That's part of it too, no need to belittle Kilian for doing that and getting ahead. . Having said that... super impressive footage of that battle. Kilian the luckier one that day.

[@deezynar]

Stefan knows every shortcut on that course, and he uses them. If he did NOT use a shortcut, it means that he meant to let Bron pass him there.

[@KevinSolway]

Not often you get to see Kilian Bron's riding style for so long.

[@Guildforsucks]

it looks much faster on his camera :p

[@63EZEKIEL]

The existential battle between Killian and Stefan continues

[@jimg8164]

There is a reason you're one of the best! Great work!

[@Eddie_Tyler]

Thats 3 great battles with Kilian 3 years in a row. It’s a shame the snow favoured the smaller guys after the steep descent. Great racing.

[@shortmanaut1736]

Your riding gives the effect that you just glide over everything making it look so easy to do,when in fact it's the totally opposite!(bloody hard yakka)You have revitalised the youth in this old man(61yrs)watching your POV footage making me feel like I'm there riding with you.Fantastic to watch keep up the good work 👍🙏🚲🏁

[@billietyree2214]

“Push, push, push”. I got a laugh out of that. Who can tell him to ‘Push’?

[@j_z_e_e]

Fighting for 4th place with Kilian 🔥

[@proxancamille]

I hope next year we can see you and Kilian lead for the podium as 1st or 2nd place 😊 Congratulations again, Stefan 🎉

[@SvenfromKiel]

So cool skills..Respekt und Glückwunsch! Hab auch das Video von Kilian B. gesehen und aus Deiner Perspektive sieht man so geil, wie ihr bis zum Ende in Augenhöhe fighted aber auch beide Gewinner seid. Hab Euch beiden gleichzeitig die Daumen gedrückt... 🙂...real sportsmen! Ihr habt die Megavalanche sehr geil repräsentiert.

[@crpope10]

Wow. Part of that scared the crap out of me. Thank you for the ride!

[@Thomas.deNorth]

Thank you for filming and uploading! Good result considering the difficult snow. Must be hard to see three of the strongest riders fly over the snow in front like that, knowing already after a few minutes of the race it will be almost impossible to get the podium. 😮

[@hypersonam791]

Great race!! Keep pushing

[@bradlemon3183]

You were fast this year, Stefan. I think the competition was really tough. I really enjoyed being onboard with you again for this race. Thanks for posting the video

[@robsonperschin]

the races are insane, you have to be in good physical shape, and the bikes are well prepared too, it's incredible. good video, great!

[@SomeGuyOnHisDreamBike]

What a fight with Kilian !

[@mariannejacot1668]

great race, you are all crazy in my opinion, but then i admire what we humans can do, what you can do, thanks for the video.

[@allenbythesea]

Those first 3 being able to pedal through most of the glacier made it nearly impossible to catch up with them. Great race but so hard to catch up with them after that. Congrats on the top 5!

[@tna--]

he lost all his time here at 4:17 all first 3 stay pedaling on harder ice at the end bad move to go up

[@Okenshield69]

@@tna-- why were they so much faster on the snow? were their bikes set up better, or did he take a bad line? they were pulling away from him even before he went up the hill.

[@tna--]

@@Okenshield69 momentum, you can see they pushed way harder than stephan here 2:40 the speed they got on the flat allow them to pass easily on the soft snow a huge part of the race was playing in this section

[@bobibufi1389]

@@tna-- pushing harder indeed plays a part, but the weight of a rider plays a significant role as well. I hear for example eventual winner Hugo Pigeon is only around 60kg. 80kg tall rider sinks much deeper into a soft snow.

[@jimothycurrie.5285]

4:20 smart and what a good thinker there

[@Team81MTB]

Man, that was one heck of a battle with Kilian Bron. Great race. Congratulations on the top 5 tho I know that you wanted to repeat the win from the last two years.

[@bombero3368]

Thanks for taking us along for the ride!

[@01mustang05]

Oliver #2 (winner) somehow takes off just after 2:24 (very impressive and/or lucky to have found some hard-pan). And if Damien and Ben didn't have bike problems, who knows who would have come out on top. All in all, going stupid fast on the snow seems to keep the bike on top of sub-optimal snow.

[@taxamata]

09:14 - 09:20. there is a dark dot in the distance - Damien rides, loss is already 40 seconds. 12:20. 40 seconds to third place 14:56. 45 seconds to third place it was such that the first three made up your mind before the lake?

[@2coolforyourdog]

Cool gefahren, mega bei 6:33!! Gratulation!! 💪💪💪

[@davekimball3610]

Regardless of the victor, these battles with Killian are a joy to watch.

[@Jack-ox9mi]

Всеравно молодца)

[@SomeGuyOnHisDreamBike]

Amazing !

[@HenriBourjade]

Start of a flying iceman. After, the melting snow requires horse legs and lungs !

[@JuanQuintana-mt6ih]

Nice

[@noenaame2856]

The infamous "push push push" 24:29

[@HenriBourjade]

Kilian hearing that...😮

[@pejskunespi]

some bumpy ride, huh? great you are!

[@patricerogalski1997]

I am french GOD with you

[@AlPa4ino]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jurgenkalowski1442]

This shows how crucial it is to be fast in the snow section. No chance to catch up.

[@AdrianoSilva-kx4mr]

foi uma boa corrida de bike um abraço 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

[@illiahapak501]

36:12 - this reminds me Initial D (irohazaka jump)

[@taxamata]

super race. Thank you for the video. the first three went faster, here you fought Kilian for half of the race. it seemed your form was not 100%. or let down health. great that you noticed the ledge without snow 04:00, and your trademark rise to the stone, to the left than the rest 06:17, but the speed was lower than that of the first three, their separation left no chance for anyone. already at 07:00 there was a feeling that we could not catch up with the first group. probably, Bron was not lucky at the start, and he also lost his chances of winning already at the beginning of the race. but when he caught up with you on the rise, it seemed to add strength to you. Watching contact wrestling is the most interesting thing. you are all cool guys. I have only two screens, but I would need 5-6 and watch your race synchronously from your different cameras I guess everyone has a different strategy. won by those who gave their best at the start on the snow, but pulled away. and leadership gave them more strength and mood.

[@taxamata]

in the middle of the track at the beginning of a long climb on the grid, there was exactly a minute between 3rd and 4th place. at the end of this climb, Oliver gained another 2 seconds. at the very end, to the small section on the highway, you managed to win back 5 seconds from Oliver. everything was decided in the first 5 minutes on the snow

[@Pablosan7]

After seeing Kilian’s vid I was about to comment that you also should do some filming… thanks for doing it!😄👍

[@billietyree2214]

Hell-of-ride. All of you.

[@pedromessiasmessias984]

Top 10

[@st3ppenwolf]

The race was decided in the first 5 mins on the loose snow. How come the leaders didn't have issues going through it at speed? -- particularly Pigeon

[@ElDavidMTB]

good job bro "

[@abhinavraghavendra3467]

bro was struggling yet none of the others could be near him

[@brucer2152]

Bravo! Nice race. And I don't know what camera your using, but it was amazing. Bon chance!!

[@SZG65]

Great angle for the cam: straight ahead, not at the front tire.

[@abhinavraghavendra3467]

his style of cycling is so attacking... he doesn't care the jagged rocks dk wat's in his tyres

[@mindfreak8861]

22:36 old Borat

[@places1808]

still the champ

[@fuchichannel]

実際走った人にしかわからないこの凄さ

[@multimonti]

war nicht schlecht

[@rockyquincey4203]

I would love 2 see how fast the boys and girls go at with mph in the left hand sides of the screen cos they do bomb it down hills ... cough cough hint hint

[@gino-osa]

you are always a champion anyway. . what a strange thing, this year your race and that of Kilian that you are heavier it seemed in slow motion compared to the light men like Damien and Hugo

[@Greg_Chase]

I find it astonishing that the three riders who passed by early on just seem to freaking vanish. I kept expecting to see them ahead in the distance. I kept thinking 'no way could someone under normal, 'non-boosted' physiology create such a large gap so quickly Lance Armstrong.

[@Z0RDR4CK]

very stupid comparision and a big lack of understanding how snow, weight and sometimes a little bad luck works.

[@Greg_Chase]

@@Z0RDR4CK There's no sense in denying the options available for enhancing physical performance. But you're welcome to try. If you need sources, you can do a search on "performance enhancing drugs mountain bike" and read some of those articles. If you want to blame yourself for 'undertraining' or blame 'climate conditions' (remember, all these guys had THE SAME climate conditions, and a disappearing act occurred to only some) or if you want to blame yourself for having sub-part genetics or if you want to blame 'bad luck', you can also blame the ease of securing performance enhancing substances. Based on your response, I would recommend to the organizers to test for, and do hard-stop disqualifications, of riders using 'performance enhancers' They're there. It is 100% naive to think "no one uses artificial means to boost performance" TEST for it. IDENTIFY the perps. ELIMINATE THEM from competition. Because it's cheating.

[@mstarsup]

The loss of time (and stamina!) at the start is huge :-/ Very bad snow this year, doesn't look fun at all.

[@RobertSchuster68]

Why are you not using MTB-Glasses from TriEye? With em, you would never have to turn your head while watching back again

[@MrDutchgrass]

Unfortunately that won't work with a full face helmet

[@fatrick7249]

who win the 1st place!?

[@robertocalvo934]

Hugo Pigeon

[@JRtoutcourt]

pigeon was flying on the snow

[@leopreldakaj5313]

​@@JRtoutcourthe only won because Damien Oton got a flat tire

[@HenriBourjade]

​@@leopreldakaj5313Damien avait pris beaucoup de risques en descendant à une vitesse folle pour rattraper ses adversaires.

[@AhmedAliRazzaq-xq4hj]

Please take commentary with race like killian boron .

[@karlstuart297]

If I could have 1 percent of talent that killion brone has then that would put me level with Stefan peter

[@bikebudha01]

This guy needs to spend some time on a road bike. Seems like he got 5th because he couldn't pedal (on the pedal sectoins) as well as the guys who beat him...

[@JOHNGIBS]

YOUR CAMERA IS NO GOOD 👎