Go deep with interviews of downhill racers as they arrive in La Bresse, France, for the final stop of the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. Sven Martin and @maddogboris with the goods.Interviews subjects in order Aaron Gwin on his thumb injury and riding a new 29er Amaury Pierron on clinching the overall and having no pressure Brendan Fairclough on Freeracing Brook MacDonald on the details of the La Bresse DH track Eddie Masters, Bernard Kerr - track first impressions Gee Atherton on a fresh, new track where a large amount of small decisions add up Giant Factory Off-Road mechanic, Grant Sides, on packing for the World Cup Greg Minnaar on recovering, the track and the old-guy-are-you-retiring-soon question Loic on racing in France, thoughts on the DH course and how La Bresse was his first-ever World Cup as a Junior Martin Maes on minimizing risk for his EWS battles, using La Bresse as a warm-up for World Champs and his EWS in Whistler Marshy, Syndicate mechanic, on why he does track walk Steve Peat on racing La Bresse before and epic battles in France with Nico and others. Rachel Atherton on being stuck in airports for days, the course and padding her handlebars with a fuzzy slipper in case she head slaps on the big double Tahnee Seagrave on points, the course, training and how sports psychology could give her an advantage Troy Brosnan heckling the keyboard warriors while discussing the courseVote for you think who will win the race in our forum on www.vitalmtb.com

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