Episode 8 of Norco Race Division’s Just Getting Started drops into Champéry with rain and one of the steepest, slickest tracks of the year for the 2025 Downhill MTB World Championships. Two near-podiums, big crashes, and all heart on one of the steepest tracks of the year. The track quickly showed its teeth: humid, greasy, and relentless from top to bottom. Lina Frener ...
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Norco Bicycles | Just Getting Started – Season 2 Episode 7 – Mud, Guts, and Glory – Les Gets
Episode 7 of Norco Race Division’s Just Getting Started series kicks off in Les Gets for the second half of the World Cup season. The behind-the-scenes series follows the Norco Race Division crew through the mud, the chaos, and the push for the podium as the season heats up. The weekend brought one of the wildest tracks yet. Rain poured, ruts deepened, and the course turned ...
Read More »Norco Bicycles | Just Getting Started – Season 2 Episode 5 – Battling the Black Snake in Val di Sole
Episode 5 of Norco Race Division’s Just Getting Started series showcases what was going on behind-the-scenes, and the full story of a weekend battling it out at the Val di Sole Downhill MTB World Cup. One of the most challenging courses on the World Cup circuit, the Val di Sole “Black Snake” track is almost entirely in the trees, and known for ...
Read More »Norco Bicycles | Just Getting Started – Season 2 Episode 4 – Gracey Hemstreet Journey to the Top
Episode 4 of Just Getting Started drops into one of the biggest weekends yet for the Norco Race Division – covering another gold for Gracey Hemstreet, and breakthroughs for the team at the Leogang Downhill MTB World Cup. Gracey Hemstreet has hit her stride, making history with back-to-back wins. Her Loudenvielle first place made her the first Canadian woman to win in ...
Read More »Norco Bicycles | Just Getting Started – Season 2 – Episode 2 – Sky’s the Limit
After braving brutal conditions at the first UCI Downhill World Cup in Poland, and putting new team systems to the test, Norco Race Division is coming out of the race weekend feeling fired up about the rest of the season. Lina Frener placed 2nd in juniors at her very first World Cup race. Incredible for her first race with a new ...
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