THE MOUNTAIN OF HELL: France's craziest mass-start bike race
Does anyone remember watching a video clip from a few years ago of hundreds of mountain bikers simultaneously crashing into each other on a snow covered slope? It was pretty brutal. (If you’d like a reminder, follow this link.)The clip in question was from ‘The Mountain of Hell,’ one of the more memorable of summer’s mass-start mountain bike races, held at Les 2 Alpes in France. The 25km race track boasts a whooping 2500m descent, and most of it is on the snow. 800 participants took part in this year’s race, with professional enduro rider Kilian Bron taking home the trophy for the 4th year in a row after having hit max speeds of up to 100km/hr on his bike.
For some fast-paced madness, check out Bron’s winning race video below!
“A crazy start (and crash) of Camille Servant at the start and an intense battle with Pierre Thevenard all the way to the first climb! Chased by a group of 4/5 riders, nothing was certain until we crossed the finish line…
A big congratulations to the 800 participants, organizers, volunteers, and spectators! It was madness!”