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Richie Rude and Cecile Ravanel finished day two of the third round of the Enduro World Series just as they started it, at the top of the results sheet. Ravanel (Commencal Vallnord Enduro Team) put on a typically dominant performance, winning seven of the eight stages. Isabeau Courdurier...

Two wildly contrasting rounds kicked off the year - first in the arid mountains of Chile followed by the rainforest of Colombia. And it will be something entirely different again for round three. Set in the southwest of France, Olargues-Montagnes du Caroux is a new venue made famous by the Epic...

Railing a mossy ledge (click to enlarge). The Region Les Vosges is a mountain range in France that is located primarily in the Alsatian region. While the range itself may not have the high alpine peaks of the Alps, it surely makes up for this with its sheer quantity of forests and prime...

French mountain bike film maker Quentin Chaumy was given the opportunity to film at Puy du Fou and he took full advantage. Puy du Fou is a theme park that specializes in medieval re-enactments of historic periods in French history. The park brings in about 1.5 million visitors a year, making it...

Eric Barone breaks his own mountain bike speed record (click to enlarge). On March 28, 54-year-old Frenchman Eric Barone broke his own mountain bike speed record on a downhill snow run in Vars, France. His maximum speed was 138.75mph, just slightly faster than his previous record mark of...

The Steep World of Kilian Bron, Ep. 1 Fresh from the crew at Epic TV comes this edit of Kilian Bron and Maxime Peythieu as they rip around Cévennes National Park in the south of France. https://www.epictv.com/player/embed-player/274914?title&seriestitle The video starts with Kiki (Kilian)...

Fresh from our friends at ShapeRideShoot, this is a little video of Alex Evans from Morzine, France getting his flow on in his 'hood with some really rooty trails. Alex is a member of the Bikepark Châtel trail crew but he enjoys a local trail ride as much as the next guy. And also included...

I've been a fan of the ShapeRideShoot guys for a while now and this latest video of theirs really takes a different angle on things. From putting the outtake at the beginning to interspersing some interesting wildlife close-ups throughout, the entire "style" of the video shoot is completely...

A little bit of snow on your favorite trails right now? Maybe a lot of snow? Well, a little snow doesn't stop Vincent Tupin and Benoit Gurnel from France. This just unleashed video is called "Banger Winter" and features plenty of jumps, drops and hucks (and crashes!) Gaëtan Rey tells Mtbr...

Living in Northern Arizona I must say is that we have it pretty good out here. Year round riding, plenty of pretty places, and lots of great trails. Why go anywhere else? I had an open invitation to visit some UK friends who kept talking about the French Alps. Yeah, yeah, I know about those...