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MTB World Series
Event - 06 Jun 23
Downhill

Loïc Bruni is ready for 2023

We sat down with the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Champ to talk about the new season, staying at the top and his new teammate.

Loïc Bruni (Specialized Gravity) has always been a Frenchman in a hurry. He missed a large slice of the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup season due to injury but triumphantly returned to take the UCI World Championships title, his sixth set of rainbow stripes in Les Gets.

Bruni has been racing in the elite category since 2013, this year marks his tenth year in the top tier. A lot has changed in the last decade and Loïc has been out front for most of it. 

We sat down with the UCI World Champion to talk about the new season:

You can watch all the action from the UCI Mountain Bike World Series from Lenzerheide, Switzerland globally on GCN+, as well as Eurosport and discovery+  08 -11 June. Don’t miss out!

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