Stefane Girard and Sunn offered me a deal with a satellite team of young guns with friends (Reno Smaniotto and Chloe Gallean) when I was 15 and that same season I got my first top ten at a French national round.
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He never pushed me or assisted me too much, as he was doing his own stuff and did a good job for the whole club so this was pretty cool for me. He always insisted on me having sh*t bikes to learn well on and then when I turned 15 it would be time for a downhill bike. Who gave you your first break? Who spotted your talent? You have more or less passionate people involved but it stays cool and is a good way to live. And now I know from a few years experience, and I can tell you it’s a great sport with awesome guys. He is a current masters World Champion, so I wanted to do the same as him! It began when I first went to ride with fast club mates and loved it, then I was watching Blenky (Sam Blenkinsop) in Juniors, Sam Hill, all the videos, and fell in love with World Cups and with the sport. What got you into downhill mountain biking? Where did it all begin? OK, let’s switch gears a bit and touch on your background a bit. Sometimes you get slow for a moment without understanding why and I hope this wont happen. If my head stays solid I think I can keep improving for next year. I was surprise about how consistent I was this season and except for Windham with the flat tire, I was all year in the top ten and that’s cool. Like Fort William, the weather was awful and wet, bad for a south of France guy, but I had such good feelings on the track, just thinking about committing and enjoying it. I felt like when there were any low points I was feeling, I was able to find the way to build my confidence back up and to ride at my best. I worked more, we had our new bike ready, and in the head I was stronger. Did you change your approach in the off season? What made the difference to consistently have the speed to challenge for the win at every race? It was as if you were a completely different racer this season. I’m racing against huge champions that train more than me and are more experienced too, so it’s never easy to be on any of the top spots.Ģ014 was an up and down season but from the get-go in 2015 you came out guns blazing winning Crankworx New Zealand in March, taking second at Lourdes in April and qualifying first at Fort William in May. If people expected me to win it’s cool, I’d like to win too, but don’t get disappointed if I don’t do it. This year I just found my ‘racing path’ where I could stay in control. Last year I had some good speed, but also lots of crashes and flats. I don’t care about expectations, if people and sponsors are happy it’s cool but I hate having to prove stuff. After Juniors I had a sick year coming fourth overall in my first year in Elite and I’m still proud of this today. Do you feel the pressure to perform or do you just set your own goals and block all that out? That’s why becoming number two overall was already awesome for me, and I went to Andorra relaxed and with my season already filled up.Ī lot of people have tapped you as the next big thing for some time now, but it wasn’t until this past season that you’ve really begun to live up to the expectations.
#LOÏC BRUNI SERIES#
In an overall series like the World Cup, you can’t always ride like that. So if you like the track and have a ‘suicidal’ run, you have your chance.
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World Champs is one day, one track, and one run.
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Aaron showed everyone that 2015 was his year, he was insanely fast and consistent, so to me, he is the best. Yes for me definitely the overall winner tells who’s the best rider of the year.