Raw, Rowdy & Rough - Enduro World Series La Thuile Day Two

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<b>Friday dawned a bit brighter, but still bitter cold on the hike-a-bike to the top. The BMC team opted to train as a group in case they had to huddle together for warmth.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Aaron Bradford dropping in on a much sunnier day today.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Day 2 of practice saw more defined lines start to develop, but the tracks are still as steep as ever.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Tracy Moseley on her first run early this morning. No coffee needed when Stage 1 is enough to wake anyone up. Tracy's mechanic James in the audio.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>The race stages are just the tip of what La Thuile offers. Put yourself here.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Justin Leov bending trees.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>"Enduro" road gap on Stage 3. Such a fun, fast trail with bit of everything. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Richie Rude tasted success on the stages of Valloire, look for him to tear into the tracks here in La Thuile.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Stage 1 is starting to show some teeth now that the snow has melted. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Jesse Melamed is Canadian, so hucking a gap to flat is in his blood. No one else even considered this line.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>If CG did a turnbar in the woods and no one was there to see it, you know it still happened.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Can we refer to Josh Carlson as JC now since the other JC is too buy busting KOMs on his road bike and the other other JC is handling the audio in this slide?</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Michael Ronning, DH legend, 39-years young, still fit and fast. He just needs a train to jump now.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>#EnduroMoses parts the Shred Sea on Stage 6. </b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>World's fastest team-manager-owner-racer-mobile-hot-tub-owner, Fabien Cousinie, leads out the Polygon train.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Max Schumann in the high alpine meadows. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Martin Maes tucking into tight spaces, keeping the speed and flow. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Dan Atherton, always stylish. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Gee decided not to come this weekend as he heard it was too cold and there would be no girls hanging out at the pool.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Jared Graves wondering if Amazon's drone-powered drop 'n ship has started yet so he can get some recovery skins in turquoise, pronto.</b> -Sven Martin
<b>Yoann Barelli writes himself a reminder to pin it on Saturday. #arrachestoi</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Ines Thoma was smooth and fast on the steep ledges at the top of the mountain. Expect to see her chasing the podium on race day.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Happy Birthday Gabby Molloy. </b> -Sven Martin
<b>Iago Garay yelled #doyouevendriftbro on his way past, just in case I needed some caption help.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Martin Maes, no-brakes-bar-foot-fork-drag bounty contest winner.</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>DirtTV's dynamic duo, Dox and Enrico, blew their budget on wardrobe and had to cruise the pits in an Ape. #allthelads</b> -Lee Trumpore
<b>Skate everything. We'll see you tomorrow as racing begins!</b> -Lee Trumpore
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The clouds broke, the sun came out and riders at the Enduro World Series in La Thuile, Italy used the last of their practice time to dial in lines on miles of natural singletrack. Big travel, big brakes and plenty of abuse await both rider and bike as racing action begins tomorrow. In the meantime, tag along with Sven Martin and Lee Trumpore to see how the world's fastest mountain bikers are handling the rugged Italian Alps.

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