A Ride with Some Extra Bite

Two-time Junior DH world champ Thibaut Dapréla had an amazing 2021 season, leading the World Cup rankings for most of the series, until crashes at the final rounds in the USA left him with two DNFs and saw him drop to second place. The 20-year-old Frenchman is a tough rider with serious mental fortitude and a positive mindset – exactly what’s needed to endure something like this...

- By Thibaut Dapréla

“I had a pretty scary moment at the French DH Cup in Les Arcs last June, just a week before the second round of the World Cup. Basically, I tried something I didn’t want to. It was a really easy line, but I ended up making a shitty mistake and hit the deck hard. The resulting injuries amounted to a broken nose and a severe tongue laceration, which required a whopping 30 stitches to close up!