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MOUNTAIN OF HELL - The battle for 2nd place! Liam Moynihan Full race
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- Published on Jul 11, 2025
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For anyone curious on the filming/export mistake I made- I filmed this at 24fps and exported through Final Cut editing software but in a project setup at 25fps. I actually didn’t realise this was the case or that it would make any difference until a while later when I noticed my face time and the official race time were different. At first I thought it was their mistake until I noticed the other racers’ video was in agreement with the race time so I investigated further and discovered that the 25fps project meaning the video has 25frames(still images) per second had 24frames per second footage in it, effectively shortening the video/race time by 1frame in every 25!
Good lesson for the future and glad everyone has enjoyed the video anyway!
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The mountain of hell is one of the most exciting races of the year.
With 800 riders lined up behind us on the snow at the top, things are tense and exciting, that feeling ramps up as the helicopter fly's overhead and the start gun sounds!
I had a bit of a poor go down the snow, was trying hard to avoid carnage and went too slow round the first corner as a result was going too slow for the entire next snow section and lost a tonne of spots. I managed to make them up until I finally ended up in a tight battle with Olivier Bruwiere and Alexis Chenevier for 2nd place. Kilian Bron was too far ahead to get within touching distance with and eventually won the race!
There was a full live stream of the race from the helicopter and various drones and filmers along the way - it was shown live on French TV too.
Now looking forwards to the Megavalanche in just over a weeks time.
Such a fun race!! I was a bit too careful on the snow at the start after seeing Theo crash in the first corner and people seemingly flying everywhere. It felt really sketchy at the time. Luckily the race is long and I knew I could make time on the single track if I had clear track or ride really efficiently if I was behind someone/in a group which would allow me to be fresh for the climbs. I know my fitness is good for the 30second to 2min climbs also and that I'd be able to pass on those.
Had another tight race with Alexis and Olivier for 2nd and they both got the better of me this time but it was good to race them as always!
Congrats to Kilian for the win!
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P.S I realised after uploading that I've filmed this in 24p and exported it as 25p it still looks normal 99.9% of the time but if there is the odd small jump that's why! My internet is soooo bad here (it took over 24hours to upload) otherwise I would change it and reupload!
Is great, be was amazing, you're big rider 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks for being patient and uploading it. Your stamina and riding ability is incredible! Really fun to watch.
Some lungs and legs on you there big man. Well done. What’s the script with missing gates. #135 misses one in kilians vid and #320 misses a shit load in your vid, but they finished 6th and 7th. Is there not time penalties or DQ’s?
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I was wondering what happened in the beginning it just seems weird so many people flying by when your on a section with no pedaling.
can we all take a moment and appreciate that this man took the time to always wipe the camera to make sure that we wouldnt miss anything?!
Tttt😅
Ya rr
@@kennethv2150true
And rode a cyclist on the back .
I only saw him wipe the camera once in mid race, but its good that in this race nothing came infront the camera to make the vision very bad.
First place was never even in camera shot for 99% of the time, he was on another level😮
Killian is insane
Killian Bron is a freak of nature (White shirt in this video). Go check out his videos. He does incredible full run videos too. Killian's perspective of this is up on his channel too I think.
A total beast, whole time watchin i was like 1st is gone 😂
Absolutely can't amazed bout that guy 🔥
That !😮
This level of skill, physical fitness, and focus is absolutely unreal.
His awarness is lacking, considering he had his standings wrong until 7:33 😂
I bet you the people criticizing him don’t even have the half of the skills he has 😂
@@i_dont_read_repli3sexactly 🤣💯
@@i_dont_read_repli3s half? These mfs can't even walk properly.
is not unreal. You just need to practice alot
OMG - I kept checking I hadn't selected x 1.5 speed.
Spellbinding!
So polite too! "You've gone the wrong way!" and "Well done boys!"
Nothing but respect.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
I did exactly at 1.5x. No wonder I nearly got dizzy.
boy that climb at 6:20 was the turning point. Everyone was basically standing still compared to you. Ur training really paid off there
You're carrying so much more speed into the flats/hills than others. It's amazing. Epic comeback from a tough start.
Thanks! Haha yeh going into each climb as fast as possible and keeping the pace up as long as possible is definitely the way to make each climb a bit shorter haha
@@LiamMoynihan Also important to know how big of a climb you can do that way. Very fine line between working too hard and not working hard enough at the bottom of each climb.
@@markonikolic1386yep that's what training is for. I'm sure he does alot of that.
@@LiamMoynihandid the guy who went the wrong way get disqualified? Or if you skip do they automatically add 4 minutes per missed check point?
We’re is that
This started playing after a completely unrelated video. Man I was hooked! What a ride and what a race!
Me too! I’m so gripped
думал, это будет обычно видео про подобные гонки
но тут же прям реально "битва" за второе место!
ооочень круто!
Hi, I'm a Yeti. I remember you biking past my home on this day! You could have stopped to say hello, but you seemed to be in a rush.
U are me???
How did you know it was him
@@Kamenow729 :0
So funny bro 🤣
Haha sorry I didn’t stop in! Will do next year!!
You guys are gods who can ride so fast on bike on the difficult, sometimes dangerous, bike road made of snow, ice and rocks
Haha thank you!!!
I’m gobsmacked - that was just bloody stupifyingly ridiculously fantastic. What a display of fearless courage, conditioning, fitness and sublime skill. Inspiring.
Truly amazing
Its a video game
@@waynekavanagh745no it's not
You had my heart racing several times - I can only admire your skill on the steep downhill sections. You have great stamina, and you were amazing passing so many people going uphill. I really enjoyed this ride. Thanks for posting the video
Yep. He reminds me of Kilian’s riding style, kill ‘em in the pedaling parts. Lol
Thats wild. With that speed, one mistake and its not gonna be good. Much respect!
First place guy is that cpu that you can never outmatch in a video game
for real
lol. I wonder where it is on video. can't event see it
Yeah cheats!!!!
@@dlb83082 skill
that CPU doesn’t do so well with swimming
Bro got Some serious Leg Power....he was Passing Them Like They Walking Up the Hill
Haha cheers. Its all about the vo2max at those altitudes and lengths of effort!
@@LiamMoynihansir....you are definitely a beast!!!! Very inspiring if I may say
Donde es esta carrera se ve impresionante la velocidad
Saludos desde escobedo mexico
@@hectorsaucedo1963 En Francia si no estoy mal
This has got to be one of the most breath taking and heart stoping videos in RUclips!!!!
Congratulations
Search for Megavalanche(among other races) if you love this stuff. Talk about extreme! These guys are amazing. 👍🏼
Wow! Best video of the top 4, I especially enjoyed you coming up from 33rd place!
I will share this with all my riding buddies.
Thank you! I'd love to have had a good start and mone be a but more boring too but a more exciting video is definitely the upside to being bad on the start haha!
also counted after 1:43 +29 positions
Holy Sh%^, I thought downhill bike racing was easy....WOW was I ever wrong. The stamina, and agility these guys display is amazing, as is the endurance of those bikes. That was a great race. The last few minutes had me on the edge of my seat wondering how they kept it together as it got steeper and steeper and more technical. Back and forth, ad back and forth. One mistake and you eat a tree! Just WOW, great race, great video. Back in the day (I'm 67) our bikes would have folded in half after the 2nd or 3rd corner. Just WOW. Thanks for sharing.
Just re-watched it at 2x speed, OMG still shaking, skill and bravery is unbelievable.
mad props to the guy that got first. You were absolutely flying but he was still GONE. I didn't see him once while you were in 2nd. If I missed him let me know
not sure but you can see someone at the far front at 09:00.
Can't take credit from number #1 especially when you consider how well #2 went aha.
Some people are just built different@@facs666
11:50
@@toccandocreacanaleulterior176 I don't see killian there
@@toccandocreacanaleulterior176oh nevermind, the white dot down the hill going the same way as him
The speed tuck was the best move he did on fast downhills. It's saving him energy he well spent on uphills. For most to understand, it takes exponentially more energy/force to fight wind speed the faster you go, so there is a point where pedaling with wide arms is more tiring and slower than just fly downhill ducking down and tucking the arms in. Bravo
I just watched Olivier Bruwiere's (3rd) video after this one, there you can see them pedaling hard and giving it all, and then strolling along comes somebody in speed tuck right next to them. So good 😁
The tuck in at 11min in ,was awesome. With your shadow and Crazy speed need the edge. Loved it.
I would like to say thank you to the young gentleman that took us on that insane ride with him, I’m a 75 yo female, and I rode every bump with him, THANK YOU MY DEAR, WHAT A RACE. Hugs and respect from Australia.❤
Thank you!!! Glad you enjoyed it! My race run from the 2025 edition has also just gone live and was pretty exciting too haha!
I am 100 years and I have thoroughly enjoyed this
Saw Kilian's run on this mountain but was cool to see you guys battling it out for the second position, way more entertaining . Great performance!
Thank you!! Yeh hopefully I can be a bit further ahead and racing Kilian at the front next year!
Guy is a monster!!!
can u send me his vid link
@@Pionearr ruclips.net/video/rnO59tizy6E/video.htmlsi=feybRmt6bvkNrkmF
@@Pionearr Killan is like a machine but I still enjoyed this run as well. It's fun to watch you have to battle for position instead of just ride the entire time.
Brilliant ride. A lot better to watch than the Killian vid - get to see the start carnage, riders ahead doing their thing + much more overtaking. It's not so interesting from the front.
Ahh thanks! Wish I could say I did a bad job on the snow to make the video more entertaining but I'd definitely have preferred to be at the front with a less interesting video haha! Glad you enjoyed though. I'll aim for a boring one from the front for Megavalanche
Fully agree, fantastic footage, fantastic ride, well done Liam!! To be honest, every of these riders is a champ for sure!! 💪💪💪
The killian video was still killer tho
Have a good race at Mega! Great vid!
this was like f1 - kilian verstappen somewhere in the front with EPIC battle for the second place. He's awesome, but this was much more enjoyable to watch
Quel run fantastique ! Ta course de remontée jusqu'à la fin est extrêmement passionnante et émouvante. Merci d'avoir partagé cela avec nous, je pense que c'est la vidéo la plus impressionnante des hommes de tête de la MOH 2023 !
Ça faisait longtemps qu'une vidéo ne m'avait pas scotché devant mon écran !
Bravo à toi et tous les participants vous êtes des champions.
Ahh Merci!!
HOLY
CRAP!!!
I have a lot of respect for the fitness and skill of these racers.
This should be a video game.
Thanks!! It’s real good! There was a videogame a long time ago called “downhill domination” which was vaguely similar to this!!
I just came from Killian Brons video…wow what a great video and ride..since cant see much from Killians video, you dont get to see the experience and skills you riders have in general…thank you so much for the video!!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
I’ve off-roader for many years on motorcycles and ATV’s, but this event is the most challenging, and terrifying thing I’ve ever seen! You made up so many places because of your superior conditioning going uphill. Great job!
These are the types of content that I am looking for. Great video. Enjoyed it a lot. Didn't even noticed it's a 23min video. More power.
Tbh I would be crazy mad at the person who made you lose 2nd and that huge shortcut that guy took (close to the end), but the race has to continue. Also you have crazy skills!!
can we all take a moment and appreciate that this man took the time to always wipe the camera to make sure that we wouldnt miss anything?!
Something that I never see, but always wonder and wanted in these kind of videos is placement. I love that you added that to your video!
Great riding out here, mate. Keep it coming! :)
Ahh thank you! It's definitely a bit of work to add it but I did the same last year and it felt worthwhile so thought I should do the same again!
Thanks for watching!
From 21.39 there, you are riding super fast; there are very close and challenging races for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place this year, which is very cool.
Yeh that bottom track was steep and so so good to ride. I absolutely love that style! Would have been nice to be at the front of the group for it right enough haha! Thanks!
Watched this while I had a fever and the wind at the speeds you were going cooled me down. Thanks bro, you saved my life.
This level of skill, physical fitness, and focus is absolutely unreal.. This level of skill, physical fitness, and focus is absolutely unreal..
One of the best videos I’ve seen her on RUclips.
What a ride!
Thanks!!!
Absolutely incredible. That’s the most exciting and intense thing I’ve watched in ages. Well done! 🙌🙌
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
You and Olivier Bruwiere (I believe) had awesome climbs there on that big hill. That was some solid hard work by you both. Impressive.
Really beautiful climb
Thx!
@@olivierbruwiere Anytime buddy! Look forward to your all's next race! \o/
Man o mann.... I don't know who was 1st ...but the guy was so ahead that it wasn't even in the sight 😂😂😂😂
Right lol
I had sweaty palms just from watching this. Massive respect!
Whole 22.52 mins..no skip or ff. So fun to watch.
Ahh thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. Will be at that race again this year as well as a fair few others like it. Including the “macavalanche” which I just raced this past weekend. Always exciting!
Cheers
Amazing come back Liam! definitely been one of the best races of MoH over the last few years!
Congrats! It takes a lot of skill, courage, and strength to accomplish this. I was getting nervous watching you maneuver the tight turns at the cliff edges. Superb!!!
Jeez. You are a beast on the uphills. Well done!
Thank you!
How did it feel at the 10:30 mark when first place was nowhere to be seen? Did you realize there was that much distance, or were you thinking that you took the lead?
Great race!!
I could almost the adrenaline just watching this, feels like I'm actually in the race.
number one just was in the finish all the time, you got a good day, thats was great!
Incredible, I stumbled across this randomly and watched it in detail start to finish, really amazing stuff! 👏
Ahh thanks! Glad you enjoyed, really fun race!!
Such a thrill to watch, if I was 40 years younger I'd be into that so much, love your clean riding style and super hard work on the hills.
Pretty sure they have "grandpas" compatible tracks too ;-)
(Don't take it the wrong way, I'm old too)
(And I had the same though, then remember why I don't do that. Too lazy).
I still ride Mammoth in the summer. Top to bottom 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🫶🏼and I’m almost 63🎉
Very inspiring! Congratulations! You gained a new subscriber!
Only finishing the race, even the last place, we have to apreciate the huge efort you guys put in… great video!
wow grate video, like a good action movie , from the bigging to the very end no B.S. I watch this video 5 times so far still not tired of it at all.👍👍👍
Ahh thank you!! Haha definitely must be entertaining to keep you watching. Was entertaining to race too!!
Cheers!
It's crazy how people that win these races (I watched Kilians run, too), both of them made their most progress on the rise at ~7:25.
It seems like Mountain Biking is not only about speed, downhill and technique...
Yeh you need it all in every discipline now. Same in xc, downhill and enduro. You need skills, fitness, strength and a good bike setup to do well in them all. Impossible to win at enduro without insane fitness to go with the skills, impossible to win at xc without the skills and impossible to win at downhill without being super powerful and strong as well as skills!
from my XC racing days I remember being more fit than the other guys around me. It can be tempting to go all out, but if you go too deep, you wont have the strength and focus for the downhill sections after that. It's a real balancing act.
Thanks for this perspective on the cutthroat sport of whatever this is. You took the viewer through all four seasons of the year. My neck was trying to ensure my head kept up..... Whoever made this path is a psycho no doubt🤣
P.S. really liked the tip on where it was actually faster if one did not pedal
Ahh thanks!! It’s what I love about these races. Travelling through all the different geologies from the very top of a mountain glacier to the floor of the valley with all different surfaces to ride on! Glad you enjoyed it! I have plenty other race videos like this on the channel and will continue to post them for each race!
WOW, I was a motocross racer and can not imagine anyone going that fast on a dirtbike , you guys are fantastic
Je suis tellement tendu à regarder ça qu'à l'arrivée je suis mort !
Ça me paraît dément de pouvoir faire un truc pareil ... Bravo
This was so fun watching the whole way through! Walking away with a greater respect for the sport. I love your sportmanship throughout. This is nuts!
I just watched Kilian's, Theo's and your run. Amazing performance.
Ahh thanks! Theo's must be pretty entertaining after his crash in the first corner?
Feels like an F1 race. Badass riding. Well done
Haha F1 without needing millions of pounds to go racing! Thanks for the kind words!
@@LiamMoynihan damn right. And lots of fun. Keep it up. Had a nasty injury on my bike a couple weeks ago and gonna ride for the first time again today. Not fully recovered, but can't wait anymore haha. The mtb is addicting. Wish me luck!
More like a MotoGP race. But really more like a Safari rallye.
Great job on the race, the views are incredible
im always mostly impressed by the trust these guys put into their bikes & breaks!
WOW heartstopping! THAT was fun! Mahalo and Aloha from Maui!
Ahh thank you!!!
When he came in 4th place, I found myself turning my head everytime he made a turn😂
Seu condicionamento na subida foi surpreendente e nas descida você manda muito bem principalmente nas curvas fechadas espetacular
Wow unbelievable skill and courage. This video appeared out of nowhere and I watched spell bound for the whole race with sweaty palms all the way down. Amazing👍😀
Course très bien filmée, on est au coeur de l'épreuve. Merci d'avoir partagé ce moment d'émotion.
Crazy guys, exciting race and speed and beautiful sights!
Man this dude just outpedals the hell out of everyone! I can't imagine the leg tone on this dude. What an awesome GoPro Capture, too. Fantastic stuff!
PS: As a total noob, how did Kilian get so far out in front? At the 10:00 mark, you can't even see the chap! Wowza!
This was incredible! Just watched it and became and instant fan! Beautiful scenery and FANTASTIC JOB! 👏🏽👏🏽
Whenever I saw the bend, I thought it might fall but I was proved wrong every time.😅 Maintaining a balance and cycling at great speed, that too on such a rough road, is a next level skill. I watched the entire 22-minute video in one go because I was unable to look away.
I’m stressed out. Just watching that. Holy crap I live a very boring life. Damn, you guys are phenomenal. What a ride. Thank you.
That dude that got off course might have cost this man 2nd place. If he could have stayed in front of those guys through the village he would have had it cause there was not really any other chance to pass. Crazy how good all of these guys are.
100% agree it took his mind off the game and completely threw him off. What a jerk for getting in this blokes way
This is truly some of the most insane shit I have ever seen, like this is amazing I think I'm genuinely hooked on watching a sport for the first time in a while lol! I love MTB and this is another level, great racing man.
That's amazing to hear. Thanks for watching! I'm a big fan of this style of racing. So exciting to be head to head racing together. If you are looking for another sport to watch that is produced on a big scale and similar feeling I can recommend Supercross!
Great race and great video. Thank you for uploading! A little bit faster in the start and without the little slowdown in the first corner you could have been at the top of the climb with Bron. I think you did the climb 13 seconds faster than Kilian.
Ahh Thanks! I definitely need to be a bit more committed on the snow. Would have been interesting to be a bit closer to Kilian, I imagine he could have pushed on a bit more on the climb if he had some pressure on so it's hard to compare but I appreciate the kind words!
I honestly thought the finish line could've occurred at three other places earlier in the race. It just kept going and going. Truly amazing stuff
Looks really fun, any tips to start biking? Do I need to muscle up or am I fine if I start biking right away? As a gamer, I have 0 stamina.
lol zero stamina
Are there two starting areas? I noticed two riders appeared from the right just after the start, one causing a crash at the front
There was just one starting area. The rider who you can see appearing from the right is rider 7. At 20seconds in my video you can se him start to go directly right. There is a big snow fence to the right of the starting area with a big patch of rocks and then steep bumpy snow. He took a pretty bold line and headed straight over the rocks and down the sketchy ungroomed snow and it almost worked really well.
We all discussed it as an option on the start line but I didn't expect any of the top guys to do it in the end!
This is a good angle of the route Camile(rider 7) took instagram.com/reel/Ct6QuCTgM7R/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
@@LiamMoynihanAhhh, that's pretty sad for him, he could have had the race lead but was unlucky
@@LiamMoynihan WOW! Thank you! What a great capture!
Well done!
Thanks! I know I have to get better on the snow to be closer to Kilian in 1st so will try to put that to action in a few weeks time at Mega. Haha!
what type of cycle are they using?mtb?
Yeh they are mountain bikes. I ride a Niner WFO now but at the time of this video I was riding a Scott Ransom.
@@LiamMoynihan thank your for replying
Grande!! 23 minuti di adrenalina. Video pazzesco!
Bro u are a monster👏Big respect for u and all the guys this is such a huge thing to be a part of this incredible race..Fitness level is amazing🤯
You didn't even make the podium?! 🙄
Seriously, really impressive control and skill to "float" over such varied terrain at those speeds. Your fitness on the climbs is clearly good too! 💪
Incredible effort and best of luck for next time 👍
I think podium is for number 1 to number 5, you can see the picture, got 5 person there, just only top 3 have the cheque.
FIRST PLACE WAS GONE!!!!!!!! Great Video!!!! Better than a VIDEO Game!! Absolutely insane!!Respect!!!
Thanks!! Yeh first place got a good start on the snow and was out of there!!
It was very difficult to make out the correct path in many places. Also some parts of the track seemed like death traps to me. Those tiny bridges around the time you twisted your ankle were not visible until very close and they look like they are only 1 bike wide.
You sir - are a badass. That was awesome!!
Impressionante cette course . Merci de nous avoir fait partager ce moment avec un super film .
21:58 that guy came out of nowhere
I knowwww! Roasted at the end haha
1st person is invisible.
Who else was tryna find the 1st place Guy:)
The guy simple disappeared, one time he was visible but later I couldn't see him haha, btw really awesome ride, congratulations!!!
It’s amazing coming from racing Bmx in the early 80s in North Carolina, where it was almost taboo to mention BMX racing. Thank goodness for mail order magazines in Cali.
This guy’s a beast 💪🏽
Rule #1: Cardio
Haha rule one is probably more being able to ride down all the sketchy scree slopes and trails without ruining yourself or your bike but vo2max fitness is definitely up there haha
Amazing, mesmerizing, human endurance, courage and skill at its peak! Well done
I was puffing with you up them hills, looks mad fun 👌
Aside from the nearly-guaranteed crash and injuries and potential to get run over by 10+ other riders, this looks INSANELY fun.
Dude, your a stud! This is crazy and your fantastic!