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French Downhill Pro's Riding The Les Houches Trails

Les Houches down hill mountain bike trail at high speed

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By Ellie Mahoney, Updated

Take a look at how it should be done..! The Downhill MTB Trail 'Alpage Respect' in Les Houches, ridden by Romain Paulhan & Benji Verrier. 

Romain & Benji both race on the French DH circuit, and you may also recognise Benji from one of our favourite MTB shops Zero G and from one of the flags of Chamonix sportspeople over near Montenvers station... Romain recently topped the podium at the French Championship DH in Oz en Oisans

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