The Megavalanche is a bucket list mountain bike race for many, and it’s clear as to why when you visit Alpe D’Huez and see the scale of the event for the first time. Towering high above the village, is Pic Blanc, where the race starts on the glacier, and hiding deep in the valley bottom far below the village, is the finish at Allemond. The sheer scale of the course that the riders have to master is incredible. For 2024 there was talk of a record amount of snow up on the mountain, so there was a real buzz about the pits, as riders prepared to ascend the mountain for their first practice runs. After taking victory at the event for the first time in 2023, and now enjoying the new RC+ DUROLUX38 fork, Hugo Pigeon was excited and ready to give it his best effort to retain the title this year.

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