Marine CABIROU — La vérité sur son passage chez Canyon et sa quête du titre mondial

🇬🇧 ENGLISH SUBS AVAILABLE IN YOUTUBE SETTINGS Marine Cabirou is one of the most decorated riders in women's downhill mountain biking. Junior World Champion in 2015 and overall World Cup winner in 2020, she grew up in Millau with her first downhill bike repaired before climbing every rung of the ladder. In this episode of En Roue Libre, Marine shares her journey—from the CSO Millau cycling school to the World Cup paddocks—and reflects on a career-changing decision: leaving Scott after 12 years to join Team Canyon and Fabien Barel. On the agenda: the philosophy of "zero compromise on performance," the Canyon Sender and the Einstein prototype, the story of going from size M to size S (within 8 mm!), spoke tension and blind testing with his mechanic Florian Rochat, a memorable anecdote from a final morning at Mont-Sainte-Anne, and of course his Holy Grail: the elite rainbow jersey. Marine also talks about her bike shop in Millau (with Franck Parolin and Thibaut Veuillet), Fabien Barel as her mentor, the rise of young riders, and her goals for 2026. - ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 — Intro 01:42 — Her plans for 2026 03:24 — How she got into cycling 05:01 — The start of competition 06:42 — Her brother's role in her career 07:24 — Turning the corner 08:04 — Her inspirations 10:31 — Her first team 12:55 — How she won her world championship title 16:11 — What it changed for her 17:47 — The speed of juniors 19:01 — Why juniors ride faster 20:11 — Should juniors struggle? 22:17 — The pressure of reaching the elite level 23:53 — Overall or world title? 25:28 — The reasons for joining Canyon 28:48 — The differences in management 32:19 — What struck her upon joining Canyon 33:22 — Scott vs. Canyon 40:23 — A technical specialist? 55:42 — All the tools to perform? 56:44 — What she lacked in Korea 1:00:20 — Mental preparation 1:01:14 — Her life as an entrepreneur 1:03:29 — Post-Covid 1:05:06 — Promising young riders? 1:05:46 — Post-career 1:06:57 — A long career? 1:07:32 — What do you wish for her in the future? 1:08:08 — A future guest? 1:09:05 — Any final words? - 🎧 This episode is also available on Spotify and all audio platforms - -🎙️ FREEWHEELING 🌐 Website: https://enrouelibrepodcast.fr 📸 Instagram:   / enrouelibrepodcast   📘 Facebook:   / enrouelibremedia   🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4uyDjSA...