The Orbea FOX climbed onto the podium at the XCO World Cup and here they tell everything that happened behind the scenes

With the tension of the premiere but the ambition of those who aspire to the highest, the Orbea Fox Factory Team started their season in the MTB World Cup by traveling to Brazil with the goal of making an impact from the very beginning. In this second chapter of the Beyond the Tapes series, they offer an intimate and unfiltered look at what the team experienced during two intense weekends of competition in Araxá.

The Orbea FOX Factory Team debuts with a podium in the XCO World Cup

This documentary series, which aims to bring the intricacies of elite mountain biking to the general public, shows everything from the course reconnaissance to the meticulous preparation of the necessary equipment for competition. With images usually reserved for the team's privacy, in this video we can see how a top-level Factory structure works from the inside.

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One of the focuses of this episode is on the technical innovations that the Orbea Fox Factory Team presented in Brazil. The debut of the new design of the Orbea Oiz, personalized with the colors of the European flag for the current European XCC champion, Simon Andreassen, stands out. The Danish rider, who has a special connection with the Araxá circuit, once again shone on the characteristic red clay where he achieved victory in XCO last season.

In addition, the team unveiled the incorporation of the new FOX 34SL fork, a technical evolution that already showed its performance with Jennifer Jackson, who stepped onto the podium in the second XCO race in Brazil.

The Canadian, along with Andreassen and the Belgian Pierre de Froidmont, also debuted the new helmet developed by Fizik for the Orbea Fox Factory Team, thus completing a competitive block in which, beyond the results, the team has made clear its intentions for the rest of the season.