We ride Vincent Tupin's home trails – GoPro video

We catch up with stylish French sender Vincent Tupin on his home trails in Evian, France, and then try to follow him!

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Alex Evans

Published: September 18, 2017 at 8:20 am

What's it like following one of the fastest, most flamboyant and stylish riders out there? Turns out it's pretty wild! Vincent Tupin, who rides for Scott, took MBUK Features Editor Al down one of his home trails right next to Evian on the French-Swiss border. Following Vinny T is hard at the best of times, especially considering he attacks the trails with freeride flicks, wild drifts and insane whips. So, our Al locked onto Vinny T's back wheel to see how long he could hold on for...

Keep tuned for more on Vinny T in the mag over the coming months. If you want your fix of stylish riders right now, check out issue 346, where we caught up with Bernard Kerr to find out what makes him such an awesome racer and rider.

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Senior technical editor

Alex Evans is BikeRadar’s senior mountain bike technical editor. He started racing downhill at the tender age of 11 before going on to compete across Europe. Alex moved to Morzine in the French Alps at 19 to pursue a career as a bike bum and clocked up an enormous amount of riding. Hitting those famous tracks day in, day out for eight years, he broke more bikes than he can remember. Alex then moved back to the UK and put his vast knowledge of mountain biking to good use by landing a job working for MBUK magazine as features editor. Since working for MBUK, Alex’s focus has moved to bike tech. He’s one of BikeRadar’s lead testers and knows how to push bikes and products to the limit, searching out the equipment that represents the best value for money. Alex is also a dedicated eMTB rider, and still dabbles in racing of a sort, doing his best to top the Strava leaderboard on the steepest, gnarliest and twistiest trails the Tweed Valley has to offer – just for fun, of course. Alex is also a regular on the BikeRadar YouTube channel and BikeRadar podcast.

Vincent Tupin sets up his bike before a day of shredding right next to his home in Evian. Credit: Andy Lloyd.

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