Downhill bike race in Brazil slum- Red Bull Desafio no Morro

Slovakia's Filip Polc took top honors in the Red Bull Desafio no Morro, an unprecedented mountain bike downhill competition inside a favela (slum) in Rio de Janeiro.

Polc's best time of 1:39.91 down the 760 meters of the favela's alleys and staircases was enough to edge Brazilian Markolf Berchtold by over 1.5s. Britain's Dan Atherton completed the podium with a top mark of 1:42.29.

Dan's brother Gee Atherton entered the competition in Brazil as the clear favorite, and confirmed those expectations by topping the qualifying session on Saturday. Race day didn't equal lucky day for Gee, however, who ended up last among the 10 riders competing after suffering a flat rear tire halfway through the course.

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[darkenedskateboards]

god i hate how on alll these "professional" montages you can never see a whole clip. You'll know what I mean if you watch one of those shows made by "professional filmakers" like built to shred where some amazing trick goes down and they show like a quarter of it from one angle another quarter from a different angle and then they either go to another clip before its done or they just show it from a really crappy angle for the rest. thumbs up if you hate this!

[smuggs35]

0:32 ? is that favela from MW2

[paddlesailnitro]

yeah, 24 seconds in and I'm out of this one.

[KonaKlan]

@smuggs35 it takes place in a real favela

[JuggusNawt]

@smuggs35 ALWAYS TALKING BOUT THAT XBOX HUH BOY?

[anothermica]

and skipping to 0:38 helped much, too.

[anothermica]

i love this clip, with the sound tunred off. really good camera-work.

[sPiN87x]

@LuckSkyStar First Person view full race: /watch?&v=jO0VLouJFNQ

[consultorjoseaugusto]

A cada dia que passa desacretido onde e nosso esporte pode chegar parabens dh brasil..word

[adrenalinDE]

these guys are absolutly crazy ! :)

[LuckSkyStar]

@darkenedskateboards there is actually a video (on redbull) where you can see the race first person

[kosseh]

@smuggs35

Considering when this was filmed.... Maybe MW2 has Favela from this Youtube clip. And they all look the same.