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![WORLD CUP ROUND 1: LENZERHEIDE, SWITZERLAND](http://intensecycles.com/cdn/shop/articles/BLOG_HOMEPAGE_WC1_Lenzerheide_Finals-2948_INTENSE_Factory_Racing_2023.jpg?v=1686588971&width=1080)
It’s great to be back racing. Much was the same in Lenzerheide, but a lot was different too.
![WORLD CUP DOWNHILL RACING RETURNS: IT’S THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT](http://intensecycles.com/cdn/shop/articles/BLOG_HOMEPAGE_WC1_Lenzerheide_2023-143_INTENSE_Factory_Racing_2023.jpg?v=1686240803&width=1080)
Everything is prepped, everyone is ready, it is GO TIME. The first Downhill World Cup of the year from Lenzerheide in Switzerland is here.
![VIDEO DROP WITH AARON GWIN AND DAKOTAH NORTON](http://intensecycles.com/cdn/shop/articles/Video_Drop_BLOG_HOMEPAGE.jpg?v=1679057296&width=1080)
Our INTENSE Factory Racing team riders have been busy over the last few months.
![BACK ON THE TOOLS: WITH DAKOTAH NORTON](http://intensecycles.com/cdn/shop/articles/BLOG_HOMEPAGE_Dak_Norton_INTENSE_On_the_Tools_Again.jpg?v=1674044464&width=1080)
INTENSE Factory Racing’s Dakotah Norton eases us into 2023 with a sweet little off-season edit.
![TOP 3 OF 2022](http://intensecycles.com/cdn/shop/articles/Aaron_Gwin_INTENSE_Andorra_BLOG_HOMEPAGE.jpg?v=1672420038&width=1080)
From the highs of the World Cup podium, to the intricacies of the design studio, there was a lot going on for us here at INTENSE in 2022