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European Championships St.Wendel, GER |
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18.05.2008 |
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XCO Race |
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http://www.sankt-wendel.de/sport |
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| 26.05.2008 |
Few more pictures from European Championships.
All images made by Jan Nemec, courtesy by www.MTBS.cz
By the way, even you don't understand Czech language, visit http://www.mtbs.cz The pictures are great!
    
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| 18.05.2008 |
7 Laps, 2.07hrs
Second Place, 34sec behind winner Florian Vogel
When we got called and cheered up to the start line at 13.30 it was windy, plus the nasty dark clouds did not look very friendly to me. Some of the worst pessimists changed their try tires to mud ones. Whoever knows me, knows, I would not even think of it, since my Specialized Fast Track LK are pretty good in the mud too.
The course here is fast and I knew the race will all come together on the last two laps. I was always up there riding in top 5 and watching out for eventual attacks.
The time took it’s toll and the whole field started to fall apart! I took this chance in the long fast downhill before going into second last lap and all this in the pouring rain. I maintained this lead until my countryman Vogel bridged the gap solo to me.
The cheer of all the spectators was ours starting the last lap and our mission was to stay clear of the pursuers and push those pedals as hard as we could that European Championship. In the forest with less then 10min to go, I hardly could not hold onto Vogel. With the super slippery ground we had to deal with, we also had to walk the one steep ramp, where my carbon road shoes did not have the grip to keep firm on the ground and Vogel. That was the tipping point, and from there on the European title was getting out of sight. Vogel could make even more seconds on me.
I still returned home on the same day. A 4.5hrs drive on German, French and Swiss freeways with lots of flashing radars!
Link 1: Swiss TV coverage
 
Link 1: http://www.sf.tv/sfsport/artikel.php?catid=sportradartikel&docid=...
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| 14.05.2008 |
link 1: live stream for euro champs. we start at sunday, 13.30
Link 1: http://mtblive.dyndns.tv
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