I was really looking forward to this race mainly because of the track. I knew that the steep terrain would suite me and couldn’t wait to ride it.
After first practice the track was more amazing than I ever thought it could be. Every section was amazing and there was not a bad bit on the track. The rain moved in for the second day of practice and it was like a completely different track, I thought that it was more fun as it made it so much more wild to ride.
I had a good qualifying run that put me in 13th place so I was stoked with that. This has been my best qualifying result yet. For the finals the track was getting really rough so I was aiming to get down with a sold run. I ended up 25th which is my best result ever.
Hear is a link to my race run on Freecaster.tv.
http://freecaster.tv/uci-mtb-world-cup-dhi-2010/1011052/uci-mtb-world-cup-dhi-4-champery-replay
Hear are some Dirt Videos I am in form the race.
http://dirt.mpora.com/news/dirt-tv-champery-qualifying.html (Small clip at about 3 mins)
http://dirt.mpora.com/news/dirttvchampery-qualifying-chit-chat.html (at 2 mins 20 ish)
Val de Sole, Italy
Next was the Italy World Cup, I was looking forward to this race as well because I had seen a lot of videos of it from when they had the World Champs there a few years back.
The track was supper rough and rocky. It was really dusty as well, we had a little bit of rain during practice and that didn’t change anything it was still the dustiest track I had ever ridden.
I had a solid quailing run which put me in 73rd, I maybe held back a bit too much, but there was plenty left in the tank for the finals.
Finals went well, I had good run and felt fast but in control. I finished in 54th which was another good result.
My results after the last 2 races has put me back up in the top 80 World Cup standings. I’m now sitting in 62nd coming in to the final round in Windham USA.
Hear is a link to my race run on Freecaster.tv.
http://freecaster.tv/uci-mtb-world-cup-dhi-2010/1011054/uci-mtb-world-cup-dhi-5-val-di-sole-replay
