Off course not 100% recovered & therefore not super fast, but with strenght to easily handle the shorter distances & climbs at the famous MTBO stage race of Pilzen.
The 5-days of Pilzen is the biggest MTBO stage race in the world!
Many of the best Elite riders use it as great warm up for the coming World Champs, so guarantee for good competitions, also as 2 stages of this yrs race was World Ranking Event!
Could write loong description of each stage which was 3 x middle distance (#1, #4 & #5), the ultra short park Sprint(#3) + the long (#2), but again pictures says it all:
Stage 1:
Dragged the back derailleur around the cassette on way to control#16 After taking half around with the chain the hanger broke & the chain dragged the lowest polywheel out of the carbon arm!
Race over!!!Not only stage 1 race over, but also the change of a good overall result!!!
Those of you who know me a bit better can imagine there was a bit unusual noise in the forest the following seconds after I realized this happened, as in the action packed moment I felt it like "just" a chain suck and a fallen chain!
A lot of mud & 3 stages later this happened on last stage...a interesting mix of a middle distance & free order:
Great mix of late start(not so many bikers in the forest), the absolute best route choice executed with only 2 x 20sec mistakes & a mind set to make a good result on the stage despite the lack of overall ranking..47min10sec & I punched in at finish line...hrs after overall winner Martin S from Tesla Brno, but as a "surprising" stage winner!
what started out shitty, ended up ok after all.....left tired, muddy & happy for 2 days touristic biking in Sumava before BikeAdventure 11, unfortunate not to participate, but organizing with my CZ club USK Praha
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