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It’s easy to write that the UCI worldcup of Leogang Austria was a jawing match, but there are no words to describe how bad the conditions were.
Hoshi Yoshida followed MS EVIL RACING throughout the weekend and documented the conditions with his camera- check it out:
Thanks to Hoshi for those impressions.
After 2 weeks off the world cup with some good results in “Balaton DH” and the “wheels of speed” we have been ready for the 3rd world cup round of Leogang/ Austria. The omen was good for some good results at these races, but our hopes curbed after a bad crash of Steve on Friday in the first training. A broken helmet and the sign of a concussion made it necessary for Steve to stay in the hospital for the night.
Even Steve was still handicapped by the crash he was willing to do the seeding and qualified 23rd. With 16th in place of Luke, Filip in 37th, Brook in 44 and Lewis in 71st position all riders were qualified for the race and so we had good chances to annul our bad result in the team ranking of the last world cup round in Fort William/ SCO.
Right after the downhill qualification Filip needed to race four cross, which was not an easy task as the track was challenging. The course builder Guido Tschugg built a cool track with many options and some sections which separate the wheat from the chaff. As usual a course like this is the right thing for Filip where he may show his skills. He was the man of the race as he showed different lines, incredible passing moves and racing from the best- 7th place.
For Sunday the downhill race day the boys were hungry and we have been ready to prove that we are better than we have been in Scotland. Lewis was first of the squat going down the hill and finished 59th. Brook landed on 27th, Filip on 22nd, Luke on 12th and Steve on 11th… pretty good comeback and a rise from the 15th place in the team ranking back in the top 8.
Now we are staying for one more week in Leogang to compete the IXS cup next weekend. In the meantime we are going to chill out and do some testing- so if you want to ride with the guys, come to Leogang and maybe you are lucky and meet them somewhere on the track.
Here you will find the results.
Stay tuned for some impressions coming soon!
After we have been in Scotland for more than two weeks we have many stories to tell- but because the amount would blast the frame of a single post we did a kind of video summary of the whole trip, which get produced by the guys of mtbfreeride.tv.
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