Course check in Lenzerheide with Manuel Fumic

Even includes singing, let’s hope he do well on the World Cup this weekend. Go Mani!!!

The Nationals has started!

I’ve been cycling today but more from that on Strava. And a big thanks to Tommy at Öster Cykel for the bike I’ve borrowed this weekend 🙂

Then the national time. Normally it’s just the National Championships on road now but Denmark and Germany already rode their XCO Nationals too. Annika Langvad got the champion jersey once again:

In Germany Helen Grobert won women elite:

And the coolest german won men elite, Manuel Fumic!

In Norway they started the road Nationals and today it was men U23. Team Joker with a strong team this year too got the first 3 places 🙂 Odd Christian Eiking won in front of Truls Engen Korsæth and Anders Skaarseth:

Would have loved to see that live 😀

New weekend, new XCO World Cup

Albstadt in Germany this weekend and both Rose Vaujany and Cannondale has filmed the course in some different perspectives:

ROSE Vaujany – XCO WC Albstadt Course Preview.

Ready for todays XCO World Cup?

Thought of sharing some videos from the World Cup in Nove Mesto na Morave with you yesterday but Jenny’s win was more important. So today some hours before the start.

Cannondale Factory Racing intro:

Cannondale Factory Racing rides a lap:

And a preview with Specialized Racing:

Who will win today? Langvad and Absalon?

Cannondale Factory Racing, wintertime

Marco Aurelio Fontana and Manuel Fumic about the wintertime before the new season.

Cannondale in Hafjell and Vaude’s video from Swiss Epic Prologue

My favorite team has come with a new video from the World Championships in Hafjell. Awesome:

And Vaude made a video about their 3 teams racing Swiss Epic:

South Bohemia Tour and XCO Worlds

Reidar Borgersen in leaders jersey today (and tomorrow) had a great Team Joker working for him today.

Not a stage win but was in front in the hard end and is still leading with 12sec. Last stage tomorrow and I really looking forward to it 🙂

While it seemed to be great World Championship for some and really bad for some in Hafjell today. Didn’t see it but will see the replay when I come home.

Women elite:
1 Catharine Pendrel – Canada
2 Irina Kalentieva – Russia
3 Lea Davison – USA

Really happy with the podium in Men Elite. I like Absalon and great to see Fontana nailing it. And Fumic 5th

1 Julien Absalom – France
2 Nino Schurter – Switzerland
3 Marco Aurelio Fontana – Italy

The day of racing

Thought of riding my bike after my mum left today but to little time and to many exciting races.

Womens road World Cup in Vårgårda, Sweden:

1. Chantal Blaak – Specialized-Lululemon

The World Cup XCO in Meribel, France:

Women elite:

1. Jolanda Neff – Liv Pro XC Team

2. Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå – Multivan Merida Biking Team

3. Pauline Ferrand Prevot – Liv Pro XC Team

Men elite:

1. Nino Schurter – Scott-Odlo Racing Team

2. Julien Absalon – BMC Racing

3. Manuel Fumic – Cannondale Factory Racing

All racing in Meribel for the tragic death of Annefleur Kalvenhaar:

Then i checked the text stream a bit of Tour de l’Avenir, a U23 road stage race in France:

1. Kristoffer Skjerping – Team Joker

Missed Vattenfall Cyclassic:

1. Alexander Kristoff – Katusha

Also Enduro World Series Crankworx in Canada:

Women elite:

1. Cecile Ravanel

Men elite:

1. Jared Graves

And now it is the last stage of USA Pro Challenge that is the last race of Jens Voigts career, live now after 20.30

Racing all day 😀

 

Track Check in Meribel

Here is a video with Cannondale Factory Racing about the track in Meribel for tomorrows XCO:

Trans Provence stage 6, the final

Awesome video. Makes me want to ride there too 😉 Jeromé Clementz is a great face for Cannondale and seems like Manuel Fumic did a great ride for a XCracer with class: