Highlights from the XCO World Cup in Albstadt

Women elite:

Men elite:

Soon XCO/DHI World Cup begins

Thought of writing an april fool but seemed to obvious. So instead I share a video with you. Late start this year but soon the waiting for the mtb world cup is over and the racing starts for real:

And hopefully we will see Marco Aurelio Fontana or Manuel Fumic win a world cup on the new released Cannondale Scalpel 😀

Andorra day 3 WCstyle

A big day up on the mountain today started at 9 with women u23. Jenny Rissveds had some altitude problems but did her best with a hard start, falling down to 9th and then passing two in the end and end up 7th. Awesome girl

Then women elite with a German win with Sabine Spitz. With riders like Marianne Vos

Lisi Osl that I hoped should do a bit better today

Kathrin Leumann that always seems to ride good

Julie Bresset that started showing that it wasn’t a French day today

Eva Lechner that rode well and got a third place

Jolanda Jeff that got 7th

Maja Wloszczowska that started well but faded

And the favorite that didn’t have the best time before with a cold. Rode good first three laps and then she stepped up showing she knows how to race, ended 7th. Awesome

Ann Berglund came 38th. Her the elite swedes

And then we got the crowd, was better than I thought and cheering for Spain and France they were best on

There men elite was fun but a bit sad as something happened to Absalon in the start so he was last. The Czech Merida rider rode for a long time in the front before Schurter caught him on the last lap and won

Ending with saying that I will write about the cool technical things I’ve seen tomorrow and showing a tired Miguel Martinez

Andorra day 2

Pretty soft day just chilling around and ate the second best ice cream I’ve tasted. Only boring thing today is that I didn’t get the chance to meet my favorite xcrider who didn’t have time. But got to meet my favorite women dhrider Emilie Siegenthaler who came in 6th in the qualifications today.
Ended the cycling day with watching men under23 xc race, with Rourke Croeser as coolest rider

And Domain Seigle with coolest bike as I like 650b

Also got to cheer on the young guns in Cannondale Factory Racing

So ready for a longer day up on the mountain tomorrow with women under 23, women elite and men elite. Who do you think will win?

The video from Plzen

If you see one CXvideo this year, or in your life it should be this one. It shows how hard CX is, how beautiful it is, how european it is and it shows that women is racing as hard as men or maybe even harder for less money.

CXsäsongen till ända

Var den igår för de stora tävlingarna. Vi i Sverige slutade för ett bra tag sedan men inte förräns igår gick sista tävlingen i Gazet Van Antwerpen av stapeln  Oostmalle. Bart Wellens tog en värdig seger efter ha haft något virus till en början och kom inte igång riktigt som alla andra gjorde. Erwin Vervecken körde sin sista crosstävling med och hängde upp cykeln på väggen. Tråkigt då han fortfarande är riktigt snabb.

För att summera årets crosssäsong räcker nästan en bild:

Zdenek Stybar är verkligen säsongens vinnare.

1:a totalt Världscupen

1:a totalt VM

1:a totalt Superprestige

1:a Nationsmästerskap

De 4 mest prestigefyllda tävlingarna/cuperna man kan vinna vann han. Började lite svårt utan vinster men alltid på pallen men sen gick det som det skulle och han började vinna. 🙂 Riktigt kul då jag gillar Stybar och hållt på honom hela säsongen.

Det han inte vann vann Sven Nys som Belgiens bästa och kanske världens största cykelcrossåkare.

1:a totalt Gazet Van Antwerpen

För 7e året i rad, 7 är det som gäller. Se på Lance Armstrong.