Monday, April 28, 2008
Echichens Euro Round
Bit slack on the updates again with spending some time in manchester and then a week at the UCI centre in Aigle. I don't have a laptop so it aint easy!
Anyway, after a weeks training on the supercross track in Aigle we drove just down the road to Echichens for rounds 9&10 of the European series. I'd heard good things about this track, but I wasn't sure about it when we turned up, partly due to the amount of rain they had, and it was loooong!! By our practice though it had dried up good, I got all the jumps done and was enjoying it.
Saturday I had a good start getting 2nds in my motos, which gave me a good lane choice in the semi. I've been working on my gates since Douai so I went in confident! I went into the first turn in 4th and after the doubles on the second straight the top 4 pulled away and I made my 3rd consecutive main! The main didn't go so well for me, not such a good gate and from the outside too, I was trailing and came in 8th. Click here to watch my Semi from day 1.
Sunday I was going good again 2nds in the motos for an almost exact replica set up of saturdays semi. I was in the mix but going over the doubles into the first turn it got tight, I got squeezed onto the inside landing on the grass and slipping into 5th. I chased hard but to no avail. Shanaze won both days in her first race back after a spell on the velodrome.
I won't be going to germany but the next international for me is the Supercross the following week in Denmark. Really looking forward to that as it will be my first ever Supercross race!
Anyway, after a weeks training on the supercross track in Aigle we drove just down the road to Echichens for rounds 9&10 of the European series. I'd heard good things about this track, but I wasn't sure about it when we turned up, partly due to the amount of rain they had, and it was loooong!! By our practice though it had dried up good, I got all the jumps done and was enjoying it.
Saturday I had a good start getting 2nds in my motos, which gave me a good lane choice in the semi. I've been working on my gates since Douai so I went in confident! I went into the first turn in 4th and after the doubles on the second straight the top 4 pulled away and I made my 3rd consecutive main! The main didn't go so well for me, not such a good gate and from the outside too, I was trailing and came in 8th. Click here to watch my Semi from day 1.
Sunday I was going good again 2nds in the motos for an almost exact replica set up of saturdays semi. I was in the mix but going over the doubles into the first turn it got tight, I got squeezed onto the inside landing on the grass and slipping into 5th. I chased hard but to no avail. Shanaze won both days in her first race back after a spell on the velodrome.
I won't be going to germany but the next international for me is the Supercross the following week in Denmark. Really looking forward to that as it will be my first ever Supercross race!
# posted by Joey : 4/28/2008
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]
