Day 3 and 4 – epic battles at the World Championships
It’s been very busy in the last two days, and due to the unplanned “I am a legend” race, I fell behind schedule, but here’s the tale of Friday and Saturday.
I Am A Legend – stars from the first 20 years of mountain biking
I don’t know how or why, but I wasn’t even aware of this old boys’ race in the afternoon. The loudspeaker warned everybody that the I am a legend race will start in 20 minutes. Back at the media center, I asked for a list of the participating riders and when I got it, I ...
Day 2 at the Worlds in Mont Sainte Anne
The second day started with a wonderful sunshine and it lasted throughout the entire day. The day started with the U23 women’s XCO race then I headed out to the downhill track to catch the afternoon timed sesson.
Day 1 at the Worlds in Mont Sainte Anne
I’m going to jump a bit in the story here and leave out the weekend in Windham – it was remarkably rubbish, mainly due to the fact that the throat infection was killing me. On Monday, when the very kind guys from mtbs.cz gave me a lift up to Mont Sainte Anne, I started to ...
UCI MTB Worlds in Mont Sainte Anne, Canada: Junior XCO winner, Pauline Ferrand Prevot
It was a tremendously hot day and the riders were rather struggling for survival instead of winning. But there has to be a winner at the end and that winner was last year’s champion, the humble-smiled Pauline Ferrand Prevot.
Cyclephotos does New York City – well, kind of
Nothing went well on this trip so far, and that’s an understatement. But let’s start at the beginning. After a frantic last-day-at-work-before-a-long-holiday, I was ready to leave London. My extensive traveling in the last couple of months had taught me how to pack quickly and efficiently, without leaving anything important behind. So I was calm ...
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