We recently returned from my brother and two away on the Alps … The first in La Thuile for the Italian Enduro Cup and then the EWS French Samoens.
We leave for the trip in a camper on Wednesday evening and we go to La Thuile …. for me it is the first time here and I can not wait to run on these paths of which they all speak very well!
Thursdays so rehearsals begin for us and in the evening we even reach the Pheasant … I try to turn more I can to find some of the EWS view condition and also because the trails are spectacular !!!
We have two days of competition, with fairly long descents and physically challenging with 3 ps per day, some to be repeated ….
On Saturdays I do a lot of effort from the middle down … ps. I would ride well in the first half but in the end both in driving the traits that pedaled I have not, in fact, I close the first day of competition in ninth position ….
Sunday is not good, but the feelings are a little better with also two 4 ps and so remount in the overall standings until the sixth place overall, just behind my brother who is the first of the Italians … It ‘s always nice when a little’ top foreign riders are running from us!
La Thuile was really a great race, complete and organized the great and really do a mega compliment to all … and respect for the preview of Unreal Saturday night, it was a great weekend of bike !!!
Since the trails were nice and reasonable weather we decide to stay to train until Thursday, when the evening we start towards Samoens …
France is really hot and Friday afternoon the first news: the ps3 you can try just walk!
Other ps you try once, just before the special timed!
The Saturday after the first reference run down a storm and then the first mega ps is very slippery and very ride … ..
The second special is long and discesistica and would be repeated twice but a shift is canceled for delays (unfortunately in France the organization is not very good, rarely times are respected, it is hard to understand how “moving” and rankings have to find a company to tight deadlines) and the third is the one made on foot, rather short, narrow, fast and with few bends where to maneuver!
The first ps is quite devastating for me, I suffer a lot in the features pedaled long but in the end I managed with a 38 … absolute. I know that with the trainings lost because of the shoulder will be tough, I’m trying to recover but are still quite a ways away from the state of the form that I had early in the season!
In ps 2 goes worse before half ps I take a stone that cuts my front tire …. I lose a lot of minutes ….
The third stage is short and I try to push it all and have little in the 40 ….
On Sunday two ps, both very discesistiche, the first and the second longest shorter and faster ….
It starts in order of ranking and I’m after 100 overall and departures are every 15 seconds so there will be to do a bit of overtaking …
I push as I can to try to replace something and take some points that perhaps will serve for the overall classification of the EWS and date back to the 87th position!
Not sure what we wanted but you know, that’s part of the game!
Now we continue with the workouts, the next appointment is in two weeks in Colorado where he will be a fight against the high ground too!
Luckily I do not lose too many positions in the league and are 31 … absolute. Ready as always to fight for the final TOP30!
Thanks to Bob for these two weeks touring in a camper, I really enjoyed it!
See you soon,
bye Bye
Alex
