Clujul Pedaleaza – 4th Stage

5 Sep

Again I am late with the race report but I had some good reasons.

On August 26, I’ve raced the 4th stage of this year Clujul Pedaleaza local championship.

Of course it was a new stage, near the trails I ride daily so for me was more than fun. It had 4.2km and we had 5 laps. I had a good start, but not very fast with my team mate Eli, but we’ve lost the other riders after one lap. Even if we had a few steep climbs and some technical descends, I didn’t had any problems. Than in the 4th lap I had a small issue with the chain and I’ve lost a few seconds and my team mate Eli increased the rhythm a bit. Then I’ve lost his track and even if I’ve pushed hard I couldn’t catch him. So I’ve finished 30 seconds behind him. Finishing second was good but I always wanna win. Anyway, as Tudor didn’t raced here I’ve moved 2nd overall behind Eli.

It was good training race for the World Championships that I will race this week end with my team mates Eli and Tudor.

The race was fun and well organized but as Eli said we had to wait about 4 hours for the award ceremony. The only problem was that we were pretty hungry ! For the next stages I hope that this issue will be fixed.

By the way, you can check more photos HERE

Wish you all a great week and see ya after the World Championships. I hope that this will be much more fun, because I’ve missed Eurobike because of this… well I was there but only at the Xpedo booth, as you can see.