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Gentlemen’s Race TTT

6 Oct

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Or Team Time Trial. My first road race ever and the first of the week end. A Gentlemen’s Race is a type of unsanctioned, unmarshalled road ride established in the Pacific Northwest, USA in 2008. Inspired by the sort of riding of the Rapha Continental project, with a notion of classic cycle races, a penchant […]

Cluj MTB Marathon

15 Sep

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Or what’s left of the old Maros MTB Marathon. I am sorry to see that traditional races are dying, to be honest I don’t know the real reasons and I don’t really care. I see only that from a race with almost 500 participants its going to almost less than half. This is not the […]

Val di Sole +185 BPM

28 Aug

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I always dreamed to race in Val di Sole since history was made here. Sam Hill lost a rainbow jersey in 2008 after that crash in the final section, then was the home race of Marco Aurelio Fontana. This year my wish came true and I’ve managed to get there. Driving till Italy wasn’t that […]

Transfagarasan week end

17 Aug

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It’s been a while since riding my bike on Transfagarasan was on my bucket list. As my wife Simona want it to go there to relax a bit, hike and simply enjoy the nature, I said that I have to get the bike too. Jeremy Clarkson said about it that’s better than Stelvio, if you remember. […]

Cluj Triathlon

12 Aug

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At the second edition of the race I want it to repeat the victory in my hometown with the team relay. Alin Reus was the swimmer, I was riding the bike and Tudor Sofron was the runner. Our name for this race, as before: TVA Team (from the English VAT). This time the race was […]