Clujul Pedaleaza – Last stage

28 Oct

Yesterday, October 27th, took place the last stage of our “regional” championship – Clujul Pedaleaza. I had to get the best place possible to get overall from 3rd to 2nd place. I had a good warm up and a pretty decent start. I was first after the first lap and I was feeling pretty well. […]

Far away, up to Hafjell

20 Sep

World Cup racing is a totally different experience from any other race you can imagine. Riding next to the big guys, that you usually can see only on the online broadcast is huge. The last Mountain Bike World Cup in Norway was 16 years ago in Christiansen. The only XC riders left since them are […]

3 in 1

19 Sep

Even if after the National Champs I had another few races I was pretty busy so I totally neglect the blog updates. So today I will tell you a few things about XCO Race from Oradea, the Geiger Marathon in Sibiu and the 3rd stage of our local championship “Clujul Pedaleaza”. First the XCO from […]

Romanian National XCO Championship

29 Jul

The National XCO Championship is a special race for me. From 2003 I didn’t miss it not only once, as a rider of course. So this was my 11th edition. I’ve prepared pretty well and I was confident but nervous. The course was still at Paltinis but was slightly modified since last years. Got there […]

Bad luck. A lot of bad luck

15 Jul

I guess that this isn’t my best racing period of all time. Last year at Baia Mare Marathon I had a broken chain and finished 3rd (at my category and 4th overall) but yesterday’s race was simply ridiculous. I had a pretty good start and after some minor problems with the rear derailleur, which I’ve […]