Vlad Sabau

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

After last year experience I’ve decided to race here again because it can be a good training: long climbs, technical descends. Even though I prefer xco races, because the lack of them I have to improvise, so this race but for the short course was a good choice. I had a rough week and this […]