It’s been raining in Leogang for hours, it looks like it’s going to rain for many hours to come. Your average rider may not be too keen on being the first to take on a newly modified World Cup Downhill track. Lucky for us, Claudio Caluori is far from average.
Not content with riding the new sections in terrible conditions after a 36hr bus journey from Fort William, Claudio opted to ride chainless, as did his preview partner Aaron Gwin, not for the first time.
There are sections on this track that, at the moment at least, look almost unrideable. It’s going to be warm and sunny for training tomorrow, and then it’s going to rain for the rest of the weekend. With that in mind we should be in for some wild racing come finals on Sunday.
The track looks fine to me. At least no one would notice that I shat myself around every corner.