Bonus Posted September 25, 2018 Author Posted September 25, 2018 EWS Day 2 - Bottom of Stage 3. Close enough that I got covered in dust a few times! Albatross and RossW 2
Bonus Posted September 25, 2018 Author Posted September 25, 2018 Timing Point at the bottom of Stage 3. Albatross 1
Bonus Posted September 25, 2018 Author Posted September 25, 2018 (edited) Sam Hill punctured coming down one of the Stages. One of his closest rivals, Martin Maes, who had come down before him, was still at the stage finishing area when he came in and he immediately set about helping Sam to save as much time as possible. This is how we roll! Edited September 25, 2018 by Bonus Albatross and RossW 2
Bonus Posted September 25, 2018 Author Posted September 25, 2018 Day 1 Stage 4 had some nice drops and a fast finish . . . Albatross 1
Bonus Posted September 25, 2018 Author Posted September 25, 2018 Over the finish line and signing autographs. Sam Hill and his buddy :-) Albatross 1
Bonus Posted September 25, 2018 Author Posted September 25, 2018 At the end of the day it was Fiesta time! Albatross 1
Bonus Posted September 25, 2018 Author Posted September 25, 2018 EWS 2018 - Round 7, Ainsa. The Weekends Highlights. Check out where we live and what we do! :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrOkSyEo24A RossW 1
Bonus Posted October 1, 2018 Author Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) A few last pics from the last day of the Enduro World Series Round 7 event in Ainsa last weekend. The day started with a Gigantic Paella . . . . Edited October 1, 2018 by Bonus RossW and Albatross 2
Bonus Posted October 1, 2018 Author Posted October 1, 2018 After lunch we went out to the high speed end of Stage 7 - a dirt descent down from the "Partara". RossW 1
Bonus Posted October 1, 2018 Author Posted October 1, 2018 And finally, Prize giving. Richie Rude won the weekend. Sam Hill lead the competition overall and the following week (this past weekend) secured the championship. What a great experience the whole week was! RossW 1
Bonus Posted October 1, 2018 Author Posted October 1, 2018 The Enduro World Series at Ainsa - Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd September. Some seriously good riding here! https://youtu.be/s9hyUwaExhI
Bonus Posted October 1, 2018 Author Posted October 1, 2018 Did you meet Martin zietsman? Saffa We did. Actually Wendy did - several times. She was working in accreditation, so she got to speak to all the English speaking riders and Martin and her recognised each others accents as being South African. I actually rode with a South African rider (who now lives in Ireland) - Henry Turner - and Henry was two race numbers in front of Martin. At the end of Stage 7 - Sundays final stage - Wendy had a chat with Martin and another rider SA from Durban, whose name she doesn't recall but was something like "Skater!?" and they were telling her all about their weekend. Wendy comes from the west rand and I think Martin said he was from Randburg originally and went to school there so they had stuff to talk about . . . . I'm following Martin on Instagram now. :-)
Bonus Posted October 8, 2018 Author Posted October 8, 2018 Yesterday I did my first Spanish MTB race :-) a XC race held in the nearby town of Barbastro - which is about 60km away from us. The event was really well organised, the route well marked out and with lots of civilian marshals. Also there were police stationed at the two spots where the trail crossed or briefly used a road. There were a couple of semi technical and quite steep climbs where quite a few riders got off and pushed. Because I'm used to the technical climbs local to where we live in Zona Zero I didn't have any problems and I rode up them which enabled me to make up some time :-) The climbs had spectators on them - which was cool. I understand enough Spanish to appreciate the encouragement and a couple of times spectators warned walking riders, who were lost in their own little worlds of pain, to move over because I was coming past. It was a nice gesture and very helpful. The terrain was very similar to what I used to race in SA. A mixture of Red Barn / Northern Farms - a hot day with a bit of a wind, fast dry dusty farm roads, singletrack, trees, sharp climbs and some nice long loose descents. Perfect. My race was only 36km long - 2x 18km laps, with 330m of climbing per lap but I have to say, it was a hard couple of hours! It's been a while since I rode at race pace like that. I came 10th in my age group. There were no issues with traffic at all and I only saw one rider crash - a guy that went into a gravel corner a bit "hot" and slid out. I did see a few mechanicals and Wendy saw some riders "retiring" after the first lap. She said they didn't look happy There were free cold drinks & beer, sweets, biscuits & fruit at the finish line and the entry cost of 33€ (including a day license) included a goody bag with a free commemorative Cycling Shirt and a ticket for lunch at the prize giving after the race! All in all really good value and a great day out. Friendly, organised and safe. Well done to Club Ciclista Barbastro for organising it all. Albatross 1
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