On July 3rd the time had come again: everything was on the line!
The victory in the overall rating of the single and double races of the German cup of the SG Stern Germany!
Early in the morning we made ourselves on our way in our 6 meter sprinter. Our goal was the track of the Mercedes-Benz factory in Stuttgart. The singles race, over 5 laps of 9.3m/15km at top speed, began at 10am!
However… since my speedometer crapped out on the first mile, I ended up going 6 laps in the end… and was clueless as to how fast I was going the whole time, which pissed me off!
After the singles race we had two hours to regenerate, practice, eat and yes… tan…

Shortly before the start we did some dry exercises to warm up....

Before Greg and I made our way to the starting line…

oh man, for 18.6m/30km I was fleeing and my only view was Greg's ass and back tire…

By the way, we also met up with a few familiar faces from the Pirate homepage.

In the end it turned out to be a very successful loot for everyone.
Results for the singles race:
Ubi Blutsventje Weidner: 3rd place AK C, time: 22:09:00
Gregor Mathes: 1st place AK B, time: 19:55:00LOWEST TIME OF THE DAYand so, German cup overall winner 2005!
Nina Umhey: 1st place overall in the women's division, thanks to Greg's help in the doubles race also a win in the German cup!
Jan Möckel: 2nd place AK B, time: 20:50:00
Results for the doubles race:
Ubi Blutsventje Weidner/Jan Möckel: 1st place AK C , time: 42:53:00
Gregor Mathes/Nina Umhey: 1 place AK B, time: 43:11:00 (actually we wanted to start in the mixed division, but were then rated in the male division, because there weren't any other mixed teams…

It was fun! We'll be back! Chain to starboard!

Ubi+Nina