The RAPIRO RACING TEAM invites for a showdown in Lamme at the 15/16.09.12. It was a very hard´n tough but beautiful course for sprinter, it was my 6th time to participate here. I had no choice, because I almost know everyboy here and this is my exercise sanctuary, but that does not mean that I like the course. But who care´s, today is no time to cry, I still felt my tires legs from the “ Rad am Ring”, but I trained every evening on the course. Jumps, drop and everything, while it was raining.
Finally on race day, I knew which line I had to ride. I met Julia and Guido and together we inspected the course again.
The start an soon the hunt began up the mean Sohtenberg. But I was quite fast uphill, even with my heavy fully. While I was still under the first 15 we turned into the first downhill section, before we got back to the large ramp.
My friend, Holgi, in the picture still behind m, later over me, tries to ride my invisible line and crashes into me from behind. Fine, arrange everything again, I got a hole in my shin, a broken lever, 50 passed me and I got tired of it all.
But I haven´t trained that much for nothing, so got back on my bike, was able to pass 10 riders again until I came into the finish.
The weather was allright and the contest was really good organized and I decided not to talk to Holgi anymore, but than he offers me an alcoholic free wheat beer and a race sausage. The race service from Magura fixed the lever again and gifted me band-aid for my shin.
We were all friends again.
See you soon,
André