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Marathon World Championships St. Wendel, GER |
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| Date: |
08.08.2010 |
| Description: |
Mountain Bike Race |
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http://www.sankt-wendel.de/en/sports/worlds-mtb-marathon/ |
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| 08.08.2010 |
108km, 3.50hrs, 27-28km/h average speed!!
5th place, 5sec off winner Alban Lakata
It was too flat, too drafting for me... but I did not expect that there will be so many guys coming together to the finish line.
During the whole race I felt great and did not have to suffer for longer times. Only at some stages when you had to do the switch from cruising on a flat road to a short sprinting uphill.
Naef, Burry and I we had some mini break aways at some hill combinations, but on the long straights we always got caught again. Sure I have also tried it by myself on the very last asphalt climbs, since I knew I will not win when it comes down to a sprint finish. But those two attacks did not get much air in between me and my competitors since it neutralized it again on the next flat section.
Alban who was dropped from the beginning on had a incredible come back and somehow just managed to get into be battle in time. He made a great move on the last big tar road close to the finish, and made like 10-15sec into us. I could not react any more, so as in the open sprint into the track & field stadium. I had no chance against the ex roadie sprinting missile Celestino.
Very glad for Burry who had a goood sprint on the track, even he was slightly off just before the last corners. Very well done mate! I wish I could sprint like you, then I would not have had to do any desperate moves on the last 10kms :-)
By the way I was on a 1x10 drivetrain. 40 rotor blade in the front, 11-36 cassette rear. Only one time over a rooty uphill I would have liked a small chainring, but it was only a short section.
     
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