Diary of sauserwind

16.5.2012

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0200

official team pictures and clip in link 1 ... read more >>

13.5.2012

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0200

1 start plus 6 laps, 1.28h racing time
11th place, 2.03min behind winner Nino Schurter

I more and less had a perfect week behind me. I worked more on my start and it definitely payed off. It was the first time this season I stayed up front, but unfortunately I had two mini crashed still in the first start loop and I lost a few places before the windy flat start/finish section. After that I was more and less racing with José Hermida and Sergio Mantec ... read more >>

6.5.2012

Sun, 6 May 2012 00:00:00 -0200

7 laps, 1.37h racing time
3rd place, 24sec behind Nino Schurter

For the last two weeks I more and less trained the following: warm up-sprints-ride home! The key for getting into Cross Country shape after the Cape-Epic!

Today I felt really good from A-Z, except the muddy steep running section was not my gusto. There every lap I lost a few seconds, but I could always close it again. Unfortunately not at the last lap any more. At that p ... read more >>

25.4.2012

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0200

1 start plus 6 laps, 1.46h racing time
2nd place, 1.05min behind winner Moritz Milatz

It is a traditional race in the Swiss racing calendar, but I was a newbie to it. I wish I would have brought my full suspension Epic bike. All the climbs were pretty technical, so as the downhills. Roots everywhere! The most difficult were the transitions from dry sections into slippery roots, deep mud wholes and a running part.

Moritz was in contr ... read more >>

17.4.2012

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0200

One start plus 5 laps, 1.35hrs racing time
19th place, 4.28min off winner Julien Absalon

I am always very positive leading towards a race, although I knew finishing the Cape-Epic only two weeks before was not ideal for my second Cross Country race of the season. I had to rest and I was sprint training ready only after more then a week.

I drove up to Belgium on Wednesday afternoon. It was mental training with lot of traffic jam aroun ... read more >>

10.4.2012

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0200

32 laps, 101km, 2.16hrs
9th place in a sprint finish

It was windy, coldish and luckily it did not started to rain! So I was all happy with this training race. I thought it will be good to get some fast speed work done before the World Cup in Houffalize. After Cape-Epic I was more and less resting, and road racing is always "free" hard training! ... read more >>

9.4.2012

Mon, 9 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0200

Back home in Switzerland since almost one week. The post Cape-Epic days are always my record week of sleeping. Some afternoons my alarm woke me up after a hour. All I felt is like a tank rode over my body... so the best idea was just to join dreamlande again for more sleep. But when ever I ride my bike I feel a very good deep strength.

Cape-Epic was more then amazing again! It is one of the big highlights of the season. Already looking forward to next year! No wo ... read more >>

2.4.2012

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0200

Stage 7
64km, 1350m of climbing, 2.35hrs, first place

awesome footage in Link 1 and pictures of today by Gary Perkin ... read more >>

1.4.2012

Sun, 1 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0200

Stage 6
85km, 2200m of climbing, 3.45hrs, second place

I-am-Specialized footage in Link 1, and two pictures from Gary Perkin ... read more >>

31.3.2012

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0200

Stage 5
119km, 2350m of climbing, 5.07hrs, first place

Stage five video and picture of the day by Michal Cerveny ... read more >>