Dirtmasters!

The last two week´s i have been fairly busy riding my bikes and preparing for exam´s. So ill start with Dirtmasters in Winterberg which is a super cool event with a lot of different MTB events and exhibitions. In fact it is the biggest freeride festival in Europe.

Bo, Christian and I arrived Wednesday night so we had a day to relax before practice started friday. After we had got our number plats and walked the track we headed up for a few runs. The track was super dry and flowing well. The track was quite short some the times were going to be really close. Practice went well and I was having tons of fun.

Sebastian Jensen

Saturday morning Bo and I got up early to avoid the sun burning us in the long queue since some 500 people was racing DH. I got 4 good runs in before seeding later that day. I also changed some lines since the track was good bed in for the better. After the early practice we went down to the pits and got some food and chill a bit before our seeding runs. Bo seeded in 6th in the masters class, which he was quite happy with. I seeding in 66th spot, 9 seconds of the pace in Elite men, which I was not that happy with, but I had some left in the tank for sundays race.

Bo Andersen

Sunday we got up early again to got some runs in and dial the last things in. Practice went well until I crashed hard into a tree on my last run. I was pretty sore after the crash I could not pedal that well but I was okay.

Come finals the bikes were running good and I was felling quite confident that I could put in a good time and get a top 30 which was my goal. Bo was also felling good and was hoping for a top 10. First up was Bo who put in a good effort and ended up 11th. After Bo´s run there was a big crash in the rock garden just after I had warmed up and the race was delayed about 45 minutes which influenced on my starting time. Nevertheless I got going and had a okay run riding some sections on my heels but it was okay. I ended up in 46th spot only 7 seconds off the winning time. I was only 1 second from a top 30 which was pretty annoying. But the positive was that is was only 7 second off the pace where is was 15 second off last year, so that a good improvement.

Bo´s Banshee Legend

Overall the weekend was good I had lots of fun on and off the bike enjoying the good weather and the festival atmosphere. I´m looking forward to next iXS in Ilmenau in about 4 weeks and hoping to get in the top 30 there!

- Sebastian Jensen

DH-cup Fyn

3. afdeling af den danske dh-cup.

Tredje omgang af cuppen gik igen rigtig godt for 222cycles teamet. Et løb med god stemning, perfekt temperatur og regnen holdte sig heldigvis væk fra Fyn i år. Træningsdagen forløb fint med kun et par enkelte små styrt imellem. For mit eget vedkommende tog jeg det meget stille og roligt, da Fyn er min hjemmebane, så jeg kørte kun lige, hvad der var nødvendigt og fik trænet de små ændringer, som var kommet på sporet. Senere på dagen kom Sebastian også til Fyns land for lige at få kørt det hele på plads til cup dagen.

Om søndagen ankom vi til skoven et par timer før racet gik i gang. Der blev lagt hårdt ud fra morgenstunden, hvor Sebastian og jeg selv skiftedes til at ligge efter hinanden for lige at få presset hinanden lidt og få indøvet noget fart, inden cuppen gik i gang. Bjarke var også dukket op på dagen, og viste som altid kæmpe overskud ved at kører både op og ned. Han fik også en del nedkørsler, hvor han så ret hurtig ud, før racet, men desværre, da tiden talte, skred cyklen ud for ham i starten af sporet. Da jeg selv kørte gik det godt. Jeg kørte stort set fejlfrit i mit første gennemløb og fik 2. hurtigste tid. Den hurtigste var som sædvanlig Sebastian som, som altid kører et par sekunder hurtigere end os andre.
Andet gennemløb gik endnu bedre end det første. Vi alle 3 forbedrede vores tider og det resulterede i, at Seb vandt afdelingen, jeg blev nummer 2 og Bjarke blev nummer 10 (med styrt).

#2 Round of the Danish DH cup

Sebastian Jensen prejumping the last drop.

The second round of the Danish DH cup was held at a new venue in Randers this past weekend. The forecast for the weekend said rain, rain and rain and so it was. The track was not that difficult, there was a couple of turn and a bunch of jumps and drops. Nevertheless it was a bunch of fun to ride. Compared to other danish courses it was good since they only had a couple of months to build it. Props to the builders!

Kasper Nancke pinning it.

Saturday practice:

Both Kasper and myself were on new bikes. Kaspers last parts arrived before the race so he could build up his new Last Herb DH. My old bike was stolen, a couple of days before the race. So Bo and I build up my new bike friday night just in the for the race. I would like to give at big shout out to the people who made it happen!

Practice went well and we got our bikes dialed in for the race on Sunday. We were trying out some funky lines in practice and having a lost of fun. Both Bo and I opted for the Maxxis EXO´s again for a fast and lighter rolling bike.

Bo trying out a offcamber line in practice.

Sunday practice and racing:

Sunday started out fairly chilled with a couple of runs to dial in some lines and get a feeling of the bike.

Bo was up first to race since he hadn´t ridden the first DH cup. Bo´s first run went good until he crashed in the middle section and picked it up again and ended up posting a 50,7. For his second run Bo wanted to get down without crashing and came in 6 seconds faster, which he was fairly happy with.

Next up was Kasper. He was feeling comfortable on his new Last. Kasper posted a 44,550 for his first run and went into the hot seat. Second run was good but .5 of a second slower but was good enough for a 2nd place and his first podium of the year.

Since I won the first round I was seeded first and therefore to last to pin it down the hill. My first run went good with on real mistakes and came down in 42.13 which I was happy with. My last run almost the exact the same only .35 slower which was the two fastest times of the day over 5 seconds faster than 2nd place. 1. and 2. for 222Racing was pretty good and were looking forward to doing the same at the next round.

Kasper Nancke - Sebastian Jensen - Mike Thisted - Mathias Lystbæk - Mikkel Groth

Thanks to Simon Nejst and Lars Mortensen for the pictures.

- Sebastian Jensen, 222Racing