Slettestrand DH cup!

The fourth round of the Danish DH cup was on a new venue in North Jutland. The course is not that long but it has some very fun a steep sections with some good ruts. The forecast for the weekend said that it would rain all saturday and there would be some showers on race day. The forecast held pretty much and the track got really good.

Kasper putting the last pedal stroke

Saturday Kasper and I got some good runs in on the two courses. When we felt confident on the track we headed back to the hotel and jumped in the pool and got a good dinner and a few beers.

Sunday morning we got up fairly early so we could get a couple of runs in before the first race run. For the race I had raised the front end a bit since the track was quite steep, which I think helped a bit. Come race time Kasper and I warmed up and put in a solid first run Kasper posted a 45.5 which was the 4th fastest time and I posted the fastest by about 2 seconds over 2nd. We were both happy with our runs and felt confident for the second run. After an hour of training on the second course we once again got in a warm up. Kasper had a good run coming over the finish line in 37.9 ending up on 5th spot. My second run was the worst of the week blowing feet of and staling in turns but it was still the fastest on the last course. I ended up first with a 3 second gap to 2nd place which I was happy with considering the circumstances.

Sebastian Jensen pinning it.

Kasper Nancke - Rasmus Reding . Mike Thisted - Sebastian Jensen - Mathias Lystbæk

Photo´s by Stefan Hovaldt!

At the end of the day it was a super good event, a good course and a fun weekend of racing.

- Sebastian Jensen

One race and a Jam!

Fyn DH cup:

The third round of the Danish DH cup was held on Fyn at a place called Ruehede. A fairly flat and not that difficult track, where keeping speed trough berms and rock is important. As usually on Fyn it was raining almost all weekend so the track was quite slick.

Kasper and myself was going to race on sunday, so we got one day of training in before the finals. Saturday went good, we got our lines dialed in and knew where the track going. So we went home to Kaspers apartment and go a good night of sleep.

Sunday morning we arrived at the track a couple of hours before the race began so we could get some runs in and get a feeling of the bikes. As usually ind Denmark we were running the Maxxis EXO tires for fast and lighter rolling. The Marzocchi suspension was also stiffened up so the Legend and the Last pedaled better.

At 12 pm the race began so Kasper and I warmed up together. Kasper was up first on his home track and posted a fast time of 47 seconds which he was happy with. The next time he posted was a 45.7 which meant that he ended up 2nd on the day and defending his 2nd from Randers. Kasper is now sitting in 2nd spot in the overall. Last up was myself with a good run coming in fastest on both my runs and ended up #1 and #2 for 222Racing.

Overall it was a good weekend of racing and good times. The next round will be at Slettestrand a new venue.

Kasper Nancke - Sebastian Jensen - Rasmus Reding

222Dirt Jam - Fyn:

The actual first round of the 222Dirt Jam was held on Lars´ pumptrack which is a super fun little pumptrack with some jumps. The format of the event is pretty chilled with a catch up race, with a timed seeding. Until the race we had lots of fun on the fresh prepped track. Come race time we had to do two timed laps on the track, where I was the fastest by a couple of seconds. First up was the faster riders against the slower. In the end I was in the final which I won. Overall it was fun day with a good vibe. Next round is going down on Mols on a new build pumptrack.

Photo´s by: John Hyldgaard and Lars Mortensen!

- Sebastian Jensen