222 Racing: august 2011

The second to last round of the Danish DH cup took place at Ry this weekend. Ry is located close to “Himmelbjerget” which is the highest “mountain” in Denmark approx. 170 meters high. The track is super fun to ride, it has some steep and technical bits and some pedaling to round of with. Furthermore the track only gets used one time in a year - for the DH cup, since it is private property so nobody can train on it before the race. And the dirt is also really loose, which is sick.

Training went pretty good, I did not get so many runs in as i had liked, but if felt home on it. I was trying out the new High Roller II in the muddy/loamy conditions - I was pretty surprised how well the cleared the mud and the corner grip in them. Nevertheless the racing went good on the two tracks we had practiced on. The first run I had a few mistakes, that cost me some time, but I came down in first about 2 seconds faster then second.

Christian on his way to his best result yet.

Before the second run we got about an hour of training on the second track and some time to get something to eat. The second run went good I hit all my lines pretty good and only had one pretty big stall. I came down 3 seconds faster then second so I extended my lead to 5 seconds and won it! Even though iI felt under-practiced I decided to have fun on the track, which payed off. Since I have won all the races, so far in the Danish DH cup this year, I also took the overall title with one round left! Kasper Nancke the team freerider and Christian Lynaes the team mechanic also attended at the race. Kaspers runs were good enough for a 4th even though he crashed two times. Kasper is currently sitting in 3rd overall going into the last round i Rold forrest near Aalborg. Christian posted his best result in the cup so far, with a top 10, which he was super happy with.

Kasper Nancke pinning it through the rocks.

Overall it was a good weekend, with a good track and happy times. I have only got two planed races left, so I am looking forward to giving it my all and round up the season in a good way.