Superenduro PRO5, Finale Ligure - Sunday in photos and results

Oct 23, 2011
by Matt Wragg  
As riders took to the hills I was stumbling out of my hotel room and swearing at the weak wifi connection. It was one of those days for me. Talking to a lot of the riders at the end of the day, I think I wasn't the only one. Nearly all of them had a mechanical or an incident somewhere along the line. Despite problems everybody you spoke to at the end of the day said two things though: how hard the race was and how much fun they had. As mountain bikers we're a weird lot, right?

Since I was such a shambles I managed to miss the pick up truck heading out to the stages to take photos, fortunately Giulio from Endura Italy was kind enough to give me his photos, so all was not lost. Thanks Giulio, I definitely owe you a beer.

As for the racing... Mixed reports were coming in all day, but looking through the splits this evening it seems that Nico was looking set to dominate, but a few problems later in the day meant he dropped back to second behind Remy Absalom. David Sottocornola flew the Italian flag today, storming to a strong third place by this evening. For us Brits it was a good day, with Dan Atherton and Alex Stock taking up the last two spots in the top five. Here's the top ten as it stands, hopefully the results by category will be up tomorrow (we'll get them up here with some photos from the talented Matteo Cappe too), but from what I can figure out it looks like Tracey Moseley dominated the women's competition today.

1 REMY Absalon
2 NICOLAS Vouilloz
3 SOTTOCORNOLA Davide
4 DAN Atherton
5 STOCK Alex
6 BRUNO Andrea
7 GAMBIRASIO Vittorio
8 DUCCI Manuel
9 RIGHETTINI Andrea
10 MIGLIORINI Stefano

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Everyone was keen to get underway this morning, nobody more so than defending World Cup DH champion, Tracey Moseley.


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Although Dan Atherton has been saying he's here to learn this weekend, podiums can't have been far from his thoughts.


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Name that freeride legend. Hopefully you'll all recognise this pioneer of our sport, so there's no prizes going I'm afraid.


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Nico heading up after the break between stages two and three. I've run into Nico a few times this year and no matter how many times I try I can't get a shot of him that I like, so as it's the end of the season I'm going to run with this one today.


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The first two stages were in the deciduous woodlands that surround Finale. As a Brit they're quite confusing, as you have the leaves coming down around you, but the sun is still shining. Maybe if it rained we'd understand it better...


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The stones you can see in the background are the terracing on the hillsides so farmers could use them in the past. Although you don't get much grown around here, they make for great terrain to build trails through with lots of fairly sudden drops down to the level below.


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Nice.


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Every good race series should have its girls. Here for the Superenduro series they have the Muc Off girls. Errr... Yeah.


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When you see a bike like this, the question you should be asking yourself isn't how, but why?


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Dan Atherton heading up after Nico for stage four.


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Ahem.


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The weather's held all weekend, god bless the Riviera...


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By the time the riders reached this point of stage four they were looking tired, in fact a good number of them didn't make it this far. Make no mistake about it, enduro racing is a lot of fun, but today you'd have been riding 50km, which wasn't easy going for anybody in the field.


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Andrea Bruno was pretty angry with himself after today, sixth wasn't what he was looking for. Despite that he still took home the series overall and gets to keep the nice jersey and shiny, red number board for a second year.


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That's it folks. The sun is going down on Finale and a great season of Superenduro racing. Same time next year?



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25 Comments
  • 9 2
 Stoked to see Dan up in the results and enjoying every minute out of it! although he had that horrific crash he didnt seem to be enjoying 4x - bmx and DH.. i think he's finally found sommething he really enjoys.
  • 8 0
 Well in Dan!
  • 2 0
 yeah, seams like a killer event! When i was there in march, the weather wasnt that good... Rain and snow, the whole week exept for one day... next year i start in this comp
  • 3 0
 Richie Schley!?
  • 2 0
 no shit Big Grin
  • 2 0
 Nico Vouilloz is a legend !
  • 2 0
 Why is your front tire on backwards Andrea?
  • 3 0
 Aerodynamic properties.. It would take too long to explain so your going to have to go with me on this one.
  • 1 0
 to be honest i put my back tires on backwards because with that you get a little bit better bite when you brake instead of sliding around more. but maybe thats dumb i dont know
  • 2 0
 The knobs on most tires are shaped to give bite on braking already. The other side of the knob is sometimes (like in the case of the Nevegal) ramped to roll faster. So, airsoftneeto, your backwards tires will have less bite for braking, and more rolling resistance.
  • 1 0
 Because he was in a rush when he put it on.
  • 1 0
 huh i didnt know that. but i am having a hard time understanding. If i have more rolling resistance with reverse tread how does that not make it better for braking. And im sure some tires do have a good bite for braking but, i bet if you were to reverse the tread it would be even stronger. Look at this way. A pick has a very pointy head and as you go to the back of the pick it gets a lot faster. To break up dirt you use the pointy side and then move on to the fatter side.

My point is there is a lot less resistance with the tire rolling with pointy side forward but as soon as it gets flipped around its gonna have more rolling resistance. So as you apply the brakes that fatter part is gonna bite harder, is it not???

im not meaning to sound like a jerk but i just find that hard to believe

or wait might have just had an epiphany. If the tire is put on the normal way (least rolling resistance) and as you apply the brake the narrower end of the knob will dive into the dirt easier and as the knob digs deeper and deeper the wider part of the the knob will bite harder and harder. right?
  • 1 0
 Rolling resistance and braking "bite" are opposite effects, and use opposite sides of the knob. Rolling resistance has to do with the front of the knob (when you are looking at the tire from the top). When it gets to the bottom, the "front" of the knob hits the ground first (look at the bottom of your wheel where it touches the ground). The ramp at that edge reduces rolling resistance by making the transition from tire base to knob more gradual, so it doesn't dig into the ground. Now look at the opposite side of knob - it is sharp and square edged. When you brake, the force of the ground impacts this part of the knob. Think of your tire skidding (totally locked). This sharp edge will drag across the ground. If your tire is reversed, you would have a ramped edge dragging across the ground, instead of a sharp one. Hence, less braking force. Also, you would have a sharp edge contacting the ground first when you are rolling - hence, more rolling resistance.

Think of a big tractor tire, or extremely large square knobbed Motocross tire. This would have extremely high rolling resistance and also extremely high braking force. On the contrary, a slick road tire would have extremely low rolling resistance, but also very low braking force.

Edit: ramped knobs were a way to get the best of both worlds.

Hope that helps.
  • 1 0
 No, no, no. His tyres are the wrong way round because he's a little a bit of a numpty. He runs flat pedals and couldn't be bothered to change his tyre back the right way round. He's my kind of rider.
  • 1 0
 i see i see. Yeah i was looking at this all wrong. If i put it on with the pointy side of the knob forward it will have low rolling resistance and since when i apply the brakes the wheel will as if to want to go in the opposite direction which in return would have the fatter knob dragging against the ground applying greater braking force. If i am not explaining myself correctly, my apologies i have troubles explaining myself at times but i believe we are on the same page. And i see that brake bite and rolling resistance use opposite sides of the knob but they are not opposite. In fact I would go ahead and say they are the same but the braking is gonna be more powerful.
  • 2 0
 Anyone knows what happen with Jerome Clementz? and karim amour?
  • 1 0
 Karim is broken and Jerome had a few problems during the race, he did another rear tyre today.
  • 1 1
 Wade Simmons...
No wait... John Cowan, Robbie Bourdon?
Carlin Dune, nah, maybe Joe Schwartz?

Oh, I got it!

Josh Bender!

Teehee...
  • 2 0
 of course
  • 1 0
 Wonder what knd of problems he had? Gravity g.o.a.t.
  • 2 1
 Good work Dan. Way to beat the demons!
  • 1 0
 Richie Schley, no doubt about it.
  • 1 0
 Someone needs to clean their sensor...
  • 2 1
 Well done dan !
  • 1 0
 BANTER on the tandem







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