2016 French Enduro Series, Round Two - Val d'Allos Practice Day
It was a sunny, dusty and hot today in Val d’Allos as the French Enduro Series started to get rolling. The trails were opened to the riders and every one of them had a single run on each of the four stages.
The riders had access to the chairlift to get to most of the stages, but the race will still be very physically demanding. There are only 5 kilometers of transfer between the stages, but the stages contain a lot of pedaling too. Endurance is definitely a factor when it comes to racing tomorrow.
But before turning into enemies on the racetrack, tonight everybody shared a smile, a beer and the traditional paella dinner at the paddock.
Good morning Val d'Allos.
Wake up the bikes and get some riding done.
Panorama stretching.
Florian Nicolai and company having fun.
The French riding crowd.
Nicolas Quere dropping in.
Riders crowd.
Flower Power and good vibes at the start of stage one.
Wooden handmade trophies.
The chairlift gets the riders to stages 2-4.
Irenee Menjou styling through the flowers.
Conditions are perfect here in Val d'Allos.
Leading the pack through the woods - Alexandre Cure, the fastest man in timed training today.
Not everything went as planned. That's why there is a practice day.
The young, Theotim Trabac styling into 13th place overall.
The French fans are amazing!
Eliot Baud with a stylish tabletop over the finish jump.
With the EWS coming up Cecile Ravenal is taking it slow. She is not racing tomorrow.
Time for a rest.
Like every year, Saturday night there is paella and beer in Val d'Allos.
Good night Val d'Allos.
MENTIONS: @JanVolbracht
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6 Comments
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bigcrs
(Jun 25, 2016 at 18:44)
@dude with chainsaw, where did you get the shorts from? I need a set of those in my life!
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madmon
(Jun 25, 2016 at 18:17)
keep the rubber on the trails and the skin on your shins.
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EnduroManiac
(Jun 26, 2016 at 0:32)
Training day in the french series? Looks luike the ews managed to f*ck up the original format as well...
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jeroenk
(Jun 26, 2016 at 1:47)
There hardly is an original format. French organizers have been using different formats all the time. Not really fair to blame the EWS.
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EnduroManiac
(Jun 26, 2016 at 5:20)
@jeroenk: the french ES has been using the same format for at least 8 years: walking tracks on friday, and blind racing. As for smaller series: no walk and blind racing. The first time the format changed was for a french EWS. Who to blame then?
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milanboy1986
(Jun 25, 2016 at 20:53)
That star & stripe Specialized Enduro copied the concept of Zink's customized YT Capra.
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