2016 Superenduro Canazei, Round Three - Friday Practice
We’re back for the 3rd round of the Superenduro, Italian Enduro Series. This round we stop of at Canazei, which is located in the heart of the Dolomites. The mountain range is incredible, big mountains with big cliff faces. It's in the North of Italy, a popular skiing destination in the winter and by summer it's a Mountain bike resort that flies under the radar.
Normally at Superenduro races you must pedal to the top of the stages, but at this round 4 out of the 5 stages will use the chairlifts to get to the top. The stages hit some pretty high peaks and have pretty long tiresome stages. Today was a practice day.
![Stage three starts off up high on the ski piste long fresh swooping corners all taped super wide.]()
![A short break to take in the view and then dropping in]()
![With a mixture of everything here from natural trails all the way through to bike park sections.]()
![2016 Superenduro Canazei Round Three Friday Practice]()
![2016 Superenduro Canazei Round Three Friday Practice]()
![By Sunday this will look more like a brown snake down the ski piste.]()
![2016 Superenduro Canazei Round Three Friday Practice]()
![Pretty incredible sites here.]()
![2016 Superenduro Canazei Round Three Friday Practice]()
![The corners were loose today with some rain forecast it s only going to get looser.]()
![2016 Superenduro Canazei Round Three Friday Practice]()
![This is a flat out rooty section on stage 4. Prime puncture territory.]()
![2016 Superenduro Canazei Round Three Friday Practice]()
![Stage 2 and 4 share a small section of trail a tight technical bit of woodland before the two part.]()
![It s pretty much all lift assisted.]()
![With a lot of high speed sections rocks caught a few people out causing flats here there and everywhere.]()
![2016 Superenduro Canazei Round Three Friday Practice]()
![The bottom of stage 4 is going to be tough just as you think you re close to the end and you re chucked into a downhill track big holes and big hits. This stage will be the test of endurance.]()
![2016 Superenduro Canazei Round Three Friday Practice]()
![Stage 2 is fast flowy and fun. It s all in the woodland.]()
![But gets pretty steep in places]()
![2016 Superenduro Canazei Round Three Friday Practice]()
![What a place for a bike race.]()
![Woodpiles aren t for burning around here.]()
![Alex Lupato shooting up.]()
![Tracy Moseley is out here encouraging women s racing she s racing this weekend but also running a women s camp.]()
![What s better than finishing the day with a local delicacy.]()
![2016 Superenduro Canazei Round Three Friday Practice]()
![As the evening drew in the rain did too.]()
![It didn t last for long but the grassy corners on Stage 3 will be exciting tomorrow.]()
MENTIONS: @BWinder
Normally at Superenduro races you must pedal to the top of the stages, but at this round 4 out of the 5 stages will use the chairlifts to get to the top. The stages hit some pretty high peaks and have pretty long tiresome stages. Today was a practice day.
Stage three starts off up high on the ski piste, long, fresh swooping corners all taped super wide.
A short break to take in the view and then dropping in...
With a mixture of everything here, from natural trails all the way through to bike park sections.
By Sunday this will look more like a brown snake down the ski piste.
Pretty incredible sites here.
The corners were loose today, with some rain forecast it's only going to get looser.
This is a flat out rooty section on stage 4. Prime puncture territory.
Stage 2 and 4 share a small section of trail, a tight technical bit of woodland before the two part.
It's pretty much all lift assisted.
With a lot of high-speed sections rocks caught a few people out causing flats here there and everywhere.
The bottom of stage 4 is going to be tough, just as you think you're close to the end, and you're chucked into a downhill track, big holes, and big hits. This stage will be the test of endurance.
Stage 2 is fast, flowy and fun. It's all in the woodland.
But gets pretty steep in places...
What a place for a bike race.
Woodpiles aren't for burning around here.
Alex Lupato shooting up.
Tracy Moseley is out here encouraging women's racing, she's racing this weekend but also running a women's camp.
What's better than finishing the day with a local delicacy.
As the evening drew in, the rain did too.
It didn't last for long, but the grassy corners on Stage 3 will be exciting tomorrow.
MENTIONS: @BWinder
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15 Comments
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slowrider73
(Jun 25, 2016 at 0:00)
Tracy Moseley is starting to be a bit of a legend. Puts A LOT back into the sport. Pretty cool!
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salespunk
(Jun 25, 2016 at 10:09)
Why can't we get coverage like this for US events? China Peak is going on right now and actually has decent courses. Do the organizers just need to hire the photographers? Love the Saturday practice photo epics because they really give a good feel of the weekend.
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brule
(Jun 25, 2016 at 21:38)
A lot of it has to do with organizers, photographers in certain areas. The Eastern States Cup does a great job of their coverage.
- 1 0
wilsonians
(Jun 27, 2016 at 12:22)
They probably aren't allowed to run full downhill bikes....if they could, that person would have won. Ha lift-accessed "enduro" is just a few downhill runs in a row. Call it what it is.
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abbfan2
(Jun 24, 2016 at 23:28)
I would love to see a form of enduro racing where the event would be lift assisted. No uphill pedaling. The Stages would be different trails down the mountain. Transfer trails would also be downhill if a stage started halfway down the mountain. The riders would have all day to complete all of the stages. The order in which they complete the stages would be up to them
- 3 1
jeroenk
(Jun 25, 2016 at 0:14)
Also in France, some organisers do it like that, for example the Val d'Isère France cup, which was an EWS in 2013. The Frenchies don't seem to care about format discussions. They simply offer them all, often within a series ;-). I love their willingness to try out stuff. The Enduro des Portes du Mercantour had a chainless run and on the second day a pursuit race based on the overall times in reversed order.
- 20 1
karoliusz
(Jun 25, 2016 at 2:25)
There's something quite close to it. It's called downhill.
- 8 2
Raffe
(Jun 25, 2016 at 4:18)
It´s called Downhill???
- 3 0
bohns
(Jun 25, 2016 at 8:46)
That would be lame in my eyes...There's nothing like a good sufferfest to show case you're worthiness...Huge respect for strong fitness/climb capabilities!
- 1 1
salespunk
(Jun 25, 2016 at 10:11)
Snow Summit already does this. 90% of their courses are lift assisted. Last weekend was the first time they had a meaningful climb of about 500' on a liaison.
- 1 0
salespunk
(Jun 25, 2016 at 10:12)
But then the courses are also all over 8000' of elevation too
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abbfan2
(Jun 25, 2016 at 10:14)
@Raffe: dh has one track. The lift assist only enduro would have many tracks
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Raffe
(Jun 25, 2016 at 11:01)
@abbfan2: True, my bad.
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vhdh666
(Jun 26, 2016 at 1:04)
i call it downhill on several times with run times summed up
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jzPV
(Jun 25, 2016 at 0:55)
been there skiing and biking. it's unbelievable...
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