It turns out I was wrong yesterday about the number of world champions here racing at Punta Ala this weekend. When you start counting junior world champions, there are people like Sam Blenkinsop, Loic Bruni, Cedric Gracia and Anais Pajot. And Balz Weber pointed out that he was under-23 XC champion. One thing that also stands out is that most of those names are French. For one country with a fairly average-sized population they have produced a hell of a lot of champions. In all, the count is standing at 15 or 16. The exact number doesn't matter too much, what matters is the level of the field here and it's a nice way of demonstrating it, it also misses out riders like Jerome Clementz, Nico Lau and Remy Absalon who have made their careers racing outside the UCI structures. More French names. There's a theme there...
As with all Superenduro races, Saturday is prologue day. For the most part, the fast riders stay away from the courses today, to take some time to rest and relax before the big show. Riders' briefing was at 2pm, then the racing started at 5.
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yes he had said a uk gravity enduro stage was a bog and its not what people want to race or good for the image of the sport, but how can you disagree with that?
he's a top bloke who just wants to ride a bike.
Dan is riding the new proto 27.5
See here for some info:
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