It's shaping up to be the biggest race of the year, and the Bluegrass Trophy of Nations powered by SRAM is like nothing we've seen in enduro before. The top riders in the sport will race for their home country in teams of three - not only for national pride, but also the coveted UCI Trophy of Nations Champions' Jersey and medals. How are the riders preparing for this new format? The EWS caught up with them in training to find out!
Team philosophies: FR: We ride fast. USA: Try to catch Richie... SWI: We're a big plus NZL: you crash, that's ya own fault AU: Try to catch Hill BEL: Eh, let's have fun
Next year we're gonna have 10 times as many industry Sign ups. :-) If your company sent only one ti bolt to some ews team, you already have a pretty good excuse to spend a few fun days in finale... On team ti bolt.
My money is on the Aussies for the men team and on the French for the women team.
As for the industry teams I'll go with the Canyon guys.
FYI - Monopoly money 'cause I don't have real money
Why the heck does it keep saying "invalid athlete data" when I try to swap our Kevin Miquel for someone, ANYONE else? Is this happening for anyone else?
FR: We ride fast.
USA: Try to catch Richie...
SWI: We're a big plus
NZL: you crash, that's ya own fault
AU: Try to catch Hill
BEL: Eh, let's have fun
If your company sent only one ti bolt to some ews team, you already have a pretty good excuse to spend a few fun days in finale... On team ti bolt.