Today
was RACE DAY. Got up early, had a very elaborate breakfast and then
went to the Press Office to get the World Cup Elite Men and Women entry
lists and also the results from saturdays' races. Met a couple of
acquaintances from mountainbike.be and also saw Fons Moors and
Christophe Meurice from O2 Bikers in the well-filled Press Centre. I decided to concentrate my
efforts on the big downhill/uphill near the Gare des Pompiers in the
Rue de La Roche but first I went to the start area to take some stills
of the Women before they got underway fro their 3 lap race.
Actually this means 3 and a half laps because they do a short start
loop and then a full 3 laps. This amounts to around 25K of tough Houffa
racing . When the women were underway I followed Marga Fullana's
trainer to the area I had chosen for my pictures. Seemed like Marga was
on a roll because she rode in the lead from start to finish. Catherine
Pendrel of Canada took second place and China's Ren Chenqyuan took
third. Some good performances also of Italian girl Eva Lechner Lisi Osl
of Austria. For Full results please consult the UCI website or
www.canadiancycling.com which usually offers very good coverage and
picture stories. As for the Men, we had to wait
for a couple of hours between the two races but in the meantime I had a
look at the Trials area where Kenny Beleay was participating in a
demonstration contest. Amazing the feats these riders accomplish on
their bikes. I moved back up the hill for
the start of the Mens' race and saw a great race. The Men had to do 5
full laps and the start lap which should amount to 40K of racing. I saw
Julien Absalon take a well-earned victory . Belgians' Roel Paulissen
took 10th place but the winner of the day must surely be Filip
Meirhaeghe.
He rode his last World Cup race today, on the circuit that
brought him glory in 2000 and thanked his fans by pulling some nice
wheelies and greeting them as he passed us. Thanks Filip for the fine
years you gave us.
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