Hi Skaters.
It was a good day for me and my team, Athleticum-Rollerblade International. We won the team time trial in Basel. There was alot of presure on us because we were the defending champions. The offical results were-
1st Athleticum Rollerblade 41:00.95 43.885km/h
2nd Sportvital Rollerblade +10.10
3rd Powerslide Phuzion +45.99
4th Bont Hyper +1:35.90
5th Spirotiger Inline center +1:48.75
For complete results- www.datasport.ch
The race was held on wet roads with the odd rain shower. After the month of amazing weather we've had in Swiss it all went out the door! Both my team and the Sportvital Rollerblade team were racing on the MPC "Storm Surge." I am not normally a strong skater in the rain, but these wheels helped me alot.
It was a hard race mentally also. Especially because of the wet weather this year. Some teams try and race to a set lap time for the 5km lap. Our team though didn't worry too much about it. There is no hiding from how hard it is, so we decided to pretty much go full gas and hope to hold it.
We came home directly from the race last night. It was only about an hour from Basel to Zug (the town where I live). At the moment we are trying to spend as much time at home as we can because in a few weeks time when the bulk of the season hits there isn't much down time. Around the 1st of June we head to Incheon (Korea) and then every weekend from then on is a top class marathon!
Next weekend is the top class in Rennes. There is some exciting news, it is going to be live on the internet. Check out www.inlinetv.net for details.
Also have a look at www.teamrollerblade.com for a detailed race report and some good pictures.
Thanks for reading, I'm off to bed!!
4 comments:
Congratulations again, Scott.
Could you tell us how your team finished. Did all five of you arrive at the finish line together or did you finish separately. As I understand it the time for your team was based on the time for your third skater.
Hi,
Yes thats right the time is taken off the third skater to cross the line. (2nd skater in the womens event). We used Raphael and Roman up early. They stopped early on, but they pulled some hard leads. Towards the end our third skater, Reyon started to tire so Roger and I started to do longer leads.
Once skaters have been dropped from their team, they have to finish within 5mins of their team to be awarded the WIC points for the event.
Good job in Basel!
Athleticum Rollerblade rules!
Hi Scott
congratulations from the Hamilton crowd on doing so well! This is a great way to follow you and the rest of your team. Hope to see lots of wins from you all. Miss you and Raphael, Roman and Reyon at training.
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