Well the race is over, and I came out with another podium. 3rd this time amongst the worlds best. Bryn had a crash in the first turn and still places 24th in an impressive field. Will be awesome when it clicks for him, the speed is obviously there.
I was really glad we came out to this event. IXS cups have been running for several years in Europe. They have European cup, German cup, Swiss cup, etc.//www.ixsdownhillcup.com/. We have heard of the numbers they get, but I guess last week in Germany they had over 600 entries, here there were 450 people registered. It’s crazy how many people were riding. I was also impressed at the quality of bikes, seemed like everyone had blinging bikes with good parts.
With World Champs being here in August, an the World Cup in Italy next week, the timing of this event brought a world cup caliber rider list. So many random people as well though, It wasn’t until qualifying that you could put in full runs, without someone getting in the way. The holes and ruts were insane here. It was sunshine for all of practice and racing, but the days before practice saw nothing but rain the whole week.
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