Photos: Armin M. Brück coast The stage race was for 3 days and on Friday it began with a Time Trail. Through my victory in Voroklini I went with the number 1 into the race and thus the last driver of nearly 110 runners on the 5.5 km circuit. A fast lap is not my specialty, but after it began to rain a little, I went faster, so I was still dry finish. In the end I missed the victory by only 1.4 sec. The winner is the Czech Jan Skarnitzel before Henk Jaap Moorlag (NED) and me as a third party. So I went
with a good starting position for the overall title in the 44km-long marathon on Saturday. The race was fast and could be deposited on the first 20km no driver from the field. At the beginning of the long single track I was able to rise behind Emil Lindgren (SWE) classified as second. In a slippery creek crossing then had the Greek Periklis short of wheel and Lindgren and I were able to drop off a little of the persecutors and continue as a duo in the long single track downhill. Downhill Lindgren could settle a little bit of me, but the next rise, I could almost close the gap again, but then he had a flat tire in the next short downhill and I could win alone take the lead and the marathon. On Sunday I went
therefore with the yellow leader's jersey in the final Cross-Counrty, where there was a heavy startloop and 5 rounds to overcome. I had a good start and was able to easily keep in the top and down with Lindgren, the world number one Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) Moorlag and to deduct from the rivals. In the third round Moorlag lost the connection to the top flight and in the fourth round, then began to rain slightly and hail, which made the track slippery and dangerous again! The three of it went into the last lap and I tried to keep the pace and get my overall winner. In the end, Kulhavy could settle a little and win the race before me, and Lindgren. Second place in the XC offered me but for the stage race with almost 2 minutes ahead of the two Czechs and Jan Kulhavy Skarnitzl win. A special thanks to my team for their great support. That was an amazing weekend for me!
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