With Peaty wiping out on the last corner and Danny hart being beat into second place after crashing by .03 seconds the weekend held some of the best racing i have seen this year so far.
http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/mtb/British_DH_Champs_results_2009.pdf
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Megaavalanche Trip 2009
This report is a bit late but I thought id post it up anyways so anyone thinking of going can get a little insight into one of the most lung busting and leg aching rides you will do in your MTB life’s.
On this trip was Steve (Icycles) Deas, Martin (Bart) Nairn and myself Dave (The Weapon) Emery.
After month’s well days of meticulous planning the trip was under way, setting off from the far out regions of Peeblesshire at the ridiculous time of 01:30am Sunday the 5th July.
We had set the van up so one of us could sleep while the other two sat in the front one trying to keep the driver awake and vice versa as none of us had had any sleep. Steve took the first stint of driving which lasted about 45min and he pulled over at the border saying he was too tired to drive; it has to be the age. Bart took over and we were on route again heading down the A68 to Newcastle. The sun started to come up about 2hrs into the drive this wasn’t good for the guys in the front as it made you feel like you’re all nighter should be over and it was time to hit the sack but no we had another 6 hrs of driving to go till Dover. Bart nailed about 2-3 hours of the driving then I took over for about the same amount of time. Then after 5 hours of sleep we got Steve up and he drove the rest to Dover probably about 1hrs worth. We got the ferry over to Calais and stepped onto French soil about 14:30, the sun was shining and it was hot and muggy perfect conditions for driving to the south of France with no AC and 3 sweaty guys in a van.
The French motorways are great, you have to pay an arm and a leg for them but you get to where you’re going fast. I think the toll roads or Peage cost about €100 but in comparison to the UK we drove approx 700miles in same time it took us to do 400miles on the wonderful British road system.
We took turns driving all the way down but Bart took the brunt of it. We got to Grenoble about 20:30 and that left us approx an hour and a half to go one hour to Bourg d Oisans the small town at the foot of the famous climb for the Tour d France from there it’s a 30min to drive up to the mountain resort of Alp d Huez, this climb is awesome and the record for it is 28min on a road bike which until you see it and drive up it you can’t describe how any human being could achieve this without a massive dose of drugs and a jet pack.
We had planned to meet up with my friend Jammy and all his pals who had been there for a week training and riding the tracks around the Alp d Huez area.
We finally arrived at the Freeride bar in Alp d Huez at 10:30 totally wrecked from lack of sleep and service station food, our journey had taken us 22 hours. Bart and I would be lucky if we had managed to get 2 hours sleep the whole journey, Steve managed we think about 7 hours spending most of his time in the back of the van.
We stayed with Jammy for about 25min but the lack of sleep was getting the better of us so we had to go so we could get the Tents set up and get some sleep for the following days riding. With the tents finally erected and 40 pegs bent into arches after trying to smash them into the hardest ground ever we shut the tent door and slept until the next morning.
Monday we got up nice and sharp and headed to the shops to get some breakfast and have a coffee then we got sorted with our lift passes from the main gondola station. We then started putting the bikes together and sorting ourselves out for the days riding ahead, Steve was faffing on with his bike and almost every person that came over new him and he was talking to them for ages so that delayed us even more. Me and Ed another mate who is camping next to us went up to the to the first gondola station and done a warm up run down the Gay track of love (named that because it’s an easy track to ride but everyone loves it). Eventually at 12:00 Clive my mate from, well everywhere really he is like a little piky always on the move, met us and we decided to have a coffee while Steve was getting ready we waited for 2 other guys then we would head up the mountain.
Once everyone was ready we made our way up on the gondola to hit the trails. Monday is a kind of get used to the place day and if your entered into the Sprint DH race on the Wednesday is the only day you can really get to yourself.
The riding was good rough, technical and fast everything you need to have a good day on the bikes we went down allot of single track then made our way up to the start of qualifier to have a look at the conditions and ride the track. The day finished off about 17:00 with a run down the gay track of love then we got some shopping from the local spar shop, I spent €48 and had nothing to show for it, these mountain towns just rip you off.
After fixing the bikes up we got Fed had a few beers then it was time to hit the sack.
Tuesday was practise day on the DH bikes for the Sprint at a place called Oz en Oisans you can get there easy from Alp d Huez by either cycling down one of the single tracks or taking the lifts. We took the qualifier track down to the Oz lift station and collected our race boards for the Sprint DH. They stager the practice runs into odd and even numbers to try and stop the lifts getting rammed but it doesn’t work and people still queue up regardless. We must of got about 6 runs in I had 4 crashes Bart had a couple and I think Steve got down cleanly the whole day.
At the end of the day we headed up on the lift back to Alp d Huez and went up on the gondola to the middle section of the qualifier we had a great run down with no crashes or mechanicals.
Thursday was sign on day for the mega avalanche you do this down at the sports centre in town. We all signed on and after falling out with each other for trivial shit Bart and I headed up to go and do a full lap of the Mega avalanche course Steve went with 2 other guys later on that day. The route itself starts out on the glacier of Pic Blanc at a height of 3200m and drops down into alp d huez then you traverse around the valley and drop down the other side finishing of in Allemont at a height of 720m. We had a lot of fun up on the snow and took a few pictures then headed off the snow onto the single track, IL give you a brief rundown of the course from here.
You go onto the single track which is rocky dusty and steep. Once on this section there is almost no chance of overtaking as it’s too steep either side, this section runs for about 2-3miles and when you’re stuck behind people it becomes annoying because it’s one of the best single tracks in the place and you constantly get stuck behind people who won’t move. Once clear of this you climb up this short section and Alp d Huez comes into view, this is one of the toughest climbs on the course, it’s a good place to pick up some positions on race day though if your fit enough and your bike is still in one piece. Dropping down into Alp d Huez is good fun it’s mostly downhill with a few short climbs. After this your onto the traverse, this is a new addition to the course and in my opinion its wank you can’t get passed people and it’s not at all challenging. After that disappointment though you ride some amazing downhill sections wide-open and fast with good corners, you then enter the woods and your lungs are bust open with about 4-5 short rolling uphill sections one after the other but again after this brutal section is over you head onto some amazing single track steep, technical, rooty and rocky it’s got everything to keep you interested, one lack of concentration on this section and your mince meat as your going that fast and you’re not far from the edge. By now you’re not far from the end and it’s much the same all the way down to the end bar one little road climb about 100m long. You cross a bridge sprint along a road and that’s it, the course is approx 17miles long. Once there you can get a free bus back up to the Oz chairlift and make your way back to Alp d huez.
After doing the whole route which took about 2-3 hours just taking our time that was us for the day we headed back to campsite and took it easy as the next day it was the qualifiers.
Friday morning we got up and done some final preparations for the Qualifiers Steve was first away as his qualifying number was in the 600’s that means he was in the 3rd qualifying group each qualifying group holds 200 riders and there were 8 qualifiers. Everyone knows what time there qualifying run starts and you’re not meant to get on the lift until near that time but yet again you get guys going up who’s runs won’t start for 3 hours and they make the queue for the lifts massive by queuing ridiculously early and some people miss there runs because of this.
Bart and I managed to get a lift up to the first station. If you are on the gondola this is where you get off and have to cycle along a dirt road to get to the lift that takes you to the start of the qualifier. I got up to the top just in time and got onto my start line right at the front of the pack. I had Kovarik, Hart and Absalon right next to me talk about pressure. The euro music sounds and the 5 sec board goes up then you’re off. I had a crap start after one of the officials tried to stop us for a false start on one of the ends of the row a few of us slowed down a little then when we realised no one else was we got back up to speed. The first few corners are amazing you’re shoulder to shoulder with some of the best riders in the world gunning for a good position before the 1st lift station. You cross over a small snow section and then pass the lift station, you need to be in a good position now or you could find yourself stuck behind a slower rider with nowhere to overtake... I and a few guys behind me had this problem some guy in front was a poor downhiller but good on the straights so he would pull a little lead on the small straights and then hold you back on the rough sections and there is nothing you can do until your clear of this section, you may get lucky and he will fall or you may just get the squeeze on a corner if you’re lucky. Half way down this top section I hit a small kicker and my foot slipped off my pedal and I fell onto my seat I never thought nothing of it until I tried to start pedalling I then realised my seat had broke off and fell in between my frame and wheel. I had to stop to get it out and lost a few places. I got back on and carried on until the end where I finished 28th out of 200. I wasn’t happy but I had qualified for the main Mega race (only the first 45 of each group qualify for the main mega the remainder go into the mega promo) Steve and Bart also made the main mega finishing higher than me, Bart had finished in 12th place which was an amazing achievement considering his shit fitness. Later that day we done some short rides met up with some friends and had some pizza and pasta.
Saturday If you’re not racing in the Mega promo you get the day off and can have a lie in before you spend the day sorting your stuff out for the next day’s race. Nothing much went on today we just drank coffee ate food and tightened bolts.
Steve, Clive and I went up to the second lift station just to have a light run down and check everything over, I was lucky we did this as my rear brake hose bolt came off and i lost all the fluid which means no brakes, I ended up hitting this steep section before I realised and was picking up allot of speed, all the fluid was pissing out I had tried to ride it out but it was too rough so my only option was to bail out. Clive took me down the ski piste as it was too rough to go down the normal route with no back brake. I got down headed to the Hope trade stand and they sorted my brake out for me.
We were all ready for the Mega avalanche now and after getting a crap lasagne meal we got an early night.
I know this sounds like we never went out with all these early nights but we did have a few jars most nights it was just the price of beers was so expensive it was €18 a round.
Sunday we were all up at 06:00 and it was freezing, the weather was looking good for the day and we were all nervous about the race ahead. You get given a queue time to join the lift and for the first time everyone seemed to obey it. Bart was away before Steve and me because he had qualified a few rows ahead of us Steve and I joined the queue and made our way to the top of pic Blanc. Once up there you can feel the tension in the air. They start putting you onto your rows and then it’s not long till the race starts. Once everyone was on the line ready the music went on there was 3 helicopters flying about and it just made you even more nervous. The 1min to go board went up then the 30sec then the 5sec..... GO!!!! the race was underway, I was running with my bike and so was Steve who I could see just in front of me I tried to follow him but was getting hit by rocks sliding down under my feet, once round the bottle neck start it was down a short rocky section and onto the snow I crashed about 4 times on the snow and almost quit but then Steve and a guy from Dirt mag Rob Brakewell passed me and I thought fuck it I’m gonna catch them that’s my target. I caught Rob after the single track, his chain had snapped I think so that was 1 down next was Steve but he’s a strong rider and I thought he was off as I couldn’t see him. We got off the downhill and climbed the small but tough climb up to the plateau half way up I saw Steve and started pushing, I overtook him and on the way past tried to give him words of encouragement but could hardly speak let alone breathe. I made a few places up here and on the start of the traverse where I could, but it was so hard to overtake on this singletrack. Hitting the downhill section I took a few more places, it was so dusty it was hard to see where you were going at times. Into the woods and onto the rolling hill sections there were queues of people pushing up and there was nowhere to go apart from wait your turn. Some guy was trying to force his way through and on the second uphill section he tried to get a run up from the short down of the last uphill bit jumped off his bike but jumped to far and went over the edge everyone was laughing as he tried to scramble back up and some guy kicked his bike over the edge, I never saw him again. There were people all over the route repairing their bikes and picking themselves up from falling, its crazy the amount of people around you. The last little climb which is on the road for about 100m then drops back into the woods this was where I spotted Bart and I flew past him laughing, he had broke his entire front crank and his chain was bust. When I crossed the finish line I had done a crap 1hr18min, now for a 16.8mile course this was rubbish but what the hell we had all finished and we had all had an amazing time. We talked about the race all the way home that day/night and we are still going on about it now. [The End]
On this trip was Steve (Icycles) Deas, Martin (Bart) Nairn and myself Dave (The Weapon) Emery.
After month’s well days of meticulous planning the trip was under way, setting off from the far out regions of Peeblesshire at the ridiculous time of 01:30am Sunday the 5th July.
We had set the van up so one of us could sleep while the other two sat in the front one trying to keep the driver awake and vice versa as none of us had had any sleep. Steve took the first stint of driving which lasted about 45min and he pulled over at the border saying he was too tired to drive; it has to be the age. Bart took over and we were on route again heading down the A68 to Newcastle. The sun started to come up about 2hrs into the drive this wasn’t good for the guys in the front as it made you feel like you’re all nighter should be over and it was time to hit the sack but no we had another 6 hrs of driving to go till Dover. Bart nailed about 2-3 hours of the driving then I took over for about the same amount of time. Then after 5 hours of sleep we got Steve up and he drove the rest to Dover probably about 1hrs worth. We got the ferry over to Calais and stepped onto French soil about 14:30, the sun was shining and it was hot and muggy perfect conditions for driving to the south of France with no AC and 3 sweaty guys in a van.
The French motorways are great, you have to pay an arm and a leg for them but you get to where you’re going fast. I think the toll roads or Peage cost about €100 but in comparison to the UK we drove approx 700miles in same time it took us to do 400miles on the wonderful British road system.
We took turns driving all the way down but Bart took the brunt of it. We got to Grenoble about 20:30 and that left us approx an hour and a half to go one hour to Bourg d Oisans the small town at the foot of the famous climb for the Tour d France from there it’s a 30min to drive up to the mountain resort of Alp d Huez, this climb is awesome and the record for it is 28min on a road bike which until you see it and drive up it you can’t describe how any human being could achieve this without a massive dose of drugs and a jet pack.
We had planned to meet up with my friend Jammy and all his pals who had been there for a week training and riding the tracks around the Alp d Huez area.
We finally arrived at the Freeride bar in Alp d Huez at 10:30 totally wrecked from lack of sleep and service station food, our journey had taken us 22 hours. Bart and I would be lucky if we had managed to get 2 hours sleep the whole journey, Steve managed we think about 7 hours spending most of his time in the back of the van.
We stayed with Jammy for about 25min but the lack of sleep was getting the better of us so we had to go so we could get the Tents set up and get some sleep for the following days riding. With the tents finally erected and 40 pegs bent into arches after trying to smash them into the hardest ground ever we shut the tent door and slept until the next morning.
Monday we got up nice and sharp and headed to the shops to get some breakfast and have a coffee then we got sorted with our lift passes from the main gondola station. We then started putting the bikes together and sorting ourselves out for the days riding ahead, Steve was faffing on with his bike and almost every person that came over new him and he was talking to them for ages so that delayed us even more. Me and Ed another mate who is camping next to us went up to the to the first gondola station and done a warm up run down the Gay track of love (named that because it’s an easy track to ride but everyone loves it). Eventually at 12:00 Clive my mate from, well everywhere really he is like a little piky always on the move, met us and we decided to have a coffee while Steve was getting ready we waited for 2 other guys then we would head up the mountain.
Once everyone was ready we made our way up on the gondola to hit the trails. Monday is a kind of get used to the place day and if your entered into the Sprint DH race on the Wednesday is the only day you can really get to yourself.
The riding was good rough, technical and fast everything you need to have a good day on the bikes we went down allot of single track then made our way up to the start of qualifier to have a look at the conditions and ride the track. The day finished off about 17:00 with a run down the gay track of love then we got some shopping from the local spar shop, I spent €48 and had nothing to show for it, these mountain towns just rip you off.
After fixing the bikes up we got Fed had a few beers then it was time to hit the sack.
Tuesday was practise day on the DH bikes for the Sprint at a place called Oz en Oisans you can get there easy from Alp d Huez by either cycling down one of the single tracks or taking the lifts. We took the qualifier track down to the Oz lift station and collected our race boards for the Sprint DH. They stager the practice runs into odd and even numbers to try and stop the lifts getting rammed but it doesn’t work and people still queue up regardless. We must of got about 6 runs in I had 4 crashes Bart had a couple and I think Steve got down cleanly the whole day.
At the end of the day we headed up on the lift back to Alp d Huez and went up on the gondola to the middle section of the qualifier we had a great run down with no crashes or mechanicals.
Wednesday was an early start and over to Oz for the Sprint DH your number on your board determines where you start the race and I was quite high up so I had a late start about 10:30 but it’s good to get there early so you can watch everyone else coming down. You get 2 timed race runs then if you make the top 50 out of about 350 you have to race a third time in an event they call the super cup. The course was super dry and dusty and the first riders down were setting 5min plus times after about 45min the times started to creep below the 5min mark and the real fast guys were well below the 4min 30sec mark. I posted a 4:43 Bart a 4:45 and Steve must of had a problem cause he came in at 5:15 no not in the afternoon that is min and sec’s (he’s not going to like that). The second run I never went up because I had buckled my front wheel, Bart and Steve went back up though Steve posted a 5:08 and was not happy, Bart punctured up top and his race was over. Overall Winner on the day was Chris Kovarik with Fabien Barrel in second.
Thursday was sign on day for the mega avalanche you do this down at the sports centre in town. We all signed on and after falling out with each other for trivial shit Bart and I headed up to go and do a full lap of the Mega avalanche course Steve went with 2 other guys later on that day. The route itself starts out on the glacier of Pic Blanc at a height of 3200m and drops down into alp d huez then you traverse around the valley and drop down the other side finishing of in Allemont at a height of 720m. We had a lot of fun up on the snow and took a few pictures then headed off the snow onto the single track, IL give you a brief rundown of the course from here.
You go onto the single track which is rocky dusty and steep. Once on this section there is almost no chance of overtaking as it’s too steep either side, this section runs for about 2-3miles and when you’re stuck behind people it becomes annoying because it’s one of the best single tracks in the place and you constantly get stuck behind people who won’t move. Once clear of this you climb up this short section and Alp d Huez comes into view, this is one of the toughest climbs on the course, it’s a good place to pick up some positions on race day though if your fit enough and your bike is still in one piece. Dropping down into Alp d Huez is good fun it’s mostly downhill with a few short climbs. After this your onto the traverse, this is a new addition to the course and in my opinion its wank you can’t get passed people and it’s not at all challenging. After that disappointment though you ride some amazing downhill sections wide-open and fast with good corners, you then enter the woods and your lungs are bust open with about 4-5 short rolling uphill sections one after the other but again after this brutal section is over you head onto some amazing single track steep, technical, rooty and rocky it’s got everything to keep you interested, one lack of concentration on this section and your mince meat as your going that fast and you’re not far from the edge. By now you’re not far from the end and it’s much the same all the way down to the end bar one little road climb about 100m long. You cross a bridge sprint along a road and that’s it, the course is approx 17miles long. Once there you can get a free bus back up to the Oz chairlift and make your way back to Alp d huez.
After doing the whole route which took about 2-3 hours just taking our time that was us for the day we headed back to campsite and took it easy as the next day it was the qualifiers.
Friday morning we got up and done some final preparations for the Qualifiers Steve was first away as his qualifying number was in the 600’s that means he was in the 3rd qualifying group each qualifying group holds 200 riders and there were 8 qualifiers. Everyone knows what time there qualifying run starts and you’re not meant to get on the lift until near that time but yet again you get guys going up who’s runs won’t start for 3 hours and they make the queue for the lifts massive by queuing ridiculously early and some people miss there runs because of this.
Bart and I managed to get a lift up to the first station. If you are on the gondola this is where you get off and have to cycle along a dirt road to get to the lift that takes you to the start of the qualifier. I got up to the top just in time and got onto my start line right at the front of the pack. I had Kovarik, Hart and Absalon right next to me talk about pressure. The euro music sounds and the 5 sec board goes up then you’re off. I had a crap start after one of the officials tried to stop us for a false start on one of the ends of the row a few of us slowed down a little then when we realised no one else was we got back up to speed. The first few corners are amazing you’re shoulder to shoulder with some of the best riders in the world gunning for a good position before the 1st lift station. You cross over a small snow section and then pass the lift station, you need to be in a good position now or you could find yourself stuck behind a slower rider with nowhere to overtake... I and a few guys behind me had this problem some guy in front was a poor downhiller but good on the straights so he would pull a little lead on the small straights and then hold you back on the rough sections and there is nothing you can do until your clear of this section, you may get lucky and he will fall or you may just get the squeeze on a corner if you’re lucky. Half way down this top section I hit a small kicker and my foot slipped off my pedal and I fell onto my seat I never thought nothing of it until I tried to start pedalling I then realised my seat had broke off and fell in between my frame and wheel. I had to stop to get it out and lost a few places. I got back on and carried on until the end where I finished 28th out of 200. I wasn’t happy but I had qualified for the main Mega race (only the first 45 of each group qualify for the main mega the remainder go into the mega promo) Steve and Bart also made the main mega finishing higher than me, Bart had finished in 12th place which was an amazing achievement considering his shit fitness. Later that day we done some short rides met up with some friends and had some pizza and pasta.
Saturday If you’re not racing in the Mega promo you get the day off and can have a lie in before you spend the day sorting your stuff out for the next day’s race. Nothing much went on today we just drank coffee ate food and tightened bolts.
Steve, Clive and I went up to the second lift station just to have a light run down and check everything over, I was lucky we did this as my rear brake hose bolt came off and i lost all the fluid which means no brakes, I ended up hitting this steep section before I realised and was picking up allot of speed, all the fluid was pissing out I had tried to ride it out but it was too rough so my only option was to bail out. Clive took me down the ski piste as it was too rough to go down the normal route with no back brake. I got down headed to the Hope trade stand and they sorted my brake out for me.
We were all ready for the Mega avalanche now and after getting a crap lasagne meal we got an early night.
I know this sounds like we never went out with all these early nights but we did have a few jars most nights it was just the price of beers was so expensive it was €18 a round.
Sunday we were all up at 06:00 and it was freezing, the weather was looking good for the day and we were all nervous about the race ahead. You get given a queue time to join the lift and for the first time everyone seemed to obey it. Bart was away before Steve and me because he had qualified a few rows ahead of us Steve and I joined the queue and made our way to the top of pic Blanc. Once up there you can feel the tension in the air. They start putting you onto your rows and then it’s not long till the race starts. Once everyone was on the line ready the music went on there was 3 helicopters flying about and it just made you even more nervous. The 1min to go board went up then the 30sec then the 5sec..... GO!!!! the race was underway, I was running with my bike and so was Steve who I could see just in front of me I tried to follow him but was getting hit by rocks sliding down under my feet, once round the bottle neck start it was down a short rocky section and onto the snow I crashed about 4 times on the snow and almost quit but then Steve and a guy from Dirt mag Rob Brakewell passed me and I thought fuck it I’m gonna catch them that’s my target. I caught Rob after the single track, his chain had snapped I think so that was 1 down next was Steve but he’s a strong rider and I thought he was off as I couldn’t see him. We got off the downhill and climbed the small but tough climb up to the plateau half way up I saw Steve and started pushing, I overtook him and on the way past tried to give him words of encouragement but could hardly speak let alone breathe. I made a few places up here and on the start of the traverse where I could, but it was so hard to overtake on this singletrack. Hitting the downhill section I took a few more places, it was so dusty it was hard to see where you were going at times. Into the woods and onto the rolling hill sections there were queues of people pushing up and there was nowhere to go apart from wait your turn. Some guy was trying to force his way through and on the second uphill section he tried to get a run up from the short down of the last uphill bit jumped off his bike but jumped to far and went over the edge everyone was laughing as he tried to scramble back up and some guy kicked his bike over the edge, I never saw him again. There were people all over the route repairing their bikes and picking themselves up from falling, its crazy the amount of people around you. The last little climb which is on the road for about 100m then drops back into the woods this was where I spotted Bart and I flew past him laughing, he had broke his entire front crank and his chain was bust. When I crossed the finish line I had done a crap 1hr18min, now for a 16.8mile course this was rubbish but what the hell we had all finished and we had all had an amazing time. We talked about the race all the way home that day/night and we are still going on about it now. [The End]
Friday, July 3, 2009
Its been a while but im back
I have not posted much since my return trip from NZ. I had a great time met great people and the mountain biking was great.
I'm heading off to Alp d Huez, France today to take part in the Megaavalanche race which is a moutnain bike enduro epic with approx 1600 riders covering 32km of some of the best terrain you could imagine and add that with some of the best scenery its a winner.
Steve Deas, Martin "Bart" Nairn and myself are heading off from peebles,Scotalnd at around midnight tonight and we excpect to get to Alp d Huez about 11pm sunday night. First thing monday morning it will busy busy!! collecting lift passes and sorting all the gear out for the following weeks riding.
On the the wedensday we have the Sprint Avalanche in Oz en Oisans its a timed DH race seperate from the Megaavalanche there will be some big names there so it will be a tough race. I think there will be around 300 riders and only the top 50 go through so fingers crossed
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I'm heading off to Alp d Huez, France today to take part in the Megaavalanche race which is a moutnain bike enduro epic with approx 1600 riders covering 32km of some of the best terrain you could imagine and add that with some of the best scenery its a winner.
Steve Deas, Martin "Bart" Nairn and myself are heading off from peebles,Scotalnd at around midnight tonight and we excpect to get to Alp d Huez about 11pm sunday night. First thing monday morning it will busy busy!! collecting lift passes and sorting all the gear out for the following weeks riding.
On the the wedensday we have the Sprint Avalanche in Oz en Oisans its a timed DH race seperate from the Megaavalanche there will be some big names there so it will be a tough race. I think there will be around 300 riders and only the top 50 go through so fingers crossed
Keep posted through the week or better still subscribe to my posts and keep an eye on how we are getting on..
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