Final(ish) update as have spent the day travelling, so proper pooped…
Plus can’t download the hi res images on phone for some reason,…
Stage 4 finished 2 days back… FANTASTIC route, with some decent techy bits and fun sniggletrack descents!
Basically, since stage 2 the top 15 amateur men pairs stayed in the same position… Hence “The OC” finished 14th in cat, and something like 61st out of everyone.
I tell you what though.. The fast lot are VERY fast… I mean, the UCI teams are incredible… The speed they smash through the stages is mighty impressive!
Anyway..back to the event..
I REALLY Loved it.. Beautiful islands, great logistics by the epic crew…and I really liked the stages. I’d call it “euro XC”… In the sense that if most of the euro riders had a go at Brighton Big Dog, or a gorrick XC, they’d poop their pants at the technicality of them! The Europeans seem to love a long gravel/Stony path… I personally didn’t mind that, but Phil my riding partner got a bit bored of the long flat sections. He’s more of an Enduro rider, so was gagging for technical trails. I’d say each day there were probably 2 or 3 descent descents.. for him that wasn’t enough…but I really like the marathon feel of the event, so would DEFFO do again…
Nice to meet you both and pleased you had a great time on the islands and importantly, it was well organised…
If you are up for Swiss Epic and a stage up the Gnarr-o-meter let me know and I can do the shuttle to the race for you, I’m close to Basel.
