Here’s the replay of yesterdays race.
My 1/4ter final is at 1:13.00 .
(for all you superstitious guys out there, I was also staying in room 113 and my carreer number is 13…wuhuuu..)

Mixed feelings after yesterdays race. Had some good laps in the motos and made it safe through to the quarters. Didn’t get the greatest start but hit all the lines nearly perfect, working my way up to the third position. Still confortable in qualifying position, the rider in 2nd spot almost crashed on the last straight, which forced me to brake and try to avoid it and allowed two other guys to slip passed me… just a couple of meters before the finishline… crazy! Even harder if you know that this qualifying for the semis would have meant that I met the swiss olympic nomination criterias for london! Well, stuff like that happens in our sport. I’m happy with my performance and I’ll keep focussing on what I can control, and do my best again in two weeks at the Worlds. Bring it!

Flying out to Holland for the next World Cup round! Excited, eventhough the weather doesn’t seem to be that great right now. Just when summer starts kicking in in Switzerland… Oh well, I’m sure we’ll still feel the heat come race time!

Timetrials have been a big concern of mine lately… so it’s time to work on it some more today. Full laps burn!

Had a good day during the finals today. Good legs, head in the right spot. Made it to the semi finals. That’s 1/2 of the results to get an Olympic nominination. Great feeling to have overcome so many obstacles during the past weeks. Body is tired and sore now, but ready to tackle the next challenges!

Just finished qualifying in Norway. Pretty stiff with lots of mistakes… BUT, qualified for tomorrows racing. Bring it on!

Pumptracks is getting more and more popular. I took part in the production of a tool for school teachers to integrate pumptracking into their school sport classes. Great thing to reach out to thousands of youngs kids and possible new talent.
click on the following link to have a look (basic how-to clips start on page 16): www.mobilesport.ch
And click HERE to see my buddy Adrian Kiener doing a little TV thing on the same topic.

Sitting at the hospital right now checking up on all the damages. Confirmed so far: 2 cracked ribs and ripped finger tendon with a little piece of bone.
Coming up: CT scan on my left hand.
Let’s hope for the best. Want to race in Norway in 10days!
pic: my ugly finger when I try to hold it straight

What a weekend!
I crashed Saturday morning during an easy ride which was supposed to loosen me up and set my mind straight after the outcome of the first World Cup.
Result: broken helmet, broken bike, torn tendon at a finger, something that feels like a cracked rip and hopefully not much more at some other sore spots!
I knew that this journey is not going to be an easy one. I’m still standing, ready to pull through what might be some painful days to come. I better man up fast!

So the race season has finally arrived. I was excited to get things started as I felt like everything is coming together nicely, just as planned.
Well, there was a bit of a plan change today at the first World Cup in Chula Vista. Blew up my qualifying run badly and didn’t even make the cut for tomorrows racing. Extremeley dissapointed. Gotta stop doing silly mistakes fast now as the next round is in Norway in 2 weeks time. Will do everything to try set things straight there!