I’m back in Switzerland, training at our ‘army-base’ in Magglingen with the whole swiss team.

Sundays racing went really well for me again. Felt good from the beginning and put some solid laps in. I was sitting in qualifying position in my semi, when Phillips slid out in turn two and took me with him.

Go HERE to see the semi final run (Euro Belgium; Round 8; Elite Men semi 1).

If you want to see the complete results, click HERE (Elite Men results page 6)

Even if the track is not really what we were hoping for here in Belgium, it feels good to be racing again. Happy with my semifinal yesterday, considering the circumstances. Had quite some issues with my wrist, and, all of a sudden with my lower back last week. I even had to pull the plug before the semifinal, cause i couldn’t hold on to the bar anymore. It’s all muscular problems, and i guess, just a matter of getting used to these efforts again after a while off the bike. The bumpy and soggy track certainly doesn’t make it easier…

Gonna give it another shot today!

See the quarterfinal HERE. (Elite men quarter 3; sorry, direct link doesn’t work..)

I just finished my first outdoor BMX session in a while! After a little crash 4 weeks ago, my wrist needed some rest to heal up properly. Well, if ever, the timing for that injury couldn’t have been better. Weather was pretty crappy, family reunions for Christmas, New Year, both my kids Birthdays and a whole lot of tough physical training kept me busy enough.
Exciting program for the next two weeks:

- Urban Pumptrack Event this saturday (we’ll see if the doctor gives me the green light for that tomorrow…)

- Manchester Indoor SX training days next week

- BMX euro rounds in Belgium the weekend after

common wrist, you can do it!

What an autumn so far! Not a single rainy day in over a month?!
I gotta admit though, it’s pretty foggy down here and you can definitely feel the temperatures dropping! So getting ready for wintertime is the key right now.
Setting up indoor riding and training spots, organising training camps and races in the warm, flu vaccination…
It’s all set up for the last big push!

2011 has been my most successful year in fourcross racing to date. 1 world cup win; 2nd world cup overall; 2nd at the world champs.
I’m proud to be nominated for the 2011 ‘swiss cyclist of the year award’ among 10 other great athletes.
Here’s the link to the online voting.
Thanks a lot for every vote!

‘Holiday’ is officially over. 14days rest- DONE; some trails-, pumptracks-, dirtjumps-, skatepark sessions- DONE; couple of days sick- DONE.
Now it’s time to jump back into the real work. Unfortunately won’t be riding the BMX euro rounds in Geneva. I simply don’t want to overdo it and risk anything right now. My body is not ready for a race yet. All the best to the Swiss riders!
There’s a cool little BMX story in a big newspaper today, including a clip on the online page. Check it out HERE!

I ended up having a pretty bad last race of the year. I simply didn’t feel good and didn’t put anything together. Not the way I wanted to end the season! But I guess I just have to move on and forget about it. Next two weeks are going to be all about resting and putting the game plan together for the next couple of months. Looking forward to some good, hard off-season training!

Made it through qualifying today. Track seemed to be easy in the beginning, but once you start going faster, you better be precise on those jumps! Racing is surely going to be exciting tomorrow! All out one more time this year!

About to board the plane for this years final battle. Looking forward to sunny southern california!! Been feeling a bit tired after the MTB worlds, struggling for my form to come back. It’s better now, confident for that last peak to come around on saturday!

So, I finally found the time to post a little recap about last weeks crazyness at the worlds.
First off, huge thanks to everyone cheering me on friday night, keeping their fingers crossed and sending me messages afterwards.
It’s been a big goal of mine to do good at the Worlds in my homecountry. Everything went smoothly and I felt like I was in perfect condition for the showdown. Super stoked with the Silver Medal!
Here’s some impressions of the night

Final run. What a mess in the first turn!

My new BMC 4x bike worked perfectly all weekend. But I guess I need to teach her this little trick (replay at 1:15)… this would have been the winning move in the main! Graeme Mudds bike jumping right back up in his hands after the crash!