Schladming Part 4 - DH Practice 2 (5 comments)
Saturday, 13-September-2008 00:07 AM - by Ryan
We're down in the media dungeon again having borne witness to yet more shredding by the world's fastest.
Mitch Delfs launching himself into the mist
Conditions weren't nearly as bad as I expected on the track and a muggy day has seen a lot of sections dry out quite nicely. Enough mud early on to ensure some quality roost was thrown and for that, I'll have to let the pictures speak their usual thousand words or so.
Roost on, Fabien...
Sam Blenkinsop may well have set the fastest time in timed practice this session, but the printout we have here only starts at number 2 and there's no Sam Hill to be seen anywhere...spooky conspiracy or UCI cock-up. You decide.
4X racing tonight which should be entertaining. The track is certainly more suited to the BMX crossover racers, short, fast, smooth and with no big jumps. Corner 2 looks like it was designed specifically to make T-bone take outs as easy as possible so expect some quality carnage there. The last 2 turns before the final step down have a couple of inside lines so there could be some clean passes put on there.
Romain Saladini qualified fastest last night from Kamil Tatarkovic, Dan Atherton and Roger Rinderknecht. Romana Labounkova was the quickest lady down the hill, beating out Anneke Beerten and Fionn Griffiths.
