Jag hade ett mycket lyckat Trans Rockies i Kanada. Förutom att det var en otroligt häftig upplevelse att cykla fantastiska stigar “The Rockies” så blev det inte mindre än 4 etappsegrar och en 3:plats totalt efter 7 dagar i “The Canadian Rockies”. Vi körde 3 etapper runt Fernie i British Columbia, sedan 2 etapper i Blairmore i Alberta, för att sedan avsluta med 2 etapper i Canmore(Alberta). Jag punkterade på 1:a etappen samt körde fel och tappade 17 min på etapp 3. Så utan dessa missöden hade det troligtvis blivit en totalseger känns det som, eftersom jag var klart bäst de 4 sista dagarna, så det är lite surt. Men allt måste lira under 7 dagars tävlande, så det är bara att acceptera. Men som sagt grym upplevelse och lite häftigt att köra stoppa ner den obligatoriska björnsprayen i bakficka och sticka ut i vildmarken:-)

Schweizaren Oliver Zurbruegg(Wheeler) vann före Kanadensaren Cory Wallace(Kona).

Härnäst väntar Finnmarksturen i Långloppscupen den 11 aug.

I had a pretty good but not perfect Trans Rockies last week. The first stage I flatted when leading with over 3 minutes. I fixed it but lost the lead and came in 2nd after Oliver Zurbruegg. On the 2nd stage I had a bit tired legs but managed to get 2nd after Oliver again, only 1 sec behind him.

And on stage 3 I felt better and had attacked on the last climb, but took the wrong way in a badly marked sharp corner, and lost 17 mins! So I dropped down to 8th place in the GC.

Then stage 4,5,6 and 7 I won in a pretty convincing fashion actually:) On the last 2 stages bear spray was mandatory to bring with you, since its a lot of bears in Kananaskis county. I did´nt see any bears, only some moose and deer:)

And that effort made me jump up to 3rd place in the GC at the end. So I´m happy with 4 stage wins but it could of been even better. However, it was a very cool race with some amazing single tracks around Fernie(BC) and Canmore(AB).

My buddie “Edvard the roadie” did a really good job on his second mtb race ever and got top 15 on nearly every stage! Well done!

And thanks to Nikki who came out and supported, took pics & cheered through out the whole week!

And of course a big thanks to Colin Osborn and Clay Gillies at Honeystinger for making this happen!

The group pic: from right: Paul Remy(FRA), Cory Wallace, Kris Sneddon(Both CAN), me and Oliver Zurbruegg(CH).

Photo: John Gibson.

//Calle