After a week in pila spent riding and eating pizza, we hit the road an aimed for France. 5 hours later and a crazy detour up a dirt track through some forest park, we got there while the sun was still shining.

The guys were riding well in practise and from the very start, were feeling good on the track.

It was steep an tight which seemed to suit the guys. They were bucking a few step downs and talking Junk about who was going to smoke who on race day.

Qualifying came round very quickly and after only one days practise it was time to put in a clean run.

Baltic managed a respetable time but felt as though he had a flat tyre for the whole run. He held back a bit and managed to qualify only 9 seconds off Steves 1st place time.
He was confident for the final that with a fast run he could pull out a decent time. Adam unfortunatley had 2 major crashes in qualifying, the second impact was so harsh, he decided the best way to deal with it was to throw up in his brand new giro remedy. This put him way out the arse after a good 1st split and unfortunately outside the cut off point for finals.

Ben had qualified in 32nd and set off from the start line just as the rain started to fall. He had a good run and was happy to be able to ride with his collar bone still looking like a cabbage. The time was good, a 2.15 but unfortunately it was the lower end of the 15,s so the more people down the hill, the further down he was pushed. 46th place in the end and plenty of motivation for the rest of the season. Were now ready for an assault on Andorra this weekend. Just as soon as we find our way out of cedrics podium cafe. He seems to have an eventful week planned with plenty of parties to keep the riders relaxed

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