2010 World Cup Copenhagen – SX2

Next stop for our Elite Riders in the Month of May event  was the World Cup in Copenhagen.  The Copenhagen BMX Venue was in perfect shape but the weather was a bit of a spoiler.

Sandra was looking good in practice but the side wind on the first double blew her of balance and the SX event was over before it began.

In Friday’s Time Trial, Kevin took first run 66th in the second run and in the second run he landed sideways on the big triple into the first turn and went down.

Edzus didn’t have a good first run and had to wait to qualify in the second run. He managed to finish with the top 64 and qualified for racing day.

On Saturday the wind was a lot less and Edzus was ready for his race.  He got drawn in a pretty stacked 1/8 final, but after some finishes in the top  three he managed to get through to the 1/4 final. With the 7th gate pick there was no place for mistakes if he wanted to qualify to the semis.
Things went his way and he took 4th place on the second straight and kept it save to the finish.
In the semi final, after a pretty bad gate Edzus got stuck in traffic in the first turn. In the rest of the track he managed to pass some riders and with a nice high-low in the last turn he passed last years SX overall winner Sam Willoughby to strand in 5th place, just 1 place away from a spot in the final.

Most important form him, he earned some points in the first race of the 2012 Olympic games qualification period.

Upcoming race for our team are the European Championships Rounds in Weiterstadt, Germany.

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