Tue, January 12th, 2010
Cycle Cross Nationals
Kristian fighting hard for his bronze medal. Photo: mbaek.dk
This weekend it was time to find out who is the best cyclecross rider in Denmark. The national championships were held in Århus, on the old velodrome and the nearby horse track.
My start was scheduled to go at 13.00 alongside the womens field. I had a very good start and got through the first couple of turns in a good position on the very technical course.
Jonas Pedersen was extremely strong and just rode away from the rest of us. The excitement in the junior ranks was then about second place. I was fighting throughout the race with Emil Arvid Olsen for that silver medal, and the battle ended up in a sprint at the finish line with Emil taking second place and me getting the last podium position.
As a big fan of cycle cross I also watched the rest of the European countries finding their respective champions. Especially Belgium had my attention as it would be very exciting to find out if it was going to be World Champion Niels Albert or another Belgian superstar Sven Nys who would claim the title.
It ended up being Nys who won because a member of Sven Nys’ fanclub pushed Albert of his bike resulting in a broken rib.
Now I am going to do the last couple of cross races before changing my focus on the coming mtb season.
Thanks to all the spectators who showed up in Århus and cheered for me.
