Raymon van der Biezen's Race Report National BMX Race Championship Baarn, NL.

Jul 06, 2011

Written by Bart de Jong

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A lot of young fans came to Baarn to ride and watch the National Championship last weekend. For me it was the first national race of the year. I saw some new people around the track and also a lot of kids/parents I know very well. It was cool to sign many caps/ racing jerseys or whatever, give some stickers and to get a picture with the little ones. Sometimes I wish I had some more time for all that kind of stuff!

Practice on Saturday started a little rough. I felt tired after spending the rest of the week in Copenhagen at the World Championship track. The track in Baarn was okay, but to small for the Elite Men. To make a clean lap I had to ride on 90% otherwise I overshoot most of the jumps. I was satisfied about the last few laps I made during practice, so that was a nice feeling.

On Sunday it was crowded than I expected and even the NOS (national sport television) was there to film. Warm-up started at 1:30pm, racing at 2pm. I easily qualified myself for the main event, but because this was my first race since my injury, each lap cost me a lot of energy and it was hard for me to recover between every race.

It was now or never to defend my national title. Unfortunately I had a really bad start and I was in 3rd position. No clean lap at all, because I couldn’t pass the guy in front of me. At the end I still had some energy left to pass him just before the finish line.

Results: 1. Jelle van Gorkom 2. Raymon van der Biezen 3. Martijn Jaspers 4. Glenn van de Wetering 5. Joris Harmsen 6. Martijn Scherpen 7. Jordy van der Heijden 8. Robin van de Kolk

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