During warm-up before the race on Saturday it suddenly starts raining, so practice and racing was postponed till the weather cleared up. After a few hours delay, I was able to do 3 warm-up laps and eventually we started racing. Because we had so much delay, we had a knock out race right away instead of 3 qualify heats. I got a great start in my 1/8 final, but the French guy André got the inside line and passed me into turn one. From there I rode safe and got 2nd. When I was on the gate for my quarterfinal, someone crashed during one heat earlier. So I unclipped my pedals because I saw the medics running with a stretcher. Suddenly the starter pressed the button to start the gate without saying anything. I had to be really quick to get ready, but I wasn’t 100% focused and got a bad start. In turn one I tried to make a high-low move, but because of that move I lost too much speed. After that I couldn’t pass anyone and got 6th place. You can imaging I felt really frustrated and disappointed!
For me it was a weekend where I learned some things I can use in the future. Now I need to get myself together and get some good results.
Next race will be European round 1&2 in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands next week. It’s the start of the European season 2012.
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