Racereport: End of season. By Martijn Jaspers. Photo by BdJ

Oct 07, 2014

Written by Bart de Jong

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Post Argentina I cleared my mind, had some good conversations with people close to me, in hope to end the season well. 3 Nations Cup Zolder, Belgium The first week started well. Even I didn’t feel great, I got 2 2015 Worlds track of Zolder, Belgium.

Worldcup 5 Chula Vista (CA), USA

2nd and 3rd week were prep weeks towards the last Worldcup in Chula. I knew the 2 track on the Olympic training center was a real hard one as it looks better than it rides, every cm of the jumps are different. I tried to go in as clear as possible and started practice well. But I lost momentum while perfectioning the track, I made a lot of mistakes and lost confidence. Got back at it on Friday, but a crash threw me back again. I managed to put it together in Qualification and qualified 46th for racing on Saturday.

With a hard moto I knew it was going to be tight racing. I had

some good gates, but couldn’t make it happen mentally. I totally blacked out and had a lot on mind during racing, which isn’t good. I’ve never felt this way during racing and definitely never want this again. This is something important to work on this winter.

Topcompetition Erp, Netherlands

The Chula race was going a lot through my mind the week after. With the vacation recovery time coming close I tried to have as much fun possible on my bike. I took 0.04s off the start track record on my hometrack, so knew my level was still there. Racing on Sunday went well on a pitty and wet track in Erp. Gates in semi and final were good, only lost some speed with elbow fighting. Still managed to race well, end on the podium in 3rd and finish off the season on a good note. 3 weeks to regroup now and start the preparation for 2015, I’m ready to go and make it the best!

Special thanks go out to all behind me, my sponsors, coach Bas, staff, teammates, parents, friends and my girlfriend Sanne! You’re the best!

Cheers

MJ92