World Cup Round 2 Fort William,Scotland

Race Report Fort William

Hey everyone, just finished up a couple of weeks on the road for Round 2 and Round 3 of the UCI World Cup
First up was round 2 in Fort William, Scotland.
We arrived in Scotland on Wednesday, and after being a bit slow on booking accomodation,everything was pretty much full up so we decided to hire a motorhome from Glasgow airport,which turns out for 4 people isnt that ideal! After about half an hour of being told the features/things that didnt work on the camper we were on the tight and winding road to Fort William.

Ricci's monster fish

Thursday was registration and track walk,the track was looking good, they made a few changes to the track for this year and it was looking super fast as usual and was looking like heaps of fun! After a bit of an evening fishing session, where our mechanic Marco Ricci caught a monster of a fish after the lady at the camp ground told us we wouldnt catch anything,it was off for another great nights sleep in the camper.
Friday was practice and the track was riding fast and starting to roughen up, i wasnt feeling too good on the track in the morning but after changing a few things with my suspension etc. i was feeling a bit better by the afternoon.
Saturday was practice in the morning then qualifying in the afternoon, and after walking the track the night before i changed up a few lines and was feeling pretty good on the track and ended up qualifying in 20th position.
Race day on Sunday was another good Scotland day and the sun was shining! Race run soon came around and the track was dryng out and getting pretty dry and slippery, i had another solid run but held back a little too much in the top sections and finished up in 20th.

Big ups to all the other NZers aswell, there was 5 of us in the top 20 and especially to Brook for his first World Cup podium,of many to come!
After an 18th in South Africa and a 20th in Scotland it put me into 18th in the overall.

Big thanks to my team Cingolani Trek,and all my other sponsors