Antwerp world cup
3rd place... am I happy? no of course not! Could I do better? Yes for sure so I'll try to prove that next time. What happend? First section I got one small dab (pedal touched) and in my head I knew that wasn't such a good thing to do seeing Gilles cleaning that same section. So I guess that played in my head too much and that's why I think I made the most stupid mistake ever in my whole carreer... I didn't lift my backwheel high enough and there I was ... Laying on the floor both hands on the obstacle. 7 points against 0 after 2 sections.
Nothing to do against that! Gilles is too strong to give him such a huge advantage ... next thing was a five because my the judge decided I passed the tape with my front axle so I got 5 again... There I was: finishing the first lap with 14 against Gilles' ridiculous 0 points and Vince's 7 ... I changed mentality after knowing it was all lost and at that point I started to relax throwing all pressure from my shoulders... I ended up 2nd lap with 2 and got 3rd after all. On the other hand I am proud that my organization (the intl Trialteam, our dad, CB sporsmarketing) realized something all other countries can only dream off! We got 30 minutes live on national TV and Radio + There were plenty of cameras and reporters to cover the whole thing in one of the most beautiful city centers Belgium has to offer. Only a pitty I couldn't finish it the way I wanted... next time better... I bent but I won't break ;)
Written by Kenny Belaey on 02/08/2010
From the vault...
