“In Albstadt, the results from previous races have been confirmed. I drove evenly with the absolute top, which gave me confidence. I was very satisfied. With the performance and the location, even though the potato bothered me immediately, “the 30-year-old native from Rokycany returns to the opening act of the World Championships in Albstadt, Germany, where last Sunday he finished fourth just two seconds from the podium.
At the same time, he finished seventeenth in the previous short track on Friday, which condemned him to start from the third row. “Sprint doesn’t suit me, it’s a completely different race than cross country. But I have to admit, it threw me a little. I was afraid if the form was completely gone, “Cink looks back at the entrance to the series. But then he dazzled with a great performance.
Biker Cink was fourth in the World Championships in Albstadt, leaking bronze by two seconds
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In Nové Město, he has already achieved the first goal, to reach the 16th in the sprint, to have a better starting position. He finished fifteenth.
Van der Poel and Batten won the short track in Nové Město, Cink was fifteenth
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In addition, it is making a fundamental change. In Albstadt, he did not use a full-suspension bike, but a so-called hardtail. “And I wouldn’t do it again. It was an advantage in the hills, but in the descents, although not so difficult, I felt the difference. I was in a cramp that I didn’t have rear suspension, I couldn’t relax, snorted and lost. ” in Nové Město, it will undoubtedly be a great advantage. I have never even tested them in the past, except here on the spot, “admits Cink.
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Biker Ondřej Cink during training in Nové Město na Moravě.
Michal Červený
Although the highlight for him will be the fight for the Olympic medal in Tokyo, he attaches special importance to the home race. “I want to be on the podium,” says Kross Racing, a fighter who has never been on the podium at home among the elite.
In addition, for the first time since 2015, he would have secured the podium for the Czechia from the race in the Vysočina region in the World Championships, which Jaroslav Kulhavý won by triumph at the time. “I’m just sorry there won’t be spectators. I don’t understand that they can go to football and not to go cycling in the woods, “Cink wonders.
| Weekend program of the Mountain Bike World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě: |
| Saturday, May 15 |
| 9.30 juniors |
| 11.15 juniors |
| 15.00 men under 23 years |
| 16.30 women under 23 years |
| Sunday, May 16 |
| 11.20 women |
| 15.20 men |
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