Mavic Trans Provence 2012 Day Two
Clamensane to Digne-les-Bains
You know things are serious when the Welsh agree it’s wet. All the action from day two of the Mavic Trans Provence, and it doesn’t look like the bad weather slowed the top guys and girls down at all! Cube Action Team’s Nicolaus Lau has replaced Jerome Clementz at the top of the leaders board, along with enduro regulars Nico Voilloz and Mark Weir with Ralph Naef representing for all the cross country racers out there in fifth place!
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Full day two results can be found here.
Here’s the official word from the organisers:
Day 2 of the Mavic Trans-Provence and what a day!
The previous four years of glorious autumnal weather that Mavic Trans Provene has been blessed with, was ended abruptly on Monday morning with a storm of biblical proportions. Special Stage one and two saw riders battling through rain, sleet and hail high up at nearly 1800 metres in the mountains – with the usual route quickly becoming, in places, swollen rivers
The camaraderie of the event showed itself once again at the feed stations – where spare clothes were shared out and riders huddled for warmth. By early afternoon the storm had blown itself out and riders pedalled some warmth back in to there bodies with the long climb via a cancelled Special Stage 3 due to the morning storm and up on to the now near mythical Special Stage four ‘Donkey Darko’.
The combination of warming sun and some of the finest riding in Europe changed what had been epic mostly due to the shocking conditions back to epic for all the right reasons, with great trails and great competition all shared with friends – truly a great Mavic Trans Provence day .
Tue 25th Sep, 2012 @ 4:08 pm
