The sprint took place in the urban forests of northern Ahus, with the start close to our accommodation. A light drizzle had set in as darkness fell, making really bright lights less effective.
I got a good start, with few problems on the way to number 1, but totally blew number 2, losing 4 minutes on the parallel residential forested streets. I eventually sorted myself out as the rain intensified and started to get into the flow of the night sprint until I got confused by some unmarked forest extraction tracks on the way to number 5 and lost more time. I then rode cleanly, even nailing the controls near the railwayline which caught many out, until I again came to the area of the unmarked tracks and again made a mistake costing a couple of minutes. From number 13 to the finish I felt I rode very strongly and was pleased to finish on a high with quite a few top 10 splits beating many of the worlds best though disappointed with the 3 mistakes which, in sprint racing, were just too big and dropped me right down the results.
Results available http://www.mtbocamp.dk/2010/results.htm
I’m very jealous.