The sprints were held at Neot Kdumim, again near to the event centre. I had drawn a very late start just before the red ‘top 10’ group and was hoping for a good result if I could get pulled along as they came past me. The first couple of controls were easy and I quickly got into the map and then nailed # 3,4,5 but got distracted by the eventual winner Adrian Jackson as he came through on the way to #2 and picked a duff route choice to #6 , perhaps losing 1 min or so. I then rode really well and started to realise that cutting through carrying the bike off track was an option. I really blasted the last big hill and cut across the open to # where I was caught by Lasse (2nd place) and we both took a daft short cut down some terraced farm land. Lasse didn’t hesitate and jumped 2 metres off a wall, bike in hand. I stopped, saw no alternative and jumped too. I pulled back ahead slightly with another carried shortcut and I sprinted up to the finish to take 44th place just 30 secs off some world ranking points and 6 mins down on the winner, my best international result to date.
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