Have a read of how Connor described his week at Val di Sole including what happened during his race run;
After round one in South Africa we had a two month break to go home and relax. I wouldna��t get this opportunity through the rest of the season, so I trained pretty hard at home. The next trip would be almost 4 months long with 6 World cups. The first was Val Di Sole which I was looking forward to. I had my best result of 2011 there and I really liked the track…
The track had a few changes made making it slightly less difficult in my
opinion. I felt really good through practice. The track became extremely rough with massive ruts and holes cut out through the deep loam. When qualifying rolled around I felt confident and just put a solid run down without risking throwing it away. I ended up in 47th which I was happy with. I knew I could improve so I made a few changes to my lines and kept having fun really.
Before my race run I warmed up well and my Kona Operator felt good. I rode really well for the first half of the track. In one section I hit a big g-out a lot harder than I did in practice and my tired arms couldna��t hold me up. I lost my feet and headed for a tree. I remember thinking therea��s no way I can hold this. I
shouldered the tree but somehow managed to keep it upright. For the rest of the
run I was pretty shaken but got down to the bottom. I finished 41st which is a okay result considering my run but knew I could of done better. Ia��m off
to WC #3 at Fort William and looking to climb up the ranks a bit more.
Watch out for Connor’s race report after the next round in Fort William.