Mataro velodrome trainings

Mataro velodrome is amazing! I went lasts days to train & have fun on it. After we can ride, there was the kids school time with the Esport Ciclista Mataro. It's super cool to see them riding hard with the small bikes.

Now is our turn to ride!

I really want to thank to Nando to let us ride & train with him!

Lliga Catalana Pista 2014 Mataro

The last Saturday, was the Catalunya track championship on Mataro. 

In my category had 3 competitions, Danish elimination, Keirin and punctuation. 

I was going to run the race Keirin, but it never hurts to run in other races to train, investigate other racers and get more experience.

Danish elimination is a race in which the first goal in passing the sprint laps is eliminated. The final classification is the first winner (removed).

Then Keirin consists in a 8 lap race. The pole position is randomly choose, and then all riders go behind the motorbike. This makes 5.5 laps and speeds ups to 55km/h. Finally, the motorbike gets off the track and the 2.2 laps sprint begans. 

In my Keirin round, I get the first position on the random pole. On the 5.5 first laps I was very focused on my sprint. Then the motorbike gets off and I gave it my all. While I was sprinting, I thought I had the other racers so close. But when I cross the finish line, and I turn my head I saw that there was nobody. The other racers crossed the finish line 2 seconds after me.

I'm so happy to win my Keirin round. The other rounds were contested over the finish line , as my team mate Diego , with this magnificent photo finish.

Check out the video of the event! 5:06min begans the Keirin rounds

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Mataro pista Trainings

Last monday I went to train at Mataro Velodrome with the Esport Ciclista Mataro. It was my first time riding it,so I had to get used to the new turns, rolling on asphalt and the velodrome is smaller (200m).

This is the hypnotic turn, these damn stripes make you believe that you are in another dimension.

They have worked very well for school children in which there are many new talents, including smaller bikes for kids of all ages can enjoy an experience or an extracurricular sport.

So, it was a good first contact at this velodrome and now I'm ready for the next Keirin race, here on Mataro!

Thanks to my friend Nando and all the staff of the Esport Cilcista Mataro!