Februar 2013 Canyon Factory Enduro Team Rider: Fabien Barel Location: Nizza/France Copyright: Markus Greber

Racing home is never easy for Fabien. Every local riders are fast, without talking about 10 times World champion, Nicolas Vouilloz. Fab and Nico competed on tight racing over 3 stages for almost 25 minutes of cumulated timing. The gap of time separating the 2 riders was 1 second…

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Fab took the win in the front of Nico after an intense day of riding.

Februar 2013 Canyon Factory Enduro Team Rider: Fabien Barel Location: Nizza/France Copyright: Markus Greber

“It is great to see Nico back in shape after his knee injury and it is promising great racing for next week” says Fab.

Next stop will be Punta Ala…

Words: PM Fabien Barel Photo: Markus Greber


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Robin Schmitt

Robin is one of the two founders of 41 Publishing, a visionary and go-getter. While he now enjoys every second on the bike – whenever his busy schedule allows – he used to race against the clock at enduro events and a few Downhill World Cups. Besides that, Robin practises kung fu and Zen meditation, plays the cello or with his dog (which actually belongs to his girlfriend), travels abroad and still reviews numerous bikes himself. Progressive ideas, new projects and major challenges – Robin loves exploring undiscovered potential and getting to the bottom of new trends.