Bike Park Javornik in Crni Vrh (SLO) was the latest stop of SloEnduro series past Sunday. All the best enduro racers from Slovenia and some guest from Croatia, Italy, Austria and Hungary had to deal with 5 stages, a little more than 1500 altitude meters of descending and about 1000 altitude meters of uphills, to get some points for SloEnduro 2014 rankings.
Rutar with second win in a row
In the mens competition, the fastest rider on all five stages was Nejc Rutar (Unior Tool Team), who allready won the race in Cerkno, so he is really showing a good shape and seems to be hard to beat in this season. The nearest rival was Kristjan Medvešček (Blackthorn GT) with 19 seconds gap behind the winner. The final spot on the poduim went to another rider from local Blacthorn GT team, Peter Mlinar, who was in the finish with another 15 seconds gap behind the silver. Top five was concluded by Andrej Bratina, who is riding as individual and Tadej Razpet (Pedal Racing Team).
Zupan with a nice winning comeback after injury
Womens race was promising an interesting conclusion. The leader and winner of the last race, Lilla Megyaszai (Cube Csomor, HUN) was not present due to XC european championships, so Nina Rupnik (Orbea Geax) took the leaders position in front of Saša Bevk (Pedal Racing Team), who always knows how to surprise. Ana Zupan (Energijateam.com), who won the first race in Trieste, was coming back from an injury after she broke two of her ribs on national cup XC race, so bet on any of her would be risky. At the end, Ana showed that she did quite a nice job with her recovery and she won all five stages of the day. Nina managed to finish on second place, while Saša had some mechanical problems and she had to be happy with third sport.
Kordež and Pelcar were the fastest masters
With 8th place overall, Robert Kordež (Orbea Geax) was the fastest »non-elite« rider in Master 1 category, followed by Sebastjan Stres (Kamplc Racing) and Jaka Tancik (Energijateam.com). In the oldest category, Master 2, the fastest rider was Aleš Pelcar (Energijateam.com), followed by Janez Golmajer (MTB Klub Kranj) and Martin Brus (Kamplc Racing).
Jan Štucin takes the junior race win
Fastest junior on the track was Jan Štucin (Pedal Racing Team), who finished on 9th place in general clasification. The nearest rivals were Grega Žvan (Orbea Geax) and Jona Furlan (Kamplc Racing).
Full Results
Next race will be held in Tolmin, July 6th, within Soča Outdoor Festival, which includes a lot of other activities, beside cycling.
More information on www.sloenduro.com
Words: Jaka Tancik | Pictures: Nejc Bole | Video: Rok Markuš
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