Snow Trippin: Fast men in lycra

Thursday, 12 January 2012

Fast men in lycra

This week Val d'Isere was hosting the FIS European Cup Mens Downhill. Where the champions of tomorrow struggle to win their place for the World Cup Tour.

Just to stand on the safe side of the safety netting was hairy enough as contenders from across Europe hurled themselves down this well known run that normally takes tourists and locals alike down to Daille. But these thick thighed, lycra clad guys where hitting some pace and getting plenty of air as the lead swapped back and fourth between the Austrians and the Italians. Austrian Johannes Kroll crossed the line in the quickest time. An ice cool performance of 1 minute 12.82. Not sure what our time would be but even minus the vin chaud stop we would never match these lot. They were flying. We felt like snails when we eventually pulled ourselves away from the race circuit and did some skiing for ourselves!

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