Euromtb 2016 wish you a happy new year!
Happy New Year to all of you from the 2016 EuroMTB organization in Huskvarna, Sweden! We wish 2017 to be the best year...
After the start loop al riders headed down towards Huskvarna in a large group. When they made the climb up the ski slope a quartet of riders, lead bya a French duo Thomas Bonnet and Axel Zingle, ahead of two Swiss Nick Burki and Vital Albin had created a gap. Together they made an effort in stretching the rest of the pack.
Out on the second lap there where a trio in lead made out by Bonnet, Albin and Zingle leaving Clément Champoussin and Nick Burki in an interesting fight for 4th place. In the climb up the ski slope Bonnet showed power and left a gap to Zingle who had a lead over Albin.
Bonnet kept the lead and showed in the climbs that he was rising to the top of the podium with a golden eye. During the 4th lap Vital squeezed past Zingle and in the last climb up the ski slope he looked back towards the beaten French who parked ad third place. Meanwhile another Swiss defeated a French as Burki took control over 4th position leaving Champoussin behind.
There where no doubt that Bonnet was the king of the race and he even afforded to cross the finish with raised arms and towards a blue sky.
Allez le bleu!
