Emil Lindgren » Race

18th in Champéry!

emillindgren — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:11:24 +0000

Had a solid race today and finished 18th. A slipper course and a crazy start made it tricky to advance from my 47th starting position. I had good legs and spirit riding around 15th position. My body is not 100% full of energy yet since the stomach problems last week and I suffered really hard the last 3 laps. Backed down a bit in speed and managed to keep the cramps from getting worse.

Next up will be World Cup in Val di sole next week. Then back home.

Cheers/ E

5th at Nationals.

emillindgren — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:57:46 +0000

I didn´t have enough energy in my body to do a proper Nationals. I did my best and finished 5^th. I was in the leading trio during 4 out of 6 laps. I was feeling a lot better then during the week but 4 days without much food made the race though. I am very disappointed that I missed out on yet another title.

Congrats to Magnus Darvell, Team Kalas who rode a very strong race.

I will now focus on trying to get my body healthy and strong again. I hope for better days soon!

/ E

Gold in the Relay!

emillindgren — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:03:18 +0000

I am getting better day by day and I used the team relay as a leg opener. I did´t have the best of feeling but I hope to react well to the speed I got today. Alingsås CK, my Swedish club was represented by me, Olof Jonsson and his brother Erik Jonsson. I was the first rider, took the lead and they finished it of in great style =)

I have been eating ok since wednesday evening and the power is starting to get back. 4 days with just a small amount of food is not what I wanted.

I will try to load up as much energy as possible for tomorows race. The forcast says a lot of rain…
/ E

Bad Euro Champs!

emillindgren — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:54:17 +0000

I had a very bad day in the heat in Israel. My body totally get blocked and I can´t get any power out in the pedals. I am very disappointed about the feeling and the result… I am now travelling home to Sweden for a few days witch includes National champs.

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6th in the Relay!

emillindgren — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:21:20 +0000

We didn´t repeat the 1st place from last years Team Relay at the European Champs. I was racing the first lap and had a good race. I got tangled up behind Germanys rider and lost contact with Switzerland and Italy. I was riding about 5-10sek behind them for the rest of the race.

I had a rather hard crash in training yesterday and I am looking forward to a relaxed day tomorrow to try to recover a sore leg.

The course is super fun, but really slippery, I guess most guys have been crashing in training. The heat is huge and we have about 98% of sun during the lap. The organizers have put up special showers along the course to be able to chill yourself during the race.

It will be a hard one on friday!

Cheers/ E

DNF in Bern!

emillindgren — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:35:31 +0000

I have no good news from Bern. My body shut down completely in the heat and I was suffering big time! Halfway through the race I decided it was best to pull out. I hate to do that but to push my body over the limit at this time is maybe not to smart. I went from our 20 degrees at home in Sweden to circa 30 here in Swizerland to even hotter in Italy upcoming week. I will do a heat champ in Massa Marittma next week together with Alexandra Engen, Rothaus-Cube and our coach from the Olympic Committee. After that we fly to Israel for the European Champs.

I be back!

9th in Albstadt!

emillindgren — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:27:18 +0000

I finished 9^th in a super muddy race in Albstadt yesterday. I knew it was going to be a hard race already before when I saw that the course went from fast rolling to slippery. My mud skills are normally really good but now I really have problems steering my bike in the technical sections even when it´s dry. Knowing that I decided to make my own race and not take any big risks. I was riding steady at 9^th place about the whole race. I am glad that I came through the race without crashing and I really look forward to get back into mtb-mode again.

Also very happy to be back at racing with my team again. Henk Jaap Moorlag is flying and finished 6^th. Impressive result by him! The atmosphere is super and we are all looking forward to next race!

I am now travelling home to Sweden and my next race will be in Bern in a couple of weeks.

Ciao/ E

1st in Bundesliga sprintrace!

emillindgren — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:36:23 +0000

I managed to get the win in todays Bundesliga sprint. I said already yesterday that I go for the win and so I did. I tried to be in front of the race and I made the right decisions and we got away in a group of 3 riders after four of eight laps. We worked together and I outsprinted Moritz Milatz and Nicola Rohrbach for the win.

A win is a win but tomorrow is another day. We will have a hard race at the XC-course of Albstadt. I will give my best!

As for the feeling of my hand it´s getting better, but I am still having problems in the technical sections. The fingertip feeling that I normally have is more or less gone and I struggle to get the normal feeling of the bike. I am sure it will comeback but at the moment it feels a bit far away. I take each day as a new day and I am really looking forward to race the rest of the year.

All for now, more when I get back to home next week.

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4th in the comeback!

emillindgren — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:42:47 +0000

The weekend has past and I am happy to say that I finished 4^th in the overall at the Merida Bike Vysocina. I went into the race without real expectations on my self when I haven´t race a proper race since Dalby Forest in the end of april. It turned out to be better power in my body then I thought and I finished 5^th, 5^th and 4^th witch led to a 4^th in the overall. I had ok legs but they missed a lot of race speed. I got into the racing pretty good and my hand was ok. It´s holding me back a lot in the technical sections and I still have pain in it. I guess it will take a long time before it´s back to normal again =(

Next up will be the Bundesliga in Albstadt coming week, then home to Sweden a few days before it kicks of with a bunch of big races in a row.

Full gas!

Houffalize!

emillindgren — Mon, 03 May 2010 06:06:07 +0000

I was super motivated to make a ggod result in Houffalize and as the rain poured down I was confident for a good race. I started great and was after the first hill about 5th and a super feeling. I missjudged a corner and so did the rider in front of me wich made us both crash hard. I was fast up on my bike again but my right hand was not working as it should, with 3 fingers that basically didn`t work anymore. I continued one more lap but not having the ability to steer or brake made me to pull out of the race in 12th position.

I am now at Dusseldorf airport on my way back home to Sweden, sad that the race went like it did but happy to say that X-rays says that nothing is broken. Just bruised and stretched out ligaments. I am more motivated than ever to come back in a couple of weeks in top shape again!

All for now/ E