From Canada I went pretty much straight to World Championships in Italy. I never felt so ready for a race before and at the same time, I started getting excited everytinme I thought about the race.

In qualifier I had a pretty decent run and set the 5th fastetst time. I was really happy with this keeping in mind that time trials are not what I’m good at.

On Raceday, I was focussed a hundred percent having only one thing in mind: Getting these rainbow stripes. In the all important race, I advanced on to the semi finals and felt good on the track. Then in semis I was riding in second position when the Italian Giovanni Pozzoni pulled a move on me, slipped away and took both of us down. The disappointment I felt when I was dragging my bike down to the finishline was unreal, that emptiness killed me.

Anyway, in the small final I had the anger in my mind and body. I got to the finishline first and set the fastest time of the day, which showed me that I was on it. As we all know, loosing is one of the hardest things but happens too;) 5th place for me though, and lots of experience which will help me get it one day.

*pictures by Florian Gärtner www.canonite.ch , all rights reserved