Great course. Felt good in warm ups. Nice damp weather. First lap on a downhill into the sand I hit a rock with my front wheel and popped a Fango. It was about 3/4 of a lap to go before the wheel pit with a big hill to climb. I rode slowly for a bit, got through the barriers up the hill and part way down the hill when Matt saw that I would probably ruin my wheel if he didn't let me into the pit. He felt at that point that they had made a mistake with only one entry to the pit. Everyone had passed me and I was in dead last place. I changed the wheel and rode well to 20th passing 10 or 12 people. Oh well. Fun stuff. Pics leading to a runup and the runup.
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