Tuesday 24 February 2015

First European Race For Rodriguez

Naked Bikes Team Rider Rodriguez made the trip back home to spain to compete in the RotorBigRace a MTB marathon race in Madrid , The race is one of the toughest Marathon race's going and has been a success every year . The number of participants is always very high, With  nearly 500 Riders racing , The quality of riders has was amazing some of the top  top riders in Spain would be fighting for the top positions and from Rodriguez point of view this was great ,  This was the hardest marathon Rodriguez has ever competed in and with Really very tough climbs and technical descents it would test all Rodriguez skills .
Rodriguez 10th elite time 3h.29m.44

At intermediate point Rodriguez was placed 13 minutes from the race lead, and among the top 20 riders , and 6º place in elite category , Rodriguez  decided to save his energy for the last 15 km, But in one of the last sections of a climb before starting the long descent to the finish line Rodriguez  punctured the tire, losing some pressure but the liquid sealant did its job., But at the beginning of the descent the tire started to lose air again, but with no liquid sealant to stop the tire going down Rodriguez finally had to run on foot the last few kilometers to the finish line. 
41º overall, 10th Elite, time: 3:29:44 

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