Races in Germany and Belgium

十月三號我與好友 Stefan Cohnen (Differdange-Magic Sportfood.de 車隊) 參加了德國的 Rund um die Burg 職業賽。此賽的特色是每年幾乎都是 140 人大集團衝刺作收! 幾乎從來沒有人逃脫，很緊張刺激，今年也一樣。因為要贏大集團衝刺實在是太難了，所以 Stefan 跟我一起合作。最後一圈時，Stefan 幫我領騎做火車頭準備讓我做最後的衝刺。我們合作的天衣無縫，但是很可惜的我只差了冠軍一點點進站! 不果我跟 Stefan 都很高興我們能以兩個人的力量，跟幾組全隊的車隊角逐!

十月四號我參加了比利時的 Oostrozebeke 職業賽。最後的一段路程有九位選手逃脫主集團，形成領先集團。我沒有跟上，所以大集團將進行第十順位衝刺。最後一公里時我蠻幸運的抓到了要點時機，衝刺第二 (總排名十一)。冠軍是 An Post 車隊的 Niko Eeckhout，銀牌是 Quickstep 的 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck

Sunday, Oktober 3rd, I took part at Rund um die Burg in Kempen (Ger) together with Stefan Cohnen (Differdange-Magic Sportfood.de). Traditionally this race ended in a mass sprint with about 140 riders. In the last laps Stefan kept me in the front and during the last kilometre he took the lead to prepare me the sprint. Unfortunately in the sprint I was narrowly defeated by Serge Herz (Stevens) and finished in 2nd place. But Stefan and I were still satisfied with the fact that we could compete with the two of us against several complete teams.

Monday, Oktober 4th, I started in the pro race in Oostrozebeke (Bel). In the final 9 riders escaped, so the bunch sprinted for 10th place. By a surprising acceleration in the last kilometre I was in perfect position for the final sprint and finished in second of the bunch on an 11th place. Winner of the race was Niko Eeckhout (An Post) in front of Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Quickstep).