Albert more than happy with two second-place finishes
Belgia♋n 'cross champion suc🧸cessful upon return from injury
Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) astounded himself with his successful 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:return🧔 to cyclo-cross racing this weekend following a one-month injury lay-off. “꧙I had not really expected to be on the podium twice,” the Belgian national ch🐠ampion said.
He lost a month of the season when he was hit by a car whilst training, suffering a broken wrist. Albert returned to racing this past weekend, finishing second in both the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:GVA Trofee-GP Rouwmoer and the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Cup race in Namur.
“I would have been satisfied with two top-ten results,” he said, according to the Belga news agency. “These results, and esp𒆙ecially the way they were achieved, are so formidable. They are proof that I worked duri🐷ng my inactivity.”
He delivered an exciting duel with eventual winner Sven Nys in the finale in Namur on Sunday. “In the descent before the finish, I was not fast enough with my pedals, and Sven sat on my rear wheel. When he accelerated, I couldn't keep up.&n♍bsp; Bu๊t it went better in Namur than in Essen, which is more than hopeful.”
Albert will continue rᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚacing over the holidays to build up to the Belgian championships in January.
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