Cornelius Tøndel har gitt et dyptgående intervju til MXlarge etter å ha deltatt i en av sesongens mest utfordrende konkurranser i Portugal.
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I intervjuet deler Tøndel sine erfaringer fra løpet, som ble preget av ekstremt tøffe værforhold og tekniske utfordringer.
MXlarge: Congratulations on your results in Portugal. While it wasn’t like racing motocross, but more like enduro or something, you must be very happy with that performance?
Tøndel: Yes, it was really incredible. In the first race I was maybe being too conservative, riding too much like it was enduro. I was waiting for other bikes to stop and other guys to crash. I was there in 8th or 9th position, so it wasn’t too bad and then my bike actually stopped when I was passing Guadagnini. It started again after about one and a half minutes, and I managed to finish the race in 12th. I don’t know if it was electronics or water got in somewhere, but at first it didn’t want to start. Second race I spun up on the gate and I was completely last on the start straight. In the first two corners, I went from almost last to fifth. Then I passed Seewer on the first lap and followed Febvre for fifteen minutes, or something like that. After he tipped over and I moved into third and I managed to finish in third place. I kept him behind for the rest of the race.
I intervjuet beskriver Cornelius hvordan hans oppvekst i Norges kalde klima har forberedt ham for nettopp slike utfordringer. Han går også inn på detaljer om hvordan han navigerte de tekniske problemene som oppstod underveis, og hvordan disse erfaringene vil påvirke hans tilnærming til fremtidige løp.
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