I headed out to the Maxxis Cup in Fafe, Portugal as the old uci points were running a little low after the time off I had last year. 

It was a in and out job for me although it was touch and go with the volcano in Iceland but luckily we had  the green light on the night before so the civdog was packed up to head down to Bristol airport for my private Ryan air jet. 

The event was very slick, 2days of practice, qualifying and then finals. Practice went really well getting in some solid runs and getting up to speed. The weather was bang on nice and hot which was a nice change… 

Qualifying went ok and I ended up 6th and only 2secs off the pace I was confident for finals so I got some rest and prepared for my run. 

I was hungry for a win here so it was on the edge all the way which in the end cost me as I went off the course twice in a flat section I didn’t let this bother me and pushed on even more before crossing the line in 8th place. It was a little disappointing but I got the points I need and a little bit of coin!

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