{"id":109969,"date":"2015-09-15T19:23:20","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T17:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?p=109969"},"modified":"2015-09-15T20:05:34","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T18:05:34","slug":"video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/","title":{"rendered":"[Video] Swiss Epic King Size Stage 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ad3]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/139365628?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Today was the longest and toughest stage, the regular Epic had to ride 100km and 3200 vertical meters of climbing.<\/p>\n<p>For us in the Flow category, the menu consisted of 3 race stages with a total of 65km, 1450 vertical meters of climbing (officially) and 4500m of downhill sweetness!<br \/>\nI can tell you that we lost a good amount of brake pad dust but luckily we had no technical issue, if you don\u2019t consider Andrea getting some nasty flexible branch in between the smallest cogs. But this doesn\u2019t really count.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109973\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_Lakata_credit_Dobslaff_0119-750x499.jpg\" alt=\"PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_Lakata_credit_Dobslaff_0119\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_Lakata_credit_Dobslaff_0119-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_Lakata_credit_Dobslaff_0119-1600x1065.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Start was early in the morning, lining up at the gondola station at 8:00 o\u2019clock and a temperature of 3\u00b0C.\u00a0All of the Flow racers were cheering to the Epic start groups that were passing by to make the first long climb to Croix de Fer.<br \/>\nSo our race started at 8:30 at the mountain station Les Ruinettes at 2200m altitude, and soon running into the field of Epic racers at Croix de Fer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oZdcAcJAKLA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Great descent but unfortunately packed with people\u2026so we had to manage somehow to keep the fast flow!<br \/>\nThe finish of the first stage was all the way down in the Rhone valley. There we checked out and took a short rest and shuttle to the next stage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109974\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_panoramatrails_credit_APiX_004-750x501.jpg\" alt=\"1. Etappe Verbier - Leukerbad\" width=\"750\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_panoramatrails_credit_APiX_004-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_panoramatrails_credit_APiX_004-1600x1068.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stage 2 race start was individual and we decided to head out as soon as possible to avoid the mix with the Epic groups.<br \/>\nThis was a good decision \u2013 even though, big surprise, the Epic leader teams caught us in the very first descend going down to the Suonen trails!<br \/>\nThis was pretty incredible, since many of them are on hardtails and don\u2019t have dropper seat posts. But still they are pushing so hard on the descends that you think they don\u2019t hang on their lives too much.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109970\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image22-e1442337510652-750x563.jpg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image22-e1442337510652-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image22-e1442337510652-1467x1100.jpg 1467w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image22-e1442337510652.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The famous Suonen trails followed (world cultural heritage) and this was tough and sweet at the same time: endless twisty singletracks, going up a tiny bit next to the Suonen water channels and eating every single bit of our leg and arm and brain power. There, towards the end, Andrea overlooked one stump and got caught in a tree. But no serious issue just a few extra souvenir scratches on his arm.<br \/>\nStage 3 was the desert for today and we took the Rinderh\u00fctte Bahn to go up. Then we waited in the heated gondola station until the track was clear. We raced the fresh flow trail\u00a0down, followed by some more decent mountain trails and heading back to Leukerbad. Not an easy job for Andrea who didn\u2019t ride a flow trail with berms\u00a0ever in his life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109975\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_singletrails-above-wineyards_credit_APiX_1-012-750x501.jpg\" alt=\"SwissEpic 2015\" width=\"750\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_singletrails-above-wineyards_credit_APiX_1-012-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_singletrails-above-wineyards_credit_APiX_1-012-1600x1068.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We managed to finish on third place today. A healthy big piece of Swiss raclette cheese was the price for today\u2019s pain and thrills!<\/p>\n<p>In the overall ranking we are still on second and will fight hard again to keep this place for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n<p>You can find all race results at datasports or tractalis websites.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109972\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109972\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS-EPIC_15_stage1_flowtrails_credit_APiX_1-001-750x501.jpg\" alt=\"1. Etappe Verbier - Leukerbad\" width=\"750\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS-EPIC_15_stage1_flowtrails_credit_APiX_1-001-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS-EPIC_15_stage1_flowtrails_credit_APiX_1-001-1600x1068.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1. Etappe Verbier &#8211; Leukerbad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[ad12]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad3] Today was the longest and toughest stage, the regular Epic had to ride 100km and 3200 vertical meters of climbing. For us in the Flow category, the menu consisted of 3 race stages with a total of 65km, 1450 vertical meters of climbing (officially) and 4500m of downhill sweetness! I can tell you that we lost a good amount of brake pad dust but luckily we had no technical issue, if you don\u2019t consider Andrea getting some nasty flexible branch in between the smallest cogs. But this doesn\u2019t really count. The Start was early in the morning, lining up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290827,"featured_media":109974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3674],"tags":[5806],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.3 (Yoast SEO v19.7.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[Video] Swiss Epic King Size Stage 2 | MTB-MAG.COM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Video] Swiss Epic King Size Stage 2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[ad3] Today was the longest and toughest stage, the regular Epic had to ride 100km and 3200 vertical meters of climbing. For us in the Flow category, the menu consisted of 3 race stages with a total of 65km, 1450 vertical meters of climbing (officially) and 4500m of downhill sweetness! I can tell you that we lost a good amount of brake pad dust but luckily we had no technical issue, if you don\u2019t consider Andrea getting some nasty flexible branch in between the smallest cogs. But this doesn\u2019t really count. The Start was early in the morning, lining up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MTB-MAG.COM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-15T17:23:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-09-15T18:05:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_panoramatrails_credit_APiX_004-1600x1068.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1068\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mtbmagcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mtbmagcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"[Video] Swiss Epic King Size Stage 2\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-15T17:23:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-09-15T18:05:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/\"},\"wordCount\":519,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"swiss epic 2015\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Races\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/\",\"name\":\"[Video] Swiss Epic King Size Stage 2 | MTB-MAG.COM\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-15T17:23:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-09-15T18:05:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[Video] Swiss Epic King Size Stage 2\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"MTB Mag\",\"description\":\"Mountain Bike Magazine\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MTB Mag\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mtbmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMFGf3qU0pdIpSx9VaV7qOw\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtbmagcom\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"MTB Mag\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[Video] Swiss Epic King Size Stage 2 | MTB-MAG.COM","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[Video] Swiss Epic King Size Stage 2","og_description":"[ad3] Today was the longest and toughest stage, the regular Epic had to ride 100km and 3200 vertical meters of climbing. For us in the Flow category, the menu consisted of 3 race stages with a total of 65km, 1450 vertical meters of climbing (officially) and 4500m of downhill sweetness! I can tell you that we lost a good amount of brake pad dust but luckily we had no technical issue, if you don\u2019t consider Andrea getting some nasty flexible branch in between the smallest cogs. But this doesn\u2019t really count. The Start was early in the morning, lining up","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/","og_site_name":"MTB-MAG.COM","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom","article_published_time":"2015-09-15T17:23:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-09-15T18:05:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1068,"url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PERSKINDOL_SWISS_EPIC_15_stage1_panoramatrails_credit_APiX_004-1600x1068.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mtbmagcom","twitter_site":"@mtbmagcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"[Video] Swiss Epic King Size Stage 2","datePublished":"2015-09-15T17:23:20+00:00","dateModified":"2015-09-15T18:05:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/"},"wordCount":519,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["swiss epic 2015"],"articleSection":["Races"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/","name":"[Video] Swiss Epic King Size Stage 2 | MTB-MAG.COM","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-09-15T17:23:20+00:00","dateModified":"2015-09-15T18:05:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/video-swiss-epic-king-size-stage-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[Video] Swiss Epic King Size Stage 2"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/","name":"MTB Mag","description":"Mountain Bike Magazine","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#organization","name":"MTB Mag","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mtbmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMFGf3qU0pdIpSx9VaV7qOw","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mtbmagcom","https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtbmagcom"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MTBMAG-800X800.jpg","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"MTB Mag"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/author\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}