Looking back on Faenza: "Sure I got compliments from everywhere. It was definitely nice to be on the podium for the very first time. I was pleased with that but on the other hand I was mad at myself. I mean, you can’t be otherwiseif you let slip second place from you in the last lap. We didn’t celebrate that third place but then there’s no time for partying with a busy schedule like this.”
On racing in the mud “I wouldn’t call myself a real mud specialist. Sometimes it goes like you planned it, sometimes it doesn’t. All in all it’s good riding skills mixed with a portion of luck. Riding in the mud is demanding in a different way. Your speed is much lower than normal, but it’s much harder work because of all the mud that sticks on the bike. It becomes real tough when you crash and have to put the bike back upright.”
On Sevlievo. “Personally I think it’s a wonderful track: hard pack, fast and with a nice layout. The accommodation around the track is second to none as well, it’s just real professional. It’s a bit strange to find such a state of the art track in a country that is so old fashioned. But then again we really don’t have the time to visit it, we’re not there on a
holiday.”
