Dirk Peters on the Improve at Racer Bikes Cup, Engelberg, Switzerland

Dirk Peters (Rotorua) was also dealing with the wet European weather at the sixth round of the Racer Bikes Cup in Switzerland. The Engelberg venue is unique in that it is a very short course, with lap times between 10 and 15 munutes on a 3km long course - the multi-lap race was scheduled for 10 laps, but due to the atrocious weather conditions was shortened to 8.

Peters lined up on the third row and was well prepared for a difficult race after rain all week, freezing temperatures and snow falling just above the Engelberg cross country venue. In a race that was high on attrition, Peters emerged from the first lap chaos and worked his way to a mid race high of 16th. While having mechanical trouble through the race due to the muddy conditions, Peters persevered and was rewarded with a 19th in the high calibre field. "19th place wasn’t too bad and a big improvement from my previous Racer Bikes Cup result. I was very pleased with how strong I felt and perhaps if I had done a better job of clearing some of the muck from my drive train each lap I would have been able to spend more time going forwards and finished a little higher but I can’t really complain"

Brief Results, Racer Bikes Cup Engelberg
1 Martin Fanger (SUI) 1:37:23; 2 Marcel Wildhaber (SUI) +00.6 secs; 3 Lukas Fluckiger (SUI) +1:50.3; 19 Dirk Peters (NZL)

Full Results, Engelberg Racer Bikes Cup