Training and Testing in Italy

 Salut a toute et a tous.

Retour dans le Vaucluse aprés une semaine passé a Piacenza et Nocchi en Italie.
J'ai passé 5 jours avec le team pour finaliser les dernières évolutions sur la moto de course avant la première épreuve qui se déroule en Sardaigne le 12 et 13 Mars prochain.
Je suis trés satisfait du résultat que nous avons obtenu, au niveau du moteur et des suspensions.
Merci a Tony mon Mécano qui a travaillé sur ma moto certain soir jusque 23h.
Samedi et Dimanche je suis allé chez mes amis "les Lucchesi" a Nocchi, Toscani, pour aller voir le plus grand carnaval d'Europe de Viareggio.


Hi everyone

Back home from Italy. I spent 5 days with the team to make the last test on the race bike before the first race in Sardignia the 12 and 13th of March.
Iam really happy with the setting of the bike.
Thank you to Tony my Mechanic, some days he was working on the bike until 11pm.
Saturday and Sunday I went to Viareggio, Toscany, to see the biggest Carnaval of Europe.



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Lucchesi Gian Lorenzo, Rodrig Thain



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Lucchesi Gian Carlo, Rodrig Thain

Interview in the new Motoverte Magazine No.443

Thank you to Motoverte and to Jean Marie Pouget for the nice Interview.

Thanks to:

USWE Mobile Drink Systems

Transports Coquelle

Leatt Brace                     

Trail Tech

Pacific Fitness Club

Leatt Brace 2011 By ACE...

Merci a ACE pour les décos.

Team HM Honda Zanardo 2011

click here!

Photos de Romain Bastet



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Merci a Romain Bastet pour ces magnifiques photos prisent sur le circuit de Piolenc le 12/02/2011

Training MX Piolenc



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Entrainement dans le Gard

 cette fois ci en Français!!!

hier Mercredi Je suis allé roulé chez Mickael et Adrien Metge, sur une superbe banderolée de plus de 8 minutes au tours, exatement 8mn17s mon meilleur temps.
Aprés on a roulé sur le terrain de SX et j'ai pris un trés grand plaisir, surtout sur un beau double ou je mettais ma CRF a plat!!!
Merci a la famille Metge pour leur accueil.

Ajourdhui nous sommes tous allé chez Olivier Aigoin ou nous avons été trés bien accueilli également.
Une superbe ligne trés physique et trés varié avec du rapide, technique, des belles montés et descentes pleines de cailloux, de plus de 6 minutes...que du régale et surtout un bon entrainement!
Nous avons terminé sur une petite extreme jusque la tombée de la nuit.
Merci les potes, c'est trés agréable et motivant de rouler avec vous...Merci a la famille Aigoin de nous laisser profiter de votre petit paradis d'enduro!!!

Rodrig Thain, Nicolas Deparrois, Roman Barberger, Olivier Aigoin,
 Adrien & Mickael Metge, Elli Vecchi



Rodrig Thain, Nicolas Deparrois, Roman Barberger, Olivier Aigoin,
 Adrien & Mickael Metge, Elli Vecchi, Jeff Goblet

Elli Vecchi

FIM Barcelona Indoor Enduro

Hi everybody!

Back home from Spain after my very first race with my Honda HM 250F.
The day was starting not so good, because of time issues I missed the riders-meeting and got a fine of 150 € to pay before the start to be able to ride.
The riders are here to make the show, taking the risk, and officials treat us like freaks in a circus.
All of this to make few hundred Euros!!!
ANYWAY...

The first practice was taff for me, directly after the second lap I got really bad arm pump, going all around the track without problem but no speed.
Second practice was not better with my arms but I was able to get the 4th best lap time.

The first heat race of 8 laps, the top 4 riders were going to the main event and the others in the last chance race.
I did not take a good start and came back short and got a 5th place.
In the last chance of 6 laps, my start was better and after the second turn I took the lead for 4 laps, but i made a little mistake what gave Guerrero and Cervantes the chance to pass me.
I did not qualify for the main event but I was satisfied...
In the main event only 5 riders from the EWC were at the start all around were trial riders.
After the main event, a night race was part of the show and for me it was perfect to try my TRAILTECH helmet light, and finished third in a good battle with Cervantes and Roman.



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 The next morning back in L'Estartit, we took a walk along the sea with the view of the Medes Islands with my follower. Eric is always there for me at the races and in my private life.
Thank you again for all Eric!!!

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In the afternoon, i went back on the track for the last day in Spain.

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Training in Spain

Wednesday i went to Spain to do some training with my teammates, before the Barcelona Indoor Race.
After i arrived, we went straight to a Track to meet the ohters of my Team and my new Mechanic Toni. We made little Testings with my bike and my times were not bad.
After the training we were invited to Mika and his Wife to a nice, delicious dinner- Thanks for that again.

Thursday we all drove to a nice Extreme- Test and beside my team there were a bunch of other Riders. Taddy Blazusiak, Matti Seistola, Thomas Oldrati, Joakim Ljunggren, Guerrero Brothers, Jordi Figueras, my Teammates Mika and Jeremy Joly.


Mika Ahola, Rodrig Thain

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Taddy Blazusiak

Joakim Ljunggren

Matti Seistola

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Jeremy Joly



It was like a World Championship Race. We made little Changes on the bike and now we are ready to go to race this weekend. This Race will be more a practice for the coming EWC. My Goal is to qualify for the final.



Right now it is Friday, while the mechanics Luca and Toni are working on the bikes, me and Jeremy, my Teammate, doing some exercises in the sun-

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Rodrig Thain, Jeremy Joly

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See you soon- updates will be post after the Race this sunday.