World Cup Chapelco

With loads of snow to build an enormous course, nice weather and some rest after the 2 continental cups it was time for the first training of the World Cup.
We inspected the huge course carefully, 45 obstacles, about 1.40 minutes long and a finish kicker with a 21m long flat The course was hard and there were many start-stops (hold ups) at the starting area because lot of riders were having difficulties with the course. We were also struggeling trew this hard course but managed to put in some good runs at the end of the day.
Qualifying Day: Blue skies, hot weather, a great course and the right wax > to ride fastAnd that we did: after the first run Bell was in 6th position and Britt in 14th. The top 16 after 2 runs go to the finals. By the time we could ride the 2nd run the course had become slushie (a lot of wet snow) and a little slower. Bell ended up 8th and Britt ended up 18th after two runs. That meant that Bell had qualified herself for the finals and Britt just missed them.
Finals: Bell shared the first heat with Lindsey Jacobellis and 2 other Americans.
The start was ok and Bell was in 3rd, battling for second by the first bank. By passing the American girl on a kicker they hit each other, she fell, Bell lost a lot of speed but rode on in second. But because of the lack of speed the 4th girl passed her on a step up kicker so she came in 3rd in that heat. Too bad but still an awesome result!!
Bell came in 11th at the world cup so she earned her first nomination for the Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010! Britt earned a nomination for the World Championships in Korea later this year.
We want to Thank SUNWEB without them this trip wasn't possible, thanks Frank for coaching, Pep and Rob for the good times,al the rest that supported us during this trip: JuanPa, Monte Verde, Carola ect and ofcourse our sponsors.