Delta League

Erster Gym Day fand in Bern im brandneuen Hirslanden Medical Center im Berner Wankdorf statt. Die eindrückliche Infrastruktur sollte aber nicht von unseren Zielen ablenken. Der Austausch zwichen den Teilnehmern aus der Delta- und Compleague fanden aber auch Platz. Viele Themen wurden zuerst theoretisch behandelt: - Ausdauertraining, wie und was? - Sportgetränk mit viel Energie - Wie kann ich bei langen Wettkämpfen Energie aufnehmen? - Koffein - Hitze- und Kälteanpassungen - Gewichtsmanagement Dann, nachmittags wurde angeschaut, wie die Problemzonen Schultern, Nacken, Rücken, Rumpf und Beine gezielt für unsere Bedürfnisse trainiert werden können. Dank an Dani Stucker, mit ihm hatten wir einen erfahrenen Experten mit an Bord. Le premier Gym Day a eu lieu à Berne, dans le tout nouveau centre médical Hirslanden à Wankdorf, à Berne. Toutefois, l’impressionnante infrastructure ne doit pas nous détourner de nos objectifs. Il y avait également un espace d'échange entre les participants du Delta et de Compleague. De nombreux sujets ont d’abord été traités théoriquement : - L'entraînement d'endurance, comment et quoi ? - Boisson pour sportifs avec beaucoup d'énergie - Comment puis-je absorber de l'énergie lors de longues compétitions ? - Caféine - Adaptations chaleur et froid - Gestion du poids Puis, dans l'après-midi, nous avons étudié comment les zones à problèmes des épaules, du cou, du dos, du torse et des jambes pouvaient être entraînées spécifiquement en fonction de nos besoins. Grâce à Dani Stucker, nous avions à ses côtés un expert expérimenté.

Today the tasksetters were a bit more defensive than yesterday. Setting a normal Ager task with a ping-pong in the Tremp area with the goal at the lake again. Weather was as predicted and the pilots made their way to the 135km task. Even then, there were some slow, difficult areas around Tremp, so the average speed (around 43kmh) of the fastest werent that fast than expected. The day is won by italian Manuel Revelli, Petsch came in 10th followed by Damien. Julio in the Class 5 field made it on the 5th place today. Congrats to all pilots for that nice flying day. Hope the good groove is back again!

The weather forecast was difficult as the day showed later to be difficult as well. Strong winds at altitude, low thermal top and still a very difficult task was given. 116km was set, and the first part against the wind. It showed that the combination low thermal tops, wind and difficult terrain that most of the pilots landed. There were only a few that could stay up and make their way with backwinds further east. All swiss pilots landed short. So this was some of those "mixer days" that the ranking got mixed up and reset.

The Task leads us with the wind to east, 130km from Ager up to the border of Andorra to Alp. The way crosses a lot of ridges and valley, even at the famous acro-spot Organya the pilots passed. Petsch could even make points to the until yesterday current leader Marco Laurenzi, who was unfortunate to land just a bit too short. Damien could keep the pace with the first ones and came to goal at 10th position. The Swiss Team had almost everyone in goal, just a few unlucky ones had to land short, but did a great job! Thanks also to the whole Staff Team, who drove back from goal, which took more than 2 hours. The retrieve was very efficient compared to other teams, which were only back at 1:30h in the morning. We are a team of 15 members, 11 pilots, 2 classes. It is also for all of us a test for the next years world champinship here in Ager. It will be today again a good day.

Todays task leads up north of the takeoff, then back to yesterdays playground. 112km total with the same goal at the lake. The race was again super thrilling and dramatic with all the leaders switching places and everyone seemed to have its low-point during the flight. Peter came in early to goal with the leading gaggle. He ends up second of the overall ranking. Team SUI1 ist at first place of all teams. We had almost every pilot in the goal and the work we did since march this years seems to show impact. Congratulations to all Swiss Pilots for their performance today! I hope everyone improves like this in future. The teams are made by the pilots themselves and look like this: SUI 1 : •⁠ ⁠Peter Neuenschwander •⁠ ⁠⁠Franz Herrmann •⁠ ⁠⁠Jean-Daniel Kugler •⁠ ⁠⁠Damien Zahn •⁠ ⁠⁠Simon Rousselet SUI 2: •⁠ ⁠Ubaldo Romano •⁠ ⁠⁠Daniel Gross •⁠ ⁠⁠Fabien Zadora •⁠ ⁠⁠Rolf Ziegler •⁠ ⁠⁠Roberto Nichele

Difficult Task of 118km is set. The conditions were weak, windy and cyclic. Thermal tops not that high as the pilots used to have in the previous days. The Task let the pilots to the east, then north and with diagonal through that big bowl and at the end with a final over Tremp and the lake to the goal. Franz could finish first in front of Marco Laurenzi from Italy and Owen Morse from the US. The Team SUI 1 had the best team result. Congratulations all to fight with those difficult conditions!