Out in a Blaz of glory
By TMX Archives on 3rd Dec 10
Securing the US Endurocross title the week before the opening round of the World Indoor Enduro Championship series, and as the defending IEWC champion, Taddy Blazusiak was the rider most were expecting to claim the win in Genoa at the weekend.
And during the two practice sessions it was clear that he was certainly among the fastest riders on track.
One of only two riders to attempt a triple jump during practice – the other being Antoine Meo who came up short and then decided better of it – Taddy was the only rider to ‘do' the jump during the races. But while he probably saved around one second each lap doing the jump during the opening final he came up short and hit the ground – hard.
Already some way down the order following an initial crash, Taddy's get-off over the triple resulted in the Pole re-injuring his shoulder and badly bending his handlebars.
Managing to continue he finished ninth, but severely detuned himself for the rest of the night.
"I lost a little traction on the take off and didn't get the drive I needed,” explained Blazusiak.
"I thought I'd be ok but I got slammed into the ground and onto my bad shoulder. The worst thing was that I could hardly ride my bike because it was so twisted.
"But during the second and last finals I struggled with my shoulder.”