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Tiredness, attrition, wear and tear – day 5 is where it shows. A broken rib, smashed knuckles, most people carrying some kind of grazes somewhere; smooth riders pinch flat, and other people mysteriously burn through a set of brake pads in a day, where before a pair had lasted all week.

Colorado single track is rocky, dusty and rather unforgiving, but the real punisher is the high elevation at the 5th stop of the Enduro World Series. Winter Park would host breakthrough performances and big-time crashes leaving riders with their head in hands, wondering, “What if?”

Every day we start our press release with some stats – height gained, height lost, distance covered and for you that are following the racing closely we also have more stats for you – who won which stage, who was fastest overall today, and of course who is fastest overall.

The homeland of Vlad the Impaler, commonly called Count Dracula, is undoubtedly one of the most interesting countries in Europe. It has become a more and more popular destination among European tourists, willing to either witness the birthplace of the culture’s most popular vampire or simply visit its stunning towns and castles. Romania lured us with something much different – picturesque and solitary mountain ranges of Rodna and Făgăraș.

Over 70 participants competed against each other yesterday for the second round of the PURA VIDA Enduro MTB Series Niner Lapierre produced by PuroMTB.com in La Angelina Bike Park, just 20 minutes from downtown San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. It is the national championship for Enduro in this beautiful country, known worldwide for its natural beauty and fauna. The first participant started riding at 8.30 in the morning and with three special stages, ran for the exact time with no delays.