Video: Supercharged Racing at the First-Ever EWS-E in Zermatt
It was therefore the first Electric Enduro World Series in History and we are very happy to have been take part of it. A new challenge for brands and riders who have discovered a fresh racing format with its advantages and constraints.
3 loops, tight timings for the transfers, three battery changes everytime in less than 40 minutes, to constantly develop the full power of the engine ... in order to ride some very technical downhill and uphill stages.
Lévy Batista and Irénée Menjou faced sports legends like Nicolas Vouilloz or Marco Fontana. A good result for Irénée who finished the race in 6th position after a break of a couple of years. Lévy, got a penalty after a wheel change that was unfortunately mandantory to finish the race. He sits in the top 30 after this first race. Despite this mischance, he signed a very nice 2nd place in the technical uphill stage 5 !
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1. Restricted use of battery-use(limit it to a certain Watt number), or use only 2 batteries, which should be recharged between rounds(leads perhaps to faster recharge technology).
This also could lead to better power-management implemented.
2. No shuttling at all for E-Bikes races!
Not like the EWS, where whining of riders leads to this absurd use of shuttling oportunities.
I like this special climbing stage, more of them!
3. The climbing stage could be spiced up with time-penalties for getting the foot out, or even pushing the bike, like in trials. And there should be more of these challenges, climbing is the only interesting thing to do with E-Bikes!
Normal stages should also be mixed with uphills, I had high hopes in EWS that this could be more mixed, but EWS is now only a longer downhill race.
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