{"id":66743,"date":"2026-03-10T10:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/far-west-race-mud-rain-struggle\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:45:27","slug":"far-west-race-mud-rain-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/far-west-race-mud-rain-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"FAR WEST RACE : MUD, RAIN AND A LOT OF STRUGGLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cycistwork Factory Team Report, ISB SPORT Ambassador<\/p>\n<p>This weekend the team competed in the Far West Race, a stage race marked by very tough conditions, with mud and rain making the stages especially demanding.<\/p>\n<p>In the U23 category, \u00c0lex Gonz\u00e1lez delivered a great performance, achieving 5th place, while Jofre Ram\u00edrez also completed a very solid race, finishing 7th.<\/p>\n<p>In the elite category, Ferran once again demonstrated his usual progression, improving his form between stages to finish in a commendable 12th position.<br \/>\nSergio had a great first day, but poor form on the second stage caused him to lose momentum, finishing the race in 14th place in the elite category.<\/p>\n<p>Oriol Vila recovered his form on the second day, finishing very satisfied with his performance and crossing the finish line in 42nd place in the elite category. Franc de Cruz, who struggled with poor form on the first day, staged a remarkable comeback in the second stage, finishing strong and highly motivated, ultimately placing 53rd overall.<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#8217;s category, Pilar also experienced difficulties during the second stage, but still managed to finish the race in 6th place overall in the elite category.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mart\u00ed had a challenging weekend: mechanical problems in the first stage forced him to simply finish. He started the second stage strongly, riding within the top 10, but a puncture at kilometer 15 forced him to abandon the race.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming Team Competitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jam\u00f3n Bike \u2013 March 21<\/li>\n<li>Catalan Championship \u2013 March 22<\/li>\n<li>Catalan XCM Cup \u2013 Torrelles de Foix \u2013 March 22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite the tough mud and rain conditions, the team was able to compete with complete confidence thanks to the performance and reliability of ISB Sport bearings, designed to offer maximum strength, smoothness, and durability even in the most demanding MTB situations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cycistwork Factory Team Report, ISB SPORT Ambassador This weekend the team competed in the Far West Race, a stage race marked by very tough conditions, with mud and rain making the stages especially demanding. In the U23 category, \u00c0lex Gonz\u00e1lez delivered a great performance, achieving&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":66736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}