S 5. mestom v Ingolstadtu že 3. v skupnem seštevku!
Po prvi tekmi, sem že malo vedel kaj me čaka v Ingolstadtu. Vreme je bilo spet zelo slabo (hladno in deževno) in voda na meji za plavanje brez neoprena. Pred štartom se ni dalo ravno ogreti. Na plavanju malenkost težav na štartu, kjer mi manjka še malo eksplozivnosti v prvih metrih. Plaval nisem slabo a sva z Nikom prišla 15s za prvo skupino in tako da sem moral prva 2km na kolesu konkretno sam delati, da sem se priklopil vodilni skupini na kolesu, v kateri je že bil Linus. Po prvem krogu nas je bilo spredaj 18 tekmovalcev, ki smo bežali veliki skupini za nami (z Riderjejem, Lebrunom,...), tako da nam je kolesarski del pobral kar nekaj moči kasneje za tek. Sledila je ne najboljša menjava, kjer nisem mogel obuti copata. Malenkost trde mišice od mraza na teku niso bile v pomoč a sem od prvega do zadnjega metra bil zelo hiter in poskusal ostati v vodilni skupini 5 tekmovalcev. Na koncu spet ciljni finiš za drugo mesto, a ni bilo hitrosti in tako sem končal na 5. mestu. Tokrat le še 2s od stopničk! Linus končal takoj za mano na 6. mestu. Pravi šok smo doživeli šele čez 15minut, ko smo izvedeli, da smo ekipno osvojili 2. mesto (zaostali le za EJOT-om), jaz pa sem trenutno na 3. mestu v posamičnem seštevku Bundeslige.
After first race I was more confident. Weather was bad again, with a lot of rain and very cold. Swim was with no neoprene (21 degrees). A slow start reaction pushed me into fighting group again. So 12 guys came out of water 15s before my group. I had to push really hard on the bike first 2 km to connect with the leaders. We worked hard on the bike (also with my team mates Linus and Nik) to stay in front of big group with Riederer, Duschamp, Lebrun and other good runnenrs. T2 was bad again. Because I was stiff from cold weather could not put my shoes on quickly. Later on the run it got better but I was still not able to run. The cold just got to me. I could barely hang behind the first group in 5th place. When we started sprinting for 2nd place in last 200 meters I knew I can't go any faster. So missed the second place by 2s. But still very happy with 5th place. Linus came just behind in 6th. Big shock came 15 minutes later when we found out we reached 2nd place in team standings (behind EJOT) and I hold 3rd place in individual Bundesliga standings.
