MXGP at Home: Riders Special Routines

For Privateer riders such as Petar Petrov and Mitchell Harrison, the current situation means a lot of family time and trying to keep their fitness to a good level. With no riding at the moment it is clear that they need to keep their bodies sharp for when the MXGP and MX2 World Championships return in June.

Petrov who rides for the VRT Nordpesca KTM Team is sticking to the government rules and trying to stay home as much as possible, but he is allowed to get out on his training bike.

“Yes, pretty much lock down, you can go out for a walk, or do your food shopping and luckily, they allow us to do some cycling, so we can do some work, but that is pretty much it. Little bit of running, a little bit of cycling. It is important to stay positive and healthy, but for the rest, life will continue but it is a big unknown”.

What Petrov really has noticed in his time out is how much better the nature looks with many of the factories and business closed in Belgium.

“I have never seen the sky so blue and the grass so green. I am also seeing rabbits and deer’s jumping around me and I don’t think I have seen the world so clean. I get to spent time with my kid and girlfriend and family and I don’t mind staying home. We still have the world stopping and we have the worry about teams and sponsors and that is a big worry for everyone. Some days when we watch the news it is like we are living in movie”.

Harrison, who races for the Bud Racing Team, flew back to California soon after the lockdowns started happening and is currently with family in his homeland. For now, he is spending his time training on his bicycle and enjoying time with family.

“I am in USA, we flew back three weeks ago, once the French President said they are going to grade three lock down. I have been off the bike for three weeks, and all my stuff is in Europe and they need to ship it here. As for training, I am continuing what I was doing and longer bicycle riders”.

So now, like everyone else, both Petrov and Harrison can look to the future with some confidence that the time off has reloaded their batteries as they await that first Grand Prix in Russia in June.

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