Timo Pritzel has been strutting his stuff around the world for the last ten years as a Scott rider, and in 2012 will take this to the next level, launching Team Voltage, consisting of some of the hottest young talent around.
He has been doing some scouting over the last year to find some of the most promising young freeride and dirt riders and bring them together to join him on what will now be known as SCOTT Team Voltage. Timo will act as the team manager and will pass on his knowledge to the younger riders to help and support them as they build their careers as individuals and as a team.
The team will include three guys, John Alm Högman, Xavier Pasamonte and Felix Rosendahl. John is already an amazing rider who has trained a lot with Martin Söderström and is therefore good on big freeride bikes and dirt jumps.
Xavier has an amazing level of tricks, trains with Andreu Lacondeguy, and just needs a few more events to get used to the contest pressure. He doesn’t speak much English but his riding doesn’t need translating.
Felix is the youngster in the team but already has some big wins at competitions under his belt. Now he needs to learn how to deal with the pressure of being a pro rider and accept that he can’t win all the time. He is really motivated for the next season and I look forward to seeing where this can take him.
“There are also a few other SCOTT athletes who I will be coaching as part of the SCOTT Voltage B team. This team is also a mix of great riders from different countries who are hungry to make the next steps and show that they belong to Team A. I feel this is also a great way to get the young riders to learn from the older riders,” says Timo Pritzel.
“The average top level rider has around 16 big events a year where they give 100%.” Timo explains. “With this it’s normal to sustain a couple of concussions and nasty crashes a year as well as one big injury every 1-2 years. This is why I want to focus on more than just riding bikes with this team.
“I’ll show them how to introduce yoga, nutrition, other sports and specific doctors to their lifestyles to help them learn how to strengthen their bodies and work through injuries while they are still young so they can have long and successful careers.”
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