We sat down with Remy Allemann and Gian-Luca Hurni after the first round of the Swiss Enduro Series to talk about the maiden race in Lenzerheide, launching a new race series in Switzerland and their plans for the future of Swiss Enduro racing. We talk through some of the highlights and mishaps of the first race as well as the main takeaways for the next rounds of the series. Together with our former guest Nik Wicki, Remy and Gian-Luca also form the team behind the recent Swiss rounds of the Enduro World Series in Zermatt in 2019 and 2020 and Crans Montana in 2021 and it was interesting to hear their perspectives on the differences between organising the new local series and hosting an EWS. Of course, the development paths from a local series like the SES to the EWS is an important part of our conversation and we discuss the different measures the team has put in place to make the sport more accessible for racers of all ages. Good examples are the “chaperoned” U15 category, as well as the U17 category to go along with the more common U21, Elite and Open categories. We also cover the importance of volunteers, sponsorship and finding the right partners and wrap up the conversation with Remy and Gian-Luca’s favourite riding spots.
Music credit: “B-Roll” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License