{"id":26316,"date":"2015-03-17T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=26316"},"modified":"2015-08-05T13:23:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T11:23:58","slug":"getting-muddy-our-ambassadors-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2015\/03\/17\/getting-muddy-our-ambassadors-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting muddy: Our ambassadors in action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We have some wonderful ambassadors who<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>help us spread our passion<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>for cycling. This month we sent them out to<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>find some mud. We asked them to have fun with it and send us back<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>the footage.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>A simple task, or was it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We wanted to use the mud footage as a way of introducing some our of Ambassadors and celebrate spring. However after assigned them the task they all reported back beautiful sunshine or a snow\u00a0for the next 3\u00a0weeks. Our production team was in despair: &#8220;we can\u2019t find any mud&#8221;!<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=1FAv42JEgFk params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/1FAv42JEgFk\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>They almost got to the point of hiring a shaman\u00a0to perform an ancient Indian rain dance. Finally we got lucky. A little bit. Let\u2019s meet the We Love Cycling Ambassadors who appear in the video. Next month we will introduce you to our next three ambassadors. You can say hello to them and ask them questions about cycling on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SkodaCycling?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Soraya Drici<\/h2>\n<p>Soraya is very well known in the Andorra bike scene where she has lived for 25 years. Soraya tests parts for Commencal and will find her appearing in their films. Recently she\u00a0spent some time as a teacher of downhill for Cedric Gracia at the resort Vallnord. At the moment she runs an online magazine about cycling in Andorra\u00a0called Andorrabike.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beta.welovecycling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/soraya.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26596\" src=\"http:\/\/beta.welovecycling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/soraya-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"soraya\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Juan Jos\u00e9 Sim\u00f3n<\/h2>\n<p>Juan has raced the most important stage races in Spain since 1994. Including Transalp Challenge in Europe. Juan has\u00a0earned many podium places and victories at all kinds of races in Spain.\u00a0Now, he\u2019s a\u00a0specialist in marathon races and stage races.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beta.welovecycling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WLC-JJSIM\u00d3N-030315-53.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26588\" src=\"http:\/\/beta.welovecycling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WLC-JJSIM\u00d3N-030315-53-600x336.jpg\" alt=\"WLC JJSIM\u00d3N 030315 (53)\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the last 2 years with Mondraker xc pro team, he\u00a0won Powerade Ion4 Madrid-Lisboa (2nd 2013), and they\u00a0were vice champions of the Titan Desert (Morocco), and Champions in the Andalusian MTB Tour.\u00a0In the most hard and longest race in Spain, Giant of Stone, Juan\u00a0got a podium place with Tinker Juarez.<\/p>\n<h2>Christoph Riemeyer<\/h2>\n<p>Chris is a graphic designer with a huge passion for cycling. He also\u00a0works as a designer for FOX and a hotel for mountain bikers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beta.welovecycling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC0940.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26590\" src=\"http:\/\/beta.welovecycling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/DSC0940-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0940\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This month we are celebrating Spring by talking about mud. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/blog\/26216\/is-your-bike-ready-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is your bike ready for the season?<\/a>\u00a0If you are sure than\u00a0maybe it\u2019s time for\u00a0some fun!<\/strong><\/p>\n<a  href=\"\/26282\/lets-celebrate-spring-funny-mud-videos\/\" title=\"Getting muddy\" class=\"relbutton btn-wlc btn-primary\">Watch funny mud videos<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have some wonderful ambassadors who\u00a0help us spread our passion\u00a0for cycling. 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