MRSN na svěťáku: Leogang, Rakousko

Autor: R.S.P. Team, MRSN, kategorie: Video, vydáno: 25.6.2010

Další díl světového poháru ve 4X se odehrál v rakouském Leogangu a team R.S.P. byl opět u toho a byl opět hodně vidět! MRSN zalítl třetí a Tomáš Slavík dokonce druhé místo! R.S.P. team prostě jede! Na následujících řídcích si můžete přečíst oficiální tiskovku v originálním anglickém znění a také pro vás máme nálož fotek, již tradiční GoPro video z tréninku a oficiální video R.S.P. teamu…

Stalo se tradicí, že v každém vstupu ze SP ve 4X najdete GoPro video z tréninkových jízd teamu R.S.P.. Dnes vás MRSN vezme na pekelný step-up to step-down, který je součástí 4X tratě v Leogangu:

UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Leogang – Fourcross report and results

Australian Jared Graves and Anneke Beerten from the Netherlands dominated the UCI Mountain Bike Fourcross World Cup in Leogang. The SalzburgerLand hosted the thrilling Men Elite finals that showcased Joost Wichman (NED/4th place), Michal Marosi (CZE/3rd), Tomas Slavik (CZE/2nd) and Jared Graves (AUS/1st) fighting for the victory. Anneke Beerten won the Women Elite class in front of Joanna Petterson (RSA), Romana Labounkova (CZE), and Fionn Griffiths (GBR). The Downhill finals are scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday June 20th, 1:15pm (CET). You can watch them live on: www.freecaster.tv/live/mtb.

MRSN (79), Datel (67), Polcster (77) v akci…

The pros had only two days of training on Bikepark Leogang’s brand new Fourcross track that was designed and built by Guido Tschugg. Not much time to get used to a challenging track that hasn’t been part of the World Cup circus before. But at least all the 126 pro riders from 19 countries that competed in the Fourcross discipline had the same chances for the seeding runs on Friday: Michal Prokop (CZE) lead the pack with 39.42 seconds, 0.21 seconds faster than 4X World Cup ranking leader Jared Graves.

The Final runs on Saturday featured a lot of exciting battles and many crashes due to the bad weather conditions with a lot of rain that made the track soft and slippery. Big names like Roger Rinderknecht (SUI), Dan Atherton (GBR), checkered shirt and jeans riding Martin Soderstrom (SWE) and Cédric Gracia (FRA) had bad luck in the 16th, eighth- or quarterfinals and didn’t make it into the semi finals. Especially Michal Prokop (CZE) and Johannes Fischbach (GER) had massive crashes: They came too short at the big sets in the middle rhythm section – but both were ok.

The first men semi final consisted of Filip Polc (SVK/4th), Romain Saladini (FRA/3rd), Tomas Slavik (CZE/2nd) and Joost Wichman (NED/1st) that fought hard for their chance to hit the podium. In the end, Wichman and Slavic made it to the finals where they faced Jared Graves (AUS) and Michal Marosi (CZE) who placed first and second in the other semi finals against Jakub Riha (CZE/3rd) and David Graf (SUI/4th). David had bad luck, broke his leg when putting his feet down to the ground in the moment his rear wheel slipped. He was brought directly to hospital by a helicopter. The organizers wish David a speedy recovery in order to see him soon back on the world cup circus.

After this accident, the numerous spectators were cheering even more for their favorite riders in the grand finals: These were decided on the first 30 meters after the starting gate, when Graves shot on first position, followed by Tomas Slavik, Michal Marosi and Joost Wichman. Wichman tried to pass his competitors and move to second position in the first turn, but almost overshot the berm and found himself again back in last position at the end. The ranking stayed the same after the first corner: 1st Graves, 2nd Slavik, 3rd Marosi and 4th Wichman. The small finals were as thrilling as it gets: the positions changed three times during this one run, on the second and third turn, as well as on the step up – step down combination. The result at the end: Jakub Riha (CZE) wins in front of Romain Saladini (FRA) and Filip Polc (SVK).

The Top 8 results at the end:

1st Jared Graves AUS
2nd Tomáš Slavík CZE (team R.S.P.)
3rd Michal Maroši CZE (team R.S.P.)
4th Joost Wichman NED (team R.S.P.)
5th Jakub Říha CZE
6th Romain Saladini FRA
7th Filip Polc SVK
8th David Graf SUI

R.S.P.Team Podcast – Leogang 4X:

The grand finals of the women weren’t that spectacular, due to the fact that the ranking was decided directly after the start: Anneke Beerten (NED/1stplace), Joanna Petterson (RZA/2nd), Romana Labounkova (CZE/3rd) und Fionn Griffiths (GBR/4th).

The Top 8 results at the end:

1st Anneke Beerten NED
2nd Joanna Petterson RSA
3rd Romana Labounkova CZE
4th Fionn Griffiths GBR
5th Annita Molcik AUT
6th Katy Curd GBR
7th Sarsha Huntington AUS
8th Neza Knez SLO

Visitors on site and all fans can look forward to the Downhill World Cup tomorrow, when the best racers on earth are speeding down the Asitz slope with up to 80 km/h before shooting into a technically very challenging forest and roots section. Watch all the action live from home on: freecaster.tv/li­ve/mtb.

The official UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Leogang website www.mtb-worldcup.at features all the information related to the event and the side program.

To get all the latest news of the World Cup in Leogang, please join its official facebook site: facebook.com.

Plno dalších fotek R.S.P. teamu ze všech závodů SP ve 4X najdete tady: hauke.onlinear­chiv.at.