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Andreu Lacondeguy wins White Style 2009 in Leogang
Leogang, Austria, January 31st – Twenty years
old Spaniard Andreu Lacondeguy won the White Style presented by
Kona on January 30th. Lance McDermott got the “Sickest Trick
Award” for his tuck no hand frontflip, which was showed for the
first time ever at a mountain bike competition.
The riders of the White Style presented by Kona had to cope with
a super-sized slopestyle course in combination with a soft and
snowy surface. Not an easy job for the 23 athletes from 12
nations that made their way to Leogang, Austria. Kona Clump Team
rider Grant “Chopper” Fielder designed and built the whole track
with just one aim: to enable the riders to go big!
Indeed, the guys just went crazy: Thomas Zejda from the Czech
Republic throwing down tailwhips at the starting drop, Amir
Kabbani showing off with a backflip x-up one foot the step-up or
the Swede Martin Soederstroem pulling clean double tailwhips at
the final booter. But Lance McDermott performed the sickest
trick. The well-known guy from Manchester threw himself into a
tuck nohand-frontflip at the last jump. Unfortunately he didn’t
stick it 100% clean, because he slipped both pedals. It was the
first tuck nohand-frontflip shown at an international mountain
bike competition ever. The whole situation might have remembered
Lance of the Whistler Crankworx Slopestyle. It was the same
game: Andreu Lacondeguy again put Lance into second place - this
time by sending huge flatspin 360’s, real extended superman
seat-grabs and backflips up and down the “inabler”
(step-up-step-down box). Andreu could obviously make good use of
his FMX experience:
“Man, I love those doubles. Chopper made a great job! That’s
the way they should be: BIG! I hope most of this year’s comps
will go even bigger than last season. The progression has to go
on. We ride mountain bikes, not BMX bikes. We need huge jumps at
least 10 meters + in distance!”
Amir Kabbani (3rd place), Martin Soederstroem (4th) and last
year’s White Style winner Trond Hansen from Norway (5th) also
showed great tricks like opposite 360’s, frontflips,
360-tailwhips, superman seat-grabs or 360 drops.
The results:
1st Andreu Lacondeguy (ESP / Kona)
2nd Lance Mc Dermott (GBR / Scott)
3rd Amir Kabbani (GER / Cannondale)
4th Martin Soederstroem (SWE / NS Bikes)
5th Trond Hansen (NOR / Specialized)
6th Grant Fielder (GBR / Kona)
7th Yannick Granieri (FRA / Giant)
8th Sam Pilgrim (GBR / Diamondback)
9th Damian Siriski (CZE / Author)
10th Niki Leitner (AUT / Kona)
All the riders rode hard, showing their skills on the tricky
surface, and partied even harder. The official White Style
presented by Kona after party ended at five o’clock in the
morning and some of the athletes even still had the energy to
party on in their hotel.
The Bikepark Leogang, KONA, CamelBak and ONE BIG PARK are proud
to have presented Europe’s best riders, a lot of airtime, the
newest tricks, as well as a rocking party.
Watch out for the official White Style presented by Kona video
clip that is being edited by Boston Joy Productions right now
and will be available mid of next week.
For high res pictures and all general requests, please drop us
an email:
high@rasoulution.com
About the Bikepark Leogang and ONE BIG PARK:
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Leogang, his range of tracks and services, as well as the
upcoming events in 2009, please visit:
www.bikepark-leogang.com
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