Trond Hansen wins 26TRIX in Leogang

Munich September 22nd, 2008 - report by Rasoulution

 

Last Friday and Saturday, 30 riders from 12 countries rocked the mega sized 26TRIX dirt line in Leogang, Austria. With two stunning runs Norwegian Trond Hansen took first place and earned himself 3.500 Euros in cash. Andi Wittmann from Germany showed technically very difficult combos on the most tricky parts of the track and won the Oakley Sick-O-Award.

 

On Thursday evening the bottom part of the Bikepark Leogang was packed with riding, chilling and chatting young guns from all over the world. The guys from Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Australia and the US had to get used to the revised 26TRIX track: nine jumps consisting of big sized doubles, hips, step ups and downs. It started with two qualifying runs on Friday afternoon, then the top 15 riders went straight to two final runs followed by two more final runs on Saturday in the early afternoon. The best two runs of all four were summed up to determine the winners. The riders were fighting heavily against the wind in the main part of the dirt track on both days. It was hard to go really big, but most of the riders managed it and stepped up the level of last year’s event:

 

Trond Hansen shot his tricks like out of a machine gun: superman seatgrabs, 360 one foot tabletops, backflips, tailwhips, 360-opposites and frontflips. His runs were super clean and smooth. It was no question that the judges had him in first place. Trond was pretty happy winning the 26TRIX: ”I’m just super stoked. I already had a great season, but winning the 26TRIX is some kind of special for me. Furthermore, the big air time here in Leogang is a good preparation for the upcoming Rampage!”

 

 

 

Amir Kabbani backflipped x-uped not only the first step up, but also showed tailwhips or superman backflips and got second place which was well-deserved. 

 

Sam Pilgrim made his way on the podium doing tuck no hands, tailwhips, 360-table tops, backflip x-up one footers, but crashed twice during the finals on two double tailwhip attempts. 

 

The other competitors also showed a great performance, which lead to following final ranking: 

 

1st   Trond Hansen, Specialized, NOR   

2nd   Amir Kabbani, Cannondale, GER   

3rd   Sam Pilgrim, Diamondback, UK   

4th   Linus Sjöholm, Scott, SWE   

5th   Andi Wittmann, Giant, GER   

6th   Mischa Breitestein, Kona, CH   

7th   Andrew Taylor, Versus, USA   

8th   Pascal Breitenstein, Kona, CH   

9th   John Alm Högman, Scott, SWE   

10th   Sam Reynolds, DMR, UK   

11th   Yannick Granieri, Giant, FRA   

12th   David Acedo, Mondraker, ESP   

13th   Grant Fielder, Kona, UK   

14th   Martin Söderström, NS Bikes, SWE   

15th   Lluis Lacondeguy, Kona, ESP