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Nissan Qashqai Challenge 2008: Milan Results |
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Sunday, 27 April 2008 |
Milan, Italy - April 26, 2008: Trond
Hansen wins first stop of the 2008 Nissan Qashqai Challenge! Mischa Breitenstein, Sam Pilgrim, Kurt Sorge, Damjan Siriski,
and Trond Hansen qualify for the Challenge events in Munich and London.
The crowd in Parco Sempione was treated to an amazing
final under sunny skies in downtown Milan today. The qualifier was
extremely tight, and many new faces were making their presence known. Young
American Tyler McCaul put together impressive runs, but was just shy of making the
cut into the finals. He will be one of the many riders making the trip
down to the infamous Estadio Bernabeu
in Madrid, Spain next week for another shot at
qualifying for the final Nissan Qashqai Challenge Events.
The fifteen finalists ran in reverse order, ending with
the top qualifier Martin Soederstrom from Sweden. In
the finals the wind picked up and riders had to be strategic with their three
runs, as their two best scores were combined. Some of the riders like Norway’s Trond Hansen and Switzerland’s
Mischa Breitenstein played their cards well and earned their spots in the final
challenge events.
In the first round of the finals, Trond uncorked a clean front flip over the
final jump for a good first round score. In his next round he earned the
highest score of the day as the first rider to pull a clean 360 over the first
jump, straight into a one-footed 360 invert, followed by a tire grab to set up
for an opposite 360 over the last double. “The last two hours went
just perfect, being qualified for the Nissan Qashqai Challenge competition
feels just great!” beamed Trond after the award ceremony.
Congratulations to Trond Hansen, Mischa Breitenstein, Sam Pilgrim, Kurt Sorge,
and Damjan Siriski for earning spots in the final Qashqai Challenge Events in Munich and London. Some
of the other highlights of the day were Adam Hauck’s 720, Kurt
Sorge’s superman to pendulum air, Alex Reveles’s Indian airs, and
Tyler McCaul’s no footed can can x-ups.
1 Trond Hansen
SPECIALIZED
NOR
2 Mischa Breitenstein KONA EUROPE
SUI
3 Sam Pilgrim
DIAMONDBACK BIKES
GBR
4 Darren Pokoj
FELT
AUS
5 Kurtis Sorge
GIANT
BICYCLES CAN
6 Adam Hauck
BLACKMARKET
USA
7 Damjan Siriski
AUTHOR
CZE
8 Geoff Gulevich
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
CAN
9 Phil Sundbaum
HARO, GRAVITY
USA
10 Hoppensack
ADIDAS
GER
11 Mitchell Chubey
NSMB.COM
CAN
12 Alex Reveles
ADIDAS
USA
13 Linus Sjöholm
SCOTT
SWE
14 Martin Söderström COLORBIKES
SWE
15 Andrew Taylor
VERSUS CYCLES
USA
General admission to all the Nissan Qashqai Challenge events is free.
Please visit www.nissan-qashqaichallenge.com for
all the latest news about the upcoming events. Media and press can
register for the “Press Room” on www.nissan-qashqaichallenge.com for
background information and high resolution pictures. For event
accreditation, please contact
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. Footage
from the event will be available on Sunday at www.freecaster.tv .
Statement on new Nissan Challenge venue
line-up:
“Nissan confirms
that its Qashqai Challenge tour will now take place across four European
capitals this year. Paris has not been included this time,
but we hope to have it back in next year’s line-up. This
development will not affect any of the competitors and the Nissan Qashqai
Challenge remains Europe’s only urban
freeride series with an overall tour prize fund of $250,000 US Dollars.”
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