Rok Florjancic again delivered a strong
performance scoring in the high eighties to win
and remain unbeaten in Freestyle, brother Nac
taking second spot ahead of Roberto Mariani.
Heat 2 saw Teddy Pons and Chris MacClugage
complete the win double to take the Grand Prix
titles in their respective categories, the Ladies
title going to Sandra Fernandez Rodriguez and
the Freestyle to Rok Florjancic, no surprise there.
It was a second impressive performance by
Pons who first had to fend off an early challenge
from Sweden’s Lars Sebastian Akerblom and
then from lap 8 of 17 his main Championship
rival, Jeremy Perez.
Despite the constant pressure from Perez, Pons
held on to win by five seconds, the result moving
him seven points clear in the Championship
standings, with Akerblom unable to match and
stay with the pace of the front two but coming
home for his best result on the UIM-ABP tour in
third and take third overall.
Yousef Al Abdulrazzaq and Francois Medori
enjoyed their own personal tussle, Medori
getting ahead on lap five, Abdulrazzaq getting
fourth place back on lap 16, Alejandro Molina
the first Spanish rider to take the chequered flag
completing the top six.
In Ski it was another brilliant start and dominant
performance by the MacClugage whose second
win of the weekend over arch-rival Jeremy Poret
moved him into second place overall and closed
the gap in the Championship standings to 16
points.
MacClugage was able to control the race from
the front, running out the winner by 11 seconds
with Poret unable to respond and more focussed
on having to fend off the attentions of Spain’s
Nacho Armillas.
France’s Steven Loiodice was another to
produce one of his best showings with a
steady run in fourth finishing ahead of a spirited
showing by Alberto Monti, moving up from 13th
to fifth, Croatia’s Tomaz Kete completing the top
six.
In Ski Ladies, Championship leader Jennifer
Menard took the heat win over Fernandez and
Sorrentino, but it was Fernandez who claimed
the title thanks to her win in heat 1, with Rok
Florjancic maintaining his perfect record and
unbeaten in 11 Grand Prix, brother Nac taking
second over Roberto Mariani.
For the title showdowns the riders headed to
Liuzhou in China and the River Liu; the French
were looking for the Championship treble, in
Runabout it was Pons versus Perez, in Ski Poret
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