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he
battle
for
the 2017 UIM-
ABP
Aquabike
Ski GP1 World
Ch amp i on s h i p
looks all set to
deliver
another
titanic fight to
claim top spot this
season, with the
world’s top ten
riders
amongst
the 16 contracted
who have already signed up.
All eyes will be on the quartet that traded
wins, podiums and qualifying slots last year,
with defending and four-time world champion,
Jeremy Poret, the man they want to depose
and the one with the target on his back.
Poret didn’t have it all his own way in 2016,
claiming four race wins and two GP titles, and
knows that he will have to maintain a higher
level throughout 2017 to hold onto his crown.
Chasing the most successful rider in the
categories’ history is a trio of top talent,
Austrian Kevin Reiterer, Spaniard Nacho
Armillas and Norwegian Stian Schjetlein who,
with Poret, locked out the top four places in
the first three Grand Prix of 2016 and each
grabbing a P1 slot in qualifying.
Reiterer will be desperate to regain the crown
he won in 2015, and despite five race wins and
three GP titles in 2016, a brace of DNFs and
technical issues proved costly, but he ended
last year as he intends to start this year, with
victory.
Armillas will be thinking that it is about time
he broke his title duck having come close on
several occasions, the three-time GP and five-
time race winner finishing third overall for the
last two years, his best, runner-up in 2012,
whilst for Schjetlein the first target will be to
grab his first race and GP win.
ANOTHER
TITANIC BATTLE
FOR TOP SPOT
ANTICIPATED IN SKI GP1
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n° 1April | 2017