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he battle for the 2017 UIM-
ABP Aquabike Ski GP1 World
Championship 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 trio 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 duo of top talent, Austrian Kevin Reiterer and Norwegian
Stian Schjetlein who, with Poret, shared top four finishes 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. For Schjetlein
the first target will be to grab his first race and GP win.
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A FEROCIOUS FIGHT
ANTICIPATED
IN SKI GP1 TITLE
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n° 2 June | 2017