Val di sole! Over 100 riders, big crowd, great racing, great 4X show!

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The main event of the World Cup 4X in Val di Sole was a real thriller. Graves gets out of the gate first, followed by Rinderknecht, Prokob and Tomas Slavik. In turn 2 Rinderknecht takes over the lead from Graves, who droppes back to 4th. Slavik, now in 3rd, is like a snipper, waiting for his change. On the big doubles he overtakes Prokob, and moves on to 2nd, on the rockgarden he tries to make a move for the lead, but Rinderknecht turns it down and wins the race. Another 2nd place for Slavik!...

Tomas Slavik gets 2nd, Michal Marosi 3rd and Joost Wichman 4th

Link to RSP teamvideo: http://video.mpora.de/watch/1WQZkutnE/

The big final of the World Cup 4X in Leogang was, as in Maribor, almost completely red and white! Three out of four riders were members of the RSP Mountainbike Team.

The conditions in Leogang were terrible, just like in Maribor the rain came down all day long. The brand new track, designed by Guido Tschugg, however stayed in a good shape. The track was different from all the other tracks...

RSP mountainbike team dominates European Championships 4-Cross
Wichman takes the European 4X mountainbike title.

Last weekend the European Championships 4X did take place in Willingen Germany, during the Milka Bikefestival.
All 4 RSP team members were nominated by their by national team coaches, unfortunately Michal Marosi was ill and did not make the trip to Willingen.

Saterday morning the seeding runs were on. All 3 RSP team members made it easy into the finals. Jurg “party” Meijer took 8th place, Tomas “airgitar”...

Michal Marosi did win his first ever World Cup race this weekend in Maribor Sovenia! On friday Marosi had an horrible qualification run, he crashed on one of the last jumps, got back on his bike and qualified in 59 place! On saterday he turned it around and showed everybody what he’s capble of. With some outstanding moves he took the win in the big finale. Like the commentator said: “Marosi never dies!!”.

The conditions in Maribor were terrible, The rain came down 24/7 all weekend, this turned the qualification and race into a real Mudfest!

All 4 RSP riders did qualify for the finals...