Munich, Germany - Last Friday and Saturday, 30 riders from 12 countries rocked the mega sized 26TRIX dirt line in Leogang, Austria. With two stunning runs, Norwegian Trond Hansen took first place and earned himself 3500 Euros in cash. Andi Wittmann from Germany showed technically very difficult combos on the trickiest parts of the track, and won the Oakley Sick-O-Award.


Trond Hansen front flipping to victory.

On Thursday evening the bottom part of the Bikepark Leogang was packed with riding, chilling and chatting young guns from all over the world. The guys from Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Australia and the U.S. had to get used to the revised 26TRIX track, which included nine jumps consisting of big doubles, hips, step ups and downs. It started with two qualifying runs Friday afternoon, and the top 15 riders went straight to semi-final runs, followed by two final runs on Saturday. The best two runs of all four were sessions were totaled up to determine the winner. The riders were fighting heavily against the wind in the main part of the dirt track on both days. It was hard to go really big, but most of the riders managed to step up the level of last year’s event.
 


Trond Hansen shot his tricks like out of a machine gun: superman seatgrabs, 360 one-foot tabletops, backflips, tailwhips, 360s in both directions, and front flips. His runs were super clean and smooth. It was no question that the judges had him in first place. ”I’m just super stoked,” said Hansen. “I already had a great season, but winning the 26TRIX is special for me. Furthermore, the big air time here in Leogang is a good preparation for the upcoming Rampage!”

 
Amir Kabbani backflipped x-upped the first step up, and also showed tailwhips and superman backflips on his way to second place.


 Sam Pilgrim made his way on the podium doing tuck no handers, tailwhips, 360 table tops, backflip x-up one footers, but crashed twice during the finals.
 



26TRIX FINAL STANDINGS
 
 1st   Trond Hansen, Specialized, NOR  
  2nd   Amir Kabbani, Cannondale, GER  
  3rd   Sam Pilgrim, Diamondback, UK  
  4th   Linus Sjöholm, Scott, SWE  
  5th   Andi Wittmann, Giant, GER  
  6th   Mischa Breitestein, Kona, CH  
  7th   Andrew Taylor, Versus, USA  
  8th   Pascal Breitenstein, Kona, CH  
  9th   John Alm Högman, Scott, SWE  
  10th   Sam Reynolds, DMR, UK  
  11th   Yannick Granieri, Giant, FRA  
  12th   David Acedo, Mondraker, ESP  
  13th   Grant Fielder, Kona, UK  
  14th   Martin Söderström, NS Bikes, SWE  
  15th   Lluis Lacondeguy, Kona, ESP 

For further information about the Bikepark Leogang, the events for 2008 and the variety of tracks available, please visit: www.bikepark-leogang.com