NOTJ eMagazin 2015
#7/2015
DAVID & LIBOR WITHOUT BAGS
DANY TORRES
BACK ON THE TOUR
VIDEO LINKS
HANNES
HIGH VOLTAGE
S H E N Z H E N FREESTYLE MX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
CONTENT PAGE 6-7
SHENZHEN
PAGE 8-14
ROUND 9 / FRIDAY
PAGE 17
RESULTS ROUND 9
PAGE 18-22
ROUND 10 / SATURDAY
PAGE 23
RESULTS ROUND 10
PAGE 24-25
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANKING
PAGE 26-27 FINAL SHOT PAGE 28
OUTLOOK
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DANY TORRES IN FLIGHT MODE @ SZX
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SHENZHEN
SITUATED NORTH OF HONG KONG THE AREA SHENZHEN BECAME CHINA’S MOST SUCCESSFUL SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE. ITS RISE STARTED IN LATE 1979, BEFORE WHICH IT WAS ONLY A MARKET TOWN CALLED SHAM CHUN HUI. SHENZHEN METROPOLITAN AREA HAS A POPULATION OF OVER 18 MILLION. AT PRESENT, THE AVERAGE AGE IN SHENZHEN IS LESS THAN 30 YEARS. PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR A RESTART AFTER A LONG SUMMER BREAK.
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HIGHLIGHTS SHENZHEN
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Breaking the long summer
the World Championship com-
drought, NIGHT of the JUMPs
petitions was Dany Torres. With
returns with the very best of Free-
an impressive run of unique flip
style Motocross competition to the
combos, the Spaniard flew into the
Chinese economic metropolis of
finals. However pre-event problems
Shenzhen.
outside of anyone’s control plagued some of the brightest stars, with
The whole event was in dan-
Libor Podmol having his luggage go
ger when the building crew was
missing, to Adelberg’s hard crash
informed that the container with
during training.
TRACK BUILDING
all judging equipment, bikes, ramps etc. are blocked by chinese
However, it appeared even the
customs due to organic materials
current World Championship leader,
located in the container. Within 48
David Rinaldo, had even worse pro-
hours and the help of local gover-
blems. With his bags missing also
ment the container was release
from the airlines for at least an extra
and construction starts.
day, Rinaldo missed practise and eventually had to borrow his team
With 10 of the world’s best riders
mate Podmol’s riding gear and bike
starting qualification in the Shenz-
parts from other riders to even be
hen Sports Centre, one of the
able to ride the competition and
most exciting riders to return to
eventually qualify. Rounding out
CUSTOMS BLOCKS THE BIKES FOR 72 HOURS DUE TO DIRT
Operations manager Frank Enders negotiating with chinese customs.
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DANY TORRES WITH MECHANIC PROBLEMS
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ROB ADELBERG VICTIM OF JUDGING ?
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the top 6 final was the German rider, Hannes Ackermann, who stomped his first ever Volt body varial to dirt in qualifying in 3rd position. Motivated by the preliminary round competition, Dany Torres showed some extra style and turned down his way to his victory in the LifeProof Best Whip Contest in front of Massimo Bianconcini and the other 4 starters. After the intermission, it was Italy’s Massimo Bianconcini who would exact revenge on Spain in the Maxxis Highest Air competition, narrowly beating Jose Miralles, even as both riders missed the bar at 9.5 metres. Bianconcini took the win from one less failed attempts at the 9.0 metre height.
HANNES JOINS THE HIGH VOLTAGE CLUB
The final six riders would light up the sky over the 15 million inhabitants of Shenzhen as they intensified their charge for the top of the podium. Dany Torres stepped up with an Oxecutioner to Double Grab backflip combination in his Double Up, however even after an almost flawless run, was relegated to 6th position. Adelberg’s thunder from down under was also not enough to get close to the podium, even after an impeccable run and finishing with a California Roll to No-hander lander combo. Coming into Shenzhen and sitting in second place in the overall World Championship rankings, Maikel Melero has won 4 from the past 8 events, but even with his experience and huge tricks he wasn’t able to make it to the podium. With some uncharacteristic errors and in 4th place, he showed a few chinks in his armour, when he had seemed almost untouchable at the start of the season and now puts a small damper on his second World
DANY TORRES
Championship title fight.
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One of the biggest improvements we have
Grab backflip in the Double Up. And while
seen in NIGHT of the JUMPs roster was
he looked like the sure winner, things
from the German rider Hannes Ackermann
would quickly change again when Libor
who stood on the podium for the very first
Podmol stepped up, full of confidence and
time in his World Championship career.
stomped his own Volt and side-saddle
After an incredible qualification round,
take-off California Roll, but with a cleaner
Hannes put together a supersized run of
run and more flow.
One-hand seat grab Flips, 360 Nac’s and his new Volt, which although was a little
The Championship leaderboard has
sketchy, he held onto it and showed that
been shaken up with Libor’s victory and
he’s writing a new chapter in his career as
Melero’s absence from the podium. Ri-
he took 3rd place.
naldo is still looking strong, however after the first night of competition in Shenzhen,
The man with the biggest disadvantages
a second night to go and a handful of
leading into the event and current World
rounds left in the 2015 season, the race
Championship leader, David Rinaldo be-
to the end appears to have opened some
gan with a Volt, and very soon after then
new contenders for the title.
stuck a California Roll on an unfamiliar bike, and then finished with a huge Double
SUPEREXTENSION BY MAIKEL MELERO
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R´DAV LOST HIS BAGS BUT NOT HIS B.....
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WITH A VICTORY ON FRIDAY LIBOR KEEPS TOUCH TO THE TOP
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FREESTYLE MX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS SHENZHEN / China Round 9 RESULTS NIGHT OF THE JUMPS - FINAL 1. Libor Podmol
CZE
406 Points
2. David Rinaldo
FRA
402 Points
3. Hannes Ackermann GER
386 Points
4. Maikel Melero
ESP
383 Points
5. Rob Adelberg
AUS 380 Points
6. Dany Torres
ESP
376 Points
RESULTS QUALIFYING 1. Libor Podmol
CZE
360 Points
2. Maikel Melero
ESP
354 Points
3. Hannes Ackermann GER
350 Points
4. David Rinaldo
FRA
341 Points
5. Dany Torres
ESP
338 Points
6. Rob Adelberg
AUS 334 Points
7. Brice Izzo
FRA
327 Points
8. Petr Pilat
CZE
327 Points
9. Jose Miralles
ESP
279 Points
10. Luc Ackermann
GER
276 Points
LIFEPROOF BEST WHIP CONTEST 1. Dany Torres ESP 2. Massimo Bianconcini
ITA
MAXXIS HIGHEST AIR
HIGHLIGHTS DAY !
1. Massimo Bianconcini
ITA
9.00 m
2. Jose Miralles
ESP
8.50 m
OVERALL RANKINGS / CLICK HERE 17
Saturday produced an incredible
JUMPs
European
Champion
hanger Flip to Lazyboy Flips in
end to the 10th round of NIGHT
Petr Pilat arrived with a comple-
the double-double line and only
of the JUMPs FIM Freestyle
tely new qualifying run to stamp
finished in 10th position. How-
MX World Championships. Like
his authority on the top 6. Libor
ever Torres held his head high
the previous day, the 10 World
Podmol, Maikel Melero, David
by taking out the LifeProof Best
Cup opponents from five nations
Rinaldo and Rob Adelberg roun-
Whip competition for the second
faced off again in the Shenzhen
ded out the final in similar fa-
day in a row.
Sports Centre, but with an air
shion to the first night in Shenz-
of confidence going into the se-
hen.
The Maxxis Highest Air was like
cond day of competition.
a blue print repeat from the preOne of the riders missing the
vious day.
Unlike the first day of competi-
top 6 was the previous night’s
cini beat Jose Miralles again at
tion, most riders changed their
surprise
finalist,
the 9.00 metre height when he
Freestyle runs in the hope of
Germany’s Hannes Ackermann,
breezed over on his first attempt
picking up a place in the final 6
who had a Volt the day before,
and Jose requiring two attempts
showdown. Brice Izzo took ad-
but with a bent clutch lever and
to get to the next height of 9.50
vantage of his new Barhop to
missing second gear he wouldn’t
metres. After both failed at 9.50
SuperFlip combination to make
make it to the final. Worse still,
metres, Massimo won on the
it through to the final, while the
another of the finalists from the
countback of completed att-
newly crowned NIGHT of the
previous day was Dany Torres.
empts.
3rd
place
The Spaniard failed on his Cliff-
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BRICE WITH NEW RUN STRAIGHT TO THE FINAL
Massimo Biancon-
LIBOR WINNING QUALIFICATION BUT DNF IN FINAL
MASSIMO CHECKING JOSES LINE <<<
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The final 6 started with Rob Adelberg, who was frustrated with the outcome of yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final. Today Rob had extra motivation to produce the cleanest run he could, and after extending every trick as perfectly as possible including the California Roll to finish the Double Up. With his extra push, it was enough for Rob to improve his position by 3 places to third place and reaching the podium. Petr Pilat opened with a solid run, however the Double-Double line would claim a victim in Pilat, when he hesitated on landing a side-saddle flip, and then putting extra pressure on the next jump when he made an uncharacteristic mistake of accomplishing only a Heelclicker to save an otherwise dead sailor. Brice Izzo was also unable to capitalise on his Top 6 final and couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t improve his position. After a setback on Friday in 4th position, the reigning World Champion,
PETR PILAT CHANGED HIS RUN AND WENT TO FINALS ON SATURDAY
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Maikel Melero was able to battle his way back to close to the top spot with his Double Grab Flip and ‘Melero Roll’ to make 2nd place. But it wasn’t enough to fend off his main challenger to his title, David Rinaldo. After his luggage finally arrived in the afternoon, David was able to throw down a much better run than last night when he was borrowing parts and gear from a handful of his fellow competitors. With the California Roll, Volt and Double Hart Attack flip, Rinaldo secured his spot on the hot seat by only a few points. Hannes bend his clutch lever during the landing of this Volt With only one rider left who could crash the party, Libor Podmol was set to turn Shenzhen on fire after his previous night’s win. But as quickly as the hype was built for Podmol, the wheels fell off the wagon and he could only complete one trick before retiring due to mechanical problems. On his first jump of the run, as he stood upon his seat for the Surfer take-off to Tsunami Flip, his subframe cracked and wrecked any chance of repeating his win. David Rinaldo took the victory on the second night and now leads with 12 points with 172 points in total. Followed by the reigning FIM World Champion Maikel Melero with 160 points and Rob Adelberg in 3rd position in the overall standings. It won’t be until the 7th of November before the next World Championship points will be awarded, when the FMX riders will meet again in Caraguatatuba (Sao Paulo), Brazil to push for the final run at the overall World Championship title. <<
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WITH HIS OWN ARMOR DAVID SEEMS TO BE THE MAN TO BEAT
FREESTYLE MX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS SHENZHEN / China Round 9 RESULTS NIGHT OF THE JUMPS - FINAL 1. David Rinaldo
FRA
408 Points
2. Maikel Melero
ESP
399 Points
3. Rob Adelberg
AUS 396 Points
4. Brice Izzo
FRA
377 Points
5. Petr Pilat
CZE
354 Points
6. Libor Podmol
CZE
20 Points
RESULTS QUALIFYING 1. Libor Podmol
CZE
364 Points
2. Maikel Melero
ESP
361 Points
3. David Rinaldo
FRA
349 Points
4. Petr Pilat
CZE
344 Points
5. Brice Izzo
FRA
342 Points
6. Rob Adelberg
AUS 341 Points
7. Hannes Ackermann GER
318 Points
8. Luc Ackermann
GER
303 Points
9. Jose Miralles
ESP
302 Points
10. Dany Torres
ESP
299 Points
LIFEPROOF BEST WHIP CONTEST 1. Dany Torres ESP 2. Maikel Melero
ESP
MAXXIS HIGHEST AIR 1. Massimo Bianconcini
ITA
9.00 m
2. Jose Miralles
ESP
9,00 m
3. Luc Ackermann
GER 8,50 m
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MAIKEL MELERO WORLD CHAMP 2014 AND RUNNER UP AFTER 10 ROUNDS IN 2015 24
FREESTYLE MX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
FMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANKING AFTER CHINA 1. David Rinaldo
FRA
172 Points
2. Maikel Melero
ESP
160 Points
3. Rob Adelberg
AUS 148 Points
4. Libor Podmol
CZE
138 Points
5. Remi Bizouard
FRA
90 Points
6. Jose Miralles
ESP
85 Points
7. Hannes Ackermann GER
82 Points
8. Brice Izzo
FRA 75 Points
9. James Carter
USA
10. Luc Ackermann
GER 47 Points
11. Petr Pilat
CZE
32 Points
12. Dany Torres
ESP
30 Points
13. Filip Podmol
CZE
23 Points
14. Taka Higashino
JAP
16 Points
15. Davide Rossi
ITA
14 Points
16. Kai Haase
GER
12 Points
52 Points
ROUND 11
CARAGUATATUBA / BRAZIL
ROUND 12
GDANSK / POLAND
ROUND 13
SOFIA / BULGARIA
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