Mischo Erban crossing the finish line during Peyragudes Qualifying. Photo Marcus Rietema
Peyragudes, France- Thursday morning greeted everyone at the Peyragudes 2Luxe Cup with beautiful weather and warm temperatures. The weather forecast on Friday is calling for rain so the organizers decided to run both of the Downhill Skateboard qualifying runs today.
In Downhill Skateboard qualifying Ramon Konigshausen from Switzerland set the quickest time of the first 20 riders with a time of 3:18.860. The slalom World Champion is focusing on downhill in 2009 and is definitely making his presence felt. No one was able to touch Ramon’s time until Frenchman Jonathan Martinez put in a 3:15.310 dropping the fastest time by over three and a half seconds.
Beautiful weather highlights the first day of practice
Brazilian Luis Lins flying through the Pyrenees. Photo Marcus Rietema
Peyragudes, France- Beautiful sunny skies in the French, Pyrenees brought a warm welcome to the participants on the first day of the Peyragudes 2Lux Cup. Competitors from all over Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Africa have descended upon the Peyragudes Ski Resort for round number one of the 2009 IGSA World Cup Series.
Riders from around the world are arriving in Peyragudes
The scene of the riders tent and pool at Peyragudes. Photo Marcus Rietema
Competitors from around the world are streaming into Peyragudes, France for the Peyragudes 2Luxe Cup. Rider check in got underway last night for the first IGSA World Cup race of the year.
Peyragudes is one of the most challenging tracks on the World Cup circuit and much of the talk was about the new start. Event organizer Cyrille “Komakino” Harnay decided to move the start to a different, more technical route that is certain to create many new challenges for the riders. The athlete tent has also been moved to bring everything closer together. Both improvements were made with experience gained from last years event.
The Graveyard Call, Round #2 of the 2009 IGSA World Cup Series will be held July 24-26 in Argonay, France. Registration will begin on Friday, May 22nd at 8:00pm (CET-Central European Time). Registration is limited to the first 120 riders who sign up! There will also be free ride sessions on Thursday, July 23 and Monday July 27 on the 800m training course.
Yes my friends! Following the cancellation of Almabtrieb World Cup, we tried to find a solution to keep you and the entire Euro trip with 3 World Cups in a row. We found it and we are happy to announce that there will be an IGSA World Cup event from 23 to 26 of july to replace Almabtrieb : The Graveyard Call.
The race is the homespot of famous french riders as adren Barat, Loic Zaccharo or Xavier Hoareau aka Twix. It will take place in Argonnay (France) in the french alps.
This is the program:
23rd of July afternoon: Freeride on the first third of the spot (1 km on the 3 km long approx.)
24th to 25th of July: Training and time trials
26th of July: Finals
27th: Freeride on the short part of the track.
It will be organized by the French association, D173.
Registration should open at the end of April. The race format will be "dual", as in Teutonia brazil.
So take your flight tickets to europe and stay tuned. More info to come!
