Douglas Silva broke his own hill record that he set last year.
Teutonia, Brazil- Under warm and sunny skies, practice and the first round of qualifying got underway for the Malarrara Pro Teutonia today in Brazil. After last years torrential rains that practically washed out the entire event, everyone was happy to be riding under ideal conditions. After a series of warm up and practice runs to get riders aquainted with the intense speeds of the Teutonia course, it was time for qualifying.
Mischo Erban wound up 2nd after day one.
Douglas Silva shattered his own track record with a time of 1:18.711. He set the record last year with a time of 1:20.452. He was followed in second by Mischo Erban with a time of 1:20.670. Three time World Champion Martin Siegrist qualified in third at 1:21.112. In fourth was two-time Teutonia winner Kevin Reimer at 1:21.581. Rounding out the top five was Brazilian Garcia Silon at 1:22.847.
Martin Siegrist is making his second appearance at Teutonia.
Downhill Skateboarding Qualifying Results
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
NO.
NAT
QUAL 1
1
Silva
Douglas
8
BRA
1:18.711
2
Erban
Mischo
38
CAN
1:20.670
3
Siegrist
Martin
20
SUI
1:21.112
4
Reimer
Kevin
42
CAN
1:21.581
5
Garcia
Silon
30
BRA
1:22.847
6
Junior
Paulo
23
BRA
1:22.850
7
Munhoz
Otavio
22
BRA
1:22.999
8
Alves
Everton
9
BRA
1:23.049
9
Haddad
Hugo
14
BRA
1:23.093
10
Smith
Scott
43
CAN
1:23.310
11
Gomes
Thiago
31
BRA
1:23.591
12
Bastos
Rafael
24
BRA
1:23.941
13
Paixao
Carlos
3
BRA
1:24.047
14
Dean
Danky
6
BRA
1:24.245
15
Mercante
Alexandre
1
BRA
1:24.929
16
Ogava
Joao
15
BRA
1:26.026
17
Paletti
Luciano
18
BRA
1:26.028
18
Vinicius
Macaco
32
BRA
1:26.258
19
Cassemiro
Juliano
17
BRA
1:26.331
20
Lamb
Fabio
40
BRA
1:26.359
21
Alemparte
Diego
7
CHI
1:26.746
22
Salazar
Vitor
34
BRA
1:27.191
23
Rosa
Felipe
11
BRA
1:28.103
24
Castagna
Vinicius
33
BRA
1:28.113
25
Renato
Luis
19
BRA
1:28.367
26
Vaz
Daniel
5
BRA
1:28.401
27
Vargas
Sandro
39
BRA
1:29.507
28
Vasconcellos
Daniel
4
BRA
1:31.400
29
Neto
Jose
16
BRA
1:31.951
30
Carvalho
Bruno
2
BRA
1:32.298
31
Bozanes
Rodrigo
27
CHI
1:32.404
32
Ribas
Rogerio
28
BRA
1:32.441
33
Lima
Zacarias
37
BRA
1:32.449
34
Festugatto
Everton
10
BRA
1:33.457
35
Cabral
Henrique
13
BRA
1:33.876
36
Randal
William
36
BRA
1:36.922
37
Lanna
Flavio
12
BRA
1:37.170
38
Junior
Walter
35
BRA
1:42.817
39
Sabatovitch
Ricardo
25
BRA
1:42.881
40
Correa
Andre
41
BRA
1:53.401
41
Ribas
Rodolfo
26
BRA
2:07.604
42
Ballesteros
Max
21
BRA
DNF
43
Finck
Rafael
29
BRA
DNF
Stephenson leads in Street Luge.
Will Stephenson describes Teutonia as feeling like you're free falling.
Will Stephenson from Worcester, England ran the quickest time of the day with a 1:17.443 to earn the provisional pole position. He was followed in second by Leo Borton at 1:18.171. Mario Jardim was third at 1:19.326, Chris McBride in fourth at 1:19.897 and Lauro Bundish rounded out the top five with a 1:22.169.
Street Luge Qualifying Results
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
NO.
NAT
QUAL 1
1
Stephenson
Will
56
GBR
1:17.443
2
Borton
Leo
54
BRA
1:18.171
3
Jardim
Mario
55
BRA
1:19.326
4
McBride
Chris
51
USA
1:19.897
5
Bundrish
Lauro
53
BRA
1:22.169
6
Cossia
Gilberta
52
BRA
1:26.348
McBride sets Classic Luge record.
Andreas Johnson made the trek from Sweden to Brazil.
Chris McBride broke his own Teutonia track record with a time of 1:23.900. His run eclipsed the time of 1:27.113 that he set last year. Qualifying second was Andreas Johnson from Sweden with a time of 1:25.026. Rafael Silva was third with a time of 1:26.179. Will Stephenson crashed on his qualifying attempt. He was able to continue and posted a time of 1:35.930.
