Flip machine Podmol wins in Basel
By TMX Archives on 25th Apr 09
Basel, 24th April 2009: Only one week after the trick battle of Graz the fight for World Championship points went on. In the St. Jakobshalle Basel the Freestyle Motocross athletes met for the 5th contest of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championships. Flip machine Libor Podmol amazed spectators and judges and took the win by his new Stripper Flip in the double up. 2nd place went to Remi Bizouard ahead of Brody Wilson.
The track in Basel was difficult to ride for the riders. Already in thetraining we saw a hard crash of William van den Putte, which took himoff for the evening contest. In the qualification Swiss local heroVivian Gantner had to kiss the dirt. And Fredrik Johansson, who crashedin Graz last week, was not able to start this day. In the qualifyingMassimo Bianconcini and Fabian Bauersachs had a close fight and comeequal on points. But in the end Bauersachs, Brice Izzo, Libor Podmol,Jose Miralles, Brody Wilson and Remi Bizouard made it into the final.
Podmol Stripper flip
In the Whip contest Brody Wilson won ahead of Bianconcini. But theItalian reached with 8,30 meters his first ever victory in the HighestAir contest.
Brody Wilson
As we saw the best Freestyle Motocross performance ever on Europeanground at the final of the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Graz, the final ofBasel might topped that. Brice Izzo did Shaolin, Superman Seatgrab andLazyboy Flip, Jose Miralles a 1-Hand Can Flip to Side-Saddle-Landingand Brody Wilson ruled with triple combos to No-Hand-Landings. RemiBizouard presented his massive Cliffhanger and Ruler Flips, but eventhat was not enough to beat Libor Podmol this day. The Czech flipmachine did Cliffhanger Flip, Cordova Flip, No-Hand-Flip, NacUnderflip, Switchblade Flip and first time ever for him a Stripper Flipin the double-up.
Remi Bizouard
In the overall ranking of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship RemiBizouard now leads with three points ahead of Jose Miralles. LiborPodmol could climb on third position. In the manufacturers rankingYamaha has first place with a 16 points lead to Suzuki. Next points ofthe World Championship will be given on Saturday at the 2nd day of theNIGHT of the JUMPs in Basel.
Libor Podml Final Run NIGHT of the JUMPs Basel - MyVideo Schweiz
FACTS NIGHT of the JUMPs – FIM Freestyle MX World Championships
Basel, 24th April 2009 – Round 5
Results NIGHT of the JUMPs – Final
1. Libor Podmol CZE ACCR Suzuki 314 Points
2. Remi Bizouard FRA FFM Yamaha 311 Points
3. Brody Wilson USA AMA Honda 306 Points
4. Brice Izzo FRA FFM Yamaha 299 Points
5. Jose Miralles ESP RFME KTM 294 Points
6. Fabian Bauersachs GER DMSB KTM 260 Points
Results Qualification
1. Remi Bizouard FRA FFM Yamaha 271 Points
2. Brody Wilson USA AMA Honda 263 Points
3. Jose Miralles ESP RFME KTM 256 Points
4. Libor Podmol CZE ACCR Suzuki 253 Points
5. Brice Izzo FRA FFM Yamaha 248 Points
6. Fabian Bauersachs GER DMSB KTM 231 Points
7. Massimo Bianconcini ITAL ACCR KTM 231 Points
8. Freddy Peters GER DMSB Suzuki 173 Points
9. Hannes Ackermann GER DMSB KTM 160 Points
10. Vivian Gantner SUI FMS Suzuki 32 Points
11. Fredrik Johansson SWE SVEMO Suzuki 0 Points
Whip Contest
1. Brody Wilson USA Honda
2. Massimo Bianconcini ITA KTM
3. Brice Izzo FRA Yamaha
3. Jose Miralles ESP KTM
Results Highest Air Contest
1. Massimo Bianconcini ITA 8,30 Meter
1. Libor Podmol CZE 8,00 Meter
3. Jose Miralles ESP 6,50 Meter
4. Hannes Ackermann GER 6,50 Meter