26TRIX Preliminary rider list announced

Leogang in the Salzburger Land, May 7th 2012 – The FMB World Tour visits Leogang and therefore the mountain bike resort will host the world’s best dirt jump athletes. At the end of May, the Out of Bounds Festival takes place in the Bikepark Leogang and of course the 26TRIX fueled by Monster Energy from May 24th to 27th is an integral highlight of the event.




The Freeride Mountain Bike Association (FMBA) classifies the 26TRIX fueled by Monster Energy as an event with Gold level status. Accordingly, a lot of FMB World Tour points can be collected in Leogang resulting in a high caliber rider’s line-up of 20 invited set riders from 10 different nations. They will compete for an overall prize purse of 15,000 Euro.

Take a look the preliminary line-up of this year’s 26TRIX fueled by Monster Energy:

Thomas Genon BEL
Louis Reboul FRA
Mitch Chubey CAN
Amir Kabbani GER
Anthony Messere CAN
Szymon Godziek POL
Brett Rheeder CAN
Linus Sjöholm SWE
Brandon Semenuk CAN
Martin Söderström SWE
Jakub Vencl CZE
Lance McDermott UK
Tomas Zejda CZE
Sam Pilgrim UK
Bienvenido Aguado ESP
Sam Reynolds UK
Antoine Bizet FRA
Cameron McCaul USA
Yannick Granieri FRA
Mike Montgomery USA


Anybody who is not mainly interested in a great dirt jump show, should however come to Leogang and enjoy top class downhill and 4X racing: The iXS European Downhill Cup as well as the Euro Four Cross Series (EFS) guest in the Bikepark Leogang and give the Out of Bounds the character of a veritable festival. Both competitions will be held with the probably best available athletes ever, due to the upcoming UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. Since it will be the last chance to test the technical demanding championship trails under competitive conditions, hardly any of the title contenders will miss it, be it on the downhill "Speedster" trail or on the 4X world championship track.

With the entire concentrated bike action at the Out of Bounds Festival, the fans and athletes have to celebrate properly at night time. Anybody who ever came to the Out of Bounds Festival knows how Leogang acclaims such events: At the Override Afterparty fueled by Monster Energy, taking place on Saturday, May 26th from 9:00 pm at the bottom station of the Bikepark Leogang (minimum age for admission: 16 years!).

You don’t want to miss a second of the Out of Bounds Festival? The tourist association Saalfelden Leogang has the right offer for you: The 3 days Out of Bounds Festival package: it includes 3 accommodations in the particular comfort class, as well as 3 days lift passes and optional a bike adventure day with riding technique lessons and a one day tour.

More detailed information about the Out of Bounds Festival on: www.outofbounds.at/en

Keep up to date with the Out of Bound Festival on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OOB.Leogang or www.facebook.com/Leogang.Bikepark

More information about the UCI Mountainbike & Trials World Championships can be found here: www.facebook.com/SaalfeldenLeogang2012 and on www.saalfeldenleogang2012.at