Leogang, Salzburger Land, Austria, May 26th 2012 – Thomas Genon from Belgium can call himself the 26TRIX fueled by Monster Energy Champ for 2012. With an amazing run he put Martin Söderström (SWE) and Sam Reynolds (GBR) on the lower podium places. What an incredible event! For the seventh time the Bikepark Leogang enjoyed hosting the top riders of the dirt jump scene for the Out of Bounds Festival, but never before on such a high trick level. The finals of the 26TRIX fueled by Monster Energy went down with perfect weather conditions this Saturday. The riders performed tricks on an extremely high level, and the crowds went berserk.
The huge dirt line provided the proper speed for six jumps, which boosted the riders up into the sky. With a perfect first run, big airtime, and technical tricks on all obstacles, Thomas Genon was able to convince the judges and took home first place in the super finals. For the first time in Leogang, the best six riders from the finals had the chance to improve their scores in the super final for the victory in the Gold status FMB World Tour event.
Genon made clear in his first Gold event victory that we can expect more from him in the future. After showing an absolute clean performance in the final, he stepped it up one more notch: front flip, followed by a 360 barspin to x-up, a double tailwhip, a decade, a tailwhip and finishing with a gigantic 360 flat spin that brought him the highest score of the day. The 18-year old Belgian goes home with 6,000 Euro prize money and lots of FMB World Tour points.
As the result of an injury, last year's winner and hot favorite Brandon Semenuk was still not able to compete as well as Swedish Linus Sjöholm.
Final Results1. Thomas Genon 22 BEL 18 UMF VELO TEAM 96.67
2. Martin Söderström 18 SWE 21 SPECIALIZED 95.67
3. Sam Reynolds 25 GBR 20 POLYGON 95.00
4. Yannick Granieri 27 FRA 25 POLYGON 93.67
5. Sam Pilgrim 16 GBR 21 NS BIKES 88.33
6. Jakub Vencl 29 CZE 22 ROSE VERSAND 80.67
7. Szymon Godziek 24 POL 20 DARTMOOR BIKES 77.33
8. Mitch Chubey 21 CAN 23 MORPHEUS CYCLES 67.67
9. Anton Thelander 114 SWE 17 BEDDO 64.67
10. Brett Rheeder 14 CAN 19 TREK 63.00
11. Peter Henke 28 GER 19 SCOTT 50.33
12. Anthony Messere 20 CAN 16 MORPHEUS CYCLES 48.33
13. Cameron McCaul 30 USA 26 TREK 17.33
14. Mike Montgomery 13 USA 25 SPECIALIZED 13.67
15. Lance McDermott 19 GBR 26 SARACEN BIKES
It's well-known that riders like to party after contests. And it's on tonight at the Override Afterparty fueled by Monster Energy in the Bikepark Leogang.
The Bikepark Leogang thanks all visitors, riders and partners Monster Energy, Kona, Camelbak, Zipfer and FM4 for an amazing event!
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