26TRIX 2012 - Thomas Genon wins!

May 26, 2012 at 11:09
by Ian Hylands  
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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.

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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.

The winner of 26trix in his final run big flatspin on the last jump
  Thomas Genon with a giant flat 360 on the last jump.

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.

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  Martin Soderstrom from Sweden was nearly on the same trick level as Genon, throwing down an amazing triple tailwhip, a nac nac seat grab, followed by a 360, 360 double tailwhip, tailwhip and a 360 table top at the last set.

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  Sam Reynolds from Great Britain threw down a flipwhip, then 360 x-up, flip no hander, followed by 360 whip, a straight air and a massive double back flip at the last hit.

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 Results

1. 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

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  Thomas Genon


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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44 Comments
  • 40 1
 sweet, glad to see thomas gettin a score he deserves, unlike at bergline where he got robbed!
  • 7 0
 at vienna air king the judges were harsh as on him, he deserves this though!
  • 4 0
 hell yeah sick win for thomas! finally some good judging, thomas is one of the most solid guys out there yo!
  • 5 4
 hes got a chance to win FMB this year! i hope he gets invited to crankworx!
  • 5 1
 I'd loooooove to see him try Rampage. Sorry fellas but the Tour is won at the platinum events, bottom line
  • 13 1
 finally ! He's been throwing down such solid runs and rarely (imo) got the score he should've gotten. Especially last week in winterberg
  • 10 0
 WOOOOHOOOOO Thomas takes the win!!!! Finally and well deserved
  • 6 1
 Well deserved for Reynolds! Great rider and top bloke
  • 5 0
 Happened to pilgrim after laying down some sick tricks in qualifying
  • 2 0
 seems to get unlucky in his finals runs. Frown
  • 5 1
 From the trick list it sounds like Soderstrom should have had it in the bag.
  • 4 0
 Looking forward to seeing a video- great line up of riders. Reynolds is a dark horse.
  • 4 0
 Yeah go Martin! But we need to see other combos from Martin always 360s and tailwhips, but nice any waySmile
  • 1 0
 check it out -> 26TRIX fueled by Monster Energy Leogang - official highlight clip 2012

www.youtube.com/watch?v=abHSn5PGlgg&feature=youtu.be
more infos: www.lemonmedia.at
  • 4 0
 So stoked for Thomas! dude kills it so hard and is so underrated
  • 3 0
 Yeah! Finally some recognition! :-)
  • 1 0
 Thomas deserves it. In my mind he is the up and coming star. I watched him at the Red Bull District Ride last year and he was great!
  • 2 0
 Reynolds is throwing double backflips like they're nothing at the mo, so sick!
  • 1 0
 Whats up with Mc Caul? After a Crash at Bergline it looked like he had a broken arm; he couldn´t even ride no more?!
  • 2 0
 Montgomery, whats going on buddy?
  • 1 0
 alright! nice, did see that one coming...
  • 2 1
 Ian highlands profile there's a video of his run! It's crazy
  • 1 0
 On facebook
  • 2 0
 It's also here in the comments somewhere from stupendousman
  • 1 0
 why does it say that zink is riding for trek??
  • 6 0
 Because Cam McCaul rides for Trek and you didn't read the last name?
  • 1 0
 Wheres that guy who but 20$ on Sam Pilgrim?
  • 1 0
 put*
  • 1 0
 I believe his name is nojzilla
  • 2 0
 what happened with cam?
  • 1 0
 went down hard on a frontflip on the 3rd jump didn't take another run
  • 2 1
 What happens to Sam
  • 8 0
 He will ride on his van..
  • 1 0
 perty sick
  • 2 4
 wheres semenuk?
  • 5 3
 Broke his collar bone. Everybody in the world has asked this in the last couple days.
  • 2 0
 saw him riding in whistler, obviously not broken anymore, probably just waiting it out for a bit till hes 100 percent
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