Trial European Championship:
Germany hosted an exciting third round
Round three of the Trial European Championship was perfectly organized in Großheubach, Germany, by MSC Großheubach, which has been organising international and national events since the beginning of the eighties.
Day1
In the European Championship class, home favourite rider Joschka Kraft took an early lead and kept it the whole first lap, but it was very close between the chasing group with Milosz Zyznowski, Téo Colairo, Rodney Bereiter and Paul Reumschüssel. Colairo had a very good second lap, but even if he gave his best he couldn’t reach the German rider, who won with an advantage of 4 marks. Third place for the Polish Zyznowski.
In the Women’s Championship, the close battle continued. After the first lap, Denisa Pechacková was leading with only one mark ahead of Vivian Wachs and Alessia Bacchetta. The end of the challenge saw Pechacková and Bacchetta equal with 15 marks, but the Italian won thanks to more cleans. Great fight for third place too, with two riders with 22 marks. In the end, Theresa Angst took the third place ahead of Wachs. The leader before this third event, Kaytlyn Adshead, started well but two fives during her second lap ruined her chances to take the podium.
As in the previous round, Italian rider Mirko Pedretti ruled the Junior Cup ahead of the Polish Pawel Ryncarz and the Czech Jan-Christopher Balousek.
Promising talents of the Youth Championship Class put on a great show. Once more, success for the French Pablo Echene, who won ahead of Marco Laure from Germany and Anton Carlson from Sweden.
Once again, the Over 40 Cup was ruled by legend Martin Kroustek ahead of Italian riders Paolo Brandani and Andrea Buschi, second and third.
International classes: Philipp Emonts won the 16-39, Kristina Blesvik the Women and Edio Poncia the Youth.
Day 2
Some rain during the night made sections slippery, especially the first 4 sections in the forest.
In the European Championship, Saturday’s winner Kraft was forced to withdraw due to a crash in section 2. Colairo took the occasion to show his talent. With a steady ride from the first lap, he kept his nerves under control and took the victory ahead of Polish star Zyznowski and home-rider Bereiter.
In the Women’s Championship, Saturday’s winner Bacchetta didn’t start as good as in the previous day. On the second lap Pechacková put in an extra gear and made a fantastic lap, with only one single mark. Wachs finished second and Adshead third.
After three rounds the Czech rider is leading the standings, but Adshead can fight for the title.
The three leaders in Junior Cup Mirko Pedretti, Youth Championship Pablo Echene and over 40 Cup Martin Kroustek continued their victory processions with another win today.
After the success of Day1, Pedretti won in the Junior Cup, Echene in the Youth Championship and Kroustek in the Over 40 Cup.
International classes: Emonts won the 16-39, Blesvik the Women and Scott Sander the Youth.
