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Red Bull Rampage 2008 - Qualifications

by altrugon | October 6, 2008 at 08:48 am

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Unfortunately the weather didn't want to participate as much as the riders involved in this event, converting the Red Bull Rampage 2008 Qualifications in a "zip" event.

The original idea of having two runs, one on Saturday morning and another in the afternoon for he qualifications, had to be adapted to a one-run qualifier on Sunday afternoon because the rains during Saturday.

This basically left the riders without any time for training or planning for their routes, forcing them to ride their lines up to mere minutes before the contest was supposed to start.

Despite all these facts the event was spectacular and the show guarantied. Riders drove down the terrain one after another through impossible lines they previously have chosen, trying to make a space for himself between the 15 first positions for tomorrow's final.

Check by yourself, you may think that's crazy and there is nothing else more risky than that, but you are wrong... a 60 feet gap will be waiting for them for tomorrow's final!

Top 15 riders:

Cam McCaul 83.0
Brandon Semenuk 82.3
Gee Atherton 79.0
Darren Barrecloth 78.0
Kyle Strait 75.3
Michal Marosi 74.7
Dan Atherton 74.3
Cedric Gracia 71.7
Paul Basagoitia 71.3
Robbie Bourdon 71.3
Cameron Zink 71.3
Kurt Sorge 70.7
Graham Agassiz 70.0
Mike Hopkins 69.7 (tide)
Thomas Vanderham 69.7 (tide)

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jazpiri

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at 09:37 on October 6th, 2008

altrugon, I like this story. It's good stuff.

chowdawg

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at 11:33 on October 6th, 2008

altrugon, I like this story. It's good stuff. Watching those comps is incredible; especially some of the young guys who grew up in BC's big backyard.

altrugon

at 11:39 on October 6th, 2008

I know. Since I'm living here in Vancouver I'm totally hook up into Freestyle and DH mtb, and I get out there with my bike every time I have a chance.

The North Shore is great and I can believe some of the structure you can find over there, needless to say a word about Whistler.

Veloclub Leibstadt

at 11:48 on October 6th, 2008

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Lopez (not verified)

at 20:44 on October 6th, 2008

Cool they kind of had to "onsight" like real life.

Alex Sol

at 19:48 on October 7th, 2008

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