Video: Steve Mini lights bushfire in Namibia and Bizouard defends IFMX title!
The Australian FMX rider wins the NIGHT of the JUMPs – Bizouard defends his World Championship title notwithstanding reaching the final.
This was never seen in Namibia. On Saturday 12 FMX athletes of the IFMXF entered the African continent and jumped Windhoek for the NIGHT of the JUMPs into the ground. The air was burning on the FMX parkour at Tony Rust Race Track. Remi Bizouard gambled away in the qualifying and missed the finals. But in the end he could celebrate, as Podmol and Miralles only came up on fourth and fifth position. So the French rider has a lead of 23 points and defended his title.
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Windhoek saw a sensation already in the qualification. Local hero Alistar Sayer from Botswana debuted a never seen Whip 9-O-Clock Indy and reached the finals. Jose Miralles started with a 40 degrees fever handicap, but with a solid run he came under the best six. Brody Wilson won the qualification ahead of Down Under wonder boy Steve Mini. The Australian rider had no problems with the track or conditions and ruled with triple combos and several no hand landings. Libor Podmol and Brice Izzo did not pull every of their hard tricks in the qualifying, but made it into the finals. Current World Champ Remi Bizouard missed that. He wanted to do it the save way and found himself on 7th position.
NIGHT of the JUMPs Namibia 2009 – MyVideo Schweiz
In the break Massimo Bianconcini won the Whip contest and Steve Mini the first ever Best Trick contest in NIGHT of the JUMPs history. Best trick came into the program instead of the Highest Air contest that had to fail due to the dry dirt.
Final Run Steve Mini – NIGHT of the JUMPs Namibia 2009
Final Run Steve Mini – NIGHT of the JUMPs Namibia … – MyVideo Schweiz
In the finals Libor Podmol and Alistar Sayer risked everything to reach the podium. But both crashed after a landing and missed it. Bad luck for Podmol because with a place on the podium he would have been hold his chance of winning the World Championship title. The handicapped Jose Miralles could not reach his normal performance and ended up on fifth position. Brody Wilson pulled all his tricks with perfect extension, but had his problems at one of his flips. Brice Izzo gave everything in his final run including Shaolin and Cordova flip. But even that was not enough to beat Steve Mini on this day. The Australian rider pulled a Tsunami flip for the first time ever and won the NIGHT of the JUMPs Namibia.
Final Run Brice Izzo – NIGHT of the JUMPs Namibia 2009
Final Run Brice Izzo – NIGHT of the JUMPs Namibia … – MyVideo Schweiz
In the overall ranking of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship Remi Bizouard could defend his title with a lead of 23 points prior to the last contest. Libor Podmol is now on 2nd position.
Final run Brody Wilson – NIGHT of the JUMPs Namibia 2009
Final run Brody Wilson – NIGHT of the JUMPs Namibi… – MyVideo Schweiz
This years final round of the NIGHT of the JUMPs / FIM Freestyle MX World Championships will take place in Fortalesa/Brasil on December 5th and presents the fight for the Vize World Champion title. Libor Podmol, Jose Miralles, Brody Wilson and Brice Izzo still have chances to reach the podium in the overall ranking.
FACTS NIGHT of the JUMPs – FIM Freestyle MX World Championships
Namibia, 21st November 2009 – Round 11
Results NIGHT of the JUMPs – Final
1. Steve Mini AUS MA Yamaha 291 Points
2. Brice Izzo FRA FFM Yamaha 289 Points
3. Brody Wilson USA AMA Honda 283 Points
4. Libor Podmol CZE ACCR Suzuki 281 Points
5. Jose Miralles ESP RFME KTM 280 Points
6. Alistar Sayer BOT NMSF Suzuki 228 Points
Results Qualification
1. Brody Wilson USA AMA Honda 250 Points
2. Steve Mini AUS MA Yamaha 248 Points
3. Libor Podmol CZE ACCR Suzuki 243 Points
4. Brice Izzo FRA FFM Yamaha 240 Points
5. Jose Miralles ESP RFME KTM 239 Points
6. Alistar Sayer BOT NMSF Suzuki 230 Points
7. Remi Bizouard FRA FFM Yamaha 226 Points
8. Fabian Bauersachs GER DMSB KTM 221 Points
9. Massimo Biancocini ITA ACCR KTM 217 Points
10. Nick de Wit RSA NMSF KTM 213 Points
11. Hannes AckermannGER DMSB KTM 173 Points
12. Colin Stantan RSA NMSF Honda 127 Points
Results Whip Contest
1. Massimo Bianconcini ITA
2. Alistar Sayer BOT
Results Best Trick Contest
1. Steve Mini AUS
2. Alistar Sayer BOT
3. Libor Podmol CZE
FIM Freestyle MX World Championships
Riders Ranking (after 11th contest)
1. Remi Bizouard FRA FFM Yamaha 192 Points
2. Libor Podmol CZE ACCR Suzuki 169 Points
3. Jose Miralles ESP RFME KTM 168 Points
4. Brody Wilson USA AMA Honda 164 Points
5. Brice Izzo FRA FFM Yamaha 158 Points
6. Fabian Bauersachs GER DMSB KTM 98 Points
7. Massimo BianconciniITA ACCR KTM 81 Points
8. Steve Mini AUS MA Yamaha 64 Points
9. Hannes Ackermann GER DMSB KTM 64 Points
10. Freddy Peters GER DMSB Suzuki 51 Points
11. Fredrik Johansson SWE SVEMO Suzuki 50 Points
12. Gilles Dejong BEL DMSB KTM 24 Points
13. Wlliam v. d. Putte BEL FMS Suzuki 23 Points
14. Petr Pilat GER ACCR Suzuki 20 Points
15. Martin Schenk AUT OSK Yamaha 12 Points
16. Vivian Gantner SUI FMS Suzuki 11 Points
17. Tomas Lysacek CZE ACCR Kawasaki 11 Points
18. Alistar Sayer BOT NMSF Suzuki 10 Points
19. Andre Villa NOR RFME Suzuki 8 Points
20. Alexey Koleshnikov RUS LaMSE KTM 7 Points
21. Nick de Wit RSA NMSF KTM 6 Points
22. Colin Stanton RSA NMSF Honda 4 Points
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