Rider: David Rinaldo Photo: Oliver Franke
produced some insane tricks that included triple combos plus his new Heelclicker to Tsunami. In the double-up, the diminutive Frenchman went for a Doublegrap Flip that ended up as a ‘mere’ Superman Seatgrab. Consequently, he had to settle for the runnerup spot, one point behind Libor Podmol who sealed the win with his LP Special Roll. The Czech rider’s victory temporarily installed him as FIM Freestyle MX World Championship leader. The second German Grand Prix turned out to be payback time as the three-way battle between Bizouard, Podmol and Rinaldo raged on. Podmol’s execution of his personal 360 variant – the LP Special Roll – in the doubleup fell short of perfection and left him back in third. Bizouard, sti ll visibly annoyed by the outcome of the previous day, went straight into his run with a 360 followed by Cliffhanger
Flip, Hart Attack Flip and Ruler Flip. But even that was not enough to deny his compatriot the hot seat; Rinaldo performed a series of triple combos that persuaded the judges to award him his first grand prix winner’s trophy. Nevertheless, Bizouard at least had the satisfaction of reclaiming second place in the world championship standings. For the fourth world championship event, NIGHT of the JUMPs returned to Poland after a one-year absence. Dany Torres was back in world championship action, and after qualifying in P1, he looked set to become the fourth winner of the season in as many grand prix events. But the usual NIGHT of the JUMPs suspects – Podmol, Bizouard, Izzo and Rinaldo – were determined to frustrate his ambitions at all costs. First off the blocks in the final was Hannes Ackermann who had qualified with the best run of his career but