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Freeride World Tour 2010 - Latest News

By Gary King on 05 February 2010 11:58:20

French dominate in Chamonix

Chamonix again provided the thrills of freeride, hosting the second stage of the Freeride Tour: the Nissan Russian Adventure by Swatch, initially planned to take place in Sochi/Russia, but moved to Chamonix for security reasons and difficult weather conditions. Only the men skiers and snowboarders took part, at the north east face of Aiguille Pourrie at the Flégère ski area. With an extremely high performance level, Frenchmen Julien Lopez and Xavier de Le Rue took victory. The multiple X-Games medallist skier Candide Thovex FRA and snowboarder Mitch Toelderer AUT are now at the top of the Freeride World Tour Ranking.

Results:

Ski Men:

1. Julian Lopez (Fra)

2. Candide Thovez (Fra)

3. Seb Michaud (Fra) & Henrik Windstedt (Swe)

Snowboard Men:

1. Xavier de la Rue (Fra)

2. Max Zipser (Aut)

3. Gennady Khyrachkov (Rus)

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