KONA CLUMP RIDER PAUL BASAGOITIA WINS QASHQAI URBAN CHALLENGE ROUND THREE IN MADRID, ESP, INCREASES SERIES LEAD

The final runs of the top twelve riders at the Madrid stop of the Qashqai Urban Challenge were absolutely off the charts. Riders were tricking lines that had previously not been attempted, and at the end of the day, Paul Basagoitia came out on top.

Paul Basagoitia sat at the top of the start ramp, hungry to retain his overall lead in the Qashqai Urban Challenge series. Paul chose the left-side line, which contained two small jumps into staircase landings. Paul 360’d the first jump and tailwhipped the second jump. Paul followed these two jumps with a no-foot can over the box, walltap on the wallride into a stretched out superman on the box jump. He continued his assault on the course with a no-foot can transfer from the concrete block at the top of the stairs down to another staircase landing. Paul ended his run with a flip up the step-up, 360 on the step-down and a backflip table on the last jump.

Riders continued to step-up the level of riding through the rest of the first round of finals. Even though Paul Basagoitia’s first run was amazing, he felt the need to continue riding hard. In his second run, he attempted to tailwhip the stair section gap! The bike made it around, but Paul did not land perfectly into the staircase and crashed on the concrete. When the top riders are throwing tricks as crazy as this, it’s obvious that the level of competition is running high with Kona Clump Rider Paul Basagoitia aboard his Kona Stuff taking the win.

Fellow Kona Clump Rider Andreu Lacondeguy had a decent outing but not great. And with the level of competition this stiff a few points makes a huge difference. Andreu finished in 6th place but that was good enough to hold onto his 3rd place in the series overall.

Qashqai Urban Challenge Final Results – Madrid

Paul Basagoitia (USA)
Darren Berrecloth (CAN)
Darren Pokoj (AUS)
Lance McDermott (UK)
Jamie Goldman (USA)
Andreu Lacondeguy (ESP)
Adam Hauck (USA)
Cameron McCaul (USA)
Wayne Goss (CAN)
Phil Sundbaum (USA)

Qashqai Urban Challenge overall rankings after round 3

1. Paul Basagoitia– 55 pts - Kona (USA)
2. Darren Berrecloth – 50 pts - Specialized (CAN)
3. Andreu Lacondeguy– 42 pts – Kona (ESP)
4. Lance McDermott – 40 pts – Scott (UK)
5. Ben Boyko – 31 pts – Norco (CAN)
6. Darren Pokoj – 27 pts – Intense (AUS)
7. Cameron McCaul – 26 pts – Trek (USA)
8. Greg Watts – 24 pts – Gary Fisher (USA)
9. Brandon Semenuk – 19 pts – Trek (USA)
10. Kyle Strait – 17 pts – Specialized (USA)

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Photo by Yorick Carroux

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