Podmol saved the victory

With a massive final run Podmol saved the victory only 3 points ahead of Izzo

2nd day of the Freestyle Motocross World Championship festival in the south of Turkey. More than 6.000 spectators came to watch the FMX fight for the next FIM FMX World Championship round in GAP stadium. And they saw FMX sports on the most highly level. Libor Podmol, who had problems in the qualifying, saved his victory with a massive final run. Only three points behind a really strong Brice Izzo came on 2nd.

Turkey felt the high temperature early on in qualifying. Lukas Weis did 1-Hand and Nac Underflip, Ackermann the Switchblade Flip and Rinaldo a massive Superman Seatgrab Flip Indy. But for all them it was over after the qualifying. This day Alastair Sayer missed the final only by a few points, even though he had triple combos. Podmol had a deadsailor, but managed an extra trick in time along with an otherwise flawless run, so reached the final with 4th place qualification. Massimo Bianconcini, Fabiana Bauersachs, Petr Pilat, Jose Miralles and Brice Izzo joined him in the top 6. The Sunday Whip contest went to Lukas Weis ahead of Massimo Bianconcini and Alastair Sayer.

In the finals all the athletes pulled out even more spectacular tricks. Petr Pilat had insane backflip combos. He was really close to reach his first NIGHT of the JUMPs podium. Bauersachs and Bianconcini had really good final runs. They landed on 5th and 6th place. After his qualifying Podmol had to start on 4th position in the final. But the Czech rider pulled all of his hard tricks and came on 307 points. This was to much for Jose Miralles who ended up on 3rd place. But Brice Izzo ruled with extreme airtime, hard flip combos and the Tsunami Flip Indy in the Double-up. Finally only 3 points were missing for Izzos first IFMXF victory. So Podmol won also the 2nd day of the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Sanliurfa.

In the overall ranking of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship Libor Podmol still has the lead with 112 points ahead of Brice Izzo and Jose Miralles (both have 86 points). Now the IFMXF gets into the summer break and returns with the NIGHT of the JUMPs on October 09th in Cologne/Germany.

Sanliurfa, 16th May 2010 – Results

1. Libor Podmol 307 Points
2. Brice Izzo 304 Points
3. Jose Miralles 287 Points
4. Petr Pilat 277 Points
5. Fabian Bauersachs 254 Points
6. Massimo Bianconcini 251 Points

FIM Freestyle MX World Championship

1. Libor Podmol – 112 Points
2. Brice Izzo – 86 Points
3. Jose Miralles – 86 Points
4. Rob Adelberg – 72 Points
5. Massimo Bianconcini – 62 Points
6. Alastair Sayer – 47 Points
7. Brody Wilson – 47 Points
8. Lukas Weis – 42 Points
9. Fabian Bauersachs – 41 Points
10. Petr Pilat – 38 Points
11. Remi Bizouard – 38 Points
12. David Rinaldo – 33 Points
13. Hannes Ackermann – 32 Points
14. Martin Koren – 12 Points
15. Marcelo Simoes – 10 Points
16. Kai Haase – 8 Points