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After hosting the Junior World Championships last Sunday, the Pyrenees were the scene of the third stage of the Swatch Freeride World Tour 2015 by The North Face. Andorra always protagonist, although by this time we Grandvalira & egrave; moved to Vallnord Arcalis. In the ranks Italian, with Markus Eder out fighting, big test again to Silvia Moser.
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And on Portella of 'Arcalis, the slope designated for the race, not & egrave; missed the show. In ski men, who opened the ball, which was absent in the & rsquo; blue Markus Eder for a shoulder injury that will force & agrave; to jump even the Skiers Cup (February 21 to 27), Sam Smoothy is & egrave; took the whole scene. After l & rsquo; opaque sixteenth place of Chamonix, the tightrope walker is New Zealand & egrave; invented a run of 91.25 points to annihilate all the competition. Far away, behind him, the Swiss Jeremie Heitz (82.00) and the Swede Reine Barkered (81.25). Twelfth l & rsquo; unique home rider, Dani Fornell Prat (71.75).
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Snowboarding, however, success in the masculine for the Frenchman Jonathan Charlet (90.00) in front of the Swiss Flo Orley and the US Ralph Backstrom (83.75). Among women, the Swiss Estelle Balet (83.00) preceded the French Elodie Mouthon (79.50) and the American Shannan Yates (76.25).
While the other categories are still waiting to recover the second stage of Fieberbrunn (you should keep these days always in Andorra), for skiers to Vallnord Arcalis & egrave; was the third race of the season, which outlined a bit & rsquo; also the framework for the upcoming events. It & egrave; stop at the podium Silvia Moser, thanks to a run very original. L & rsquo; Ampezzo you & egrave; direct to his left and started the descent with a jump of rock, topped off with a great landing, and then continued with great fluidity & agrave ;. The & egrave; missed only a few tricks to impress the judges, who anyway have given a score of 70.50.
Thanks to the place obtained in the Pyrenees, the Moser jumped to second place on the list complete with 5230 points, preceded by & rsquo; Austrian, making sure ticket for the & rsquo; Alaska (March 13 to 22) and for the grand finale of Verbier (March 27 & ndash; April 4). In the female lead in the c & rsquo; & egrave; Now l & rsquo; Austrian Eva Walkner (6900), yesterday second with 75 points in the race won by & rsquo; American Hazel Birnbaum (78.75), which is established in third position overall (5020).
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