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Scott Croxall wins the stage in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and is a candidate seriously to win his first world title in ice cross downhill career. & Nbsp;
Wednesday 25 February 2015 6 minutes reading time
About 430 meters in length of the spectacular British track, the twenty-four Canadian you & egrave; once again demonstrated the pi & ugrave; strong clearly winning all batteries in which he participated, and cos & Igrave; got his second consecutive victory in the Red Bull Crashed Ice after his victory two weeks ago in Helsinki, and his third win in a row counting the Riders Cup race last week in Jyvaskyla.
Croxall took advantage of his great start to take the lead right from beginning in all descents that have played, and thanks to the great speed & agrave; obtained using his powerful physique has always made it impossible to recover to his opponents, who did not & egrave; nothing left to do but fight for second place.
The twins Moriarity completed a Canadian podium with Dylan who got second place and Dean & egrave; instead managed to hit the third place. In the final, Croxall & egrave; managed to win the victory without particular difficulty & agrave ;, while the other athletes ,, which included also the surprising Luca Dallago, fought inch by top-up on the podium, tant '' & egrave; that all three have crossed the line in a slip. The less rapid & egrave; was the 'Austrian Dallago, where & egrave; missed only the final twist to cap a day that for him & egrave; was still fantastic.
Fifth place for the American Cameron Naasz, that after the fourth place of Saint Paul and the third in Helsinki played un''altra good race showing a remarkable consistency in being in the top positions in a discipline where the pitfalls are always behind '' angle to each battery.
Eighth place, however, for the winner of the world title last season Marco Dallago, that with this result sees perhaps soften the chance & agrave; of confirmed world champion.
What comes out worse from this race & egrave; Kyle Croxall, only ninth in quest''occasione and forced to leave the lead in the overall standings with his younger brother. The twenty six year old resident of Calgary, winner of the first race of the season in Saint Paul and gi & agrave; world champion three years ago, & egrave; was forced to surrender to the quarterfinals in a battery which also participated Luca Dallago and Naasz, which prevented the Canadian replicate the comeback made in the second round, when, after falling the exit from the starting gate, the largest of Croxall brothers had been able to recover their opponents and center the passage to the next round.
At the end of this spectacular race, characterized by many arrivals at photo finish, Scott Croxall leads the overall standings with 2765 points, followed by Dean Moriarity in 2235 and Kyle Croxall at 2227.5. Pi & ugrave; behind, in fourth place, there is the defending champion Marco Dallago at 1987.5, in fifth place with Cameron Naasz 1962.5 and sixth Dylan Moriarity with 1775 points. Even more & ugrave; behind all the others, now mathematically out of the fight for the final success.
The last two races in which athletes can get points for winning the world title will be played both in Canada, and will be: proof of Riders Cup March 7 in Sherbrooke which will be awarded 25% of the points to be won in the races Red Bull Crashed Ice; the final race of the season on March 14 in Edmonton,
Therefore, athletes have yet available in 1250 points to win the world title quest''anno.
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