Leogang is and remains the world cup race of the great stories and thus also closely linked to a man who seems to be unbeatable here - whether with or without a defective bike - the U.S. American Aaron Gwin celebrated his Leogang-Hattrick this year, the fourth of his 17 World Cup victories in Salzburg bike mekka. Aaron crowned himself as the fifth downhiller, who succeeded in winning in the same place three times in a row, finally to the King of Leogang: “I don’t have a lot of words. I am just so stoked. It’s been about a year since my last win. I am just so happy, it was so much fun. It was a wild run, really dry and I made some mistakes at the top. I had some pretty loose moments and even grazed my hand on a pole. It was a full board race run. I am stoked to get down without a crash. It was just a great weekend all around." The British Tahnee Seagrave was able to celebrate her first World Cup win in the women elite category.
Out of Bounds 2017 - THE HIGHLIGHTS
History was also made at the FMB Gold Event "26TRIX". For the first time in the 12-year history of the event 31 riders battled for the title in the 26TRIX final in Saalfelden Leogang. But that’s not all, for the first time a rider managed to defend his title, as after an exciting and close final Diego Caverzasi (ITA) managed to edge out Nicholi Rogatkin (USA) and Simon Pagès (FRA) to take the win. Rogatkin took home the GoPro Best Trick award whilst Pagès and Jakub Vencl (CZE) secured themselves a FMB Wildcard for Crankworx Innsbruck.
