front of Jean William 'Dub' Prevost who got third.
After the prize giving the boys packed the van and drove off to Cologne. It was nice to have everyone at the Pro Freestyle event for a day. The boys are stying busy.
BdJ
Pics by Bart de Jong
The impromptu Pro flatland contest at Pro Freestyle set off the BMX discipline in a big way. The creme de la creme of the flatland world squeezed in the comp on Friday, a day before their World Flatland League contest in Cologne, Germany which is just an hour away. The qualification rounds were held indoors in a small room but when it was time for the finals, the gladiators took on a corner of the park course to do battle for a podium spot. 8 riders rode the first round which was cut to four. Dominik Nekolny (CZE), Matthias Dandois (FRA), Dub (CAN) and Alex Jumelin (FRA) got to ride three more times in the final to impress the judges. With Scott O'Brien (USA) on the microphone Heerlen got to see the world's best flatland riders do their thing. Original tricks, crazy combos, each rider had his own style. Of course it's better not to touch, but doing 5 year old tricks wasn't going to cut it in Heerlen.
Matthias Dandois stayed on the most and brought enough flow and smoothness to the floor for first place. Alex Jumelin had his boomerang combo's dialled to move up to second place just in
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