David Rinaldo also returned to competition after missing the two Berlin rounds with an illness, but made up for it by starting his run with a California Roll and finishing with a clean Double Hart Flip. The former World Champion from 2013 made his way back to the podium. Maikel Melero had to bring all of his big tricks to make sure he would get to the top of the podium including his California Roll, Nac Flair, Seat Grab Flip and more. Especially when Luc Ackermann would be the last rider and he brought a run full of ‰Û÷Best Tricks‰Ûª such as the Nac 360, Surfer Tsunami Flip, Seat Grab Flip, Flair and California Roll. A small mistake on the landing cost the German the victory. Still, he was incredibly satisfied with the third place with his comeback and showed an impressive return to the World Championships after a 6 mounth hiatus.
With the third win in four World Championship rounds of 2017, Maikel Melero is expanding his lead in the overall ranking. Currently Melero is sitting on top with 76 points. His closest opponent is Libor Podmol in second with 55 points and Pat Bowden in third place with 54 points.
After the event in Poland, the first rounds of the World Championship have concluded until after summer when we return on October 28th with the World Championship rounds in Shenzhen, China. The next NIGHT of the JUMPs event will be on the 22nd of April, 2017 with the international event in the Olympiahalle, Munich.
NIGHT of the JUMPs/FIM Freestyle MX World Championship - Krakow ‰ÛÒ Round 4
Results NIGHT of the JUMPs ‰ÛÒ Final
1. Maikel Melero ESP RFME Yamaha 440 Points
2. David Rinaldo FRA FFM Yamaha 424 Points
3. Luc Ackermann GER DMSB Husqvarna 413 Points
4. Dany Torres ESP RFME KTM 402 Points
5. Pat Bowden AUS MA Yamaha 377 Points
6. Filip Podmol CZE ACCR Yamaha 353 Points
Results Qualification
1. Luc Ackermann GER DMSB Husqvarna 362 Points
2. Maikel Melero ESP RFME Yamaha 350 Points
3. Dany Torres ESP RFME KTM 348 Points
4. David Rinaldo FRA FFM Yamaha 347 Points
5. Filip Podmol CZE ACCR Yamaha 334 Points
6. Pat Bowden AUS MA Yamaha 333 Points
7. Leonardo Fini ITA PZM KTM 313 Points
8. Brice Izzo FRA FFM Yamaha 293 Points
9. Libor Podmol CZE ACCR Yamaha 272 Points
10. Marcin Lukasczyk POL PZM Yamaha 227 Points
11. Matej Cesak CZE ACCR KTM 224 Points
Results Best Whip Contest
1. Filip Podmol CZE ACCR Yamaha
2. Pat Bowden AUS MA Yamaha
Maxxis Highest-Air
1. Massimo Bianconcini ITA PZM KTM 8,50 Meter
2. Brice Izzo FRA FFM Yamaha 8,00 Meter
FIM Freestyle MX World Championship 2017 - Ranking (after 4th contest)
1. Maikel Melero ESP RFME Yamaha 76 Points
2. Libor Podmol CZE ACCR Yamaha 55 Points
3. Pat Bowden AUS MA Yamaha 54 Points
4. Dany Torres ESP RFME KTM 48 Points
5. Petr Pilat CZE ACCR KTM 39 Points
6. Brice Izzo FRA FFM Yamaha 39 Points
7. David Rinaldo FRA FFM Yamaha 35 Points
8. Leonardo Fini ITA PZM KTM 35 Points
9. Marc Pinyol ESP RFME Yamaha 26 Points
10. Filip Podmol CZE ACCR Yamaha 24 Points
11. Luc Ackermann GER DMSB Husqvarna 16 Points
12. Remi Bizouard FRA FFM Kawasaki 14 Points
13. Kai Haase GER DMSB Suzuki 12 Points
14. Ryan Brown AUS MA Kawasaki 10 Points
