Chardon flies to victory in France
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Dutch driver IJsbrand Chardon won Saturday night's FEI World Cup qualifier in Bordeaux in breathtaking style. Wild card driver Chardon stayed ahead of Tomas Eriksson in second guaranteeing the Swede the sixth and last starting place for the Final in Leipzig. Werner Ulrich knocked two balls down in the winning round to finish third.
IJsbrand Chardon goes for the win in Bordeaux. © FEI/Rinaldo de Craen
The atmosphere was superb on Saturday evening in the Palais des Expositions in Bordeaux. The drivers put on a perfect show, cheered on by the many enthusiastic spectators and the great music.
As in Geneva, French four-in-hand driver Thibault Coudry had been given a wild card to compete in front of his home crowd in Bordeaux. The 30-year old farmer and truck driver drove a good round with his team of Polish warmblood horses and a French trotter. But the competition in Bordeaux was too strong this year for the 2010 winner of the French World Cup leg who ended in fourth.
Dutch driver Theo Timmerman, Sweden's Fredrik Persson and Tomas Eriksson and Switzerland's Daniel Wurgler all had a last chance in Bordeaux to claim the sixth and last starting place for the Final in Leipzig. Wurgler knocked three cones down in the course, designed by German course designer Falk Bohnisch, to lose his chance for Leipzig. Despite the use of one of Boyd Exell's top horses Pascal in the lead of his team, Fredrik Persson could not manage to qualify for the Winning Round. By coming sixth, Persson also knew his chances for a starting place in the Leipzig line-up were gone. Timmerman had improved his team compared to the warm-up round, but he finished fifth despite his efforts.
Warmup round winner Werner Ulrich qualified his team of Swiss warmblood horses and a Lipizzaner for the Winning Round, together with Chardon and Eriksson, who then was already certain of his ticket for the Final. After Ulrich had left the arena with two knockdowns and an easy-to-beat time, he left the door open for his opponents.
Tomas Eriksson and his team stole the show by wearing blue hats with yellow wigs, which were very popular last week at the World Handball Championships in Sweden. Eriksson flew through the course and set a very fast time despite knocking down a ball.
So it was all in the hands of IJsbrand Chardon with his Lipizzaner team, which he has been competing with since November 2009. Chardon knew he had to start off even faster but he knocked a cone down by taking a turn too sharply. That meant the four times World Champion had to go for it even more and he crossed the finish line after a breathtaking round two seconds faster than Eriksson. That time allowed Chardon to claim the first FEI World Cup win of his career with his Lipizzaner team.
IJsbrand Chardon goes for the win in Bordeaux. © FEI/Rinaldo de Craen
The atmosphere was superb on Saturday evening in the Palais des Expositions in Bordeaux. The drivers put on a perfect show, cheered on by the many enthusiastic spectators and the great music.
As in Geneva, French four-in-hand driver Thibault Coudry had been given a wild card to compete in front of his home crowd in Bordeaux. The 30-year old farmer and truck driver drove a good round with his team of Polish warmblood horses and a French trotter. But the competition in Bordeaux was too strong this year for the 2010 winner of the French World Cup leg who ended in fourth.
Dutch driver Theo Timmerman, Sweden's Fredrik Persson and Tomas Eriksson and Switzerland's Daniel Wurgler all had a last chance in Bordeaux to claim the sixth and last starting place for the Final in Leipzig. Wurgler knocked three cones down in the course, designed by German course designer Falk Bohnisch, to lose his chance for Leipzig. Despite the use of one of Boyd Exell's top horses Pascal in the lead of his team, Fredrik Persson could not manage to qualify for the Winning Round. By coming sixth, Persson also knew his chances for a starting place in the Leipzig line-up were gone. Timmerman had improved his team compared to the warm-up round, but he finished fifth despite his efforts.
Warmup round winner Werner Ulrich qualified his team of Swiss warmblood horses and a Lipizzaner for the Winning Round, together with Chardon and Eriksson, who then was already certain of his ticket for the Final. After Ulrich had left the arena with two knockdowns and an easy-to-beat time, he left the door open for his opponents.
Tomas Eriksson and his team stole the show by wearing blue hats with yellow wigs, which were very popular last week at the World Handball Championships in Sweden. Eriksson flew through the course and set a very fast time despite knocking down a ball.
So it was all in the hands of IJsbrand Chardon with his Lipizzaner team, which he has been competing with since November 2009. Chardon knew he had to start off even faster but he knocked a cone down by taking a turn too sharply. That meant the four times World Champion had to go for it even more and he crossed the finish line after a breathtaking round two seconds faster than Eriksson. That time allowed Chardon to claim the first FEI World Cup win of his career with his Lipizzaner team.