Dertell Takes 4th at Euro Champs and Looks to National Titles
20 year old Dennis Dertell from Osmo, Sweden, took a solid 4th place at the European Championships last weekend ahead of many top level World Cup riders, and missing the medals by less than half a second. This up-and-coming rider is making waves and aiming for bigger and better things…
As per 23degrees sport press release:
The up-and-coming Swede who’s had some quality results in World Cup racing this year including an 18th in qualifying at Leogang, has been in the top 50 at most rounds of the series, and in Hafjell Norway, was very close to upsetting the field. At the intermediate split he was only 0.8sec off eventual winner Robin Wallner’s time, but a mistake in the last rock garden cost him valuable time.
Dennis said: “I’m actually really happy with 4th when I see some of the guys behind me. I got to sit in the hotseat for quite a long time and get my head on Eurosport, which is always a bonus! The mistake in the rock garden is a bit annoying, but many people had trouble there. It’s just good to know I’ve got the speed”.
Former World No.2, Matti Lehikoinen, had a race winning time going until he crashed in the same rock garden.
This weekend sees the Swedish National Championships and Dennis is looking forward to turning the tables on the new European Champion, the more experienced compatriot, Robin Wallner. The following week Dennis heads to Windham (USA) for the World Cup finals and then onto the World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada.
For more info on Dennis: http://www.23degrees-sports.com/athlete.php?athlete_id=23
Results:
1.WALLNER Robin SWE 3:53,10
2.BEER Nick SUI 3:55,75
3.PEKOLL Markus AUT 3:56,38
4.DERTELL Dennis SWE (23 Degrees) 3:56,84
5.SUDING Lorenzo ITA 3:57,78
6.CAMELLINI Julien FRA 3:58,27
7.SPAGNOLO Damien FRA 3:58,76
8.LEHIKOINEN Matti FIN 3:59,44
9.PAULHAN Romain FRA 4:00,72
10.PETERSSON Kim SWE 4:01,73
11.ÖLUND Herman SWE 4:03,53
12.GAMBIRASIO Carlo ITA 4:04,20
13.POLC Filip SVK 4:04,26
14.GSPAN Dominik SUI 4:04,32
15.MILIVINTI Marco ITA 4:05,07
16.BERG Toni FIN 4:05,80
17.BEER Marcel SUI 4:06,09 18.FERREIRO Toni ESP 4:07,50
19.VARGAS Gabriel Yeray ESP 4:07,63
20.TETZLAFF Boris AUT 4:07,67
Tags: 23degrees sport, Dennis Dertell, DH, European champs DH
