Remi Bizouard takes top honours at FMX World Championship in Turin

The opening round of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship was held in Turin and it witnessed twelve of the world’s top riders slug it out for the very first points. But experience triumphed over young enthusiasm as veteran Remi Bizouard took the top honours after stunning the crowd and the jury with some mind-boggling tricks ahead of newbie second place finisher, Javier Villegas.  Joining him in the finals were David Rinaldo and Maikel Melero who also completed almost perfect preliminary runs before getting to the finals.

Performing in front of over 11,000 FMX fans and followers, Chilean rider Javier Villegas was one of the youngest newcomers on the FMX scene but he pulled some amazing tricks like Underflip, Superman Seatgrab and Tsunami Flip,  and eventually went on to take the runner-up spot in what is only his second NIGHT of the JUMPs FMX event. Although it was Remi Bizouard who stole the limelight with his a series on tricks and stunts including Ruler Flip,Hart Attack, 360 and Cliffhanger Flip, all of which assured his first spot at the premier event of the 2011 FMX World Championship. He has won the Night of the Jumps title back in 2008 and 2009. After the first round in Turin, Remi leads the standings with 20 points ahead of Javier Villegas who has a tally of 18 points followed by Jose Miralles in third with 16 points.

FIM Freestyle MX World Championships - Turin
1. Remi Bizouard            FRA    FFM        Yamaha        20 Points
2. Javier Villegas            CHI    AMA        Yamaha        18 Points
3. Jose Miralles              ESP    RFME       KTM             16 Points
4. Massimo Bianconcini   ITAL    ACCR     KTM             14 Points
5. David Rinaldo            FRA    FFM        Yamaha        12 Points
6. Maikel Melero            ESP    RFME      Yamaha        10 Points
7. Fabian Bauersachs     GER    DMSB     KTM              9 Points
8. Libor Podmol            CZE    ACCR      Suzuki          8 Points
9. Romain Izzo             FRA    FFM        Yamaha        7 Points
10. Vanni Oddera          ITA    ACCR      KTM              6 Points
11. Ivan Zucconi           ITA    ACCR      KTM              5 Points
12. Miki Monti              ITA    ACCR       Yamaha        4 Points