4X ProTour Round 3 - Val Di Sole Preview

Saturday 2nd of June will see the third round of the 2012 4X ProTour take place at the fantastic Val Di Sole 4X track, in Italy. This is the track that all 4X riders will be looking forward to. The longest track on the ProTour with huge corners, plenty of passing places and floodlights, will once again make this an unmissable round on the 4X ProTour.

At the last round in Szczawno Zdroj, Poland, the weather played a huge part in the results, with more rain than has ever been seen at a 4X race before! There was no change at the top of the podium though, as Tomas Slavik continued his absolute domination on the 2012 season with another win. In 2011 at the final World Cup 4X race in Val Di Sole, Tomas Slavik came from last in the final to win, so without doubt, he goes into this weekend as the favourite to win. So where is the competition going to come from? Lucas Mechura has shown some good consistency in 2012 and his brother Michael is also in great shape after winning qualifying last week at the opening round of the Schwalbe Euro 4X series and finishing 2nd in the finals. Kamil Tatarkovic, Jakub Riha, and Felix Beckeman will also be fighting for the win.

In the women's, the racing has the potential for plenty of fireworks. Reigning World Champion, Anneke Beerten, will have her work cut out for her with the in form, Katy Curd looking to continue on from her win at round 2 a few weeks ago. However, there will be an influx of new women competing in the ProTour at Val Di Sole, any of which could go on to win this round. Melissa Buhl, Anita Molcik and Steffi Marth all have the speed and ability to win this round and will all be looking to kick start their Pro Tour campaigns in Italy. Celine Gros and Lucia Oetjens have shown great speed all year as well so, predicting a winner in this women's 4X ProTour race is a tough challenge!

Qualification will take place on Friday with the finals on Saturday night.

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