Andreu Lacondeguy

Andreu Lacondeguy (born 12 January 1989) is a professional freestyle and freeride mountain biker from Barcelona, Spain.

Career

Andreu Lacondeguy grew up in Montseny, near Barcelona, and began cross-country cycling at the age of 10 and became regional champion; he then moved to BMX and downhill racing, and won a contract with Team Maxxis when he was 15.[1] He and his brother Luis, who is also a professional mountain biker, honed their skills in California.[2]

In 2008 he won Crankworx Whistler[3] and also became only the third to land a double backflip on a mountain bike in competition;[1] he was the first to land a backflip from a snow-covered big air ramp.[2] In 2012 he won the Red Bull Berg Line event in Winterberg, and in 2014 he won the Red Bull Rampage.[2][4] He came second in 2015.[5]

In 2015, he and Kurt Sorge, Graham Agassiz, Nico Vink, Makken Haugen and Nick Pescetto launched the Fest series of one-week invitational Freeride meets at locations all around the world.[1]

He has "Love Dirt" tattooed on his fingers.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mclaws, Malcolm (13 November 2015). "Personality: Andreu Lacondeguy". Dirtrag (Blog) (187).
  2. 1 2 3 "Andreu Lacondeguy: Ride for life, live to ride – double or nothing!". Red Bull.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Crankworx 2008: Slooopestyyyle". Big Bike (in French). 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008.
  4. ↑ Vigneron, Peter (15 September 2015). "Inside the Most Dangerous Bike Comp on Earth". Outside.
  5. ↑ "Video: Red Bull Rampage 2015 – Kurt Sorge and Andreu Lacondeguy first and second". Singletrack. 16 October 2015.

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