Andreu Lacondeguy is a Freeride Mountain biker and Freestyle motocross athlete from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, born 12 January 1989. He is a 2013 Munich X-Games bronze medalist in the Mountain Bike Slopestyle event and a Red Bull Rampage Winner in 2014.
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| Full name | Andreu Lacondeguy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | España | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1989 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Freeride & Freestyle motocross rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other interests | BMX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | Fox Racing, YT Industries, Commencal [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal
editAndreu Lacondeguy grew up in Montseny, near Barcelona, and began Four-Cross racing at the age of 10 and became regional champion; he then moved to BMX and downhill mountain biking racing, and won a contract with Team Maxxis when he was 15.[2] He and his brother Lluís, who is also a professional mountain bike racer, hone their skills in California. Andreau has also competed in Freestyle Motocross himself and often takes his FMX experience and tricks to the Freeride Mountain Bike world.[3]
He has "Love Dirt" tattooed on his fingers.[2]
Career
editIn 2008 he won Crankworx Whistler[4] and also became one of the first to land a double backflip on a mountain bike in competition;[2] he was the first to land a backflip from a snow-covered big air ramp.[3] In 2012 he won the Red Bull Berg Line event in Winterberg, In 2013 Lacondeguy earned a Bronze medal in the Munich X-Games Slopestyle event, and in 2014 he won the Red Bull Rampage.[3][5] He came second in 2015 and 2018. He also placed Fourth in 2010, 2012, and 2013, just shy of the podium.[6][7]
In 2015, he and Kurt Sorge, Graham Aggasiz, Nico Vink, Makken Haugen and Nick Pescetto launched the Fest series of one-week invitational Freeride meets at locations all around the world.[2]
In 2013, Farm Jam Festival he would win the MTB "Dirt Jam" contest. He, would compete in both the FMX and BMX Dirt contest; being the first to ever compete in all three events.[8][citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Andreu Lacondeguy Rider Profile | Fox Racing". Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d Mclaws, Malcolm (13 November 2015). "Personality: Andreu Lacondeguy". Dirtrag (Blog). No. 187.
- ^ a b c "Andreu Lacondeguy: Ride for life, live to ride – double or nothing!". Red Bull.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Crankworx 2008: Slooopestyyyle". Big Bike (in French). 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010.
- ^ Vigneron, Peter (15 September 2015). "Inside the Most Dangerous Bike Comp on Earth". Outside.
- ^ "Video: Red Bull Rampage 2015 – Kurt Sorge and Andreu Lacondeguy first and second". Singletrack. 16 October 2015.
- ^ "Video: Red Bull Rampage 2018 Andreu Lacondeguy second". Redbull. 27 October 2018.
- ^ "Andreu Lacondeguy takes it all "Downunder"". Red Bull.
External links
edit- "Andreu Lacondeguy, 'I like to ride ...'". i-mtb (Interview). 19 March 2012.