COMPETITION

Clément LATOUR will not participate in this year’s Red Bull X-Alps because of injury

ROCK THE OUTDOOR Team in Salzburg for the X-Alps

ROCK THE OUTDOOR will be closely following this event. The Team will be in Salzburg on the 3rd July to meet the organisers and pilots in person, and will be reporting on the opening ceremony and first minutes of the race direct from Austria.

In partnership with Red Bull, ROCK THE OUTDOOR have a special XAlps “dashboard”, where you too can follow the race “live” and keep yourself up to date with all the latest info and the stories from your favourite athletes.

Clément Latour, one of the favourites in this year’s Red Bull X-Alps, had to make a tough decision to pull out of the race because of a recurring pain to his hip, caused from substantial and repetitive impact. Clément told us just over a week ago of the physical pain he was experiencing but wanted to wait for any signs of improvement before making a final decision to withdraw from the race. A difficult one to make, particularly after the many months of intense tarining and personal investment needed to participate.

ROCK THE OUTDOOR are very sad for Clément and his Team, who we had chosen to support in the race as one of his sponsors, but his decision is a wise one. As he told us, “There was little possibility of me being able to deliver 100% in terms of performance and our ambition for the podium. It would have been physically too painful to participate and unwise to begin the race under the circumstances with such looming uncertainty.”

Clément finished in 2nd position jointly with Antoine Girard in 2013. His withdrawal gives Chrigel Maurer one less contender to keep an eye on, but there are still a number of others to watch who are at top of their game.