May 10, 2007 – This past weekend kicked off the first-of-five of the The Qashqai Urban Challenge. The Nissan Qashqai events challenges fifteen of the world’s top urban freeriders to take on five European cities over five weekends to win the biggest-ever prize money in this sport. This is the first ever multi-freeride tour of its kind. Qashqai Urban Challenge sees riders taming the urban environment while using a different MTB discipline in each of the five competitions.

Results

1. Darren Berrecloth (Can)
2. Paul Basagoitia (USA)
3. Kyle Strait (USA) SRAM
4. Ben Boyko (Can) SRAM, Avid
5. Christopher Hatton (Fra)

Competition Schedule

– North Shore – Newcastle, GBr, May 4-5
– Dirt – Milan, Ita, May 11-12
– Street – Madrid, Spa, May 18-19
– Park – Cologne, Ger, May 25-26
– Big Air – Paris, Fra, June 22-23