14 December 2019
Geneva 2019: Bram Chardon on pole position
Bram Chardon will start on pole position in tomorrow’s FEI Driving World Cup™ in Geneva. Bram won the first competition this morning in the enormous arena of the Concours Hippique in Geneva and manged to stay ahead of Boyd Exell. Frenchman Benjamin Aillaud finished in third place.
Photo: Krisztina Horváth
International level 4 Course Designer Jeroen Houterman had laid out a challenging course for the six drivers, including the characteristic spectacular water obstacle, two marathon obstacles and the speed box.
Bram achieved a score of 157,82 in the first round, while Boyd scored 157,40, which resulted in an exciting second round over a shortened course since the times of both rounds were added together. Bram drove his team fast and skilful through the course, but had one unfortunate knock down on gate 13, which gave Boyd a bit more air. But Boyd made a mistake in the second marathon obstacle, which cost him a ball and precious seconds, which resulted in the second place in the final standings.
Benjamin Aillaud used a new wheeler horse, and this worked out well for the sympathetic French driver, who managed to qualify for the Drive Off, just ahead of Glenn Geerts. Unfortunately, a trace of his wheeler horse came loose which cost him extra penalty seconds. But Benjamin was still happy with his third place.
Glenn Geerts finished in fourth place, ahead of Mareike Harm and wild card driver Jérôme Voutaz.
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