All good things come to an end. After series warm-up race in Lorupe, the first 3 races in Priekuļi, Rakši, Madona it was time for the last race of Latvian downhill longboarding series at the short & fast track next to recreation complex ‘’Rakši’’ at the event ‘’Alpacas 2nd chance 2014’’! Riders from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia took part in the race.
In ladies Elīza Marija Gailīte managed to finish a perfect season with another win (6th win in a row!). Elza Volonte took 2nd place and ended at 2nd place in series overall as well. 3rd was Anna Monika Gailīte – for her this was first downhill race since last June when she won ‘’Alpaca speed festival 2013’’!
| WOMEN |
| 1.Elīza Marija Gailīte |
| 2.Elza Volonte |
| 3.Anna Monika Gailīte |
In juniors Toms Dreiblats just by 30cm lost to Gustavs Zēgners and ended his 5 race winning streak in his last race in juniors. With this win Zēgners grabbed 2nd place in overall.
| JUNIORS |
| 1.Gustavs Zēgners |
| 2.Toms Dreiblats |
In masters Ģirts Vārtiņš got his 1st win of the year – adding 2nd place in Priekuļi and Madona was enough to become the series masters champion! Artjoms Smirnovs was 2nd in the race & 2nd in the series, but Ints Barkāns stayed in 3rd.
| MASTERS |
| 1.Ģirts Vārtiņš |
| 2.Artjoms Smirnovs |
| 3.Ints Barkāns |
| 4.Andrejs Solncevs |
| 5.Krišjānis Krūmiņš |
In Open group racing the favorite was qualification winner guest rider from Lithuania – Šarunas Rasalas. But the big intrigue was about who will become Latvian downhill longboarding series 2014 champion – will it be Gustavs Gailītis (1st in Priekuļi, missed Rakši race because of broken foot & got 1st in Madona) or Jānis Jirgens (5th in Priekuļi, 1st in Rakši, 9th in Madona) – the guy who would finish higher would have the series title!
In the final Šarunas was dominating from the start! Jānis managed to hold his 2nd place and win the series title for 2014! Gustavs after winning the series in 2012 and 2013 this time ended 3rd in the race and 2nd in the series, but 4th place in the race was enough for Kaspars Balamovskis to finally get 3rd spot overall! Interesting that Šarunas win was first time that rider from abroad took the Open group win Latvian downhill longboarding series since the beginning in 2012 ( so far Lithuanians Lukas Kirkilionis had three 2nd places & Stepas Jonaitis one 2nd place)!
| OPEN |
| 1. Šarunas Rasalas (LT) |
| 2. Jānis Jirgens |
| 3. Gustavs Gailītis |
| 4. Kaspars Balamovskis |
| 5. Klāvs Balamovskis |
| 6. Jānis Kundziņš |
| 7. Toms Dreiblats |
| 8. Artjoms Smirnovs |
| 9. Kārlis Karlsons |
| 10. Mārtiņš Kivlinieks |
| 11. Gustavs Zēgners |
| 12. Ģirts Čonka |
| 13. Toms Jansons |
| 14. Elīza Marija Gailīte |
| 15. Valdis Vītoliņš |
| 16. Elza Volonte |
| 17. Anna Monika Gailīte |
| 18. Ģirts Vārtiņš |
| 19. Rolands Stepanovs |
| 20. Ints Barkāns |
| 21. Andrejs Solncevs |
| 22. Kārlis Gross |
| 23. Krišjānis Krūmiņš |
| 24. Ņikita Izratov (EE) |
Qualification results: here.
Standings for 2014: Standings
That was the final race of Latvian downhill longboarding series 2014 powered by RIPOshop.lv! Thank you to all the riders – see you all next year!