May 21, 2008: The season finale for the 2008 Nissan Qashqai Challenge is here with the world’s best mountain bike freeriders gearing up for a showdown in London. This Saturday the world’s top 30 riders will be fighting for the overall series title and the sport’s biggest cash prize. This is being held at one of the nation’s most popular art galleries, Tate Modern.

 

Big things are planned for the grand final course in London, more information will follow later this week. There will be something for everyone; a live DJ spinning urban beats will accompany some of the world’s most famous professional mountain bike freeriders defying gravity over demanding jumps.

 

The top 5 finishers from Munich: Martin Soderstrom, Trond Hansen, Brandon Semenuk, Lance McDermott, and Paul Basagotia are within reach of the overall title and will be giving everything they have to take home mountain biking’s biggest cash pay out.

 

The Atherton brothers from Wales, best known for their World Cup downhill and 4X racing are also set to compete in the grand final in London. Five of the 30 riders in the line-up are English, with three in the top 11 overall; Grant Fielder, Lance McDermott, and Sam Pilgrim.

 

30 riders on the start list: Darren Pokoj AUS, Andi Brewi AUT, Brandon Semenuk CAN, Kurtis Sorge CAN, Mitchel Chubey CAN, Mischa Breitenstein CH, Damjan Siriski CZE, Andreu Lacondeguy ESP, Christopher Hatton FRA, Amir Kabbani GER, Andi Wittmann GER, Benny Korthaus GER, Trond Hansen NOR, Bartek Obukovicz POL, Martin Söderström SWE, Dan Atherton UK, Gee Atherton UK, Grant Fielder UK, Lance McDermott UK, Sam Pilgrim UK, Adam Hauck USA, Alex Reveles USA, Andrew Taylor USA, Cameron McCaul USA, Cameron Zink USA, Greg Watts USA, Jamie Goldman USA, Phil Sundbaum USA, Paul Basagoitia USA, Tyler McCaul USA

 

Tate Modern is the national gallery of international modern and contemporary art. Located on the banks of the River Thames in London, it is one of a family of four Tate galleries in the UK.

 

The museum will provide an exciting location for the urban freeriding challenge. As some of the world’s best mountain bikers compete in a unique freeride course the Nissan QASHQAI-sponsored Street Art exhibition, featuring work from some of the most pioneering street artists, will be unveiled.

 

General admission to Nissan Qashqai Challenge Grand Final is free. If you are not able to make it to the event, you can watch the competition LIVE on Freecaster at: http://www.freecaster.com/live/1000187_1004403

 

You can also get the pictures, video, and results at: http://www.nissan.co.uk/home/modules/qashqaichallenge/index.html?ln=/en_GB

 

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