LGCT 2015: Gregory Wathelet conquers Chantilly.

Belgian rider Gregory Wathelet has won the Chantilly leg of the 2015 Longines Global Champions Tour.
Wathelet conquered Chantilly after scoring the only double clear of the GP with his mount Conrad de Hus (Con Air). The Belgian finished ahead of Morocco’s Abdelkebir Ouaddar with Quickly de Kreisker (Diamant de Semilly) who came in second after 4 penalties at the jump-off.
Third ranked Penelope Leprevost also amassed 4 penalties in the final round, but wasn’t as quick as her Moroccan rival and settled for third in front of her home crowd with her mount Vagabond de la Pomme (Vigo d’Arsouilles).
Uliano Vezzani certainly put the international riders to the test with a particularly challenging course, even for a LGCT competition, and just the aforementioned 3 riders managed to go through to the jump-off phase of the GP.
Meanwhile, John Whitaker, French duo Patrice Delaveau and Simon Delestre as well as Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson (winner last year here in France), were just some of the big names caught out by the Italian course designer’s tricky course.
A determined Scott Brash managed a top-ten finish and in doing so he keeps up the pressure on the tour leader Luciana Diniz. In fact the Portuguese horsewoman’s leadership now stands at just 3 points as the Scottish rider aims to cut the gap and regain his LGCT crown.
4th Carlos Lopez COL Prince de la Mare
5th Bertram Allen IRL Molly Malone V
6th Constant van Paesschen BEL Citizenguard Taalex
7th Simon Delestre FRA Qlassic Bois Margot
8th Scott Brash GBR Hello M’Lady
9th Lucrecia Pilar Cordon ESP Gribouille du Lys
10th Margie Goldstein Engle USA Royce
Click here for a complete set of the results: http://eventcontent.hippoonline.de/1055/sta_erg/04_ergENG.htm?style=longines
RANKING LIST
1st Luciana Diniz POR 246 pts
2nd Scott Brash GBR 243 pts
3rd Christian Ahlmann GER 172 pts
4th Ali Bin Khalid Al Thani QAT 169
5th Rolf-Goran Bengtsson SWE 158
6th Bertram Allen IRL 134
7th Pius Schwizer SUI 133
8th Simon Delestre FRA 128
9th John Whitaker GBR 118
10th Constant van Paesschen BEL 116
See here for a complete set of the overall standings after the latest leg of the tour: http://eventcontent.hippoonline.de/1055/docs/LGCT_ranking_Chantilly_2015.pdf
photo credits: Stefano Grasso/LGCT
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