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Veterans Cup 2016: A legend turns 50!
Sat, 17-Sep-2016: The 22nd Veterans Cup is coming up. Once again, many old-schoolers have gathered in Weiterstadt to pursue their passion: Seeing old acquaintances and friends from the past, riding around the track on beautiful bikes and reminiscing about old sporting times. What was special about this year's Veterans Cup? This much can be said: a legend turned 50; more details on this later in this report
This year, however, Jörg Arnold had a very special feast for the eyes to present. He spoilt the admirers of his fine Hutch bikes with a shop window all in red: red tent, red carpet, mannequins in Hutch outfits and, of course, lots of CroMo of various Hutch models. As a highlight, he also used the visitor hill behind it to write "Hollywood" in white letters in the background in Hutch style. A great idea that rightly earned him the 2016 "King of Oldschool BMX" award for the overall concept. You can read more details about the winners of the individual categories of the beauty contest and the King of Oldschool below

Unfortunately, there was something else this year that also affected this Veterans' Cup: a well-known and very popular BMX rider sadly passed away far too early in March 2016. Massimo Vallo from Lake Constance is sadly no longer with us. He passed away suddenly and completely unexpectedly in spring. Unbelievable, but unfortunately true! Massimo only took part in the Veterans' Cup twice, but as an old-schooler he was always part of the veteran community and a frequent visitor to this event. The BMX world has lost a very endearing person in him. As a sign of sympathy, the veterans held a minute's silence before the first race to pay their last respects to him. Dear Massimo, we will not forget you; you will always be in our thoughts! Our thoughts are also with his family and loved ones.
After this very sad moment, we moved on to the sporting part of the Veterans' Cup. This year, the heats were once again held in groups of 6. Despite the reduced number of starters, the sporting action was good, but fortunately there were no bad crashes or serious injuries this year. The veterans had a real final run after the three preliminary heats, while the riders in the oldies class had to qualify for the final via a semi-final after their 4 preliminary groups.
In the first semi-final of the oldies class, there was a showdown between Guido Hannich, Stephan Prantl, Jörg Arnold, Kevin Kuhn, Ralf Mauritz and Mark Baltrusch. After a super holeshot by Guido, he entered the first corner on his 24'' SE Racing with a 2 wheel-length lead, behind him in 2nd place Kevin just ahead of Mark, Stephan behind him, followed by the "Follow Me" Jörg and Ralf. On the 2nd straight, Stephan elegantly jumped over the table and briefly moved into 2nd position, but by the next bend Mark was able to hang on to the chase from Guido, just ahead of Stephan and Kevin, with Ralf and Jörg still chasing in 5th and 6th place. Kevin had to let go on the 3rd straight, which meant that the order was Guido, Mark, Stephan for the final straight, with Ralf now behind them ahead of Kevin and Jörg. On the last straight, the men with the second air were able to sprint to the finish, which shook up the classification once again and in the end Guido, Ralf and Stephan were the first three finalists in the 2016 Oldie class. In the second semi-final, Olaf Klein, Jordi Miranda and Michael Balint qualified for the final thanks to an equally exciting race.
The two final races were eagerly awaited. As usual, the drivers in the veteran class went to the gate first. The starting grid was as follows (in alphabetical order): Alexander Barthelmes, Jan Gorbach, Kevin Karl, Thomas Koller, Nino Nagel and Humberto Perez. As was to be expected, Nino Nagel had a brilliant holeshot and was able to pull away from the field by a bike length by the time he reached the first obstacle. He did not relinquish this lead until the finish, meaning that his start-finish victory was never in danger. Behind him, there was a lively battle for positions: Jan was first in 2nd, Thomas in 3rd and Kevin in 4th. Kevin tried everything to get past Thomas on straight 2, but was unable to overtake him until the 2nd corner. In turn 2, however, he took the tighter inside line and passed Thomas. Over the rhythm section of the 3rd straight, the two went into the last corner on almost equal terms. Thomas, this time on the inside, was able to pass Kevin and turned onto the home straight in third place behind Nino and Jan. The finish was exciting after all, as Thomas and Kevin battled for 3rd place and got closer and closer to Jan in 2nd place. They crossed the finish line in the following order: Nino Nagel ahead of Jan Gorbach, Thomas Koller, Kevin Karl, Alexander Barthelmes and Humberto Perez. A great final!

Award ceremony veteran class

Oldie class award ceremony

Team award ceremony
3 pink and white ribbons for "Roots of BMX" went to Stephan Prantl (Cologne) for his Schwinn Sting Ray, to Frank Kolbe (Neustadt) for a Fully Schauff 1976 and to Jörg See (Offenbach) with his Torker MX 1979.
5 ribbons green-white = bronze medal went to the "Pro Class" category: Jürgen Wagner (Rodgau) with SE Quadangle 24", Thorsten Mueller (Dorsten) with GT Performer yellow, Christian Kress. (Ingolstadt) with Diamond Back II, Jörg Arnold (Munich) with Hutch Lil Hole Shot and Nino Nagel. with Schauff Anaconda.
The following bikes were honoured with a total of 10 ribbons in blue and white = silver medal in the "A Pro Class": Torker Pro X by Patrick Voelkel (Heusenstamm), GT Mach One by Lothar Kasprczyk (Linsengericht), Mongoose Grand Prix 1984 by Thomas Kauffeld, SE Quadangle 1979 by Jürgen Wagner (Rodgau), Hutch 24" by Jörg Arnold (Munich), Schauff Rattle Snake by Thorsten Zilch (Groß-Zimmern), Revcore 24" by Michael Balint (Mörfelden), Torker 280 X by Jörg See (Offenbach), Powerlite 24" by Nino Nagel and Schauff Anaconda by Dirk Engelhardt (Bensheim).
In the "AA Pro Class" category, 5 ribbons in red and white = gold medal were awarded to the drivers: RL 20 II to Seba Baabaoglu (Herborn), CW Phase I to Robert Iwanowski (Berlin), CW Racing ZX 3 to Mark Schoelzl (Rodgau), JMC Andy Patterson from Lothar Kasprzcyk (Linsengericht) and Redline PL 20 from Andreas Edel.
As a special highlight, a ribbon in black-red-gold for "Best of Show" went to Robert Iwanowski from Berlin with his CW Phase 1 chrome-red in luxury condition
Last but not least, the "King of Old School BMX" honoured three riders for the perfect combination of bike and outfit (jersey, trousers, helmet, etc). This year, this special honour went to the following three veterans: 3rd place to Christian Kress from Ingolstadt with Diamond Back, 2nd place to Michael Balint from Mörfelden with Redline and 1st place to Joerg "Follow Me" Arnold from Munich with Hutch
Ralf Mauritz.
PS: The photos in this report were taken by Ralf Mauritz and Dieter Schadowski
Results
22. Veteranencup (2016, Weiterstadt)
- Veteranenklasse 1. Nino Nagel 2. Jan Gorbach 3. Thomas Koller 4. Kevin Karl 5. Alexander Barthelmes 6. Humberto Perez 7. Uwe Burdack 8. Ivi Vidakovic
- Oldieklasse 1. Olaf Klein 2. Jordi Miranda 3. Guido Hannich 4. Ralf Mauritz 5. Stephan Prantl 6. Michael Balint 7. Mark Baltrusch 8. Dirk Waehler
- Team-Wertung 1. Oldie-Express (Nino Nagel, Olaf Klein, Jordi Miranda) 2. Vollgas, Leberkas (Guido Hannich, Joerg Arnold, Thomas Koller, Reynaldo Wendt) 3. Z'Spaet am Gate (Robert Hoch, Dirk Haynberg, Ralf Mauritz)
- King-of-Oldschool 1. Joerg Arnold (Muenchen, Hutch) 2. Michael Balint (Moerfelden, Redline) 3. Christian Kress (Ingolstadt, Diamond Back)
- Beauty-Contest - AA Pro Klasse Gold Medaillen 1. Seba Babaoglu (Herborn, RL 20 II) 2. Robert Iwanowski (Berlin, CW Phase I) 3. Mark Schoelzl (Rodgau, CW Racing ZX 3) 4. Lothar Kasprzcyk (Linsengericht, JMC Andy Patterson) 5. Andreas Edel (Redline PL 20)
- Beauty-Contest - A Pro Klasse Silber Medaillen 1. Patrick Voelkel (Heusenstamm, Torker Pro X) 2. Lothar Kasprczyk (Linsengericht, GT Mach One) 3. Thomas Kauffeld (Mongoose Grand Prix, 1984) 4. Juergen Wagner (Rodgau, SE Quadangle 1979) 5. Joerg Arnold (Muenchen, Hutch 24") 6. Thorsten Zilch (Groß-Zimmern, Schauff Rattle Snake) 7. Michael Balint (Moerfelden, Revcore 24") 8. Joerg See (Offenbach, , Torker 280 X) 9. Nino Nagel (Powerlite 24") 10. Dirk Engelhardt (Bensheim, Schauff Anaconda)
- Beauty-Contest - Pro Klasse Bronze Medaillen 1. Juergen Wagner (Rodgau, SE Quadangle 24") 2. Thorsten Mueller (Dorsten, GT Performer gelb) 3. Christian Kress. (Ingolstadt, Diamond Back II) 4. Joerg Arnold (Muenchen, Hutch Lil Hole Shot) 5. Nino Nagel (Schauff Anaconda)
- Beauty-Contest - Roots of BMX Sonderklasse 1. Stephan Prantl (Koeln, Schwinn Sting Ray) 2. Frank Kolbe (Neustadt, Fully Schauff, 1976) 3. Joerg See (Offenbach, Torker MX, 1979)
- Beauty-Contest - Best of Show 1. Robert Iwanowski (Berlin, CW Phase 1)