French Domination at the Second Stage of the Freeride World Tour Nissan Russian Adventure by Swatch Moved to Chamonix Winners: Ski: Julien Lopez FRA Snowboard: Xavier de Le Rue FRA Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France – February 4, 2010 – Chamonix again provided the thrills of freeride, hosting the second stage of the Freeride Tour: the Nissan Russian Adventure by Swatch, initially planned to take place in Sochi/Russia, but moved to Chamonix for security reasons and difficult weather conditions. Only the men skiers and snowboarders took part of today’s contest, at the north east face of Aiguille Pourrie at the Flégère ski area. With an extremely high performance level, Frenchmen Julien Lopez and Xavier de Le Rue took victory. The multiple X-Games medallist skier Candide Thovex FRA and snowboarder Mitch Toelderer AUT are now at the top of the Freeride World Tour Ranking. Official Results from the Nissan Russian Adventure by Swatch held in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France Men Ski 1- Julien Lopez (FRA) 2- Candide Thovex (FRA) 3- Seb Michaud (FRA) & Henrik Windstedt (SWE) Men Snowboard 1- Xavier de Le Rue (FRA) 2- Max Zipser (AUT) 3- Gennady Khryachkov (RUS)
