Matti Lehikoinen
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Matti Lehikoinen (born 19 April 1984) is
His teammates included
Lehikoinen also won the most difficult track of the 2007
By season 2008 he is fully recovered and placed 9th in the World Cup race in Vallnord, Andorra.[3]
He recently crashed at the sixth World Cup race in Canberra, Australia. In this terrible crash, he broke both of his wrists and resulted in some very complicated fractures.[4] A 6 hours operation was followed and a total of 12 screws, 3 metal plates, 3 pins were placed. Matti rehabilitated at the Red Bull training center in Austria and said to have 50% of his wrists movement back.
Matti has now fully recovered and was offered a deal from Evil Bikes for the 2009 WC downhill season.
During a World Cup Finals in Bromont, the 7th race of the season, Lehikoinen crashed on the sequence of drops resulting in a fractured collarbone and pelvis. He aims to be back for the final World Cup event of 2009, Schladming, but will more than likely have to pull out of the World Championships in Canberra.
Following a full recovery from his injuries, for the 2010 season Matti has signed a deal with ex-teammate current team Chain Reaction Cycles / Intense Cycles Chris Kovarik.[5] He was placed in 5th position in a Mega Avalanche downhill event. In this new test of his riding skills he was awarded a funded place in the next event of this kind.
See also
- Honda RN-01 G-cross, unique mountain bike used by Lehikoinen 's former team.
- Greg Minnaar, Lehikoinen's previous teammate.
- Chris Kovarik, Lehikoinen's current teammate.
References
- ^ "Matti Lehikoinen". Redbull.com 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Matti Lehikoinen breaks his back". BikeRadar.com Thu 20 Sep 2007. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Lehikoinen back on his bike". Cycling News.com January 11, 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Me and My Body: Matti Lehikoinen". Redbull.com 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Team Chain Reaction Cycles.com/Intense – Mega Avalanche Week". MTBR.com July 16th, 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
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