Andreu Lacondeguy

Andreu Lacondeguy is a freeride Mountain biker from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, born 12 January 1989. He is a 2013 Munich X-Games bronze medalist in the Mountain Bike Slopestyle event and a Red Bull Rampage Winner in 2014.

Andrei Lacondeguy
NationalityEspañola
Born (1989-01-12) 12 January 1989
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Current teamCommencal

Personal

Andreu Lacondeguy grew up in Montseny, near Barcelona, and began Four-Cross racing at the age of 10 and became regional champion; he then moved to BMX and downhill mountain biking racing, and won a contract with Team Maxxis when he was 15.[1] He and his brother Lluís, who is also a professional mountain biker, honed their skills in California.[2]

Career

In 2008 he won Crankworx Whistler[3] and also became one of the first to land a double backflip on a mountain bike in competition;[1] he was the first to land a backflip from a snow-covered big air ramp.[2] In 2012 he won the Red Bull Berg Line event in Winterberg, In 2013 Lacondeguy earned a Bronze medal in the Munich X-Games Slopestyle event, and in 2014 he won the Red Bull Rampage.[2][4] He came second in 2015 and 2018.[5][6]

In 2015, he and Kurt Sorge, Graham Aggasiz, Nico Vink, Makken Haugen and Nick Pescetto launched the Fest series of one-week invitational Freeride meets at locations all around the world.[1]

He has "Love Dirt" tattooed on his fingers.[1]

References
  1. Mclaws, Malcolm (13 November 2015). "Personality: Andreu Lacondeguy". Dirtrag (Blog) (187).
  2. "Andreu Lacondeguy: Ride for life, live to ride – double or nothing!". Red Bull.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. "Crankworx 2008: Slooopestyyyle". Big Bike (in French). 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010.
  4. Vigneron, Peter (15 September 2015). "Inside the Most Dangerous Bike Comp on Earth". Outside.
  5. "Video: Red Bull Rampage 2015 – Kurt Sorge and Andreu Lacondeguy first and second". Singletrack. 16 October 2015.
  6. "Video: Red Bull Rampage 2018 Andreu Lacondeguy second". Redbull. 27 October 2018.
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