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As Aaron Chase put it, Martin Soderstrom 'surgically dismantled' the Claymore Challenge slopestyle course at Highland Mountain today during qualifying. 60 riders dropped in hoping to be one of the final 15 and by the end of the day, Martin was on top. The top 3 from the 2011 Claymore Challenge are automically in the finals which run on Saturday, so stay tuned.

Here's an update regarding some bigger names from one of our guys on site - "Zink went for the glory on both runs trying a frontie on the Geax step up (honestly really should have just gone safe to make finals). I think Andreu tweaked his knee pretty badly. McCaul was a victim of wind on a tailwhip and went down, Messere crashed out too. SO many good europeans, so I'm not surprised that there are some big names that didn't quali."

Claymore Challenge Finals Start List
1 Sjöholm Linus SWE Skövde 21
2 Kirchmann Simon GER Cologne 23 SCOTT BIKES
3 Wallace Reece USA - 22
4 Gustavson Teo SWE Uddevalla 19 LA PIERRE
5 Howard Ryan USA Aptos 24 TREK
6 McCaul Tyler USA Aptos 23 GT BIKES
7 Barrett-Hay Brayden CAN Uxbridge 20 DARTMOOR
8 Vencl Jakub CZE Praque 22 ROSE VERSAND
9 Groves Casey CAN 22 Morpheus
10 Genon Thomas BEL Plainevaux 18 UMF VELO TEAM
11 Watts Greg USA Santa Cruz 25 HARO
12 Rheeder Brett CAN Ontario 19 TREK
13 Pilgrim Sam GBR Colchester 22 NS BIKES
14 Godziek Szymon POL Suszec 20 DARTMOOR BIKES
15 Söderström Martin SWE Uppsala 21 SPECIALIZED
16 Strait Kyle USA Huntingtion Beach 24 PIVOT
17 Granieri Yannick FRA Lyon 25 POLYGON
18 Semenuk Brandon CAN Whistler 21 TREK

Credit
Ryan Thibault
Martin Soderstrom Qualifies First at the 2012 Claymore Challenge
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