Harrie Smolders wins a long-awaited victory in Geneva!

So often close to glory (and therefore extremely regular), Harrie Smolders has his first big victory! With its awesome Monacothe elegant Dutchman won the Rolex Grand Prix in Geneva. Opening the dam, the couple pushed their opponents to make mistakes. Thus, Henrik von Eckermann and Peder Fredricson each suffered a refusal (the third in a row for the world number 1 and his King Edward !) on number 3, which also trapped Martin Fuchs and Leone Jei, 8^esas well as Grégory Wathelet and Bond James Bond de Hay7^es. To the list of twists and turns in this jump-off was added the fall of Lorenzo de Luca and the fault on the last one by McLain Ward and Ilexfaster and 4^es in front of Ben Maher.

Behind the hero of the day were two riders also double flawless, namely the Italian Giulia Martinengo Marquet, astonishing with the brilliant Isle Delta (who is related to a certain Island Graves1^is of this GP in 2016), and Gilles Thomas, 3^e with the excellent Hermitage Galleon.

Concerning the Helvetians entered, with 4 pts at the start of the triple, the Genevan Edouard Schmitz was ranked 14^e rank with Gamin van’t Bijveldhof. A ranking which narrowly escaped Romain Duguet, also credited with a mistake with Hunger Games du Champ du Bois. On this delicate route of Gérard Lachat and Gregory Bodo, it was more difficult for Niklaus Schurtenberger (12 pts), Alain Jufer (16 pts) and Barbara Schnieper (abandonment). As for Steve Guerdat, he also threw in the towel after three fouls Dynamix de Bélhème. Elisa Oltra

We will return to this magnificent edition of the CHI Geneva in the next issue of the Cavalier Romand with exclusive interviews, portraits and unpublished subjects.