Hans-Dieter Dreher missed out on home victory at the World Cup equestrian tournament in Leipzig and had to settle for third place. The 52-year-old rider from Eimeldingen stayed clear in the jump-off with his horse Elysium, but rode too slowly. "I'm still happy," said Dreher: "That was the fastest jump-off with him so far."
The victory in the Grand Prix, which offered prize money of 200,000 euros and points for the World Cup series, went to Willem Greve. The Dutchman prevailed in the saddle of Highway and celebrated the first World Cup victory of his career. He was also faster than the Frenchman Simon Delestre with Fontenis.
Six local pairs reached the jump-off, but it was still not enough to win. There had already been five German victories in the ten stages before Leipzig. Richard Vogel won in Lyon and Stuttgart, his girlfriend Sophie Hinners in Verona, Philipp Weishaupt in A Coruña and Dreher in Mechelen.
