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International Jumping Riders Club
HENRIK VON ECKERMANN IS STILL RANKED AS THE BEST RIDER IN THE WORLD for the 11th consecutive month!
World champion and team Gold winner at the last Olympics, IJRC's Board member Henrik Von Eckermann, is still placed in the first place followed by French rider Julien Epaillard, who is confirming his talent as one of the best riders in the world winning one class after another.
In third place the USA's rider McLain Ward with 2870 points.
Maikel van der Vleuten is confirming his top form, jumping from the sixth to the fourth spot.
Young Swiss rider Martin Fuchs went one spot down. Conor Swail (IRL) turned his 8th placing into spot 6 and is now followed by France's Simon Delestre, who was before eleventh.
A new month, a new ranking with very few changes.
Nothing in fact has changed for the first six riders as we once again see world champion and team Gold winner at the last Olympics, Henrik Von Eckermann, in first place followed by young Swiss rider Martin Fuchs who is winning an amazing number of classes. French rider Julien Epaillard is in third place confirming his talent as one of the best riders in the world winning one class after another also in Lyon.
There are two new entries in this month’s ranking with Simon Delestre, who thanks to his excellent results has moved up from 12th to 7th place, and MCLain Ward now in the top ten with exactly the same points as France’s Kevin Staut (IJRC President).
FULL RANKING HERE
IMAGE: Henrik von Eckermann of Sweden riding King Edward during the CHI de Geneva 2021