Conor Reed - On Stepping up to World Cup Level

With the first two World Cups of the year done and dusted, it was easy to get caught up in the excitement of Billy Raymont taking out both legs and the retirement from top level competition of his grand old partner Anton. In the same World Cup Qualifier that saw Anton’s retirement, we saw the World Cup debut of a young star from South Australia, Conor Reed.

At just 21 years of age, Conor was the youngest rider in the field and after coming a very unlucky runner-up in the Australian Young Rider Championship back in February, decided that it was time for he and Leopoldo MVNZ to step up to the big-time. They finished in 26th place out of the 33 starters, which was a solid performance the combination can build on in the future.

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