In the Austrian city of Villach, Irish rider Michael G Duffy took an amazing first place with his ten-year-old Lapuccino 2, a stallion by Livello. Duffy sent his gelding flying over the 1,50m-high fences in 40,81 seconds during the jump-off, a time that remained unbeaten. The Dutch rider Sanne Thijssen and Celine MZ (Crusador) followed in second place with a time of 42,63 seconds, a bit faster than Christophe Vanderhasselt with Identity Vitseroel (Air Jordan Z) for Belgium. Martin Fuchs and Fardon (VDL Corlando) followed Vanderhasselt in the fourth place for Switzerland after going a seconds faster the Polish rider Jaroslaw Skrzyczynski and Calevo 2 (Casall).
