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== CDE 2008 ==

== CDE 2008 ==

This year the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] became the CDE, with players joining from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/england England], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands the Netherlands], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium Belgium], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany Germany] and even one from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA USA]. Because of all those countries being represented, the list of participants was historically high, reaching a total of 39 entrants. With his biggest rival [http://speedrunwiki.com/Pierre_L%27Hoest Pierre] now being retired from multiplayer SMK, Florent entered the tournament as the big favourite. New rivals emerged though, the American [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield] would prove to be the surprise package of this edition, both in his behaviour and his extreme karting abilities. Florent’s main focus was on winning the [[Time Trial]] event, which he labeled his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Open Roland Garros], seeing it was the only mode where he didn’t win a gold medal yet. Obviously this refers to his idol and look-a-like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federer Roger Federer] not being able to win [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Open Roland Garros], whereas he has won all other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis) Grand Slams] numerous times. Florent would break his own tradition though, he enjoyed a prosperous start, doing very well in the qualifying stages and winning with seconds to spare in the [[CI1]] final versus [http://speedrunwiki.com/Karel_van_Duijvenboden Karel] by making the wall Shortcut 5 out of 5 times.  

This year the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] became the CDE, with players joining from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain Spain], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/england England], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands the Netherlands], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium Belgium], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany Germany] and even one from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA USA]. Because of all those countries being represented, the list of participants was historically high, reaching a total of 39 entrants. With his biggest rival [http://speedrunwiki.com/Pierre_L%27Hoest Pierre] now being retired from multiplayer SMK, Florent entered the tournament as the big favourite. New rivals emerged though, the American [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield] would prove to be the surprise package of this edition, both in his behaviour and his extreme karting abilities. Florent’s main focus was on winning the [[Time Trial]] event, which he labeled his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Open Roland Garros], seeing it was the only mode where he didn’t win a gold medal yet. Obviously this refers to his idol and look-a-like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federer Roger Federer] not being able to win [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Open Roland Garros], whereas he has won all other [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis) Grand Slams] numerous times. Florent would break his own tradition though; he enjoyed a prosperous start, doing very well in the qualifying stages and winning with seconds to spare in the [[CI1]] final versus [http://speedrunwiki.com/Karel_van_Duijvenboden Karel] by making the wall Shortcut 5 out of 5 times.