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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 Pierre now being retired from multiplayer SMK, Florent entered the tournament as the big favourite. New rivals emerged though, the American 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 TT event, which he labeled his 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 Roger Federer not being able to win Roland Garros, whereas he has won all other 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 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.  

In Match Race everything was going according to plan as well and he reached the final with relative ease, after a strong semi final performance against Sami (9-5). The fact Drew Blumfield would be his opponent in the final came as a surprise to pretty much everyone, seeing Drew’s only previous PAL experience came from playing it on an emulator, which is sub-optimal compared to practicing on a real SNES. Even more surprisingly he even gave Florent a good run for his money, though Florent did finish the job by winning 11-7 in the end. Battle Mode was the mode everyone was waiting for though, the field had never been this strong, especially with Battle Mode World Champion Drew Blumfield taking part. Florent faced Drew in the semi final in an epic match. He gave it his outmost best, even so much so in fact that he ran out of breath after the match had finished. Drew did win (9-6), but Florent definitely didn’t go down without a fight. Florent and Drew were quite close in the overall rankings at this point, however Florent already practically sealed the victory with his strongest mode GP coming up. Drew got knocked out early, whereas Florent went on to win the final against Matthias Boucher (also known as Gatchan on the boards) in a 5-0 cakewalk. Thus, Florent was the winner of the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2008.php CDE 2008] edition. Being the trophy hunter that he is, he also won the Master Cup after, defeating Sami comfortably in the final.

In Match Race everything was going according to plan as well and he reached the final with relative ease, after a strong semi final performance against [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] (9-5). The fact [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew] would be his opponent in the final came as a surprise to pretty much everyone, seeing [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew’s] only previous [[PAL]] experience came from playing it on an emulator, which is sub-optimal compared to practicing on a real [[SNES]]. Even more surprisingly he even gave Florent a good run for his money, though Florent did finish the job by winning 11-7 in the end. Battle Mode was the mode everyone was waiting for though, the field had never been this strong, especially with Battle Mode World Champion [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield] taking part. Florent faced [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew]in the semi final in an epic match. He gave it his outmost best, even so much so in fact that he ran out of breath after the match had finished. [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew] did win (9-6), but Florent definitely didn’t go down without a fight. Florent and [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew] were quite close in the overall rankings at this point, however Florent already practically sealed the victory with his strongest mode GP coming up. [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew] got knocked out early, whereas Florent went on to win the final against [[Matthias Boucher]] (also known as Gatchan on the boards) in a 5-0 cakewalk. Thus, Florent was the winner of the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/CDF2008.php CDE 2008] edition. Being the trophy hunter that he is, he also won the Master Cup after, defeating [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami] comfortably in the final.

== Time Trial ==

== Time Trial ==