24 June 2018
Riesenbeck 2018: Victory for Chester Weber
Chester Weber has won the international four-in-hand competition in Riesenbeck, Germany, this weekend. Weber won the dressage, performed strong in the marathon and finished the job cool-headed with a double clear round in the cones competition. Weber finished ahead of four-times World Champion and marathon winner IJsbrand Chardon. France's Benjamin Aillaud finished in third position.![](https://www.hoefnet.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/180622-chester-weber-foto-ri.jpg)
Chester Weber took the lead in the dressage and kept his lead throughout the competition.
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Ijsbrand Chardon won the marathon
Photo: Joost Rouwhorst
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Benjamin Aillaud finished 4th in dressage and 6th in the marathon and kept his podium place with a clear cones round
Photo: Joost Rouwhorst
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Georg von Stein was the best German driver in 6th place.
Photo: Joost Rouwhorst
Lady driver Mareike Harm came second in the dressage, but withdrew after phase A of the marathon because of a pinched nerve in her back. She did start in the Cones in which she finished in 10th place.