Hiab crowns the first ever World Crane Champion

Johnny Jensen from Denmark, has won the first ever World Crane Championships, held today at the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham, U.K. with a winning time of 2 minutes 18 seconds. Mr Jensen is taking away a prize of €25,000, Hiab said in its press release.
 
The first runner up was Tobias Bergström from Sweden, with a finishing time of 2:30, and Martin Utpatel from Germany came in third place, with a time of 2:37.
 
To become World Crane Champion, Johnny Jensen manoeuvred a state-of-the-art HIAB X-HiPro 192 through a series of obstacles. The aim of the competition was to try and beat a time set by the anonymous crane pro 'Eric' - Hiab's very own The Stig - on a challenging course which included toppling water-filled drums with a load whilst keeping the crane below a crossbar.