Could round 9 be a breaking point in the championship where Sven attacks Yves Demaria for the championship-lead?Teammanager Jacky Martens comment´s;"Out here the track is very special. It is hardtrack with a layer of loose dirt which was soaked with water after a cloudburst on saterday.Weatherconditions today were hot and the stinging sun dried out the surface just enough to provide exeptionally good grip to the tyres.In the first race Yves Demaria had a bad start.By the time Yves had worked himself thru the pack to 3rd position, leader Sven Breugemans and Honda mounted Christian Beggi where long gone. As a professional Yves is very critical to his bike-setup, so for the second race we changed to a more flat powerband with more torque on low rpm and it paid off. This time he got a good start and reversed the situation by winning and leaving Beggi and Sven 2nd and 3rd place"
Sven Breugelmans comments;At the start of the first race I cornered 3rd and quickly took the lead with Beggi following me. I knew Yves had a bad start so I wanted to make as much distance as possible. As the race continued, I had to put up a good fight with Beggi to stay in front. It was close racing, but I managed to bring in my KTM winning. The second race, I had to scramble for 12th position and had to attack several times before I got back to 3rd position. By then I had lost too much time and energy to be able to catch leaders Demaria and Beggi, so I finished in 3rd position.Yves and I both leave Slovenia with the same amount of points as we did in Croatia. I will be testing some new tyre developments from Dunlop so maybe this could bring some extra opportunities to take care of business in Markelo!".
Result GP MX-3 Orehva Vas, Slovenia
1 Yves Demaria FR KTM-JMRacing 45
2 Sven Breugelmans BE´KTM-JMRacing 45
3 Christian Beggi ITA Honda 42
4 Marc Ristori SUI Honda 36
5 Enrico Oddenino ITA Honda 30
6 Saso Kragelj SLO Yamaha 28
7 Martin Zerava CZE Honda 27
8 Moze __ __ 24
9 Michal Kadlecek CZE Yamaha 21
10 Bader Manneh USA KTM 15
In the European MX2 Championship our joungsters put in good performances in Slovenia. Joel Roelants comment´s,"During practice my performance wasn´t very good and Jacky ordered some setup changes to my 250 SXF. It proved usefull at raceday when I remounted from a 7th position start to a 2nd place finish in the first race.
In the second race I cornered 8th and was in 7th position for about 15 minutes.I got stronger as the race lasted and managed to catch Philippaerts for 3rd position. Verbruggen and Frossard where way ahead and I had to settle for 3rd in the race due to my averige start."
Bram Oosterbosch had a tough 1st race as where he eventually got a good start but couldnt get a good rythm. He dropped back to a 23rd place finish under these very hot conditions.The second race he crashed in 20th position together with Bobryshev and restarted 38th dead last. Still he managed to fight back to 22nd position at the checkered flag. Bram comment´s" Although the result I am pleased with my performance.Especially in the second race where I showed good speed and stamina by fighting my way back after I crashed."
Yentel Martens, at age 15, and in his first year of gaining international experience, scored a 30th place finish in the first race and a dnf in the second race as he crashed and ripped his brake hose. Riding without the brake power of his Motomasters is a no-go on this track.
Result European MX2 Orhehova Vas, Slovenia
1 Dennis Verbruggen BE Yamaha 47
2 Steven Frossard FR KTM 45
3 Joel Roelants BE KTM-JMRacing 42
4 Deny Philippaerts ITA Yamaha 36
5 Philip Ringhofer AUT KTM 26
6 Mathias Walkner 26
7 Josef Kulhavy SVK Honda 25
8 Rob van Vijfeijken NL Yamaha 23
9 Patrick Walther 22
10 Jeremy van Hoorebeek BE KTM 22
Next event; July 2nd, GP MX3 Markelo, Netherlands.
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