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Then the rear wheel on Picco's Yamaha
broke, losing nearly all the spokes. He
had no choice but to retire.
Malherbe had been moving through
the field, and after !l5 minutes he had
worked his way up to fourth. Tripes
had jumped up one more place to
ninth and by the finish he collected his
first points of the season, still on a
stock 4!10 Husky.
With just four laps to the finish
Carlqvist got a flat rear tire, causing
him to slow. Even with a !lO second gap
between himself and Bruno, the Swede
could only try and hang on. However,
the Frenchman soon moved in and
took over flJ'St spot, then Noyce and
Malherbe also passed the unhappy
Yamaha star, and finally on the last
lap teammate Andre Vromans easily
slotted into fourth, leaving Carla to
come home an undeserved fifth.
The second moto staned at 6: 15 p.m.
due to the heat and again the Italians
roared With excitement as Picco led
the field into the first bend. Noyce was
second with Bruno, Malherbe, Carlq'
vist, Gerard Rond and Lackey holding
third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
respectively.
Noyce was trying hard to pasS Picco,
but on the fourth lap Picco made a
mistake and Noyce was too close to
avoid hitting the Italian and stalled his
Honda. Malherbe took full advantage
and passed Noyce and Picco, who was
still trying to hang on to his Yamaha.
Noyce quickly restarted but had last
one place, though it only took two
more laps till he demoted Picco to
third.
Bruno's luck ran out. His rear wheel
was badly buckled and he saw no
pointS this race.
Tripes started in ninth and moved
up to eighth but it was to be hard work
for nothing as his wheel also broke up,
but his display of forceful ridin~ could
well have earned him a new nde because his contract runs out with Husky
aftei Carlsbad and it looks as if another
European factory could well contract
Tripes for the remainder of the GP
season.
Carlqvist and Vromans were both to
be sidelined' before the finish flag.
Carla held fourth spot but a crash
dropped him one place behind Rond.
Carla regained the position, then took
third from Picco but one lap later his
back wheel broke up.
Vromans started in !l2nd place after
a tumble on the first lap, fought his
way to 16th, then the gearbox failed,
so both Yamahas were pushed back to
the pits.
Dutchman Gerard Rond (KTM)
passed Picco to hold third behind
Noyce. Malherbe had pulled away
from the rest of the field and went on
to take the finish and collect another
victory. Noyce held second and
finished second overall. Rond came
home third and third overall. Picco
crossed. the line fourth. Lackey had
caught up to him during the finishing
stages of the race, but the final push to
pass was not there, so Lackey claimed
six points.
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Results
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ARST MOTO: 1. J.n.Jocqu. Bruno (Suz): 2.
GI'Ih8m Noyce (Hon); 3. Andre MlIlherbe (Hon); 4.
Andre Vromo.. (Yoml; 5. _ n CorIqviot (yeml;
JaoIt VlIn V _ IICTM); 7. Gerord Rond IKTMI: 8.
Georg R_ (ICTM); 9. Morty Tripoo (Huol; 10.
e.
L.annce Sponco (Yoml.
SECONO MOTO: 1. Andre _
(HonI; 2.
Grohom Noyce (Honl; 3. Gorord Rand (ICTM); 4. Fronco
PIcco (Yoml: 5. Bred l8ctt8y (sui): e. Jo.k Von
V _ IKTMI; 7. T__ Pild