IAbovel Andre Malherbe won the Dutch round of the 500cc World MX Chempionship series with a 2-2 tally to close up on point Ie8der Grahem Noyce
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500cc World Championship MX Series:
Round nine
Malherbe wins but
Noyce still leads
By Bob Gould
LICHTENVOORDE, HOLLAND,JULY 19
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The ninth round of the 500cc MX World
Championship took place in Lichtenvoorde,
Holland, and 19,000 spectators turned up to
see the continuing battle between Graham
Noyce and Andre Malherbe for
the World Title. With just seven
points separating the Honda duo,
one mistake could change the
whole outlook on the champion'
ship.
When the gate dropped at 1:30
p.m., Yamaha's Arne Lindfors round·
ed the arena ahead of the pack. Jean·
Jacques Bruno, Gerrit Wolsink, Noyce
and Malherbe. were all tightly bunched.
as they disappeared into the woods for
the first time. As they came around to
complete lap one, Lindfors was barely
holding off Bruno; next to appear over
the double jump was Wolsink and
Noyce. Malherbe came around in fifth
but was already losing contact with the
first four.
Lindfors took a dive after two laps.
