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. ~ ~ I- f •• -- Britain's Rob Herring took third overall in the French GP. with the two riders trading places a number of times until Banks took a shot into the fence. "I never touched him," said Thorpe. "I was inside and Mark just drifted wide into the fence." lobe cruised home for the victory and the overall followed by Nicoll, Geukens, Nicholls, Spence, Kurt Ljungqvist, Anstie, jacky Martens and mith. The only American rider at Farleigh Castle was Kawasaki's Billy Liles. Liles, however, wasn't in top contention in either moto. In the first round, Liles crashed in a clash with Banks, and in the second round, Liles was simply off the pace compared to his normal aggressive riding style. Results OVERALL: 1. Geoges Jobe (Han) 2·1; 2. Kurt Nicoll (Kaw) 1-2; 3. Laurance Spence (Kaw) 5-5; 4. Dave Thorpe (HonI5-11; 5. Marvyn Austie (KTMI 7-7; 6. Dirk Geukens (Han) 15-3; 7. Jacky Martens (KTM) 8-8; 8. Lei! Peisson (Vam) 4-13; 9. Jared Smith (Kaw) 10-9; 10. Andy Nicholls (Kaw) 0-4; 11. Kurt Ljungqvist (Vam) 0-6; 12. Claudio De Carli (Han) 6-0; 13. Mark Sanks (Han) 13-12; 14. Andre Vromans (Kaw) 9-0; 16. Greg Hanson (Kaw) 11o-~17. Jo Martens (Kaw) 12-0; 18. Heinz Kinigadner (KTM) 0-14; 19. Patrick Fura (Han) 14-0; 20. Parry Leask IKaw) 0-'5. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 500cc MX POINT STANDINGS; 1. Georges Jobe 1229); 2. Dave Tb.orpe 1165); 3. Kurt Nicoll 1160); 4. Kun Ljunqvisl (1'32); 5. Kees Van der Ven (130); 6. Haken Carlqvist (160); 7. Lei! Persson (100); 8. Heinz Kinigadner 189); 9. Jacky Martens 182); 10. Claudio De Carli (70). World Championship 2SOc:c MX Series: Round 8 Geboers wins French GP; Hannah second IFFE DIC, FRANCE,.jULY 5 Belgian's Erik Geboers captured the overall victory at the FJTench GP, and in doing 0, Geboers converted a six point deficit in the series point tandings to an IS-point lead over Finland's Pekka Vehkonen. Geboers took full advantage of a broken front wheel on Vehkonen's Cagiva to win the first moto, while Vehkonen limped back to the pits, taking a tough DNF (did not finish). Geboers also put to good use a first-lap, first-moto crash by American Bob Hannah, who went on to finish fifth in the moto and take the win in the second for second overall. The first lap of the race wasn't a good one for Team Suzuki riders. Italian Michele Rinaldi crashed in the first turn; Great Britain's jeremy Whatley bailed over the first jump and Hannah followed suit with a soil sample_ Hannah picked up his Farleigh Castle hosts the 500cc GP in England and is considered one of the toughest tracks in Europe. mount and started lap two in 20th position. Up front, Sweden's jorgen Nilsson was leading the way followed by Geboers and Vehkonen. Fifteen minutes into the moto, Geboers found the hot line around Nilsson for the lead, and on the same lap, Vehkonen packed it in with the broken hub_ As the race wore on, it was pretty much aJI Geboer ' as he pulled away for the win, while Hannah was busy working -.-; 5 way up through the pack, and so was Great Britain's new rising star Rob Herring. Herring also crashed on the first lap. "The back wheel kicked out and down 1 went," said the Yamaha rider. He eventually worked his way up to third. Hannah finished fifth. Second went to ilsson. The second moto was a runaway for Hannah, who blasted into the lead right from the start and never looked back. The Suzuki rider took the holeshot with Whatley close behind, but the Brit eventually faded back to 13th. Herring got off the line in fifth but worked his way into econd, barely keeping Hannah within sight, while Geboers was running third ahead of Vehkonen. Late in the 45-rninute-plus two lap moto, Geboers had closed the gap on Herring and proceeded to pass without a fight. At this point, Hannah held a commanding lead, and Geboers knew he had the ra e wrapped up where he was. Hannah cruised in for the WIO ahead of Geboers, Herring and Vehkonen. • Results OVERALL: 1. Erik Geboers (Han) 1-2; 2. 80b Hannah (Suz) 5-1; 3. Rob Herring IVam) 3-3; 4. Jorgen Nilsson (Han) 2-8; 5. Soren Monensen IVam) 7-6; 6. Giuspee Andreani (Vam) 9-5; 7. Pekka Vehkonen ICeg) 0-4; 8. Marc Velkeneers (Han) 40; 9. Paolo Caremellino (Kaw) 8-12; 10. Peter Hansson (KTM) 6-0; 11. Leo Combee (Kaw) 0-7; 12. Simo Taimi (Suz) 0·9; 13. Alois Niedermayr (SuzI10-15; 14. Vannig Kervella (Hon) 0-10; 15. Mark Smits (Han) 12-14; 16. Michele Fanton (Vam) 0-11; 17. Michele Rinaldi (Suz) 11-0; 18. Jeremy Whalley (Suz) 0-13; 19. Colin Duvmore (Kawl 130; 20. Jeff Nilsson (Han) 14-0. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 250cc MX SERIES Former 125cc World Champion, Finland's Pekka Vehkonen lost the 1987 250cc points lead when his Cagiva broke a hub in France. POINT STANDINGS: 1. Erik Geboers (255); 2. Pekka Vehkonen (237); 3. Jorgen Nilsson (203); 4. Michele Rinaldi (137k 5. Leo Combee (126); 6. Rob Herring (112); 7. Peter Hansson (108); 8. Saran Mortensen (103); 9. Marc Velkeneers (85): 10. Mark Smits (80). 15