Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

the rest aft er just one three-and-ahalf minute lap, a nd for half of the rac e no one co u ld get any closer to DeCarli, wh o wa s left out on his own foll owin g two m i st ak es b y Kinigadner. " I crashed o n lap th ree af ter tak ing the lead ," sa id Kin iga dner , " Bu t I on ly lost a few seco nds . Then I ca u gh t Claudio agai n , o n ly to slither stra ig ht o n into th e straw bal es. By th e time I got going aga in , I was down to fifth, a nd it was o n ly because Kees Van der Ven sto p ped o n th e b ig cl im b near th e en d that I reco vered to fourth." Rob Andrews, who wa s ma ki ng h is co me back fro m a kn ee operatio n , Job e an d Nicoll battl ed th eir wa y to th e front of th e cha sers and set o ff in p ursui t of DeCarli, but a t half di stance Andrews h ad th e fir st of six fall s. His eyes full o f stingi ng mud, he wa s eventually lapped . J ob e a n d Ni coll relentlessly closed on DeCarli, and with four laps to go, th ey had ca ugh t him, but th e Italian was not giving up his lead without a fight. Going into the last lap, he still led, but one small mistake as the rear whee l slewed out in a turn was enough for J obe to pounce to the delight of the ho me crowd. An almost b lind Nicoll had to settle for third. Kur t Ljungqvist made a tremendous comeback to finish in the wheel tracks of Yamaha teammate Leif Persson and veteran Andre Vromans; L ungqvist 's eighth place took him level on points with th e absent David Thorpe, who h ad decided to miss the GP in the hope that he can a t least be fit again for the final rounds of the British Championship. Billy Liles, who had once again shown his speed with fastest qual - ificatio n time in th e drier conditions on Saturday, fought through from 16th to sixth before a n ineffectiv e rea r br ak e ca used h im to h ead for th e riders's p ark to prepare for race two. '' It is m ore like a n en duro th an a m ot ocross," said Ni coll. "There are rivers running across th e track in th e trees wh ich a re so deep th at they a rc cove ri ng the cran kcases ." Kin igadn er led th e st a rt a fte r a ttem p ts to drai n the deepest pools of water, a n d a crash on th e big climb for seco nd -p lace J o Mart en ts left hi m cl ear fro m start to fin ish. DeCarl i wa s a nother first ra ce crasher, but had recovered to sixt h a t h a lfwa y before anothe r crash left hi m wi th no fro n t bra ke lever , and it was another KT M who was n earest to Kin igadner. With th ird - p la ce Ni co ll o n ce again troubled by m ud in h is eyes, Van der Ven n ever seem ed in danger o f losing seco n d until th e fin al three laps. " I sli th ere d into th e track marking tires, and against suc h a n obstacle, I co u ldn ' t risk using my leg to protect th e bike. One of th e radiators was totally smashed and I had to ride very carefu ll y from then " as I lost mo re and more water." Jobe had gone out of sixth p lace early on when the gearbox shaft broke as he changed gears on th e Espanade. He had to consider himself lucky that he had not shifted in midair. With Persson p u lli ng out of sixth unable to see because of mud in hi s eyes, British riders held 3-4-5-6-7 at half distance behind the two leading KTMs. But fi ft h -p la ce Andy Nicholls was another with " m ud -in yer-eye" problems, slithering to a halt a fter half an hour to be led away for medical attention. Meanwhile, Ljungqvist was rnak- oNI ToUSH BOOT. At this low price thehigh fashionARUSA Lowrider" is more boot forthemoney than anyothermotorcycle boot made inAmerica-or theworld,for thatmatter. Detail fordetail,it compares with boots costing $120 ormore. Classic styling. High quality construction offull-grain boot leather. Hand stitching. High tech heel and sole materials. 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The n ext thing I knew I wa s flying th rough the a ir like Superman. I must have gone nearly a s far again on m y face and my helmet was so full of mud that I co u ldn' t ta ke off m y face mask and goggles with- out taking off m y helmet a lso . I eventua lly got it off a nd dragged myself out of this enorm ous la ke which I had eventually la nded in. It s a wonder I didn 't drown." Just 20 riders, half of them a lap down on th e winner , stru gg led to the finish. _ Results 0 / A: 1. Heinz Kinigadner (KTM) 4 ·1 : 2. Kurt Nicoll (Kaw): 3-3: 3. Kees Van der Ven (KTM) 52; 4. Claudio DeCarli (Kaw) 2-13 ; 5. Geor ges Jobe (Han) I ·DNF; 6. Kurt Ljung qvist (Yam) 8-5 ; 7. Mervyn Anstie (KTM) DNF-4: 8. Jo Mart ens (Kaw) 12 -10 ; 9. Mark 8anks · (Han): DNF-6; 10 . Lei! Persson (Yam ~ 6 - DN F~ 11. Jared Smith (Kawl DNF+7; 12. And re Vromans (Kaw) 7+DNF; 13. Jacky Martens (KTMI DNF+8: 14. Jan Van Poppe) (KTM j'DNF+9: 15. Georg Beiter (KTM) 9+18: 16. Andy Nicholls (Kaw) 100DNF. 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