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Eric Geboers (5) won both motos in West Germany, extended his motowin streak to five and moved to within 12 points of leader David Thorpe. World Championship SOOcc MX Series: Round 5 Geboers sweeps German GP By Alex Hodgkinson NORTHEI M, W. G ERMAN Y, JUNE 5 Belgian Eric Geboers extended his winning mota streak to five with a double win in the German G P and closed to within 12 points of Honda teammate David Thorpe, 'who still leads the poin t standings after fini shing secon d overa ll. Ka was aki-mounted Kurt Nicoll dropped to third 18 . ' . . . . . . m th~ sta~dmgs despite JOInIng hIS two .tI tle n va ls o n th e : ostrum, ~ut h e IS o n ly sev en points beh In d Geboers,. . T he th ree title favontes have no~ moved even fu rt h er .a way from the ir chasers a n d ' the title chances of anyone othe r th an Thorpe, Ge boers or Nico ll are now almost n il. Dietm ar Lach er m ade a su perb . .h . h d retu rn to G P action WIt a runt an close fifth pl ace finishes in th e two motos to the del igh t of his home supporters wh o h ad started the day in a less jubilant m ood as just Lach er an d Werner Siegle h ad q ua li fied for the h om e co u ntry. Amer ica n Billy Lil es fi nis hed eigh th in th e ope nin g m oto but bounced back to log a fourth just ahead o f Lache r in th e seco n d moto ab oard a Kawasaki. For th e fir st time this season m ost of th e leading title co nten de rs co m pl eted th e first la p a mon gst th e leader s. Ironically, Jack y Vimond was th e exception after a fall left him almost a lap down, but Yamaha teammate Kurt Ljungqvist lo st no time in demoting Jacky Martens ' from the lead early on th e seco nd lap with Mark Banks, Geboers, Thorpe, Kees Van der Yen , Cl audio De Carli, Nicoll, Ismo Vehkonen, Di rk Geukens and Leif Persson in hot pursuit. Nicoll h ad gated badly but made up many places on th e o uts ide o f turn one, whil e fellow Bri ton Andy Nicholls, secon d to Geboers in timed practice, went down on th e inside. Ni cholls rapidly fou ght back a lmos t into the points but went out with bent h andlebars af ter a crash o n h is own.. Honda GB tea mmate Banks was m trem endous for m , however, a~d he d~moted Marten s ~ la p after Ljungqvis t. Bu t o n th e th ird lap th e Bel gi an came back a nd af ter quickl y losing ou t to the two works H onda riders an d Ni coll, Banks sett led for. a lonely sixth. Banks wa s ne ver in ' a ny danger fro m KTM ' s Va n d er Ye n w ho fi nis hed seventh. " I ju st wasn 't fast h" id V d V "I e':l0~g sal .an er en . twas difficu lt to see In th e ear ly la ps ~nd Iew I . dr op ped back to ge t a clear V f th t k b t th I' t did ' t 0 e rac, u en JUS 1 n have t,~e p ace to ca tch the leaders agaIn . . . At the front Ljun q vish m oved away ~s G t;boers ~ook several laps to esta bli sh hlmse~f m seco nd p lace a n d surpris ingly fa d ed to clos~ th e gap for a long tIm~ as he made mnumerable - smal] !filStakes: Thorpe, to