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Kalos wins Geneva Supercross By A lex Ho dgk inso n GENEVA, SWITZERLAND , DEC. 9·10 American Shaun Ka lo s re peated his Bologna Supercross success of th e previous week when he took th e overall wi n in th e Gen eva Pal asp ort Super cross af ter fir st -day wi nner Ri ck J ohnson cras hed o u t in the sem i fi na l o n da y two. A tired J ohnson h ad reserv ed all his energies for the fi nal o n Saturday, . a nd was again battl ing for a lo wer q ua lificati o n pl ace when he crashed in the whoops o n Su nda y, H e hurt his left h and in th e crash , b u t more ser io us ly th e footpeg o f his wayward m ach in e hit hi m in th e throat a n d h is speech was im paired for a tim e. Fo rt u na tel y the inj u ries were no t serious eno ug h to p reven t him r a cin g t h r ee d ay s l a te r in Eng la nd. . Af te r H oll an d ' s D a ve Strij b o s c ras hed o u t, ' Am e r i can D o nn y Schmi t, Strij bos' replacem ent in th e EI C harro Suz uki tea m nex t yea r, was left to chase h om e J oh nso n o n Sa turday w i th Kal o s third. Am er ica n rid ers took th e fir st five p la ces. Schmit a n d 125cc Worl d C ham pi onsh ip rivals Amer ican T ra m pas Parker a nd Ital ian Alessandro Puzar a ll crashed o u t of the S u nda y fina l, as Stri jbo s a nd Bel g ia n Stefa n Everts, o n th eir Suzukis, chased home the Yamah a s o f K a lo s a nd Mi c k y Dym ond. H olland's J ohn Va n de n Berk travell ed o vern ig h t fro m G en eva to fini sh seventh o n Sunda y, Belgian Er ic G eb o er s damaged hi s knee again when he cras he d with Am erica n Bader Manneh o n the first la p o f racing , whil e a n o ther Arner.. i ca n Bill y L il es ha d to r eceiv e trea tment o n a badly sprai n ed righ t wrist a fter a co ll isio n with Pa rk er. 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