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MOTOCROSS World C'ship 250cc MX Series: Round 1 e Can't Find 'Em? ! BI 'EM! 0") ,.....; ..... l-< 0.. ~ with ([!ill ~ Binders. Dave Strijbos won the second moto to finish third overall at the season opener. hat stack of News piled in the comer could Tbecome an Cycleneed additionover your living room or attractive to trophy shelf. All you is ou r new bright-red, fop quality binder. Each one ho lds 25 issues of America's Weekly Motorcycle Newspaper. They a lso Provide a handy filing system when you need to refer back a few issues to an info rmative article, and they're a positive statement about the sport you like best: Motorcycling . . Just fill out the order blank below, mail it to Cycle News, and we'll ship you the Cycle News Product that's bound to please. ------------------------------- 1 Please send me blnder(s) at $16.95 each 1 (incl udes shipping and postage). I +6'l. (CA residents only) 1 I NAME 1 I ADDRESS - - 1 CI1Y l os Angeles Cou nly +6~'l. _ "'-State I 1 I 1 _ SIGNATURE EXPIRATION DATE .1 VISA IA - ~ Visa # _ - Mastercard~ I sena to: L- 26 By Alex Hodgkinson M ILL, H O LL~t\D , APR. 7 elgian Mamicq Bervoets staged a pai r o f ·rema rkab le co me bac k rides to clin ch th e overa ll victory a t th e Dut ch GP, whi ch marked the ope ni ng of th e World Championship MX season. Bervoets won the first 40-minute pl us two-lap moto after char ging up fro m a midpack start, then worked his way up from 33rd to fini sh fifth in the second mota to clinch hi s first-ever G P overa ll victory . Al mos t ever y rid er in the ra ce enco un tered probl ems on the opening lap of both rnot os, as Ben elux (Netherlands, Luxemb ourg or Belgium ) riders clai med the top six overall positions. Dutchmen Edw in Evertsen and Dave Stri jbos joined Bervoets on the podium desp ite enco unte ri ng their own prob- B _ Zip Bervoetsgets the jump at Dutch GP 1- Cycle News Products, P Box 498, Long Beach, CA 90801..()498 .O. (213) 427-7433 24hr FAX order line (213) 427~ (Ch arge orders only) 1 I I ~ lem s. American Trampas Parker was the top rider from outside the Benelux coun tries. Half of the pre-race favorites saw their hopes of a winning start to the new season disappear in the first tum of moto one, as a collision on the inside of the sweeping rig ht-hand comer took down a host of the big names. Netherland 's Gert-jan Van Doom , Italy's Michele Fanton, Strij bos, Americans Mike Healey and Bader Mann eh , and Belgium 's Peter Dirkx all hit the deck. Battered and bruised all down his left side, Van Doorn immediately withdrew as did a shaken Fanton, while Manneh was never to recover and he finished two laps down. Up front, England's Rob Herring sprinted clear of the melee and estab-