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eM OIoeROSS Chesterfield Masters of Motocross Series: Round 2 ~ .... .c v S v ;> o Z There was no stopping J ean-Michel Bayle ( I) in the Malpensa Mo tor Sta d ium. The Frenchman swep tbo th days of raci ng, wi n ning every race that he started. Larry Ward was th e runner-up in Saturday night's main and in th e overall standings. Bayle sweeps Milan Supercross By Alex Hodgkinson MILAN, ITALY. OCT. 26-27 re n c h m a n Jea n -Miche l Ba yle contin ued to dom in at e the Ch esterf iel d Mast ers of Mo to cro ss eri es by sweep ing th e two -da y Mil an Supercross held in th e Malpensa Motor Stadi um . O n Saturda y evening th e Ca me l Supercro ss, 250 a nd 500cc Na tio na l Champion h eaded Suzuk i' s Larry Ward a nd J ohn Van den Berk acro ss th e finish lin e. The next da y Bayle beat Suzuki teammat es Guy Cooper a nd Tallo nVohla nd across th e finish line. A sparse cro wd wa s present on Saturday night as many potential fa ns were kept away by co ld temperatures a nd high ticke t p rices. It appeared as though there were fa r fewer than th e 3000 spectators that promoter Giuseppe Luongo claimed atten ded . Sunday 's figu re was closer to tha t cla im as a lo cal soccer match a n d live televis io n coverage o f the main provided th e diversion. On Saturday, o n ly th e first of th e three heats provided much ente rtain ment as I25cc World Champion Stefan Everts battled th rough from a poor sta rt to pass ea rly lead ers Vohla nd and Dean Ma tson before th e haI£way poin t. Ma tson retired for th e even in g after he cras hed . and Donny Schmit fell while trying to dive underneath Vohland for F 12 second p lace. Sch mi t go t back o n to qual ify for the sem i fin als (the event used the Europea n su percross format in wh ich rider s qualify for th e ma in via bo th heats a nd th en again from a sem i fin al ). ' Ba yle eas ily won heat two aft er rep ressi ng a m idrace challe nge from Cooper. H is superiority was never m ore evide nt th an during th e first ha lflap o f racin g. T o avoid trouble at th e sta rt, Bayle nearly stopped o n the inside of the first comer, but his tight turn left him alone to race up the left side of a whoop section and he si mply charged fro m last to first in the space o f 100 yards . Cooper hung o n to second throughou t th e eig h t lap race a nd was half a la p ahead o f Bob Moore a t th e fin ish . Ward ra n away with heat three af ter passin g Bader Manneh a nd J eff Ward, who stru gg led with injured an kles. " I hurt both ankles wh en I crash ed practicing th e day before I n ew to Ita ly," said J eff Ward. " I' m in pain from th e second lap of eac h race, and some parts of th e tra ck are so slippery th at you ha ve to use you r feet a lot. " Ever ts ou td ista nced five Americans to win the first semi. The Belgian was given th e lead on lap one when Pekka Vehkonen fell. Larry Ward was unable