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eROADRACE e World Championship Roa dRace Series:R ound6 Miguel DuHamel leads Niall Mackenzie and a sliding Ran dy Marnola in the 500cc GP. Pri'x rider on a YZR250 Yamaha, said. "This made me lose co n tact with the front-runners. " T he last eight laps were mostly processional for fifth-placed Schmid through th e bottom half of th e top 10. Telkor Valesi Racing's Pier-Francesco Chili was sixth , happy for th e spo t after mistakes in set up, seven went to Rornboni, eigh th to Ducados DC Sports Alberto P uig, and ninth 10 Gilera's Jean -Philippe Ruggia wh o co u ld n 't make up for a bad start, Paolo Casoli was lOon the Gallina/Compagnu cci Yamaha . Cada lora, Biaggi, and Reggian i took turns at the front, BradI into thi rd 'o n the 19th lap, droppin g back to fourt h where he'd finish. Four laps from the end, Cada lora turned in his seco nd slowest lap of th e race. Then he got do wn 10 business. On the next lap he kn ocked better th an a second off and moved into second, draftin g into first going into turn on e to start the 23rd. That lap would be even faster than the previous and he turned hi s fastest lap of the race o n the final lap, weaving down th e front straight to break the draft and narrow ly bea ting Reggiani to the lin e. Biaggi was third. " T h is time, I kn ow th ey would lik e to put me in th e back in every manner, " the 29-year-old World Champion said. " Fi na lly I can sta y in th e lead for the end of the last lap . I think my tir e was a littl e bit better near the end of th e stra igh t whe re braking for the first turn was crucial." Cad al ora attribu ted m uch o f hi s success to a one-day test the team had run at Misa no JUSt before the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. They'd been struggl ing 10 get the mos t o ut of the engine and they found the key in th e test, though th e machine is still no t co nsistent ly the fastest, "Loris certa in ly seemed to have more accelera tion than me, per haps even too much beca use the back wh eel was sliding as he accelerated ou t of th e co rne rs on some occasions," Cadalora said. Reggiani said any of the top three could have won. " We ride very, very close," he said. " Anyway, now the Ho nda an d Aprilia are a t the same level. " For Hockenh eirn, in tWOweeks time, " I'd like to have a coup le of horsepow er more because if here we were in four to figh t for th e victory , there we'll be eig h t or more." Biaggi, whose star is rising with every race, said, " Everybody saw th e race. It was really difficult to stay in front together with Cadal or a and Reggiani. Everyb ody wanted to win and you know that this is im possible. I tried 10 pass Lu ca on the last straight, I was too hard o n the brakes and I was pass ed by Reggian i." Spa niard Carlos Cardus cont inued to have problems. After slipping 10 third in th e point standings with a seventh place performance in Italy, Cardus fai led to fin ish at Monrrnelo. He fell in practice , hurting the collarbone he broke in practice for th e Japanese Grand Pr ix in late March . Desp i te being i njected with painkilli ng medici ne prior to the race, Card us pu lled o ut of the event after just a handfu l of laps. German Lukas Schm idt has taken over as crew chief for the Repsol H onda rider as the con tract dispu te between former crew ch ief Kef Carr u th er s a nd Ca rdus conti nues. eN Resul ts 125ce Q VAUFYING : I. Ezio Gianola (1:58.091): 2. Brun o Casanova ( 1:58.425); ". Dirk Raudies (1:58.702): 4. Fa usto G rcsini (1:58.7 18): 5. Gabrielle Debbia (:58.832): 6. Rai l Waldma nn (1:58.951): 7. H an ' Spaan (1:59. 170); 8. carlos Giro ( 1:59.344): 9. Jorg e Martinez (1:59.5 18); 10. Noboyuki Wakai (1:59.5241: I I. Heina Leuthi (1:59.538); 12. Noboru Veda (1:59.637): 13. Alessandro Gr amigni (1:59.747): 14. Oliver Petrucciani ( ):59.749); 15. Arie Mo lenaar (1:59.960): 16. T akoa Sh im izu ( 1:59.965): 17. Maik Slief (2:00.052): 18. Jul ian Miralles (2:00. 198): 19. Kinya Wada .(2:oo.252): 20. Peter Dell i (2:00.445); 21. Manuel Hernandez (2:00.5 15); 22. Oliver Koch (2:00. 552); 23. Luis Al varo (2:0 1.152); 24. Alain Bron ec (2:0 1.194). 250ce QVA U FYING: I. Max Bial:l;i (1:50.819): 2. Luca Cadal or a ( 1:50.998); 3. Helmut Brad l (1:51.314); 4. Joch en Schm id (1:51.471): 5. Lori , Reg g iani (I:51.560 ); 6. Pi er-Fra n cesco Ch i l i (1:51.614); 7. Wileo Zeelenberg (1:51.765); 8. Alberto Puig ( 1:5 1.775): 9. Carlo, Ca rdus (1:5 1.8 13): 10. j eanPh ilip pe Rugg ia (1:52.314); II. Do riano Romboni (1:52,444): 12. Ca rlo, Lavado (1:52.448); 13. Lori , Ca pirossi (1 :52 .610 ); 14. Masahiro Shi mi zu (1:52.757): 15. 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