Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

DAY 2 Sunday morning was gree ted with a heavy thunderstorm, one that would give many of th e rid er s fits . Some o f the special te sts had si m p ly become mud pits, but the 125cc machines seemed to ha ve less trouble than the bigger bikes. Italian KTM riders Fario li and Mario Rinaldi both complained of a lack of powe r from the ir fo urs trokes. The Lightweight d iv is ion riders were in a titanic struggle for both class honors and the overall win. Grasso started off with a win in the first special test, but was soon hauled in by Italian Stefano Passeri, who won the second test. It was Edmondson's tum to shine on the final -loop, and he took over the lead - until the loop was thrown out. "Bloody Italians; they do it all th e time," said Edmondson. "This just isn 't fair." "It is not my p rob lem ," countered Grasso. "I rode well all weekend, and the points are mine." With a hea lthy lead and the next round to be held in his homeland, Grasso is brimming with :onfidence. France had their only winner of the veekend in the Heavyweight class, vith Peterhansel adding a Day-Two vin to that of Saturday thus earning a >erfect 40 points. Esquirol, his countrynan and main competition, was not so ucky. He scored only five points on ;unday and dropped to third place in he series, w hile the steady Sala was the unner-up and maintained h is series so in ts lead . El Campero Husqvarna's 'ellegrinelli picked up two third-place inishes for third overall, and second in he standings. Jonss on a nd Erikss on continu ed heir fight in the Lightwe ight Four,trake class, finish ing w ith the same es ults as on Saturday. Jonsson was in ood spirits after his win. "Going into ound three I have a small lead, and the talians will be hard to beat, but th ey a v e to beat me," he sa id . The El .a m p e ro Husky rider e mulated the eat of Peterhansel, adding a perfect 40 -oints to his series total. He increased tis lead over Mario Rinaldi to four -oints, 72-68. Tiainen, a former World Champion, ook revenge on Katrinak by winning he Heavyweight Four-Stroke di vision m Day Two , thu s taking over the class Nin. Tiainen holds the series lead with 10 impressive 77-point total, the highest series score of an y class . Farioli is 15 points back with 62. a Serv leres Ie Chateau, France Resu lts: May 14-15, 1994 (Roun d 2 of 6) O/A: 1. Gio rgio G ra sso (Ya m) Ital y: 2. Pa ul Edm on dson (G-G) Engla nd; 3. Stefano Passeri (Ap r) Italy: 4. Sil van Pe tteri (H us) Finland; S. Stephane Peterhan sel (Ya m) France; 6. Gio v anni Sala (KTM) Italy: 7. Paolo Fellegar a (Yam) Ita ly ; 8. Tullio Pellegrinelli (Hus} Italy; 9. Kari Tlainen (Hus) Fmland; 10. Iaraslov Katrinak (Hus) Slovakia . LIW: 1. Gra sso ; 2. Ed mo ndson; 3. Pa sse ri ; 4. Petteri ; 5. Je ff N ilsso n (Ho n) Sw ed en. HIW : 1. Pet er hansel ; 2. Sa la ; 3. Pellegrinelli; 4. Fellegara: 5. Joachim Hedenahl (Suz) Sweden. UW 4-5 : 1. Sven Eri k Jons son (H us) Swed en; 2. Anders Eri ksson (Hbg) Swe d e n; 3. Mario Rina ld i (KTM) Italy ; 4. Arnaldo Nicoli (H us ) Ital y; 5. John Deacon (KTM ) England . HIW oI-S: 1. Tiain en; 2. Katrin a k; 3. Peter Jansso n (Hbg) Swede n; 4. Fabio Farioli (KTM) Italy; 5. Ken t Karlsson (Hbg) Sweden. WORL D CHAMP IONSHIP ENDU RO SERIES POINT ST ANOINCS U W : Gras so (71) ; 2. Edm ondson (55 ); 3. Pette ri (53) ; 4. Maurizio Carm in ati (47); 5 . (TI E) Nilsson/Passeri (44). HIW: I . Sala (65); 2. Pellegrinelli (56); 3. Esqui rol (50); 4. Fellegara (42); 5. Pet erhansel (40); 6. Bern ard (35). U W 4-S: t. Jonsson (n) ; 2. Rinald i (68); 3. (TIE) Nicoli /Eriksson (58) ; 5 . Ch ris tia n Boulet (42); 6. Deakon (39). HIW 4-S: t. Tiainen (77); 2. Farioli (62); 3. Katrinak (58); 4 . (TIE) Karlsson /jansson (43). Upcoming Rounds: Round 3 • Bergamo. Italy, May 22 Round 4 - Uppsala. Sweden, June 12 Donate to THECLAYTON ~ FOUNDATION 2201 Cherry Avenue Long Beach, CA90806 310/427-7433 "Wewant to be your favorite charity" ~ ~ 0\ 0\ ..... ..... "- Q) § -.. 33

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