Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

crashed ov er a berm. He rem ounted last, but his g lory da y w as not over as th e 21 yea r old from Barcelona toured back to th e p addock waving to th e crowd. Everts was a lonely third , but the Belgian had p u t i n a gritty performance after his fi rst Saturday inj uries. Vohland's h o pes of th e overall h ad suffered a bl ow in th e first corner. " Someone stepped sideways in front of m e and 1 got pushed out really wide," sai d Vohla nd. "I h ad to use u p a lot of energy to get back into the to p 10 by h al f distan ce and 1 jus t had to settle fo r w hat I had the n." Manneh had been an ini ti al fi ft h, but fell down on l ap two, taking Bartolini (Right) Kurt Nicoli (5) batt led with Andrea Bartoli ni (11) In the first moto. Nicoll was second over all , Barto lini was 10th. (Far right) Stefan Everts crashed hard during practice, but recovered to finish six th ove rall. (Below) Northern Californ ia's Tall on Voh land was an impre ssive second in th e opening mot o, but a bad start held him to eighth in moto tw o. have ,been chasing round the berms on the · outside of the .comers and he was simply, . crawring round the.inside, getting it upright quickly and accelerating away. I watched him again on his fastest lap of all and he pUlled The AM ruie insisting that Grand Prix motos back 70-80 meters on Tallon Vohland, who start at ,I :30 and 4:00 p.m. did not go over well with the Spanish public , Despite home was on the gas himsell, within three comers. country . hero Josep Alonso 's pole position , Demaria is doing the same thi ng . We are .the crowd was 10,000 down on last year · going to have to rethink tactic,for tomorrow." ' when the whole show was over by 2;00 p.m. . Rob Herring got to within 4/100ths of a second of the Spaniard by the end of the session Stefan Evert s had to'rush back lrom the hoswith the Chesterfield Yamaha duo of Bartolini pitalto qualify on Saturday after a crash dui and Demaria third and fourth. Vohland 'quatling second free training which left him needfied ninth, Bob Moore ,10th and Bader Man'ing stitches in' his right forearm. "That's not a neh 17th. problem, but my' shoulder is going to be stiff 'tomorrow morning ,". said Everts'. ."It is the same side where I broke my collarbone in ' Bob Moore was still hobbling around in the paddock. "I'm OK when I'm on the bike but "Finland last July and then again' testing in the break just above my ankle which I 'sus- . Japan. I have a lot of pain but there is nothing broken . I must practice in the morning to . tained in December at the SX in Italy has not loose, itup and then keep it active all day. "I ' healed straight and I need another operation was thrown sideways by a rut ona jump , · some time," said Moore. "But that will have to wait until after the GP season is over; in fact landed on the bank at the side of the track if it is not 'causing me too many problems by and was thrown over the bars." ' then I may even wait un,ti1 I finish mycareer," Earl,e',n the day, Stefan Everts had spoken . positively of his form. "I was happy 'with my , Jirgen Nilsson was present in Spain. ~Jocke Kartsson has asked me to help him as advisor. speed 8gain at the Mantova race' last week," I will also beat Valkenswaard and ~ it is workhe said. ~My results were not so good, but I was tired after riding every day for a week to . ing well perhaps the whole season." Nilsson also squashed any thoughts of a return to'rac- . get my rhythm back. I compensated for that by not riding this week so that I feel fresh for '. ing. "Honda of Sweden has given me a 250 and I ride' every day when I can, the race here, and I feel confident that I am and ,a now over the ankle injury from Beaucaire and . bl.ll after one. year of training I am only 50% of the crash at Malpensa which hadaffeeted my the way to race fttness-.I still have no feeling' early season form ." The Bergian·qualified ·· lor pain in my legs so .it would be far too dangerous to consider racing, but I can honestly 15th. ' . . say that I have never derived so much enjoy- . ment from simply riding a motorcycle." . Just' 45 riders turned up in Spain' as injuries decimated the entry. '. '. . '. .lustbaek .from a globe trotting tour in which World 500cc Cham pion ,Marcus Hansson : he was best man at Darryll K.ing's wedding in . 'still suffering with headaches and sleepiness New Zealand and rode the one lap veterans after suffering two concussions at an off searace at the San Diego SX, Jorgen Nilsson ' son supercross, and later breaking his nose . hopes to 'establish' himself as a motocross ,in a fr~ak accident whileol.ll playing' on tnals: trainer in his native Sweden. "I am also look- : bike wilh team boss Georges Jo be, was 'ng at 1IJe possibilily of 'opening up a permaabsent 'as. expected. So too were 'Frederic nent indoor track in an old warehouse. At pr e- . Bolley, Paul.cooPer ,~nd a host of support sent Swedish kids can ~nly ri~e for,7 months .cast nders wtth minor problems who did not a year because of our chmate. . want to risk the long'trip to central Spain. . . · . : .' T he maximum ' age ' lor a motocross' G P F~deric Bolley" who h ad chipped a bone·in ··.·license.has now .been lowered to 45 years' of hiS foot whenhe ove rjurnped an obstacle durage, butsidecar men need not worry as this ing training 10 days ' earlier, is expected to .' can be waived on production of two medical .return at the Dutch GP . Paul Coop er had certificates. ' ,. ", chipped a bone in hiS arm 'at the first British ... .. . . championship round on March 5, but had not ". IncidentallY', ihose of you' who' have watChed' reali zed unti l ten days later _ atter hehad '. 47 year.ofdPer-Olov Serenius winningthe scored points at round ,two I .', . '. ice racing world crown may, be' interested to' . know that ,he wa s recen tly beat en lor the Theie were plenty of doubters as' local hero · Swedish title in his hornetownot GNvie by ,51 year old debl.llant Beng! Aberg: The 1969nO Josep Alonso topped tim'ed training on Sal· urday afternoon, but Kurt Nicoll was quick to. · motocross wor ld champ scored max imum points riding a KTM motocrosser w ith .still-·. confirm the correctness of his time. "I wason ·a fast lap and suddenly I realized that Some- . ened suspension : agai nst the sp eedway ..... ". . one .had caught up to ' me; said NicoU. "We ' Jawas: ' : Briefl ••• 500: with him. The Yamaha teamster had to quit with a bent m otorcycle, while the American wa s pushed even .fu r t h e r down th e points when he stalled a coup le of laps later. "'"I SpanishGP Talavera de la Reina , Spain ..Results: March 26, 1995 MOTO 1: 1. Marnicq Bervoe ts (5u z); 2. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 3. Yves Demaria (Yam); 4. Pit Beire r (Ho n); 5. Kurt Nico ll (Hon); 6. Andrea Bartolini (Yam)' 7. Joakin Karlsson (Hon); 8. Bob Moore (Yarn); 9. Josep Al o nso (Hon) ; 10. Stefan Ev er ts (Kaw ); 11. Misk a Aaltonen (Hon); 12. Werner Dewit (Hon); 13. Bader Mannch (Hon); 14. Remy Van Rees (Ka w ); 15. Ioakin Eliasson (Yarn). Time: 46 minutes, 9.07 seconds. MOTO 2: 1. Mamicq Bervoets (Suz~ 2. Kurt N icoll (Hon); 3. Stefan Everts (Kaw); 4. Yves Demaria (Yam ); 5. Pedro Tragter (Suz); 6. Pit Beirer (Hon); 7. Bob Moore (yam); 8. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 9. JoalUn Karlsson ( Hon)~ 10. Bader Manneh (Hon); 11. Peter Iven 12. M.lS~ Aalt onen (Hon); 13. Danny Theybers (Hon ); (Hon ); 14. Wilh e Van Wessel (Suz); 15. Wener Dewi t (Hon) . Time: 44 min.• 52.54 sec. O/A: 1. Mamicq Bervoets (5uz); 2. Ku r t Nicoll (Ho n); 3. Yves De m a ria (Ya m ); 4. T all on Vo hla n d (Kaw); 5. Pit Bcirer (H on); 6. Stefan Everts (Ka w ), 7. Bob Moore (ya m); 8. joakin Karlsson (Hon); 9. Pedro Tra gter (5u z); 10. Andrea Bartolini (Yam) ; 11. Bader Manneh (Hon); 12. Miska Aaltonen (H on); 13. Josep Alonso (Hon); 14. Pe ter Ivcn (Hon); 15. Werner DeWit (Hon). WO RLD CHAM P IO NS H IP 250cc MX SERIES POINT ST AND INCS (A ft er 1 of 13 ro u n ds): 1. Marn icq Bervoets (40/1 win); 2. filE) Kurt Nicoll/ Yves Demaria (28); 4. TaUon Vohland (25); 5. Pit Beirer (23); 6. Stefan Eve rts (21); 7. Bob Moore (17); 8. Joakin Karlsson (16); 9. Pedro Tragt cr (11); 10. And rea Bartolini (10); 11. enE) Bader Manneh /Miska Aaltonen (9); 13. josep Alonso (7); 14. (TIE) Werner Dewit /Peter Iven (5); 16. Danny Theybers (3); 17. (TIE ) Willie Van w esscl rRemy Van Rees (2); 19. [oakln Eliassen (1). Upcoming Rounds: Round 2 - Valkenswaard, Holland, April 9 Round 3 - Payeme, Switzerland, April 23

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