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were going the same pace ana I just
couldn't catch up what I lost in the first
few laps."
CN
Demaria crashed out.
French GP
Chateau du Loir, France
Results: September 3, 1995
(Left) Yamahamounted Andrea
Bartolini took the
overall In France
and finished
seventh In the
series point
standings.
(Below) American
Tallon Vohland (8)
gives chase to
Rob Herring (12)
and Bob Moore
(41) In the second
moto. Vohland
finished third in
the
championship, six
points ahead of
Kurt Nicoli (5).
"All of the disappointments of the
last few years went through my mind as
I rode round," a jubilant Bervoets said.
'There were tears in my eyes. It was difficult to concentrate on racing."
Entering the last two laps he was
down to 15th and only had to head off
Bader Manneh to score. a single point,
which at this stage was irrelevant. Film
crews, photographers and Belgian supporters vied to greet Everts first. It was
chaotic. There were three photo finishes
in the points positions before Everts
arrived, and the human masses made
the finish line impassable as soon as
Moore and Vohland had gone through.
Nicoll kept on the gas and made the
jump to snatch sixth from Thierry
Bethys, while further back, Remy Van
Rees had no chance to try to overtake
10th-place Paul Cooper. Beirer, 13th
across the line in moto one, finally was
forced to cease his pursuit of Joakim
Karlsson.
"I still haven't clinched fifth in the
championship ahead of Tragter,"
explained Pamo teamster Beirer, "but if
I hadn't shut off I would have collided
with someone."
Moore had passed Vohland early on
to win the moto after home-favorite
Yves Demaria had exited with a broken
fuel line. Vohland's second place
clinched the'manufacturers' title for
Kawasaki.
Nicoll, Vohland's rival for the individual bronze medal, was angry with
himself for having erred early in the
race.
"I gated ninth but was already higher
when I fell off on the first lap," said the
Brit. "It was a stupid little fall. I'm riding so good this week. I know I am the
fastest, but that (crash) probably cost me
the medal."
There were still several scores to be
settled in the second moto, but only two
men ever looked like they would win Beirer and Bartolini.
The German holeshot but was soon
displaced by the Italian. "1 wasn't worried," said Beirer. "1 knew (Bartolini)
couldn't hold that pace for 40 minutes,
and after so many problems in the last
few GPs I wanted to settle down and
not make silly mistakes early on. When I
made my charge a few laps from the
end it was no problem to take the lead
again."
The moto win was Bierer's second of
the year.
Bartolini was also not too unhappy
because second place secured him the
overall on the day, and even if he had
landed the moto win, it still would not
have been quite enough to dislodge
Tragter from sixth in the standings.
Yohland and Moore had been close
early on, but they were soon fading
from the scene. Moore was troubled
throughout with his front suspension
and eventually quit after 20 minutes, but
Vohland did enough to earn the number-three plate for 1996.
"1 was riding good for three laps and
then I started thinking about the
points," the American said. "I started
riding bad and making mistakes. 1 managed to shake myself out of it agp.in in
the last few laps when Nicoll passed me.
I knew 1 only had to follow him home."
Nicoll had been down in turn three
again. ''Vohland came across Herring,
and Rob fell and I couldn't miss him,"
said Nicoll.
Herring saw it differently. "Tallon
had pushed me out the turn before,"
Herring said, "but I think Kurt's tires
simply found no grip when he braked
for the third comer."
In any case, Nicoll finished the second moto in fifth place, with Vohland
meeting the flag seventh.
.
The top two in the series didn't need
to ride in the second moto, and Bervoets
probably wished that he hadn't after a
first-lap fall left him to charge all moto
only to finish 14th.
MOTO 2: 1. Peter Beirer CHon); 2. Andrea Bartolini
(Yam); 3. Stefan Everts O