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~. O C O :I' .,M TO R SS', " , ervoe 5 0 In au ron a e ~ ~. ,WrldChampionship 250cc MotocrossSeries o Round 3: German GP (Left) Mamlcq Bervoets paired 1·2 moto finishes to claim the win In the German 25Dcc GP and put a halt to reigning champion Stefan Everts ' win streak. (Below) Ame rican Tallon Vohland charged to the second-moto win ahead of Bervoets . Vohland notched second place overall with a 6-1 performance. By Alex Hodgk inson TEUTSCHENTHAL, GERMANY. APR, 14 u zu ki' s Marnicq Ber voets ended Stefan Everts' unb eaten run in the World 250cc Motoc ross Championship Series du ring the third round at Grosser Preis von Deutschland in German y to pull himself back to within 11 p oints o f hi s Honda-m ounted fell ow Belgian in the stand ings. The duo finished 1-2 in th e op en er, but th e defending cha mp ion could do S no better than 10th in race two while the 26-year-o ld Ber voet s fol lowed home America n Tallon Vohl and, The Kawasa ki team lead er holds down third in the series, just four points behind Bervoets, Icy temperatures and in term itte n t snowfall in the days lead ing up to th e race could not d eter th e Teu tschenthal orga nizers from m akin g thi s, only th e second GP to be held in the forme r East Germ any since the fall of the communist regime, a resou nding success . Con tinu ou s work on the track with eig h t earth-moving vehicles kep t it in prim e condit ion th rou gh out tr ain in g a nd race d a y w hen blue skies saw a cro w d in excess of 20,000 flock to the "Talkessel" (literally "Cauldron Valley" ) to witness red-h ot racing . A d efect ive m agn et ic valv e on th e com pr essed- ai r start-gate mech ani sm . caused a I S-m inute d ela y to th e first mo ta, but th e huge crow d soon forgot this inconvenience and the wh ole valley trembled to the roar as hom e-cou n tr y hero Pit Beirer br oad -slided round the firs t turn in front o f t he pack. The unbounded joy was not to last for long, as Bervoets mad e h is mo ve s traig h t awa y. • "I wanted to get Beirer qu ickly," said Bervoets lat er. "Wh en you are leading your home GP it is so easy to ride over you r lim its, a nd I d idn't want to risk gelling caught up. On ce I was clear of him I sett led down to my normal race plan of regular lap times for the entire 45 minutes." Bervoets' lead lasted just 10 minutes before Vo h la n d cam e p ast, but the American could not maintain the point for long, eithe r. "I was the fastes t," said Vohland. "I could see that. About a qu arter of the wa y throu gh th e rac e m y forearms pumped up. I started m aking a lot o f mistakes and eventu ally the front wheel washed out in a tum. I got back up fifth. I held off Bei rer for a few laps, but I