Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Above) Se ries po ints leader Shayn e King fin is he d second In the first mota , but a disl ocated thumb he ld him to seventh in a painful mota two. W orldChampionship 250ccMX S s erie ound6:SwedishGP R l ervods pulls away TIBRO, SWEDEN, JUNE2 arnicq Bervoets e xte n d e d his • lead in th e W orld 250cc MX Series standings to 43 p oints w ith hi s fourth consecutive GP victory, with his latest su cce ss coming at the sandy Tibro track in central Sweden. The Belgian Su zuki team leader scored 1-4 mota finishes, Yves Demar ia, who h a d a midrace retirement in mota o n e, in ch ed a w ay victory in mota two from fellow Frenchman Fre deric Bolley. A merican Tallon Voh land ba ttled bravely to 5-8 motos despite d isco mfort with a knee inju ry, to m ov e one point clear, of Stefan Everts in their battle for secon d i n th e sta n dings , D e fe n d i n g , champion Everts, struggling to find the form which saw him sweep the first four mo tos of th e se ries, took lo ne ly 8-6 m ota finishes . Bader Manneh recorded 28-27 m otos. M Swed ish 250 GP Tibro, Sweden Results: June 2, 1996 (Rou nd 6 of 13) MO T O 1: 1. Marnicq Ber vo et s (Su z ); 2. Pe dro Trag ter (Suz ); 3. Werner Dewit (Suz) ; 4. Remy Van Rees ; (Kaw ); S. Tallon Vohland (Kaw ), 6. Kurt Nicoll (KTM') 7. Frederic BoUe y (Ka w ); 8. Ste fan Eve rt s (Hon); 9. ,' Andrea Bartolini (Yam); 10, Joakim Karlsson (Ho n); 11. (Mis ka Aaltonen (H on) ; 12.·Pit Beite r (Hon ); 13. Paul Cooper (Kaw); 14. O la Eifrern (Kaw ); 15. [ aim y "Sceve nels (Hen) . . .: MO TO 2: 1. Yves Demaria (Yam ); 2. Frederic Bolley (Kaw ); 3. Rem y Van Rees (Kaw); 4. Mamicq Bervoets · ,(Suz ); 5. Peter Iven (Kaw); 6. Stefan Everts (Hon); 7. · Werner Dewit (Suz); 8. Tallon Vohlan d (Kaw); 9. Ioaldm r Karlsson (H on); 10. Pit Beirer (Hon ); 11. Pau l Cooper (Ka w ); 12. Roy 5nellingen (Suz ); 13. Sandra Puzar (li on ); 14. Miska Aaltonen (Hon ); 15. And rea Bartolini (Yam). OIA:. 1. Mamicq Bervoets (Suz ); 2. Remy Van Rees (Kaw); 3. Frederic Bolley (l , ~ochen ~as skl tumed up,W two ,of the ith gett ing traction out of the gate on hard-pack" water-cooled, 490Ccramahas based on the , tracks ." explained ' mecha nic Ludo V ander " , U~lt produced by S:"'tSSJmporter Hostettler for , ," Vsken.',"So J oel wiil continue to' usethe three-:, Sidecars.' ,. . ' :speed boxfor racing'a t present."' , : ,-, " " " " Both Franco Ross" (fifth):and' ~oche~ ,Srnet s ,md Tra m pas P~rk..r' each had 'a w~r. ~aslnskl (fourth) 'were missed by both sets , rying time in qualification, A rod, srriashedthe , of lap sco rerson the third tap of the.first mota : drain 'plug off on Smet's fi rst fast lap and he, ',They' were awarded their rightful places by the 0 rode the s(T1oking Husaberg gently back. to the ,i uiy only 1 mi n~tes before race !Wi> was due'.. ,0 'PITS,' emerging again 1 minutes from the end ' to start after the,JUry heard the evidence of,fel: of the session to set 'a succession of record " low nders including Joei Smets. Peter Johans' laps ,"l:he' Ame rican als~ ' hit trouble,wh'en he " son'; Siggi'Bauer ~nd Rupert VY~lkner thateaoh', , encountered clutch problems on his first Jap, ' I ' had complete d, hts third lap In company with , , 'got . out again 'with eight minutes "eft. I puf in them" . , . . . ..' , .. .. . . . '. , .' 33

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