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big tank for this race. It nearly cut out
three times."
Demaria, the little finger of his left
hand strapped up after his Saturday
crash, had to be content with passing
Bartolini for third, while Pit Beirer was a
magnificent fifth after a fall had
dropped him to 21st.
It was Everts' turn to strike early
trouble in race two as Bervoets showed
great character to drag himself back into
the title chase.
Bartolini grabbed the holeshot from
Herring with Beirer flashing past the
Brit for second on the first long climb,
but Bervoets and Vohland were hard on
their heels.
Everts? The Belgian had been
trapped against the fence at the second
turn. The champion was in a rampant
mood as he pulled himself back to 20th
by the end of the lap, but Bervoets had
sensed his chance. By the end of.lap two
he had demoted Bartolini from the lead
and a lap later Vohland was second as a
crash for Herring left the leading trio
way out in front.
Vohland was edging closer to the
leader until a mistake after 15 minutes
put him back behind Bartolini, a situa~
tion he corrected again within two laps,
but not before Bervoets had established
a five-second buffer.
Everts was by now up to seventh,
and he quickly followed Demaria past
the fading Kawasakis of Van Rees and
Bolley, but the leaders were 25 seconds
ahead, and he needed to continue his
charge if he was to catch them.
For 10 frustrating minutes the titleholder sat behind the Yamaha team
leader, and by the time he finally forced
his way past, the gap to Bervoets was 35
seconds.
BartC!lini had been dropped by the
leading duo by now, however, and with
four laps to go, Everts was within 11
seconds of the Italian. In one phenomenal lap he pulled back four seconds, but
a minor slip by Everts and a revival by
Bartolini left Everts content to retain his
series lead with a 13-point score.
Vohland, now assured of the overall
win, was still looking for more points.
"I tried to come back at Marnicq,"
Vohland said. "But a fall two laps from
the end lost me any chance. It's s.till all
to play for though; and anything can
happen in two weeks' time." But oh,
how he is missing those seven points
which his own teammates had denied
him in the two previous rounds!
CN
Belgian 250 GP
Kester, Belgium
Results: August 18, 1996 (Round 12 of 13)
MOTO 1: 1. Stefan Everts (Han); 2. Tallon Vohland
(Kaw); 3. Yves Demaria (Yam); 4. Andrea Bartolini
(Yam); 5. Pit Beirer (Hon); 6. Frederic Bolley (J
