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MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 500cc MOTOCROSS SERIES American Tallon Vohland took second overall at the Portuguese GP and Is tied for the series lead with Everts. Luig; Seguy (TM); 10. Philippe Dupasquier (Kaw~ 11. Brian Kj.er J018""""" (Hon); 12. Max Bartoliru (TM); 13. Erik Eggens (Hon): ]4. Thomas Traversini (Hus); 15. Nicolas o,arlier (Kaw). MOTO 2. I. Chicco Ch;ooi (yam); 2. Sandro puzar (TM); 3. Xavier Colome! (TM); 4. Erik Camerlengo (Yam); 5. to secure second overall, while Sandro Puzar completed the podium from 8-2 motos. Moore and Puzar were champions in '94 and '95. Pre-race favorite Paul Malin, runnerup last year to the dominant TortelJi, went home without a point. The Brit had crashed during midweek practice and hurt his back. San Diego's Bader Manneh returned to the class with a six-point haul. Amazingly, 42 riders, most paying their own expenses, traveled from Europe to contest the race. fN Indonesian 125cc GP Yogyakarta, Indonesia Results: March 23, 1997 (Round 1 of 12) STANDINGS (After 1 of 12 rounds); 1. Avo Leok (30/1 win); 2. Gert Jan Van Doom (30); 3. JOMn Boonen (25); 4. Kurt Nicoll (22); 5. Joel Smets (22); 6. Jonte Engd.hl (22); 7. Jacky Martens (20); 8. Shayne King (14); 9. Peter Johansson (11); 10. (TIE) Peter Dirkx/Dietmar Lacher (10); 12. 8engt Laeremans (9); 13. Willie Van Wessel (9); 14. Andrea Bartolini (8); 15. Danny Theybers (8); 16. Hans Koenen (4); 17. (TIE) Mikkel Caprani/Darryl1 King (3);19. (TIE) Erwin M.chtlinger/Peter Nijs (1). Upcoming rounds: Round 2 - Castiglione dal Lago, Italy, April 6 Round 3 - Sittendorf, Austria, April 20 Worid Championship 250Cc MX Series Round 2: Portuguese GP drew when it became clear that he had tom ankle ligaments in his second race crash in Spain. The 125cc champ is receiving laser treatment and all three hope to return for round three in Holland. Mike Brown's GP career remains pointless. Handicapped by his Spanish rib injury, he struggled to 17th in race one and withdrew after 15 minutes of race two. fN Portuguese 250cc GP Agueda, Portugal Results: March 23, 1997 (Round 2 of 15) MOTO 1; 1. Jocke Karlsson (Hon); 2. Stefan Evens (Hon); 3. Tallon Vohlorid (Yam~ 4. Pit Beirer (Hon); 5. Pedro Tragter (Hon); 6. Werner Dewit (Suz); 7. Yves Demaria (Han); 8. Peter Iven (Kaw); 9. CoUin Dugz:nore (Han); 10. Marnicq Be.rvoets (Suz); 11. Paul Cooper (Kaw); 12. Alessandro ZaruU (Hon~ 13. Miska Aaltonen (KTM); 14. Jaimy Scevenels (Hon); 15. Javier Garda Vice (Yam). MOTO 2: 1. Stefan Everts (Han); 2. Marnicq Bervoets (.Suz); 3. Yves Demaria (Han); 4. TaJlon Vohland (Yam); 5. Pedro Tragter (Hop); 6. Pit Beirer (Hon); 7. Werner Dewit (So2); 8. Paui Cooper (Kaw); 9. Leon Giesbets (KTM); 10. Collin Dugmore (Hon); By Alex Hodgkinson AGUEDA, PORTUGAL, MAR. 23 . t was Honda's turn to dominate in the second round of the World Championship 250cc MX Series at Agueda in Portugal and a 25th career GP success moved defending champion Stefan Everts into a points tie with opening-round winner Tallon Vohland in the standings. The American wa again very fast but suffered from his poor starts, a major handicap on a tra~ hardly worthy of championship status. The Yamaha leader caught up to second-placed Everts towards the end of the first moto but eventually crossed the line five seconds down after being forced to go off the single groove in search of an opening. The first-moto winner had been Swede Jocke Karlsson on the other HRC Honda {rom the rival RWJ team as six red bikes filled out the top 10. It wa a similar story in race two as Honda took four of the first six places, only title candidates Marnicq Bervoets, second on Suzuki, and Vohland, fourth this time, preventing a whitewash. Kawasaki's best placings in each moto was eighth, each time from support riders as the entire factory team was absent. Remy Van Rees was already missing in Spain with a dislocated shoulder, Frederic Bolley had withdrawn from Portugal before leaving the series opener because of his broken toe, and on the Wednesday between the race in the Iberian Peninsula joint point leader Sebastien Tortelli with- 11. Peter lven (Kaw); 12. Joakim Eliasson (Yam); 13. Miska Anltonen (KTM); 14. Mark Eastwood (Han); 15. Alessandro Zanni (Hon). O/A: 1. Stefan Everts (Han); 2. Tallon Vohlilnd (Yam); 3. Yves Demaria (Han); 4. Mamicq Bervoets (Suz); 5. Pit Beirer (Han); 6. Pedro Tragter (Han); 7. Jocke Karlsson (Han); 8. Werner Dewit (Suz); 9. Paul Cooper (Kaw); 10. Peter Iven (Kaw). WORLD CHAMPI0NSHll' 250cc MX SERlES POINT STANDINGS (Afler 2 of 15 rounds); 1. (TIE) Stefan Evens (I)/Tallon Vohland (63/1); 3. Mamicq Bervoetll (57); 4. Pit Beirer (4.5); 5. Yves Deman. (44); 6. Sebastien TortelU (3S~ 7. Werner Dewit (34); 8. Pedro Tr.gter (30); 9. Peter Iven (2~ 10. Jocke Karlsson (22); 11. Paul Cooper (19); 12. Collin Dugmore (18~ 13. l1Uerry Bethys (17); 14. Leon Giesbers (13); 15. Miska Aaltonen (IO~ 16. lanny Scevene1s (8); 17. Alessandro Zann; (S); 18. (TIE) Rob Herring/joaJcim E1iasson (4); 20. Mark Eastwood (4). Upcoming rounds: Round 3 - Valkenswaard, Holland, April 13 Round 4 - Cingoli, Italy, April 20 World Championship 125cc Motocross Series Round 1: Indonesian GP By Alex Hodgkinson YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA, MAR. 23 talian Chicco Chiodi took his Yamaha to a maximum start in the World Championship 125cc MX Series with clear victory in both motos of the Indonesian GP. Chiodi returns to the class in which he was runner-up in both 1994 and '95 after a disappointing 250cc campaign last year. After chasing him home in race one American Bob Moore was kept down in seventh in race two but that was enough MOTO 1: 1. Chjcco Chiodi (Yam); 2. Bob Moore. (Yam); 3. Frederic ViaJlc (Yam); 4. Clnudio Federici (Hus); 5. Alex Belometti (Knw); 6. Xavier Colomer (TM); 7. Mickael MasdUo (Han); 8. Sandra Puzll.r (TM); 9. Brieflv... .. The return of official Japanese support in the 500cc GP class with the Yamaha YZM400F caused great interest, particularly when the four-strokes were rejected several times at technlcal control for be'lng underweight. They were. finally passed exactly on the class limit of 224 pounds. a figure unapproached in the class. even by the 360.. for many years. Denying that the weight failures had been promotional exercise. Yamaha team ,!,anager Hannu Heinonen explai.ned, "We know oOr bikes are right on the limit and we need to .test the accuracy of the scales at each race.' The bikes had initially only achieved the limit with fuil fuel tankS (~ules dem'lnd an aJ~ost. e'mpty tank), were 2.2 pounds underweight at the next presentation. and finaily went through dead on the limit after heavier Mousse-~lIed tires .had been filteci a m.... p~.t.": ;"'as ~ sh'ock ;'On'!'l~aHfier. ,"We broke the dutch in every' practice Ilnd Y"e just can't find the prqblem, - Parker said, "I eventually 'went out. on tbe sp.are bike in quaHfi· cation b.ut the bike wasn't set up r.ight.for-me. I never rode it before. It is actually the bike Mike YOung rode In '95 and everything, the bars, the suspension, was still set up for him: I was only looking at gelling 15 points or so here, so I' was always gO"ing to have tei play catch·up. The next five races are on hard tlllcks, SO we'll be back in the bunt soon. We will also have a complete new bike for the second round at Castiglione and now we will be having a cable instead of the hydraulic clutch." The '95 World number two proclaimed himself fully fit. "I've been working hard at physical training all win· ter and I'm rea

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