MOTOCROSS·
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
250cc MOTOCROSS SERIES
By Geoff Meyer
VALKENSWAARD, NE'IHERLANDS, APR. 14
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he 1997 World Championship
250cc Motocross Series is turning
into a four-way battle involving
defending champ Stefan Everts, 1996
series runner-up Marnicq Bervoets, Tallon Vohland and 125cc World Champion Sebastian Tortelli, and while it seems
Bervoets and Tortelli won the battles in
the latest round of the series in Holland,
it's very much a war Everts and Vohland are engaged in up front
Bervoets did what many though
impossible.
"Beating Stefan here is very much a
good feeling," Bervoets said. "He's won
the Dutch GP the past three years with
maximum points."
Bervoets, who posted a solid 4-1
result for 33 points, looked happy with
his resul t, but it was Vohland and Everts
who left the sand of Holland with the
series points lead.
"h's all that matters," Everts said.
''I'm on top with Tallon. We have a
long, long way to go."
A 3-2 tally gave Everts the runner-up
(Above) Belgian
lIamlcq Bervoets
won the 250cc IIX
GP In the Holland
sand.
(Above right)
American Tallon
Vohland went 3-2,
while defending
champ SteI8n Everts
(right) went 2·3.
Vohland and Everts
are tied tor the series
lead.
spot after his stronger finish in the secand mota.
"If I want to win the championship, I
have to win matos," Everts said. "I've
got to beat these guys."
Vohland would smile when hearing
that statement.
What of Tortelli? The French sensation blasted away with the first mota in
much the same fashion as his openinground win in Spain, but then committed
the same error as in Spain and crashed
out of contention of the second mota,
finally finishing in 11th place.
:'I crashed on the first lap, then got
going again, but landed wrong on one
of the jumps and crashed again, then
again later.
"After the third crash, I decided to
take it easy," said a sore and sorry
Tortelli.
Vohland was not surprised of TortelIi's problems.
"In the first mota, I was following
him (Tortelli) and he was wild," Vohland said. "He nearly crashed a couple
of times, then I backed off. We were
both riding on our limit."
As
the
riders
arrived
at
Valkenswaard for the third round of the
250cc GP series, many were surprised
by the condition of the track. The surfare had been re-Iayed with a much less
