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To rtelli fina lly p a ssed Vohland after stalking hi m by a bike leng th for three laps. At this point, Tortclli picked it up a no th e r notch a nd got Everts in his sights . Ap proaching the 40 -mi nute mark, Tortelli fina lly made his move for the lead by passing the Ho nda rid er on a fast downhill. Everts, concerned abo ut his front wh eel. wisely slowed his pace to finish second behind the yo u n g Frenchman. "I had problems with m ud in my fron t wheel," Everts said. "It made me think my wheel wa s breaking. It wa s getting more and more dangerous on th e jumps. I also lost too much ti me behind the slowest riders. They do not know what the blue flag means." Tortelli wa s pleased with his comefrom-behind win . . "I had trouble with rh ythm when I was behind Tallon and it took too much time to pass him," Tortelli said. "Once I got by, I pushed harder and then I caught Stefan. I'm very happy with that race." Fin ishing th ird wa s Vohland, who came across the checkered flag just five seconds behi nd the cautious Everts. "I was not expecting to do this well after th e ti med qualifiers:' said Vohland, who clocked in 16th-fas test on Saturday. "I've been having prob lems wit h my knee and my shou lder, and I've had a hard time get ting my confide nce back. I had a good start and just tried to keep a good rhythm." The second mo ta started much more favorably for Brown on the Chesterfield Yama ha, w ho follo wed only Bolley and Beirer throug h the first right-ha nd corner. Ever ts roun ded the bend ahea d of Bervoe ts but moved right up in to second place halfway through the firs t lap . · So at the end of the first lap, the Pamo Sport Hon da-moun ted Beirer led, a luxury that would only last in to the third lap, w hen Everts made a pass for the lead. Fr om that point on, Everts would · never re li n q u is h the lead. By the halfway mark, the Belgian had extended his lead to a full 10 seconds. By the 40j minu te mark his lead was nearly 20 secr a nd s clear of everyone else. And when th e cruise-c ontrolled Ev e rts took th e checkered flag for the ove rall wi n, he I was still five seconds ahea d . j "It took me nearl y three laps to take ' . the lead. and after that I tried to keep a good speed." sai d Everts. who seemed to ha ve ba re ly work ed himself into a sweat. "I sa w that Sebastien was behind m e a nd I wa s tr yin g to pus h it ve ry hard, because I really wa n ted to take th is victory . But then Sebastien crashed · and made things very easy for me." With Everts long gone, the focus turned to the ba ttle for second. Beirer, Brown, Bervoets and Tortelli engaged in a four-way d ogfigh t for the runner-u p (Abov e) Brown leads Bervoets In the IIrst moto. (Right) Vohland and Tortelll mix It up In the first moto. Tortelli eventually passed Vohland and took the motO win. Mol od rama serra Verde Belo Horizonte , Brazil Results: Ju ty 6. 1997 (Round 10 of 15) (Le ft) Everts Is well on hi s w ay to his fourth World Utle. (Betow) German p ~ Beirer fi nished third in tho second moto but suffered a DNF in tho first. 2SO MOTO 1: l. Sebastien Tortelli (J(aw); 2. Stefa n Everts (Han) ; 3. To1llo n vohla nd (Ya m); 4. Fre deric Bc ttey (Ko1 w); 5. JOo1 k im Ka rl s so n (H a n ); 6. Yves Demaria (Hon); 7. w ern er Dewit (Suz); 8. Mike Brown (Yam); 9. M.u k Eastwood CHon); 10. Mam icq Bervoees (Suz ); 11. J.aim y Scevenels (H a n); 12. Ped ro Tr .ig ter (Han); 13 . JU!>lin Mo r r i!! (Han ); 14 . Leon G iesbere (KTM); 15. Rog m o Nogut>ira (Hon). 250 MOTO 2: 1. Stdan Evert... ( Ho n); 2. Ma m icq ~ (Sur..); 3. N. Bein!r (Han); 4. Yve Demaria (Han); 5. )oakim Karl.'l'IOI'I (Ha n); 6. werner Dewit ($uz); 7. Petrr lven UCaw ); 8. Pedro Tragte'r (Hon); 9. Sebastien Toetelli (K.1 w); 10. Mike Brown {"( m}; 11. Frederic Bo1Jey (}Caw); a 12 J .umy 5cevcnels Qion); 13. Tab Vohland (Yam): 14. Mark E.1stwood (}ion ); 15. Justin Morris (Hon ). 2SO01A; 1. Stefan Everts (Hon); 2. Sebastien Tortclli ( ~ w ); 3. M.irnicq Bervoets (Suz); 4. Yves Demaria (Hon); 5. joa kim K.lor~n CHon): 6. Werner Dewit (Suz); 7. fn.oderi c B olley (l(a w); 8. Tallon Vobland (Y<1 m) ; 9. Pit Beinor (Hon) ; 10. Miu Brown (Ya m); 11. Pedro Trilgter (Hon); 12. Pettc"r Iven (](.Jw): 13. Jaim y Scevenels (Hon); 14. Mark Ea.'>twood a-t on) ; 15. JuVin Morri.. a-t on). WORLD O IAMPIO Ns mp:z.soa: MX SERIES POINTS ST ANDlNGS (Afkr 10 o f 15 roun d!.): 1. Stef a n Everts (Hon); 2. Mamicq Bcrv oeta (5 uz); 3. Sebastien Tortelli (Ka w); 4. Pit Bcircr (Han); 5. Jookim Karlsson (H an): b. Werner Dewit (Suz); 7. frederic Belley (Ka w ); 8. Peter 1ven (Ka w) ; 9. Yves Demaria (Han); 10. Tallon Voh.L1nd (Y<1m); 11. Mik Brown (Ya m); 12. Mark Eastwood (Hon); 13. Colin Dugmore (Hon); 14. Pedro Tragte r (Hon); 15. Leon Cit'!>ben (KT M): 16. Ja im y Scevenels (Hon ): 17. Mi,,1y AA llont"n (KTM); 18. Justin Morris (Hon); 19. Rob Ht"l"l'ing (Yo1m); 20. Pau l Cooper (/(aw). Upcom ing Rounds: Round 11 - Maracay, Venezuela, July 13 Round 12 . Jogyakarta, Indonesia, August 8 hon ors. But the battle was cut in two by the halfway mark when bo th Brown and Tortelli crashed. Brown fell on the far side of the tra ck, while Tortelli ba iled tryi ng to jump past Beirer in the whoops sectio n. "I was trying to pass Pit through the whoops with a three-four (ju m p ing combination) but I had to change m y line, and I crashed on the last whoop:' said Tortelli, who would get up in 10th and eventually work his way back up to .eighth. "Then I had big problems wi th m y goggles because I br oke m y Roll Offs early in the race. I had to take off my goggles after the crash, and it w as very di fficult for me to follow a nyone closely." • In the end, Bervoets wou ld cross the finish lin e jus t a bike len gth ahead of Be ir er, w hile Demaria a nd Karlsson, both on Hondas , rounded ou t th e top five . Vohland 's first-mota th ird was wasted by an early crash in the second mota while running fifth . He would finish just inside the points at 13th. As for Brown, he too had problems staying up in the second mota and could o n ly muster a LOth-place finish . 0" 37

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