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kee p in sight. He always is in that situa tion."
Fed erici was not so sure of Chiodi's
cha nces in th e next mot o th ou g h, hi s
firs t-mo te w in giving him th at much
more confide nce.
"I have been ge tting good starts a lot
in th e past fe w G Ps ," Fed e ri ci sa id .
'T od ay I feel I can do it again in the next
mo to. The track is so open tha t yo u have
to keep thi nking, but once yo u ha ve a
lead , it's di fficu lt to lose it."
T h e s eco n d m oto w o u ld n ot see
Ch iod i's wish come tru e. "Chirco" was
quickly looking for the blood of Federici, although it was again the KTM rider,
Langton, who pulled ou t the surprise .
Go ing in to the first comer, Langt on rod e
shou ld e r to sh ou ld er with Fed e rici ,
fina lly backing off yet sti ll holding on to
second place ahead of Chiodi.
Ch iodi took his tim e passing Lan gton, but, once he d id, the battl e between
the two Ita li an s w a s hu g e , as th e y
swapped spots for the lead. First Federi ci, then Chiodi would arrive at the finish
line, and it was not until Chio d i fell that
Federici was ass u red of the overall:
Further back, Brown wa s again in
trouble riding from mid pa ck. Brown
w ould fini sh in 10th pla ce . Dem ent,
however, wo uld rise to the occasi on by
finishing a stro ng fourth.
"I'm happy with that," Dem ent said .
"I hav e had so many little problems this
yea r. Sin ce the ea rly ro u nds I' ve been
looking for a podium finis h. I guess I'll
have to wait fo r that , but I' m ge tt ing
closer."
Fe derici , w ho knows th at to b eat
Chiod i for the World cha mpionship w ill
be a di fficult job, was upbeat abo ut his
chances.
"1 have to wi n in Germany, Switzerland and Croa tia," Fed er ici said . "Then
ma y be if I'm lucky I ca n be World
cha mpion."
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MOTO 2: 1. Cla ud io Fed eri ci (Yam) ; 2. Alessio
Chiodi (H us ): 3. Grant Langton (KTM); 4. Jd f Deme nt
(He n): 5. Eric' Ca mer lengo (Yam); 6. Luca Cam e lengo
r
(Ya m ); 7. Paul Ma lin (Yam); 8. Erik Egge ns (Yam); 9.
Thomas Tra versi ni (H us ): 10; Mike Brown (Hon): 11.
Kenn eth Gunder sen (Yam): 12. Lu igi Seg uy (Hen): 13.
Moises Bema rd ez (KTM); 14. Ced ric Melotte (Kaw ): 15.
James Dobb (Suz) .
O /A : 1. Cla udio Federici (Yam); 2. Alessio Chiodi
(Hus): 3. G ran t Langton (KTM); 4. Jeff Dem en t (Hen): 5.
Eric Ca me rlengo (Yam); 6. Thomas Traversi ni (H us ): 7.
Erik Eggen s (Ya m ); 8. M ik e Brow n (Hen): 9. Lu ca
C heru bi ni (Yam ); 10. Patrick Caps (Ha n ); 11. Ja m es
Dobb (Suz) : 12. Steve Ramo n IKaw) .
FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 12See MX SE R IES
POINT ST AN D IN GS (A fte r 10 of 13 rounds ): 1.
Ales.. io Chi odi (314/8 wins); 2. Cla udio Federici (2B9/2
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wins): 3. Mike Brown (180); 4. Th oma s Travers ini (160);
5. Jam es Dob b (39); 6. Steve Ramon ( 27); 7. Patrick
Ca ps (124); 8. Jeff Dement (113); 9. Eric Camerlcngc (97) ;
10. Erik Eggens