through the weekend for 15th in the
125cc moto. The Yamaha-mounted
rider really had a weekend he would
rather forget.
"I got knocked out on Saturday in
my qualification race," Dement said,
"hit in the eye by a huge rock, then I
had to get through the last-chance,
just making it. It was never going to
be easy from the outside of the grid. 1
passed 14 riders on the first lap, then
somebody took me out, and I lost
some places."
Marc DeRewer eamed the first
12!k:c GP win of his career in
what appears to be the most
competitive of the three GP
classes. De Rewer was never
seriously challenged for the lead.
MatacrassGP
Holland three weeks ago."
De Reuver had his problems early,
although once in the front he was on
his way to victory number one.
"Bartolini got a really good start,"
De Reuver said. "I could not pass him
- he just stuck to the inside - and
when I did pass him, I pushed to get
away from him. I saw my pit board
that I was five seconds ahead of Maschio, then it was three seconds, so I
got a little nervous at that moment
but was able to hold on."
Bartolini is now third in the points
and, going into the Italian Grand Prix
in three weeks, the Italian is excited
about his chances of racing for the
title.
"I have not been quick enough to
win a GP: Bartolini said. "I can still
get some speed. Some of the tracks
in the later part of the season will be
good for me, so I am not disappointed at all. I have a great chance of
winning my second World title this
year. "
American Jeff Dement struggled
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Crockard took the holeshot ahead of
Pichon and Brian Jorgensen, while
Smets and Everts rounded out the top
five. By lap one Pichon was into the
lead and looking to make his usual
fast escape, yet Crockard hung with
him.
"Everyone knew Pichon was going
to try and get away," Crockard said.
"I tried to stay with him and didn't
have too much trouble doing it. I
looked at the 10-minute board, and
he seemed to pick it up a little, then I
also retaliated. I was having some
trouble with my shoulder, though.
The collarbone is broken away from
the shoulder blade, and on some
jumps I could feel the shoulder moving around and was worried it might
pull out or tear some ligaments or
something, other than that the
painkillers worked pretty good. This
Pichon, the one from 2003 is not the
same as from 2001. He's now men-
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