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said. "We have some little work to do, but in general I think everything is working the way needed. Third on the podium was the 2002 surprise, young Italian Ivan Lazzarini. The factory Husaberg rider was sick at the first round and couldn't perform as desired, but in Greece he was the only rider to match Seel's lap times. Unfortunately, he never took advantage of his speed and appeared to need a slightly better setup. In race one, despite starting from the pole, he was just seventh into the first turn. He finished third, and he later suffered from another poor jump off the front row in race two, in which he finished fifth. Lazzarini showed his speed was still there when he finished second behind Seel in SuperPole, but again he appeared to lack the killer instinct off the start of the SuperFinal. He had to work hard to pass his way toward the front, eventually getting right behind Stephane Blot and pressuring the Frenchman into mistakes. Lazzarini now occupies fourth in the standings, ahead of Blot, who ended up fourth in the main event in Greece but didn't score top points in the preliminary finals. There was disappointment for French superstar Boris Chambon, the guy who replaced '02 series dominator Thierry Van Den Bosh on the factory KTM. Chambon looked fast but not enough to win, as his fourth and third places in the first two races might suggest. In the main event, he had the misfortune of meeting up with Blot over a jump. In what looked like a deliberate move, Blot cut over on Cham bon's line, and Chambon hit the ground pretty hard. He was able to continue, although 13th in the SuperFinal isn't exactly what he was looking for. The others in the top finishing positions included William Rubio, with fifth place, and Italian former motocrosser Lorenzo Mariani, with an excellent sixth (and so far best ever) place on the new TM machine. Another Italian, Massimo Beltrami, was seventh on his factory Husqvarna, right ahead of Vertemati's specialist, Gerald Delepine, who was eighth. eN SP of Sreece Heraklion, Sreece Results: May 10-11, 2003 IRound 2 of 14J r----------------------------------------------o Guyot (Hus); 7. Frederic Fiorentino (KTM); 8. Klaus Kinigadner (KTM); 9. Lorenzo Mariani (TM); 10. Massimo Beltrami (Hus). RACE 2 (12 laps): 1. Eddy Seel (Hus): 2. Max Manzo (Ver); 3. Boris Chambon (KTM); 4. Jurgen Kunzel (KTM); 5. Ivan Lazzarini (Hbg); 6. Massimo Beltrami (Hus); 7. Stephane Blot (Yam): 8. William Rubio (Hus); 9. Gerald DeJepine (Ver): 10. Fabio o o Name Address Balducci (TM), SUPERFINAL (24 laps): I. Eddy Seel (Hus): 2, Max Manzo (Ver); 3. Ivan Lazzarini (Hbg); 4. Stephane Blot (Yam); 5. William Rubio (Hus); 6. Lorenzo Mariani(TM); 7. Massimo Beltrami (Hus); 8. Gerald Delepine (Ver); 9. Fabio Balducci (TM); 10. Frederic Fiorentino (KTM). FIM SUPERMOTO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES POINTS STANDINGS (After 2 of 14 rounds); 1. Max Manzo (79): 2. Jurgen Kunzel (63/1 win); 3. Boris Chambon (52): 4. (TIE) Ivan Lazzarini (50)/Stephane Blot (50): 6. Eddy Seet (48/ I win): 7. Frederic Fiorentino (39); 8. Massimo Beltrami (32); 9, (TIE) Adrlen Chareyre (29)/Wililam Rubio (29). City _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State Phone o Zip Order Date o o o Send to: IfJICteJ 11lltI!.I!1;, Inc. po. Box 5084, Costa Mesa, CA 92628-5084 Toll Free Subscription Hotline (800) 831-2220 Every week for two years ('100 issues for $80.00) Six months second class (25 issues for $23.00) This is a U New Subscription o Renewal Please bill me 1 payment of 545.00 Bill 2 payments of $22.50 Enclosed is my check or money order 24-hour FAX Order Line (714) 751-6685 • E-mail: Subscribe@cyclenews.com Signature Upcoming Rounds: Round 3 - Dijon-Prenois, Switzerland, June 15 Round 4 - Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, June 29 YES! Start my subscription immediately to Cycle News. 1 year/50 issues for $45.00. (can be billed 2 monthly payments) RACE 1 (12 laps): 1. Max Manzo (Ver): 2. Eddy Seel (Hus); 3. Ivan Lazzarini (Hbg); 4. Boris Chambon (KTM); 5. Jurgen Kunzel (KTM); 6. Fabrice Charge my Visa o _ == VISA 0 Mastercard OI'!C yl!ilr (SO issue). 2nd class Canilda or Mexico and ;Ill ('!.her f01"Clgn countne!l 592.00 (US Funds). 1$1 class and airmail rates available upon requt.'St. . . D MC/Visa# _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Explratton ate ._------------------------------------------------eye I e n e _ S • JUNE 4, 2003 59