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o w n, as Hu g h es sat t rackside wi t h a
st at io na ry b ik e, an d Ferr y began h is
c ha rge t h ro ug h t he p a c k a f ter a
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c ras h .
" I colli de d w it h a F i n n i sh ri der,"
Hu gh es said . "A nyway, I got up and
go ing . T hen th e ch ain br ok e; t hat was
my ra c e - over. , do n't know whose
idea it was to run t h e race at 5 p. m .,
but it was p retty st upid . Visi o n was
ter rib le be ca us e o f th e sun , and t ha t
caused a lot o f ride rs to c rash hard. "
Just as the Be lg ia ns bega n to ge t
th e c ha m pa g ne o ut , f ou rt h - p l ac ed
Ramon h ad a hu ge c ras h at th e b ack
of the tr ack . Th e World 125cc Ch amp ion st ru gg led to ge t h is bike go ing
and eve ntua ll y reti red t o th e pits .
" I j ust went over t he bars , and t he
bike wo u ld no t start on ce I got u p ,"
Ramo n sa id . "I knew Ste fa n and J oel
had it in c ont ro l, but you nev er reall y
k now with t hi s ra ce what co uld h ap pen, so , was a little worried ."
Carmichael d idn' t fu m b le , ta ki ng
th e win 10 sec ond s ah ead o f Everts ,
S me ts a n d t h e CAS Ho n d a t rio of
C roc k ard , Copp in s an d Ve h vil ain en.
Roun din g o u t the top 10 wer e Pa ul
Coop er , Akira Narita , Ferry and Antti
Pyrho nen .
'" d idn't d o a n yt hi n g s t u p i d o u t
th ere ," Ca rmi cha el sa id . "The firs t
few lap s, I just fo und so me li nes and
did n 't pus h t o o h ard . I know to win
th i s ev ent , yo u got t o f i ni sh if y ou
want to w in . I foun d so me good li nes,
and o n ce I got in to sec on d , I co u ld
ma ke a c h arge at E ver ts. I co uld o nly
see Stefa n , and d id n 't kn ow where
ou r g uys were', but I just k ept goi n g
h ard ."
As the riders c ro ssed th e line, the
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B elgi an specta tors erup ted in c hee rs .
Eve rt s, Smets an d Ram on were carried on t he shou ld ers o f t he f re nz ied
c rowd to t he p odiu m . Belgium ' s last
MXd N victo ry was at t he muddy Fo x hill c i rcu it in 1998 .
F o r ' B e l gi u m , i t was a p ro u d
m om e n t. Th e King o f B e l gium
st eppe d onto th e p odi um and h anded
t h e C ha m b er l ai n tr oph y to t he w in ning t eam . Em otio ns ra n hig h as th e
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Results: Octobe r 5, 2003
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