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no t I or.1 p-er.moto Championship series featured one of the best circuits of the championship and. once again . a strong performance by KTM's T ierry van den Bosch, who backed up his S I win of the previous round. With him , teammates Ivan Lazzarini and Boris Chambon completed a great day for the factory KTM team , as Lazzarini won rnoto one and finished second in moto two and the main event, while Chambon completed the podium in the Super Final and retained the series points lead. In the S2 class, Italian Massimo Verderosa won his first career GP and took over the series points lead in the class. 51 A month separated the second and third rounds of the series. and despite the distraction of the X Games for reigningWorld Supermoto Champion Eddy Seel and van den Bosch, the focus on the fight for the World Supermoto title was maximum priority for both of them . But while Seel came back from United States with a smile on his face after taking the silver medal at the X Games , he also knew he had to work hard to get ready for the Sosnova round and sort out his bike settings . In fact. in the first two rounds. things really didn't bode well for See1. Constant chattering problems with his rear shock have shaken his confidence, and his bike is not yet ideal. Thus. the Belgian has not been 36 title. istiming in safurdayqualIfYing was. for a long while. almost a second slower than pole man Lazzarini. Worse yet, bad luck would knock on Seel's door againat this round . It was a different story for van den Bosch. who didn't get the opportunity to prove his level in Los Angeles but had an extremely successful GP in Sosnova and is now very close to his best physical condition. as his lack-of-ene rgy problem seems to be solved. Lazzarini put in a solid pole run on Saturday and went into Sunday's program sure that the clutch problems he experienced in Romania were finally solved. He got the holeshot in moto one and dominated the race from start to end. Young German Bernd Hiemer, on a Husqvarna, charged after the Italian, but while looking extremely fast. he was pinched by Lazzarini at every turn. Vanden Bosch finished third, Chambon was fourth (he had to deal with poor starts the entire weekend), and Manzo was fifth on the 550cc Aprilia. It was a disappointing race for Seel, who got a front flat tire on lap one and had to pull over - not good at all. as he would have to start moto two from last place on the grid. In moto two. Lazzarini took another solid lead and appeared set to win again, but the race was stopped before the SEPTEMBER 8,2004 • CYCLE NEWS halfway Mot missed a gear anCl went over the bars at high speed while jumping the long offroad obstacle. Beltrami lost consciousness and also suffered fractures to his L4 and L5 vertebrae - though these were determined to not be dangerous. The race was restarted with the riders placed on the grid according to the pos i- fo red flag. Lazzarini took the lead. follow by Hiemer and van den Bosch. Soon van den Bosch passed Hiemer (who also went down after having problems) and put himself behind the Italian. A single error by Lazzarini on the last lap gave the experienced "VdB" the room he needed to pass for the win. Lazzarini got second, and