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The early season had already been a struggle for Husqvama , which had to deal w ith
major sett ing prob lems through the first
three rounds , the rear of the factory bikes
suffering major chattering issues due,
apparently, to the new Sachs suspe nsion,
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tively, in moto one and moto two. But
soo n van de n Bosch took the lead away
from him and held it for 17 of the 24 laps
before being assaulted successfully by an
unstoppable Delepine , who emerged
afte r starting sixth. Delepine rode an outstand ing race .
"Last yea r, me and [Max] Manzo had a
great race here," Delepine said. "This
40th Anniversary
was my time. I've been wa iting for this
win so much , and now I'm into FIM 's
record book."
Among the othe r riders in the Super
Final field, there was no one really capable of challenging the Belgian, but if
Lazzar ini had not missed the Supe r Final
due to a hard collision on the first lap of
moto two - whe n he got T-boned at high
