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track, " Karl s so n said. "I ha d to try to save the motor by riding in high gears so it wouldn't overheat agai n. We also fitted extra protection on t h e radiators for this race to sto p them getting blo c ked up and it s eemed to wor k." Eventual ly Karlsson wou ld finish th ird , but Bervo ets was o nly able to pa s s him at th e s e co nd attempt. "T h e fi rs t tim e I tr ied to pass un dern eath him , we touch ed , and I wen t down ," Ber voets said. Le ok a ls o had an unsuc cessfu l att empt to repass the Swede a nd was eventually taken by Aaltonen on the fina l la p. "A ll race I th ought I had Mis k a und e r co ntro l, bu t on th e last lap he c a me fro m nowh e re ," Le o k said. "I didn't see him unti l he wa s past. " Barto lini de cl ined pain ki llers and rode bra vely to seventh . "I had to make su re I d id no t get into a ny n asty s it ua tio n s, but I am n ow on ly 2 2 p o ints b eh ind Pe t e r," Bartolini sa id. "Pe rha ps I c an still ta ke third in the seri e s ne xt week ." CN De Kappenbulten H alle, Holland Results: August 25, 2DDD l Round 15 of 1&l MOTO I : I. Joel Smets (KTM): 2. Ava Leak (KTM); 3. Mi sk a Aalto nen (Hus); 4 . Willie Van Wessel (Hus): 5. Mats Nilsson (Hbg): 6. Jonny Undhe (Hus): 7. Fra ncisco Ga rcia Vice (Yam) ; 8 . Mamicq Bervoe ts (Yam) : 9 . Gert Ja n Van Doo m (Vo r) ; 10. Ma rcel Van Drunen (Hus); 11. Chri s Burnham (Vor); 12. Darryl! King (Hus ); 13. Erw in Mach tli nger ( Ho n); 14. Peter Jo hansson (KTM); 15. J ef Ja nssen (Yam ). M OTO 2: 1. J oel Sm ets (KTM ) ; 2 . M ar nicq Berv oe ts (Yam); 3 . J oc ke Karl sson (Hon); 4. Miska Aaltonen (Hus): 5. Avo leok (KTM); 6. Mats Nilsson ( Hb g ) ; 7. A nd rea Ba rt o lin i ( Ya m ) : 8 . E rw in Ma chtlin g er ( Ho n) ; 9 . Chris Burnh am ( Vo r ) ; 10 . James Marsh (KTM) ; I I. Je nny Li ndhe (Hus): 12. Stefan Van Ast en KTM ); 13. Dam ien King (KTM ); 14. Erik Van Klinken (KTM); I S. Darry ll King (Hus). O /A: 1. Joe l Sme ts (KTM ); 2. M isk a Ae lfon en (Hus) ; 3 . A vo Leo k ( KTM ); 4 . Ma rn ic q Berv c et s (Yam ) ; 5. Mats Nilsson (Hbg ); 6 . J ock e Karl sso n (Hon) ; 7. Jonny Lindhe (Hus); 8. Will ie Van Wessel (Hus) ; 9 . Chris Burnham (Vor); 10. Erwin Machtli nger (Han). FIM WORLD CHAMP IONSHIP 500cc MX SERIES POINTS STANDINGS (After 15 of 16 rounds): I. Joel Sme ts ( 55 9/1 2 win s ); 2 . Marni cq Be rv oet s (39 6 / 2 ); 3 . Pete r J oha n sson (37 4 /1 ); 4 . An dr ea Bartolini (352) : 5. Darryll K;n9 (259); 6. M;ska Aaltonen ( 173); 7. .Jocke Karlsson ( 167 ); 8. Gert Ja n Van Doom ( 138) ; 9. Max Bartolini (134 ); 10. Willi e Van Wessel ( 113); 11. Erwin Mach tlinge r (1 13) ; 12. Marcel Van Drunen ( 112); 13. Chris Burnham (104 ); 14. Ava Leak ( 103 ): 15. Fabri z!o Dini (88): 16. Franci sco Garci a Vico (81 ); 17. Jonte Engdahl (8 0) ; 18. James Marsh (67): 19, Damien Kin9 (56): 20. Mats Nilsson (50 ). Final Round: Round 16 - Rog genb urg, Switz erland , Sept emb er 3 (R ig h t) Frederic the Fa s t French m a n : There may b e a n abundance o f fast French m a n in the MX wars nowa days, but Fred e ric Bo lle y may b e c h i e f amon g them. He survived som e p o o r early-s e a s o n resu lts to rep eat as FIM 250c c World Motocross Champion In 2000 . BRIEFLY ••• Grant Lang st on became th e s e c ond y ou n gest W orl d MX champion on Su nday when he clinched the 125cc crown 71 days after his 18th birthday. Only Seba st ien Tortelli in 19 96 wa s younger. the Frenchman setting the seal on his first title-winninq campa ign 22 days before his 18th. In total eight rider s have bec ome World MX Cha mpion as teenagers. C row ns in the 125cc class have also been clinched by Stefan Everts (18 years and 266 day s). Dave Strijbo s (18 ·296), .Jean-M ichel Bayle ( 19-150) . Greg Alberty n (1 9·31 4) and Eric Geboers lI9-36 1l . On ly Geo rge s Jobe ( 19 years and 196 days). when he became the very fir st teenage World c hamp at U nadilla in 1980. has ever achieved the honor in the 250cc clas s. Tortelli missed the cut -off tw o years ago w hen he added his second W orld crown 25 day s after his 20 th birthday. The "who rides wh at next year " carousel con tinues to revolve and evo lve , and anyo ne who doesn't wa nt to be left behind is being forced to jump on wh ile it is moving beca use there is no chance o f it co ming to a halt for sev eral weeks ye t. U p amo ngs t the big boy s Marnicq B ervoets is now con firmed for 2001 with the Rinaldi Yamaha team again. but the othe r team berth wo uld be de cided within one week. Andrea B artolin i wa s due to have talk s with Michele Rinaldi in Parma the day after the D utch GP . but wa s not sure he wan te d to ride in the team anymore. ' 1had a good o ffer to ride the four-stroke for Free Time next year, and the deal wou ld also give me a non-riding job with in the team the year afte r. I am very angry abo ut what has happened ther e.' What has happened is that Rinaldi. now promo ted to race chief within the Yamaha ranks. insisted that Free Time cou ld only have fac tory bikes fo r the 250s and 125s (where they have signed Pit Beirer. Yves De maria and Alex Belometti, and hope to add Chi cco Chiodil if they dropped thei r plans for the big -bike class. which they have promp tly do ne. Should Bartolini not re -siqn with Rinaldi. then the berth wi ll go to Andrew McFa rlane; should he not be placed there . the Australian could get a fac tory four-stroke in RZ color or be placed in a 125 team . Whi le Joel Smets. Pete r Joha n sson . Jame s Dobb and Kenn eth Gundersen are confirmed for KTM, confi rmatio n is stilt awaited that Thomas Traversini will join the factory 125cc squad and Steve Boniface go to Champ. Whi le Shayne King is confirmed for a 500cc support ride wi th M illenium, the bert h at Cinti along side Roman J e le n is thought to be between M i s ka Aaltonen and J ocke Ka r l s son . Both Scandinavians are also in the running. along with Chris Burnham, for a ride with RW J Honda, initially with the two- stroke and from mid-summer on the 48 0cc four -stroke. Coli n Reed confirmed that he will run an offi cial GP team again for Honda UK next year, but he co uld expand his interests to take in a 125cc runner. With Cas concentra ting their interests on the 250cc class with Gordon Crockard. the potential move into the 125s for RWJ supports the belief that David Thorpe wi ll take Stephen Sword to Husqvama next year . Stefan Everts insisted in Holland that his riding plans for 2001 were not yet certa in. " I have a few opt ions. but I will decide with in the next two or three weeks," Evert s said. But the most likely move is for him to sign to ride the 500cc GPs for Pamo Honda. C ertainly the Radson /L&M team looks almost certain to disap pear from the motocro ss sce ne. Dave Grant indicated at the weekend that Roggenburg wi ll be his final MX GP before pursuing other intere sts. thoug h he hope s to lease his Paal works hop to an offic ial Husqvarna te am under alternative leadership, C orona Suzuki look s unchanged aft er Josh Coppins signed a new deal , wh ile M ickael Pichon is expect ed to stay now that th e revised court ruling is considered to absolve him from direct personal blame for the Gr obben donk incident involving his fath er. Co ppins' retention closes another door for J an De Groot. The Kawa saki boss is now getting so desperate that he has been having talks with Darryl! King, for the 3 1-year-old Kiwi , wh o intend s to retire after his 1OOth G P in Sw itzerland and wh o has ridden exclusively fo ur-strokes for the last four seas ons. to line-up alongside Mickael Maschio. The elevation of Steve Ramon to the 250 s would not appear to be a viable option as the Belgian, talented as he may be, has proved himself unwilling to get fit enough to even hold on to a 125 for longer than 20 minut es at speed. FIM W Championshp Z50cc MXSeries orld T eutschentaler Talkessel TEUTSCHENTAL,GERMANY, AUG,25 /'C rederi c f - form at Bolley was in dazzling Teutsch ental in e a s te rn German y to ret a in his World 250c c ti t le with a round still to run . He clinch ed his second title aft er taking a double win, as rival Mickael Pichon s uc c u m b e d to the pa in f ro m h is injured shoulder in the closing stages of both motos and , aft er holeshotting e a c h tim e , slump ed to ninth and e ighth places, not enough to ma inta in h is c h a n c e s. The Suzuki rider did , h ow e ver, s core suffic ient points to put h imself out of reach of teammate Josh coppins , currently third in the standings , and will now miss the Swiss series finale to pre pa re for an operation on h is shou lder. T he consistent Co pp ins, who ha s n ot ta ken either a moto win or a n overa ll a ll ye ar, wa s second o n t he day a nd the podium wa s c o m p lete d by Gordon Croc ka rd, who th us reg is" te red h is fo urth co nsecutive top-three p lacing to edge to with in six po ints of Claud io Fed e rici for fifth in the s er ies . The Ulste rman had be e n re stric te d to seventh in th e first e ncounter, bu t cue I u powered th rough from a first-lap six th to cross the line in the whe eltracks of CN c ha m p ion Bolley in race two . Teutschentaler Talkessel Teutschental, Germany Results: August 25 [Round 15 of 1&1 MOTO 1: 1. F red eric Bel ley ( Ho n) ; 2 . Yves Dema ria (Yam); 3. Pit Beir er (Kaw); 4. Josh Coppins (Suz); 5. Mickael Maschio (Kaw); 6. Claudio Federici ( Yam ): 7. Gordon Cr ockard (Han ); 8. Paul Coo per ( Hu s) ; 9 . Mickael Pich on ( Suz) ; 10. Alex Zanni ( Yam): 11. Da nny T h ey bers ( KTM ); 12 . Pierrick Paget ( Ha n ) ; 13 . Serge Gu id etty (Hon); 14 . J ir i Cepelek (Yam ); 15. Remy Van Rees (Kaw ). MOT O 2: 1. Frederic Belley (Hon ); 2. Gordon Crockard ( Hon) ; 3 . Josh Coppins (Su z); 4. Pau l Cooper ( Hus) ; 5. Pit Beite r (Kaw ); 6. Ryan Hughes (Hon); 7. Claudio Federi ci (Yam ); 8. Mickael Pichon (Suz); 9 . Danny Theybers ( KT M) ; 10. Alex Zann i ( Ya m ) ; I t. Alex B elom etti ( K a w) ; 12 . J u ss i Vehvilainen (Hon ): 13. M icha l Kadle cek (Suz) ; 14. Peter lven (Kaw) : 15. Plerrick Paget (Hen} . O/A : 1. Fr ederic Bolley (Hon) ; 2. Jos h Coppins (Suz); 3. Gordon Crockard (Hon); 4. Pit Beirer (Kaw) ; 5. Paul Coo per (Hus); 6. Claudio Federici (Yam); 7. Yves Demaria (Ya m ) ; 8. Mickael Pich on (Suz) ; 9 . Danny Theybers (KTM); 10. Alex Zanni (Yll m) FIM WORLD CHAMP IONSHIP 250cc MX SER IES POINTS STANDINGS (Alt er 15 01 16 rounds): I. Frederic Boll ey ( 4 10 /6 win s» : 2. Mic kae l Pichon (367/ 3): 3. Josh Coppins (325); 4, P;l Bei rer (306); 5 . Cl au di o Fed erici (273 /1 ) ; 6 . Go rdo n Crockard (267 /2 ): 7. Paul Cooper (249); 8. Yves Demaria (240/ 2): 9. Micka . 1 Moschi o ( 155); 10. Donny Theybers (14 3) : 11. Peter iven ( 131): 12, Alex Bel ometti (87) ; 13 . A lex Zanni ( 82); 14 . Co llin Dugm ore (74 ); 15. Ju ssi Vehvil ain en (74); 16. Mark o Kovalainen (7 0); 17. Ryan Hugh es (62) ; 18. Remy Van Rees (45) ; 19. Serge Guidetty (4 1); 20. J ust in Morris (38). Fin al Ro und : Round 16 - Rog genburg , Switzerland , Se ptem ber 3 ne"" s SEPTEMB ER 13, 2000 45

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