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Cycle News 2006 Issue 16 April 26

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B I ffi - 1l I I I I 1 ! \ I il e t j It MX2-clore winner l$ro lofttoy (horoa iecond-molo winnGl Antonlo Coholi. n ' ,.A. '.r'ili + Sriibos followed him into second place. Leok and Striibos then went at it for the rest of the race, with Striibos passing Leok on the l0th lap and barely holding on for the win. For Leok. however, second place was good enough to give him second overall for the day, something he was quite happy with- ''l am happy," Leok said. "The second race, I could follow him [Everts], but he didn't make any mistakes and I cor-rld not keep with him lons enough,'' Any chance Strijbos had of cominS away with the overall win, however, ended early in the second moto after he got a bad start. Striiobs staned way back and spent the entire moto salvaging as many positions as he could- Suzuki rider Steve Ramon ended up filling out the podium with 6-3 moto finishes. As for Tortelli, the former World champ showed good speed over the weekend, but bad stans and crashes kept him from running with Everts. ln the first moro. Tortelli was runninS founh when he crashed and had to ettle for seventh. Things did not go much bet- ter for the KTl4 rider in the second moto, in which he got a bad start and had to claw and scratch his way toward the front of the pack. He did, however, improve to fifth in the moto for sixth overall, ln the MX2 class, South African Tyla Rattray recorded his second straight overall win. but with an unorthodox 5-2 moto tally. In the first moto, the CHAMP KTI'l rider struggled on the heavily watered track, crashing on the first lap, but he rode much better in the second moto, though he couldn't get around sec- ond-moto winner Antonio Cairoli. Rattray pushed Cairoli right to the end but couldn't make the pass, but he didn't need to, as second place was good enough for the overall win. "He [Cairoli] was trying to get away and stretch a lead, but I wasn't going to let thar happen," Rattray said. ''He was riding really fast. I could not pass him, because fhe stort of the IrtX2

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