(Lefr)
Saefon Everrs
onae ogqin s(ored
qn gqsy
win
in the
ItlXl closs.
(Below)
Antonio
Coiroli
won
the
firsl MX2 mofo.
low countryman in the
series standings.
For
Striibos
it was
more about survival
and hard charging.
"The
first race,
my start was, like, lfth
or somethinS,"
striibos said.
"l
made
some
Sood
laps and moved into second,
and Stefan
was
already
gone,
so I was
happy
with second
place,
"The
second heat, my start was really
bad and I was a
long
way back. I made up
some
places;
with
the
rain
eveD,thing was
wet and everywhere there was water, and
I was
just
guessing
where I had to ride.
Steve
[Ramon]
came close at the end, and
I had to
push
harder until the finish-
The
last two laps he was really
pLrshing
me
hard and I had to stay focused.
Steve Ramon once again finished in
third
place,
making it
two Suzukis on the
podium,
so it was a
great
weekend for the
Suzuki team, and, for Ramon, it was
a
chance to move
closer to
Tanel
Leok in
the championship
points.
''The
first moto I started fifth or some-
thin8," Ramon
said.
''Kevin passed
me, but
my riding was
going good
and I finished
third. The second moto my start was not
so
Sood:
it
started
raininS
and the track
was
getting
worse.
I
couldn't see much, so
it was difficult, but I still
got
a third
place."
The opening
moto
of
the
MX2
showed
that
the fast-starting Antonio
Cairoli is
once aSain one ofthe hardest riders to fol-
low
once
he gets into
the lead. Cairoli
took the lead on lap two and was never
headed, winning from Pourcel and
Philippaerts.
CN
I'tXl MOTO l: l.
Stelai
Ewns
(Yam).
2. Kevin
strijb.s
(suz),
3. steve Rimon
(Suz):
4
Brlan
Jo.genen
(Hon):
5. Pascal Leuret
(Hon);
6. wFt Avis
(KTM)i
7. Ken
de ori.ker
(Hon)i
8
lllien
sill
(Yam)i
t.
reel
Leok
(Kaw):
10.
Ga(ia
Vica
(Hon)t
Il Gordfr Cro
