VOL. 51 ISSUE 21 MAY 28, 2014 P23
IceOne Husqvarna Factory Rac-
ing's Tyla Rattray who battled
his way from a bad start in race
one to take home eighth. In race
two, the South African got off to
a much better start in fourth. A
pass on 24MX Honda's Jeremy
Delince got him into third, but
it was short lived when the red-
plate holder Antonio Cairoli came
through a few laps later. Regard-
less, the 2008 FIM MX2 World
Champion held on to a solid
fourth for the remainder of the
moto to take home fourth overall.
CLS Kawasaki Monster Ener-
gy's Tommy Searle re-established
himself as a top-five rider with his
fifth- and sixth-place scores for
fifth overall.
In MX2, CLS Kawasaki Monster
Energy's Arnaud Tonus matched
the lap time of Herlings in race
two and kept the Dutchman hon-
est for the first quarter of a moto.
A plausible second-place finish
in that race combined with a bad
start in race one which saw him
rebound for fifth, still was enough
for a respectable second overall.
Seventeen-year-old Tim Ga-
jser reached a milestone in his
career, putting in two impressive
top-five finishes, a fourth and a
third, for third overall and his first
ever FIM MX2 World Champion-
ship podium finish.
Red Bull KTM Factory Rac-
ing's Jordi Tixier took a hard
fought fourth overall.
Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Fac-
tory Racing's Romain Febvre
brawled his way to an eighth and
fourth, respectively, for fifth over-
all.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
KIT
PALMER
RAGA, NOT BOU!
A
fter an intense day of action
between Repsol Honda's
Toni Bou and his Gas Gas rival
Adam Raga, it was Raga taking
victory in the Grand Prix of Eu-
rope in Ille Rousse on the island
of Corsica, on Sunday.
This followed a first day that
featured no results as all of the
riders were disqualified after fail-
ing to complete the course in
the given time period. The third
round of the series was marred
somewhat on the first day by the
riders' disagreement over time
allocated for the completion of
the course. Safety was cited as a
concern, in particular on the very
long sections. Thus all results
were declared null and void from
day one.
For day two, the organizers
opted to give the riders more
time to complete the course.
They also conceded to other re-
quests from the riders.
On Sunday it was always
looking like it was going
to be a very close battle
between Bou and Raga
and that's how it turned
out. But when all was said
and done, Raga remained
calm to match his second
lap score of two to take
the victory and with it the
championship lead from
Bou by two points.
"I am never happy to
finish second as my goal
at every competition is to
win," said Bou. "Since the
last round of the cham-
pionship I have not been
able to train as much as I
would have liked as I had
to rest to give my three cracked
ribs the chance to recover. Be-
fore the next round in one weeks'
time I will resume my regular
training schedule and go to Italy
with one thing on my mind and
that is to win and move back to
the head of the championship
standings."
Adam Raga won the Corsica
round of the World Trials Champi-
onship on Sunday.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
G2F
MEDIA
