After two wet events we finally had a dry GP in Agueda, regular venue of the FIM Motocross World Championships. Travelling straight from Spain to Portugal the team members as well as the riders enjoyed the sunny weather, even if it was pretty difficult to acclimate their body to the high temperatures with more than 30°C in the air. As usual in Portugal, the organisers did a perfect job to prepare the layout.

Once more after Spain Sebastien was the fastest rider on Saturday, dominating the two free practice sessions and later the timed practice period to collect his second consecutive pole position. Starting the opening race in fourth place, Sébastien came third and later second at mid-race behind David Philippaerts. He was pushing hard during the last ten minutes to join the Italian rider, but a mistake during the last circulation cost him a possible heat win. His second start was not as good as the previous one, but he took advantage of his inside position on the grid to come quickly third behind Steve Ramon and Billy Mackenzie. During several laps he battled with reigning World Champion, and finally got the second position again at mid race; Billy was leading the race but he crashed during the fourteenth circulation, and offered the win to Sébastien who then just controled his rivals during the last laps.

Sébastien was the only GPKR rider in this GP, as Kevin Strijbos underwent surgery earlier in the week while Alexandre Rouis failed to qualify.

Sébastien Pourcel: ‘ It’s great to win here today, as I didn’t got any significant result during the first two GP’s. Yesterday I was again the fastest rider during the practice sessions, and it was important to confirm these performances during the race day. I had two good starts, even if I missed the jump of the gate in the second moto, but hopefully I had the inside position and recovered promptly. Then I didn’t do any mistake, except during the last lap of the first race when I pushed so hard to join Philippaerts. I know that I can go faster, but I want to be consistant as the championship is long, and my goal now is to be in the top five at least every weekend. For the team it’s a great result, Kevin is injured and it’s mentally good for everyone to celebrate a GP win.