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Last weekend's GPMX3 and EUMX2 event at the sandy track of Randers (DK) showed a perfect dispay of KTM dominance. On saturday it was JMRacing's MX3 duo Sven Breugelmans and Alvaro Lozano which took 1st and 2nd at qualifying, setting the tone for things to come. With Sven leading the championship with a small 2 point margin over Beggi, the pressure was on Sven to ride a clean race and make no mistakes. And so he did. Sven started the first race with a textbook holeshot but was passed
by Alvaro, to eventually regain the lead some 10 minutes before race end. Sven finished 2 seconds in front of Alvaro who kept pushing all the way to the finish line. During the start of the second race it was again Sven who got the better of his opponents. Sven lead the race from start to finish with a 4 second margin over, again, teammate Alvaro Lozano.Sven's comment;"Already on saturday I saw Beggi(7th) and Martin(16th) having trouble during qualifying, so was pretty confidendent to score a good result over here in Denmark. Ofcourse in a race anything can happen so I am pleased to have secured 4 race-wins (GP Finland & Denmark) in a row. ![]() Sven Breugelmans action during the Danish MX3 GP at Randers
Overall Result Randers (DK)
1. Sven Breugelmans (BEL, KTM)50 2. Alvaro Lozano (ESP, KTM)44 3. Antti Pyrhonen (FIN, Suzuki)36 4. William Saris (NED, Yamaha)34 5. Cristian Beggi (ITA, Honda)31 6. Christophe Martin (FRA, Husqvarna)29 7. Nicolai Hansen (DEN, Yamaha)27 8. Tommi Makinen (FIN, Honda)23 9. Kim Lindstrom (SWE, KTM)21 10. Hansen Allan (????, unknown)20 16. Yentel Martens (BEL, KTM)11 MX3 World Championship Classification after Randers
1. Sven Breugelmans (BEL, KTM), 482 2. Cristian Beggi (ITA, Honda), 461 3. Christophe Martin (FRA, Husqvarna), 440 4. Thomas Allier (FRA, Husqvarna), 325 5. Kristof Salaets (BEL, Honda), 276 6. Alvaro Lozano (ESP, KTM), 261 7. Patrick Caps (BEL, Kawasaki), 242 8. Martin Zerava (CZE, Honda), 228 9. Nicolai Hansen (DEN, Yamaha), 225 10. Kasper Jensen (DEN, Honda), 189 In the European MX Championship series its was Dutchman and KTM rider Ceriel Klein Kromhof who won the second race and the event, while scoring the same amount of points (47) as JMRacing's new European Champion Valentin Teillet. Valentin only needed another 10 points to prematurely wrap up the title for KTM-JMRacing. With two events to go and 100 points still to divide, his 121 points margin over runner up Loic Rombout now makes him untouchable for the remainder of the series. During sundaynight's victory dinner together with teammanager Jacky Martens, the technical staff and racer collegues of KTM-JMRacing, Valentin commented;"I controlled the first race from start to finish and won with a 10 second gap over sand specialist Kromhof. During the second race I took the holeshot but then it hit me I was the 2008 European Champion which, for some strange reason, made me very nervous. At this point Kromhof was really pushing so I decided to not make any stupid mistakes and let him pass. I want to thank Jacky Martens for recognizing my talent when I was still an anonimous rider and for having faith in me all along the way. My mechanic Rami Falt also deserves special credit.I also want to thank all JMRacing-sponsors and KTM for making my dreams come true!".
![]() ![]() Overall result Randers EU MX2 1. Ceriel Klein Kromhof (NED, KTM)47
2. Valentin Teillet (FRA, KTM)47 3. Herjan Brakke (NED, Honda)38 4. Nikolaj Larsen (DEN, Suzuki)36 5. Jan van Hastenberg (NED, Honda)31 6. Klemen Gercar (SLO, Yamaha)26 7. Lewis Gregory (GBR, Suzuki)23 8. Kenny van Dueren (BEL, KTM)20 9. Harri Kullas (FIN, KTM)19 EU MX2 Championship After Randers
1. Valentin Teillet (FRA, KTM-JMRacing)467 New 2008 European Champion 2. Loic Rombaut (FRA, Kawasaki)346 3. Nikolaj Larsen (DEN, Suzuki)342 4. Loic Larrieu (FRA, Kawasaki)342 5. Ceriel Klein Kromhof (NED, KTM)271 6. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, KTM)229 7. Cedric Soubeyras (FRA, Yamaha)227 8. Kenny van Dueren (BEL, KTM)182 9. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha)172 10. Jose Antonio Butron Oliva (ESP, Yamaha)165 |
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