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The ‘Jerre’ back on track.
26/04/2009Having missed the last Motocross Grand Prix in Turkey with a shoulder injury, a well rested Jeremy Van Horebeek was back on track this weekend at round 4 of the World Championship which took place at the famous Valkenswaard race circuit in the Netherlands.
Back under the professional orange awning of the KTM Factory Junior Team it was clear from the off on Saturday that Jeremy felt good on the bike as he was putting in some very fast laps in the morning practice. The same fast pace continued in the 20 minute and 2 lap qualifying race as Jeremy went from 8th on lap one up to a fantastic 4th position at the finish line giving him a great gate pick for the 2 main races on Sunday.
The first heat on Sunday was not the start the 2 x Belgian Champ was looking for as a crash in the beginning of the race put an annoyed Van Horebeek down in 20th position at the end of the opening lap. Pushing hard Jeremy crashed again on lap 3 putting him right back to 37th position and no real hope of any points. Trying to salvage some sort of a result the frustrated Belgian continued to ride hard and crossed the finish line in 24th position at the end of the 35 minute and 2 lap race.
Wanting to make amends for the terrible result in heat 1, Jeremy leaped his KTM out the gate in heat 2 getting a great start, battling elbow to elbow through the first few turns. Rounding up lap 1 in 7th position the young KTM rider was on the gas and showing his amazing style in the deep sand. Notching up a number of fast laps the ‘Jerre’ was able to claw himself up to 5th position, crossing the finish line for an amazing top 5 finish just a few weeks after being sidelined with injury.
Jeremy commented on a tough race: “After 20 minutes in that last race I was done, having not raced the last few weeks made it really hard today. I have not even been able to train as hard as usual because of the injured shoulder. I am very happy to be back racing again and look forward to some more good results in the coming Grand Prix rounds. We had some improvements on the bike for this weekend and hopefully this week we can test even more and make it even better.”
Vanhorebeek will contest a round of the French Elite MX championship this Friday before heading to Agueda Portugal a week later for round 5 of the FIM MX World championship.
Image: CDS
Race results:
MX2 Race 1
1 Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM
2 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
3 Guarneri, Davide ITA Yamaha
4 Osborne, Zach USA Yamaha
5 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Yamaha
6 Boog, Xavier FRA Suzuki
7 Paulin, Gautier FRA Kawasaki
8 Musquin, Marvin FRA Honda
9 Karro, Matiss LAT Suzuki
10 Tonus, Arnaud SUI KTM
11 Verbruggen, Dennis BEL Honda
12 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha
13 Kras, Mike NED KTM
14 Brakke, Herjan NED Honda
15 Larrieu, Loic FRA Yamaha
24 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL KTM
MX2 Race 2
1 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
2 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Yamaha
3 Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM
4 Paulin, Gautier FRA Kawasaki
5 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL KTM
6 Roelants, Joel BEL KTM
7 Osborne, Zach USA Yamaha
8 Guarneri, Davide ITA Yamaha
9 Larrieu, Loic FRA Yamaha
10 Schiffer, Marcus GER KTM
11 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki
12 Musquin, Marvin FRA Honda
13 Verbruggen, Dennis BEL Honda
14 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha
15 Boog, Xavier FRA Suzuki
MX2 GP overall:
1 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 47
2 Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM 45
3 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Yamaha 38
4 Guarneri, Davide ITA Yamaha 33
5 Paulin, Gautier FRA Kawasaki 32
12 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL KTM 16
MX2 World championship standings:
1 Paulin, G. FRA 140
2 Musquin, M. FRA 125
3 Guarneri, D. ITA 111
4 Osborne, Zach USA 100
5 Simpson, Shaun GBR 97
6 Boog, Xavier FRA 94
7 Aubin, Nicolas FRA 85
8 Goncalves, Rui POR 78
9 Frossard, S. FRA 63
10 Schiffer, M. GER 55
11 Monni, Manuel ITA 52
12 Roelants, Joel BEL 49
13 Tonus, Arnaud SUI 46
14 Vongsana, K. FRA 44
15 Larrieu, Loic FRA 39
16 van Horebeek, J. BEL 38
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