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A tough weekend in Portugal for Van Horebeek
10/05/2009Young Belgian motocross star Jeremy Van Horebeek along with the highly regarded Factory KTM Junior Team made the journey to Agueda in Portugal this weekend with the aim of gaining vital points in the MX2 World Championship.
In Saturday’s short qualifying race the ‘Jerre’ showed his amazing speed and style as he flung his KTM 250SXF around the jumpy hard pack circuit to finish in a strong 4th position, showing his great adaptability to the differing track conditions that the World Championship presents.
Getting great drive out the gates for heat 1 Jeremy was up towards the front of the charging MX2 pack exiting turn 1. Closing up lap 1 in 7th position Van Horebeek was pushing hard as he held his own in this star studded field of riders. Holding off attacks from the competition whilst focusing on the track ahead Jeremy held his 7th position until 3 laps from the end when he came to a stop on the side of the track with a technical fault, putting end to his heat 1 chase.
Not allowing his bad luck from heat 1 to distract him the talented young Belgian blasted out the gates for heat 2 desperate to try and claw back some of the lost points. Fighting hard Jeremy was in 10th position in the initial stages of the race, however unable to hold off the charging Italian, Lupino, and Frenchman, Boog, Van Horebeek dropped to 12th position on lap 9, the position he then held until the checkered flag.
“The racing today didn’t go my way. Heat one felt pretty good, although the pace was fast, but then I had problems and stopped. Then in race 2 the bike was really good but I just couldn’t hold the speed. I really struggled to get a good smooth rhythm out there and the results show that.” Explained a slightly down beat Jeremy Van Horebeek.
Van Horebeek will travel to Spain for round 6 of the 15 round series next weekend
MX2 Race 1
1 Musquin, Marvin FRA Honda
2 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
3 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki
4 Paulin, Gautier FRA Kawasaki
5 Guarneri, Davide ITA Yamaha
6 Larrieu, Loic FRA Yamaha
7 Tonus, Arnaud SUI KTM
8 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Yamaha
9 Roczen, Ken GER Suzuki
10 Lupino, Alessandro ITA Yamaha
11 Roelants, Joel BEL KTM
12 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Yamaha
13 Sword, Stephen GBR KTM
14 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha
15 Kojima, Yohei JPN Suzuki
30 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL KTM
MX2 Race 2
1 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
2 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki
3 Guarneri, Davide ITA Yamaha
4 Roczen, Ken GER Suzuki
5 Larrieu, Loic FRA Yamaha
6 Musquin, Marvin FRA Honda
7 Boog, Xavier FRA Suzuki
8 Paulin, Gautier FRA Kawasaki
9 Tonus, Arnaud SUI KTM
10 Schiffer, Marcus GER KTM
11 Lupino, Alessandro ITA Yamaha
12 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL KTM
13 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha
14 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Yamaha
15 Sword, Stephen GBR KTM
MX2 GP Overall
1 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 47
2 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki 42
3 Musquin, Marvin FRA Honda 40
4 Guarneri, Davide ITA Yamaha 36
5 Larrieu, Loic FRA Yamaha 31
6 Paulin, Gautier FRA Kawasaki 31
7 Roczen, Ken GER Suzuki 30
8 Tonus, Arnaud SUI KTM 26
9 Lupino, Alessandro ITA Yamaha 21
10 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Yamaha 16
MX2 World championship standings:
1 Paulin, G. FRA 171
2 Musquin, M. FRA 165
3 Guarneri, D. ITA 147
4 Goncalves, Rui POR 125
5 Boog, Xavier FRA 108
6 Frossard, S. FRA 105
7 Osborne, Zach USA 100
8 Aubin, Nicolas FRA 98
9 Simpson, Shaun GBR 97
10 Tonus, Arnaud SUI 72
11 Larrieu, Loic FRA 70
12 Monni, Manuel ITA 67
13 Schiffer, M. GER 66
14 Roelants, Joel BEL 61
15 Lupino, A. ITA 56
16 Sword, Stephen GBR 52
17 van Horebeek, J. BEL 47
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