Van Horebeek mixes it up in Keiheuvel sand., Jeremy Van Horebeek, GP MX2

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Van Horebeek mixes it up in Keiheuvel sand.

17/08/2009

Jeremy Van Horebeek has rubbed elbows with a star studded GP field at the Balen-Keiheuvel Belgian championship over the weekend. The KTM Junior Factory rider, racing on a lighter KTM250F, held his own among the more powerful 450cc open class machines under blue sunny skies and a great turnout of spectators.

In Moto 1 van Horebeek grabbed a good start and set a strong pace throughout the 20 minute + 1 lap moto. Van Horebeek hounded Manuel Priem right to the chequered flag too finish 10th with only 1 second separating the two Belgians.

Another good start by ‘The Jerre’ saw him battling for a top ten position with track conditions now becoming rougher. A mistake by Cairoli towards the end of the moto saw the Italian have to rejoin the race behind Van Horebeek. Jeremy had no intention of giving up his position and kept Cairoli at bay right to the finish line to secure 10^th spot again.

The final and deciding moto would turn out to be a great battle for Van Horebeek. After a great start he battled with Josh Coppins for 6^th spot before an unfortunate coming together with Russian rider Evgeny Bobryshev would leave Van Horebeek on the ground. Try as he could, Van Horebeek could not re-start his machine and had to retire to the side-lines.

“I really enjoyed today and had some good speed against the 450 guys. My starts were great and I was excited about a good result in the third moto when Bobryshev and I touched and I went down. I think the fans enjoyed the racing today and I look forward to coming back next year to the Keiheuvel.” said Van Horebeek.

‘The Jerre’ will take part in the Everts and Friends charity race www.evertsandfriends.com in Genk next weekend before heading to the penultimate round of the MX2 World championship series in Lierop on the 31 August.

Race results:

Race 1
1 DESALLE Clement
2 DE DYCKER Ken
3 BARRAGAN Jonathan
4 COPPINS Joshua
5 CAIROLI Antonio
6 ROOS Patrick
7 DE REUVER Marc
8 STRIJBOS Kevin
9 PRIEM Manuel
10 VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy
11 BOBRYSHEV Evgeniy
12 NAGL Maximilian
13 ROELANTS Joel
14 VAN DAELE Marvin
15 VAN NOOTEN Jurgen

Race 2
1 DESALLE Clement
2 DE DYCKER Ken
3 NAGL Maximilian
4 RAMON Steve
5 COPPINS Joshua
6 BARRAGAN Jonathan
7 BOBRYSHEV Evgeniy
8 LEOK Tanel
9 ROOS Patrick
10 VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy
11 CAIROLI Antonio
12 ROELANTS Joel
13 VAN DAELE Marvin
14 SALAETS Kristof
15 DE REUVER Marc

Race 3
1 CAIROLI Antonio
2 COPPINS Joshua
3 NAGL Maximilian
4 DESALLE Clement
5 DE DYCKER Ken
6 BARRAGAN Jonathan
7 ROELANTS Joel
8 ROOS Patrick
9 BOBRYSHEV Evgeniy
10 VAN DAELE Marvin
11 STRIJBOS Kevin
12 RAMON Steve
13 SALAETS Kristof
14 LAEREMANS Bengt
15 MARTENS Yentel

Overall results:

1 DESALLE Clement 68
2 DE DYCKER Ken 60
3 COPPINS Joshua 56
4 CAIROLI Antonio 51
5 BARRAGAN Jonathan 50
6 NAGL Maximilian 49
7 ROOS Patrick 40
8 BOBRYSHEV Evgeniy 36
9 ROELANTS Joel 31
10 RAMON Steve 27
11 VAN DAELE Marvin 26
12 STRIJBOS Kevin 26
13 VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy 22
14 DE REUVER Marc 20
15 SALAETS Kristof 19

Belgian Championship standings:
1 DESALLE Clement 270
2 DE DYCKER Ken 264
3 COPPINS Joshua 216
4 VAN DAELE Marvin 145
5 CAPS Patrick 111
6 ROELANTS Joel 107
7 VERBRUGGEN Dennis 95
8 RAMON Steve 85
9 CAIROLI Antonio 72
10 STRIJBOS Kevin 71
11 BARRAGAN Jonathan 70
12 PRIEM Manuel 70
13 DE REUVER Marc 69
14 LEOK Tanel 66
15 PHILIPPAERTS David 64

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