The ‘Jerre’ unlucky in Portugal

Jeremy Van Horebeek made the journey to Agueda in Portugal this past weekend in order to contest Round 4 of the MX2 Motocross World Championship. During a Saturday of mixed weather conditions the CLS Pro Circuit Kawasaki racer was very fast, but a first corner crash left him fighting back from 22^nd position to eventually qualify in 11^th position.

The gate dropped for the first moto on Sunday and as the pack headed into turn two a rider crashed in front of Van Horebeek, taking him down. The ‘Jerre’ quickly re-mounted but his front brake had been damaged and was not working. Riding his best with only the rear brake working correctly the ‘Jerre’ finished in a very disappointing, but hard earned, 18^th position.

Lining up for the second moto the ‘Jerre’ was ready to make amends for the first race. Quickly recovering from a poor jump out the gates Van Horebeek got his head down and was charging hard. Posting very fast lap times the ‘Jerre’ couldn’t be slowed as he fought through the field, ultimately crossing the line in 4^th position.

“The first moto was just bad luck, but it is very frustrating as that result has cost me a lot of points in the championship standings. The second moto was great, I love it when the track gets rough, for me the rougher the better! The bike was very fast, but for some reason I am battling to get the starts, this is something we are all working on improving though. This week we will spend time testing here in Portugal before we leave for the GP in Spain next week.” Commented Van Horebeek.

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Results

MX2 Race 1
1 Musquin, Marvin FRA
2 Roczen, Ken GER
3 Herlings, Jeffrey NED
4 Simpson, Shaun GBR
5 Osborne, Zach USA
6 Charlier, Christophe FRA
7 Kullas, Harri FIN
8 Roelants, Joel BEL
9 Tonus, Arnaud SUI
10 Karro, Matiss LAT
11 Frossard, Steven FRA
12 Larsen, Nikolaj DEN
13 Pocock, Mel GBR
14 Tonkov, Aleksandr RUS
15 Smitka, Petr CZE
18 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL

MX2 Race 2
1 Musquin, Marvin FRA KTM
2 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KTM
3 Osborne, Zach USA Yamaha
4 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL Kawasaki
5 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki
6 Roczen, Ken GER Suzuki
7 Tonus, Arnaud SUI Suzuki
8 Roelants, Joel BEL KTM
9 Nicholls, Jake GBR KTM
10 Verbruggen, Dennis BEL KTM
11 Lupino, Alessandro ITA Yamaha
12 Teillet, Valentin FRA KTM
13 Kullas, Harri FIN Yamaha
14 Karro, Matiss LAT Suzuki
15 Charlier, Christophe FRA Yamaha

MX2 GP Overall:
1 Musquin, Marvin FRA KTM 50
2 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KTM 42
3 Roczen, Ken GER Suzuki 37
4 Osborne, Zach USA Yamaha 36
5 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki 26
6 Tonus, Arnaud SUI Suzuki 26
7 Roelants, Joel BEL KTM 26
8 Kullas, Harri FIN Yamaha 22
9 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL Kawasaki 21
10 Charlier, Christophe FRA Yamaha 21
11 Karro, Matiss LAT Suzuki 18
12 Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM 18
13 Nicholls, Jake GBR KTM 17
14 Lupino, Alessandro ITA Yamaha 14
15 Verbruggen, Dennis BEL KTM 13

MX2 Championship standings:

1 Musquin, M. FRA 179
2 Roczen, Ken GER 167
3 Herlings, J. NED 164
4 Frossard, S. FRA 133
5 Tonus, Arnaud SUI 116
6 Osborne, Zach USA 114
7 Simpson, Shaun GBR 105
8 van Horebeek, J. BEL 101
9 Kullas, Harri FIN 83
10 Charlier, C. FRA 81
11 Roelants, Joel BEL 80
12 Nicholls, Jake GBR 76
13 Verbruggen, D. BEL 60
14 Lupino, A. ITA 45
15 Karro, Matiss LAT 40