Tordoff takes first round at Bielstein
By TMX Archives on 8th Jun 07
Britain's Ricky Tordoff took his Team Anderson ATV Suzuki LT-R450 to victory in the first round of the EMX European Motorcycle Union Quad Cup at Bielstein in Germany on Sunday, taking a win and a third place in the two races.
The hard and fast track clearly suited the British rider's style and he took a start to finish win in the first race ahead of Dutch Champion Joe Maessen. In the second race the Suzuki rider fought to third place and maintained his pace to take the overall from French champion Romain Couprie
results
Race one: 1 Ricky Tordoff (Suz uki) GB, 2 Joe Maessen (Yamaha) Netherlands, 3 John Mitchell (Yamaha) GB, 4 Romain Couprie (Yamaha) France, 5 Jason Macbeth (Honda) GB, 6 Jeremy Warnia (Suzuki) France, 7 Max (Yamaha) Germany, 8 Leon Beda (Yamaha) GB, 9 Vregelaar Ten (W-Tec) Netherlands, 10 Tobias Lenz (Yamaha) Germany, 13 Paul Holmes (Yamaha) GB.
Race 2: 1 Coupre, 2 Mitchell, 3 Tordoff, 4 Maessen, 5 Macbeth, 6 Ten, 7 Beda, 8 Warnia, 9 Philipp Streuber, 10 Lens, 11 Holmes.
Overall and Points after Round One: 1 Tordoff 45, 2Coupre 43, 3 Mitchell 42, 4 Maessen 40, 5 Macbeth 32, 6 Warnia 28, 7 Ten 27, 8 Beda 27, 9 Streuber 22, 10 Beda 27... 12 Holmes 18.