Steve's second
By TMX Archives on 6th Sep 07
WITH Josh Coppins unable to ride, Steve Ramon wrapped-up his second world title by joining Suzuki teammate Kevin Strijbos and a rejuventated Marc De Reuver on the MX1 podium of the '07 GP finale at Lierop, Holland, on Sunday.
It was the 27-year-old's first podium since Swedenin June, but the Belgian showed maturity and speed to always controlhis own destiny in the title-clinching opening moto, beforeshrugging-off the discomfort from the wrist and scaphoid injuries whichhave hampered him for the past month, to go head-to-head with hisfellow podium men in race two.
Billy MacKenzie put in two professional rides toend the day best non-local in fifth overall, while James Noble had hisbest day since mid-season to round out the top ten. Mark Jones had twogutsy rides into the points and CAS Honda boys Ken De Dycker and MikeBrown confirmed their fifth and seventh rankings in the series.
It was back to business as usual in MX2 with adouble win for Toni Cairoli as the Italian scored his 11th GP win ofthe year, but Gareth Swanepoel ended the season as he started, with apodium, only losing the opener on the final lap to the new champ, tosettle his dispute with Nico Aubin over the number five plate and TommySearle confirmed his world number two ranking with his 10th podium ofthe year.
Of the remaining Brits, only experienced CarlNunn, Tom Church and Shaun Simpson made the cut to score twice each,while Sean Hamblin picked up seven points as reward for learning thegentle art of sand riding the hard way during the week.
WORLD MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 15 - Lierop, HOLLAND
1 Kevin Strijbos (B - Team Suzuki) 25 + 22 = 47
2 Marc De Reuver (NL - Yamaha) 20 + 25 = 45
3 Steve Ramon (B - Team Suzuki) 22 + 20 = 42
4 Ken De Dycker (B - CAS Honda) 18 + 18 = 36
5 Billy MacKENZIE (GB - Kawasaki Europe) 16 + 16 = 32
6 Manuel Priem (B - TM Factory) 15 + 15 = 30
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 15 rounds: 1 Steve Ramon 508 points(CHAMPION), 2 Kevin Strijbos 475, 3 Josh Coppins 452, 4 Pourcel 439, 5Philippaerts 419, 6 De Dycker 412, 7 Brown 361, 8 Leok 355, 9 MacKENZIE351, 10 Barragan 347, 11 NOBLE 270, 12 De Reuver 210, 13 Priem 204, 14Nemeth 201, 15 Bill 199, 16 Van Daele 187, 17 Renet 171, 18 Nagl 133,19 Leok 119, 20 Desalle 112, 21 CROCKARD 102, 22 Salvini 74, 23 Allier65, 24 Cairoli 47, 25 Theybers 44,...
WORLD MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 15 - Lierop, HOLLAND
1 Antonio Cairoli (I - DeCarli Yamaha) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Gareth Swanepoel (ZA - Molson Kawasaki) 22 + 18 = 40
3 Tommy SEARLE (GB - Red Bull KTM) 18 + 14 = 32
4 Rui Goncalves (P - Silver Action KTM) 9 + 20 = 29
5 Nicolas Aubin (F - Ricci Yamaha) 13 + 16 = 29
6 Xavier Boog (F - PSM Yamaha) 14 + 15 = 29
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 15 rounds: 1 Antonio Cairoli 660 points(CHAMPION), 2 Tommy SEARLE 510, 3 Christophe Pourcel 436, 4 Rattray371, 5 Swanepoel 364, 6 Aubin 358, 7 Leuret 320, 8 Seistola 276, 9Schiffer 259, 10 Gundersen 244, 11 Goncalves 243, 12 Guarneri 226, 13Boog 219, 14 NUNN 198, 15 Boissiere 192, 16 Van Horebeek 167, 17Tarroux 160, 18 Bonini 157, 19 CHURCH 140, 20 Hamblin 133, 21Verbruggen 106, 22 DOUGAN 94, 23 Monni 85, 24 SIMPSON 80, 25 Eggens76,...
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, September 7, 2007.
