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Paul Holmes
placed fifth at the second round of
the MAXXIS European Quad Cross Championship
in Germany
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Germany (5/29/2012) - The
second round of the closely contested MAXXIS European
Quad Cross Championship was held at Reutlinger,
Germany this past weekend. With mixed weather
running up to the event and a great forecast planned
for the weekend at the hard pack based, hillside
venue it was set to be another exciting instalment
of the prestigious championship. Paul Holmes entered
the round sitting in 4th place in the Championship
after a difficult opening round and was keen to
claw back some points in his search of success.
Holmes used the 2 free practice sessions on
Saturday morning as valuable set-up time as
his hard pack preparations were hampered with
a big crash 2 weeks ago resulting in minimal
training time. After just one sighting lap in
the timed qualification sessions, Holmes posted
a 1.56.89 lap time, which was just 1.1s from
1st place showing just how close the competition
is in this 2012 season.
Race 1:
Not getting the best ‘jump’ out
of the gate, Holmes rounded the first corner
mid pack and got to work immediately, making
calculated paces on the slick surface. Holmes
had worked up to 4th place at the midpoint of
the race and moved into 3rd passing local German
rider Schreiber on lap 12. Despite reeling in
the lead pair during the closing laps, setting
his fastest lap of the race on lap 15 of 18
in the 30min + 2 lap race, Holmes took a well
deserved 3rd place gaining points on his championship
rivals.
Race 2:
Getting boxed in a bit off the start, Holmes
came around in 6th Place on the 1st lap and
whilst trying to make a move for 5th, got caught
up in a tangle of riders and dropped down to
9th. Holmes made up 4 places in just 6 laps
showing great speed and passing techniques on
the very tight, difficult circuit and closed
right in on 4th place rider Yoann Ciclet. Whilst
trying to make a pass, Holmes went up the inside
into a sweeping corner and once alongside the
other rider completely closed the door in a
very dangerous attempt to hold onto the place
and wheels Holmes commented after the weekends
action: “I’m reasonably pleased
with how this weekend has gone considering I
haven’t had a great deal of hard pack
training coming into the round. I’ve made
some good points this weekend and am happy to
be within 3 points of 2nd and pleased with how
I am riding. I just have to improve on my starts.
I have 2 weeks before I head into my next big
race which is the British Championship at Frome
so I’m going to be putting a new set-up
to the test over that time period and continue
to work on my fitness training which took a
knock 2 weeks ago when I crashed. I would like
to thank the team for their great effort this
weekend and another huge shout out has to go
to my sponsors for their continued support.collided,
resulting in Holmes having a huge off. After
turning his quad back onto its wheels, Holmes
continued the race with a lower back injury
and finished in 8th place.
| Maxxis
European Championships - ATV Championship
Points |
| Place |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Jeremie Warnia |
90 |
| 2 |
Mike van Grinsven |
68 |
| 3 |
Paul Holmes |
65 |
| 4 |
Joe Maessen |
64 |
| 5 |
Jan Vlaeymans |
63 |
| 6 |
Edgars Mengelis |
58 |
| 7 |
Davy Decuyper |
57 |
| 8 |
Romain Couprie |
47 |
| 9 |
Stefan Schreiber |
47 |
| 10 |
Antoine Cheurlin |
45 |
| Maxxis
European Championships - Round 2 ATV
Overall Results |
| Place |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Edgars Mengelis |
45 |
| 2 |
Jeremie Warnia |
43 |
| 3 |
Jan Vlaeymans |
40 |
| 4 |
Joe Maessen |
34 |
| 5 |
Paul Holmes |
33 |
| 6 |
Mike Van Grinsven |
28 |
| 7 |
Davy Decuyper |
27 |
| 8 |
Yoann Ciclet |
26 |
| 9 |
Stefan Schreiber |
24 |
| 10 |
Antoine Cheurlin |
23 |
Holmes Racing would
like to take this opportunity to thank
GR Electrical Services PEP Suspension, Goldspeed
Tires, SHIFT Racing, DWT, Laegers, HINSON, DP
Brakes,Twin Air, Kutvek Kit Graphik, Motion
Pro, RNR, ATVs Only, AXP, BORN, Quad Tech, Renthal,
TPSL, Gaerne, Muk Junkie, Pulse Beats and Lonestar
Racing for their continued support and also
thank and welcome to the team new sponsors DOMA
Exhausts, Drag’on DistributionATV NRG,
Drag’on Tek, MOTUL, ATV World, Action
Cameras, GoPro, SAMCO hoses, Racebikebitz, Pro
Armour, Tire Balls, Leatt, USWE and Elkay Sports.
