2009 European Quadcross of Nations UEM Jauer, Germany September 26-27, 2009 Article & Video By: David Barnes

The second race was less than 2 hours after the first one. Giving the riders of Group B not much time to recuperate. In this session Group B would race Group C. Paul Holmes’ KTM gave him a good start and he could dominate the entire heat. Jonathan Gil road again an excellent race, claiming the second place for Portugal. Ensuring them of an outlook on a podium place. Davy DeCuyper claimed third place, holding of Jason MacBeth and Matthieu Ternynck (Yamaha/France).

Heading towards the last and determining heat everything was still possible. The favorites, Great-Britain, had a few points advantage on France. For third place it was still a close call between Portugal, Holland and Belgium. With everything still possible, it all ended up to the last heat. With already each a DNF, France and Great-Britain weren’t allowed to make any mistakes.

All top riders had an excellent start, so it promised to be an exciting race. Romain Couprie was in top shape, because he was able to it all over again. The young French Yamaha driver took an early lead. Only Joe Maessen of Holland was able to follow a few laps. At the end Couprie had a comfortable 10 second lead on the Netherlander. Jan Vlaeymans got hold of third place. The three riders had the same lap times in the second half of the race. So, none of them could threaten each other.

For Great-Britain disaster struck after an unexpected engine problem for Jason MacBeth. With this second DNF, Great Britain dropped to fourth place. A few points before Belgium that also had its second DNF that weekend when DeCuyper fell out. Adrian Mangieu (Ligier/France) got hold of fourth place and thereby mathematically France would be the winner of the first ever European Nations Cup for Quadcross.

2009 Quadcross of European Nations Podium (left to right) 3rd (Nederland) , 1st (France) , 2nd (Portugal)

The two top 10 places for Portugal were more than enough for second place in the overall. The first ever podium place for the country on a Nations Cup. Holland ended on the third place after a time penalty of one minute for Latvia. Thereby Joris Kersten of the Netherlands gained one place in the second heat. This was enough for a one point gap on the disappointed Great-Britain.

With the first Cup wrapped up, it promises to be great initiative of the UEM. The location of next year will be decided in November.