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Goldspeed EMX Quad European Championship
Round #7 Rudersberg
Rudersberg, Germany
September 11-11, 2010 By:
David Barnes
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European Quadcross
Championship - Round 7 - Pro ATV Race Report
Paul Holmes Claims
Overall Win for the Second spot in the Series
Points
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Rudersberg, Germany
- With the final round this weekend in Rudersberg,
the Championship came to its end. The seven round
Championship was dominated by Romain Couprie (Yamaha
– Audemar). The Frenchmen had his title six
rounds into the Championship, leaving the vice-championship
battle open for the last round. With a lead of only
one point, Jan Vlaeymans (W-Tec – Planet Quad)
had his work out for him. Paul Holmes (KTM-Holmes
Racing) was occupying third place. Jeremie Warnia
(Can-Am Motoworks) was also present. Still in Europe
after Pont de Vaux, the Frenchmen joined the rest
of the riders in Rudersberg.
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Can-Am/Motoworks'
Jeremie Warnia made his first appearance
of the 2010 UEM Quadcross series at the
season finale & would finish well taking
first place in 2 of the 3 motos after he
took the top qualifying spot for the pro
sessions
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It was Warnia that put down the first fast lap
with his Can-Am DS450. Towards the end of the
qualifying session, Romain Couprie came close
to Warnia’s time. His countrymen reacted
by improving his time to 2:01,443. Romain Couprie
took second place with a time of 2:03,468. Behind
the two Frenchmen, the battle for the Vice-Championship
title started early on. Paul Holmes claimed at
first the third place at the starting grid. But,
Jan Vlaeymans was able to improve that time. The
top five was completed by Joe Maessen (Yamaha
– Goldspeed).
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Series Champion Romain Couprie was on the
gas at the season finale but would suffer
some mechanical & physical difficulties
& inhibit his performance on the weekend
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With the gate dropping, the battle was on in moto one. Jeremie Warnia took first
place and started to charge on. Romain Couprie followed
closely as both riders pulled away from the rest
of the pack. Behind them Paul Holmes and Davy De
Cuyper (KTM –Proglass/Deforce). A few laps
into the race the positions behind Warnia and Couprie
shifted. Paul Holmes stayed in third place, Nicola
Montalbini (Honda – Team Cozzi) and Jan Vlaeymans
completed now the top 5.
Half way through
the race, Romain Couprie lost his seat and suffered
a wrist injury. Joe Maessen fought his way back
into the top 5 after a bad start and home rider
Stefan Schreiber (KTM – Alskom),who rode
his first European of the year after a severe
injury and, finished well in the top 10. The young
Dane Rasmus Nielsen and Dutchmen Ingo Ten Vregelaar
completed the top 10.
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Paul Holmes (3rd), Jeremie Warnia (1st),
Nicola Montalbini (2nd) |
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Italian Nicola Montalbini would rocket out
of the gate for the second moto to secure
the holeshot but would later fall back to
2nd place behind Vlaeymans |
The Holeshot of the second moto was for Nicola Montalbini.
The Italian pulled his Honda to the front and grabbed
the lead. He was followed closely by Warnia, Joe
Maessen and Paul Holmes. Jeremie Warnia took over
the lead form Montalbini in the second round. A
lap later, Paul Holmes moved himself into the third
spot. Jan Vlaeymans corrected his bad start and
challenged Holmes quickly. The three riders rode
inches from each other. Paul Holmes took the second
place over from Montalbini.
Unfortunately for Holmes, Jeremie Warnia suffered
from mechanical failure. He crashed into the Can
Am on a table top at the far backside of the track.
His engine didn’t stall and dragged him into
the side of the track. Montalbini and Vlaeymans
took this opportunity and created a gap with the
rest of the pack. Joe Maessen Mark Watson and Davy
De Cuyper also benefited from the incident and climbed
a spot and entered the top 5.
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