Moto Club Alpi Ovest

2015 FIM Europe Champ.: round #2 and #3.

 

Luserna San Giovanni : 18,19-July-2015

 

DAY 2.

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Steven Coquelin (Gas Gas) got his revenge and topped the Europe class, but Gianluca Tournour (Gas Gas) finishing in second place, stretched in the overall standings.
The third round of the FIM Europe Trials Championship was held on the same place, same loop of the day before, in Luserna San Giovanni, Italy. The heavy showers dropped in the night before made all the sections in the wood more difficult. Moreover one section was also modified by organizers on behaf of a decision taken by the Jury Meeting, to make it harder, as the best riders wished to have. As result in many sections very few riders were able to clean . 
The winner started earlier and took a slight advantage because he found the rocks not too dirty by the mud drawn by the previous riders. Thanks to his first loop score of 16 marks, he staked soon a claim on himself as possible winner. The last two riders to start were Tournour and the day before winner Francisc Moret (Vertigo) and nevertheless their undeniable virtue, some “fives” fell on their heads, aboveall on Moret.
At the turning point Tournour scored 21, while Moret 31! Between them on provisionary podium position, Hakon Pedersen (Ossa) who scored 25. The recover of Tournour in the second lap was not enough to tear away the win from the Frenhman's. Moret also gained one position and grasped the rostrum. In the overall standings, Tournour leads with 270 points, ahead of Moret (255).
Italian Luca Corvi (Scorpa) won the Junior class by one single mark on the previous winner, Pierre Sauvage (Sherco). It has been a very tight battle. At half competition the leader was Julian Bernsten (Gas gas) able to let on the ground only 16 points. Sauvage was behind with 22, while the future winner chased them scoring 23. Thanks to a masterpiece second lap (just 12 errors) , Corvi climbed the highest step of podium. Bernsten worsening to 27 his score and slid to third place. 
Still Vladimir Kothay (Ossa) the winner in the Over 40 class, but the first four riders were very close: all in just 4 marks. Kothay started very well and earned a consistent lead at the end of first lap: 12 marks against 19 scored by Valter Feltrinelli (Sherco) and German Alois Thoma(Jtg). But his failing second lap (20) risked to throw away everything. He was lucky his rivals did not take this chance, and he kept the leadership by 2 points. Second was Thoma, ahead of John Van Veelen (Ossa). In fourth Feltrinelli. 
Same positions of the day before in the International 1 class, where Andrea Soulier (Sherco) easily topped again the podium. In the International 2 Austrian Alois Senfter (Beta) put all behind him.

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DAY 1.

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Francesc Moret (Vertigo), Pierre Sauvage (Sherco) and Vladimir Kothay (Ossa) all kings in Luserna San Giovanni, 50 km South-West of Turin, Italy, in the second round of the FIM Europe Trials Championship.
In a very hot and humid Saturday the European circus showed up again after more than three months but the riders fighting for the top places in all the classes were still the same. In the Europe class , due to the very dry terrain and the ability to draw the sections showed by the organizers , that considered the non stop rules, the top riders' scores were very low. People watching were astonished by the high rocks and real stone wall overtaken by riders very easily. 
The one who kept more his calm at the end of first lap was Moret, delivering his card with just 2 points on the 15 sections fitted in the first loop. Not far behind the leader of the Championship, Italian Gianluca Tournour (Gas Gas) carried three points more. In third British Dan Peace (Gas Gas) a bit distant: 10 penalties. This order didn't change in the second lap, because the only very challenging hazard for their level was number 6. All threes arrived at the same time and all of them spent time watching and watching again before facing it. Then Peace made a 3, Tournour scored 2 and the winner just one dab.
Still a competition completly dominated by one single rider was again the Junior class. Sauvage won without any doubt as he did in Pietramurata. Behind him Norwegian Marius Christiansen (Gas Gas) overtook Italian Luca Corvi (Scorpa) in the final part of the race.
More challenging the Over 40 class. Kothay at half competition was tied with Dutch John Van Veelen (Ossa) : both scored only 4 marks. Then Kothay was able to repeat this superb performance while Van Veelen doubled his previous score. In third the winner in the first round, Italian Valter Feltrinelli (Sherco) with just three points more.
In the International 1 class, Italian Andrea Soulier (Sherco) triumphed while on top in the International 2 there was German Wolfang Guttemberger (Sherco).