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Motocross of European Nations in Pacov (Czech Republic)
It has been an awesome weekend in Czech Republic as the 2014 Motocross of European Nations was held at the old school circuit of Pacov. Earlier on Saturday an opening ceremony was held trackside where each nation was introduced. Following the team presentations, the selection of nations for qualifying heat order was drawn at random by Chairman of FIM Europe Motocross Commission Eddie Herd.
After qualifying yesterday, the Italians lined up on pole today in both Motocross of European Nations and Women’s Motocross of European Nations divisions. While they embraced the early buffer it’s a commonly known fact that nothing in motocross is set in stone, especially when rain and weather becomes a factor. Despite the early morning lashing of rain which lathered the hilly hard packed circuit of Pacov, the Italians brought their ‘A’ games and were rewarded accordingly.
In the EMX125/250 division Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser was out to show Europe what he is made of. The Slovenian was super quick out of the gate snatching the holeshot in race one and checking out to cross the line half a lap ahead of Brian Bogers who was flying the flag high for The Netherlands in second.
Chasing Bogers home archrival Michele Cervellin, from Italy, pushed the Dutchman to the checkers but couldn’t quite find a way through meaning he would have to settle for third ahead of Frenchman Nicolas Dercourt and local hero Czech Vaclav Kovar.
It was an unfortunate state of affairs in the second moto for Slovenia’s high-flyer Tim Gajser as his day came undone when he buried his bike in a patch of deep mud. While Gajser battled to free himself, Dutchman Brian Bogers took the reigns to bring home a comfortable victory for The Netherlands.
Meanwhile behind him, there was a mean battle for second as Frenchman Nicolas Dercourt went head to head with one of the local legends Martin Krc. Despite Krc’s impressive effort, when the checkers were waved it was Dercourt who took the 22 points for second. Coming home in a comfortable fourth the Italian Michele Cervellin held off the best finishing 125cc two-stroke rider of the day Frenchman David Herbreteau.
In the EMX85 it was a carbon copy performance of yesterday for Dutchman Roan Van De Moosdijk who soared his way to a convincing victory ahead of Italian Paolo Lugana. A further seventeen seconds back from the top two, Frenchman Calvin Fonvielle took third ahead of another Czech star on the rise Petr Polak. Young Italian speedster Gianluca Fachetti rounded out the top five.
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In race two, Roan Van De Moosdijk proved to be untouchable once again, cleaning up for another win while the tiny Italian stallion Gianluca Fachetti had a brief run in with French wonder Calvin Fonvielle but soon shook him for a comfortable second. Fonvielle settled in third while San Marino’s Andrea Zanotti and Italian Paolo Lugana rounded out the top five.
After the points where tallied up, Italy topped the Motocross of European Nations charts with their team of Michele Cervellin, Joakin Furbetta, Gianluca Fachetti and Paolo Lugana, while The Netherlands put in a super strong effort with their team of Brian Bogers, Rene De Jong, Roan Van De Moosdijk and Rick Elzinga for second. Last year’s champions, France, were forced back to third with their team of Nicolas Dercourt, David Herbreteau, Calvin Fonvielle and Brian Moreau Strubhart, while the locals Team Czech Republic, Vaclav Kovar, Dusan Drdaj, Petr Polak and Daniel Stehlik edged out Team Slovenia for fourth, who used the awe-inspiring performance of Tim Gajser in race one combined with the efforts of his young teammates Luka Milec and Jan Pancar and Miha Bubnic to wrap up this edition of the MXoEN in fifth.
Press Release nr 140/2014 FIM EUROPE 24/08/2014
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Motocross of European Nations Class Men
Venue: Pacov (Czech Republic) EMN: 20/01
FMN: ACCR Date: 23 - 24/08/2014
Pos. Country FMN Machine Points 1 5 27 CERVELLIN MICHELE ITA Honda 250 ITA FMI EMX250 0 3 0 4 6 FORBETTA Joakin ITA KTM 125 ITA FMI EMX125 0 11 0 6 7 FACCHETTI Gianluca ITA Suzuki 85 ITA DMSB EMX85 5 0 2 0 8 LUGANA Paolo ITA KTM 85 ITA FMI EMX85 2 0 5 0 2 29 30 BOGERS Brian NED KTM 250 NED KNMV EMX250 0 2 0 1 30 DE JONG Rene NED KTM 125 NED KNMV EMX125 0 7 0 9 31 VAN DE MOOSDIJK Roan NED KTM 85 NED KNMV EMX85 1 0 1 0 32 ELZINGA Rick NED KTM 85 NED KNMV EMX85 17 0 9 0 3 1 33 DERCOURT Nicolas FRA Yamaha 250 FRA FFM EMX250 0 4 0 3 2 HERBRETEAU David FRA Yamaha 125 FRA FFM EMX125 0 12 0 5 3 FONVIELLE Calvin FRA KTM 85 FRA FFM EMX85 3 0 3 0 4 MOREAU STRUBHART Brian FRA Kawasaki 85 FRA FFM EMX85 8 0 7 0
4 17 63 KOVÁŘ Václav CZE KTM 250 CZE ACCR EMX250 0 5 0 7 18 DRDAJ Dušan CZE Yamaha 125 CZE ACCR EMX125 0 9 0 15 19 POLÁK Petr CZE KTM 85 CZE ACCR EMX85 4 0 8 0 20 STEHLÍK Daniel CZE KTM 85 CZE ACCR EMX85 98 0 15 0 5 25 64 GAJSER Tim SLO Honda 250 SLO AMZS EMX250 0 1 0 12 26 BUBNIČ Miha SLO KTM 125 SLO AMZS EMX125 0 20 0 20 Husqvarna 27 MILEC Luka SLO 85 SLO AMZS EMX85 6 0 6 0 28 PANCAR Jan SLO Yamaha 85 SLO AMZS EMX85 9 0 10 0 CZE 6 61 66 KRČ Martin B KTM 250 CZE ACCR EMX250 0 6 0 2 CZE 62 TEREŠÁK Jakub B KTM 125 CZE ACCR EMX125 0 10 0 13 CZE 63 ŠTURMA Milan B KTM 85 CZE ACCR EMX85 12 0 14 0 CZE 64 MATĚJEC Jiří B KTM 85 CZE ACCR EMX85 11 0 12 0 7. 73 98 KRIZNIK Luka CRO Yamaha 250 CRO HMS EMX250 0 16 0 8 74 CRNKOVIC Luka CRO KTM 125 CRO HMS EMX125 0 15 0 14 75 HRANIC Nikola CRO KTM 85 CRO HMS EMX85 13 0 16 0 76 FILIPAJ Mischel CRO Yamaha CRO HMS EMX85 16 0 18 0 8 69 109 NEURAUTER Clemens AUT KTM 250 AUT OeAMTC EMX250 0 18 0 18 70 PERKHOFER Manuel AUT KTM 125 AUT OeAMTC EMX125 0 17 0 17 71 SCHILCHER Tom AUT Husqvarna AUT OEAMTC EMX85 14 0 11 0
72 SALZER Marvin AUT Husqvarna AUT OEAMTC EMX85 15 0 17 0 9 65 64 TOCCACELI Bryan RSM Honda 250 SMR FSM EMX250 0 14 0 10 66 MARINI Thomas RSM KTM 125 SMR FSM EMX125 0 13 0 16 67 ZANOTTI Andrea RSM KTM 85 SMR FSM EMX85 7 0 4 0 10 53 80 LAVO Matúš SVK Suzuki 250 SVK SMF EMX250 0 19 0 19 54 KOHÚT Tomáš SVK KTM 125 SVK SMF EMX125 0 8 0 11 55 DUBÓCZI Jaroslav SVK KTM 85 SVK SMF EMX85 99 0 99 0 56 STRUK Samuel SVK KTM 85 SVK SMF EMX85 10 0 13 0
Motocross of European Nations Class Women
Venue: Pacov (Czech Republic) EMN: 20/01
FMN: ACCR Date: 23 -24/08/2014
Pos. Country FMN Machine Points 1 5 7 FONTANESI Chiara ITALY Yamaha 250 ITA FMI 1 1 6 NOCERA Francesca ITALY Suzuki 250 ITA FMI 5 5 2 1 13 LANCELOT Livia FRANCE Kawasaki 250 FRA FFM 4 2 2 CHARROUX Justine FRANCE Yamaha 250 FRA FFM 7 8 3 3 13 LAIER Stephanie GERMANY Suzuki 250 GER DMSB 3 4 4 PICOTO Larissa GERMANY Suzuki 250 GER DMSB 6 6 4 7 14 VAN DE VEN Nancy THE NETHERLANDS Yamaha 250 NED KNMV 2 3 8 VEENSTRA Marianne THE NETHERLANDS Husqvarna 250 NED KNMV 9 9 5 23 26 SIMONOVA Lucie CZECH REPUBLIC KTM 250 CZE ACCR 8 7 24 HROMKOVA Tereza CZECH REPUBLIC KTM 250 CZE ACCR 11 11 6 25 32 LANKOVA Barbora CZECH REPUBLIC team B Suzuki 250 CZE ACCR 10 10 26 RERICHOVA Kristyna CZECH REPUBLIC team B KTM 250 CZE ACCR 12 12