OREHOVA VAS (SLOVENIA), 12 July 2009 – Italian Yamaha Team Gariboldi Racing was shining with its results in Orehova vas, Slovenia. French rider Christophe Charlier won, KTM rider Jeffrey Herlings (JM Racing) was second, Klemen Gercar from Slovenia was third.
It happened already for the second time that both Gariboldi riders Christophe Charlier and Klemen Gercar finished on podium. Top three standings were the same in both races. Christophe Charlier was invincible again. His first start was bad. Herlings was very fast and he was holding the top position for the long time. Charlier caught him in the second part of the race, kept the first place and crossed the finish line as the winner. His teammate, home rider Klemen Gercar finished third.
Top three riders repeated their result in the second race. Only that Charlier was leading with his Yamaha from the start. The advantage of Yamaha rider Charlier was big, second rider Herlings with KTM, was 22 seconds behind. Gercar took another third place.
The same was overall Classification of the Slovenian event. Charlier was the winner, Herlings finished second, Gercar was third. Fourth was Austrian rider Matthias Walkner (KTM), fifth was Herjan Brakke (Honda) from Netherlands). Those riders are also the top five riders in the Championship Classification, where Charlier kept the red plate. His advantage is 43 points. But Jeffrey Herlings, who is second in the EMX2 Championship Classification is optimistic. The season is on the half and nothing is decided yet. Gercar is third.
Next, ninth event for the EMX2 European Championship will be on July 19 in Mladina, Croatia.
RIDER’S COMMENTS
1st – CHRISTOPHE CHARLIER (France): »I am happy for the successful weekend here in Slovenia. I did not take the good first start but I was riding strong. It was an excellent race for me, I won again. This was my second time in Orehova vas. I was a bit worried about the weather because it was raining so hard during the weekend. Today the conditions were perfect, as well as also the track. The second race was easier after I was fast at the start.«
2nd – JEFFREY HERLINGS (Netherlands): »I was enjoying this event very much. I am content about my result. I was riding fast twice and I am happy. In Faenza I was not really happy. After I was training hard and I was second today. I know that Christophe Charlier is faster in this moment but also I am good prepared and I am still in the game for the EMX2 European Championship Title.«
3rd – KLEMEN GERCAR (Slovenia): »In Faenza I was not riding well, I had also some bad luck. So I am really happy to take the podium this weekend, specially because this was my home event. Saturday morning conditions looked bad. Thanks to the organizer and weather conditions the track was great today. Second race was more difficult, the track was becoming bumpy. Also my start was nothing speciall. Thanks to my team Gariboldi Racing for their important support.«
RESULTS
First Race Top Ten: 1. Christophe Charlier, Yamaha (France), 2. Jeffrey Herlings, KTM (Netherlands), 3. Klemen Gercar, Yamaha (Slovenia), 4. Herjan Brakke, Honda (Netherlands), 5. Harri Kullas, KTM (Finland), 6. Gunter Schmidinger, Honda (Austria), 7. Kenny Vandueren, KTM (Belgium), 8. Matthias Walkner, KTM (Austria), 9. Jernej Irt, Husqvarna (Slovenia), 10. Pier Filippo Bertuzzo, Suzuki (Italy)
Second Race Top Ten: 1. Christophe Charlier, Yamaha (France), 2. Jeffrey Herlings, KTM (Netherlands), 3. Klemen Gercar, Yamaha (Slovenia), 4. Matthias Walkner, KTM (Austria), 5. Rasmus Jorgensen, Suzuki (Denmark), 6. Glenn Coldenhoff, Suzuki (Netherlands), 7. Kenny Vandueren, KTM (Belgium), 8. Herjan Brakke, Honda (Netherlands), 9. Gunter Schmidinger, Honda (Austria), 10. Harri Kullas, KTM (Finland)
Overall Top Ten: 1. Christophe Charlier, Yamaha (France), 2. Jeffrey Herlings, KTM (Netherlands), 3. Klemen Gercar, Yamaha (Slovenia), 4. Matthias Walkner, KTM (Austria), 5. Herjan Brakke, Honda (Netherlands), 6. Kenny Vandueren, KTM (Belgium), 7. Gunter Schmidinger, Honda (Austria), 8. Harri Kullas, KTM (Finland), 9. Rasmus Jorgensen, Suzuki (Denmark), 10. Pier Filippo Bertuzzo, Suzuki (Italy)
EMX2 Championsip Standings Top Ten: 1. Christophe Charlier, Yamaha (France), 2. Jeffrey Herlings, KTM (Netherlands), 3. Klemen Gercar, Yamaha (Slovenia), 4. Herjan Brakke, Honda (Denmark), 5. Matthias Walkner, KTM (Austria), 6. Aleksandr Tonkov, Suzuki (Russia), 7. Harri Kullas, KTM (Finland), 8. Roberto Lombrici, Yamaha (Italy), 9. Filip Thuresson, Suzuki (Slovenia), 10. Mike Kras, KTM (Netherlands)
Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx