PACOV (Czech Republic), 23 August 2014 – It has been an awesome day in Czech Republic as the 2014 Motocross of European Nations kicked off at the old school circuit of Pacov. Earlier this morning 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.
Diving into the racing, the EMX125/250 were the first to take to the flowing clay based track and with only three thirty minute sessions prior to the commencement of the qualifying heats, the track was relatively smooth and remained in perfect condition. As expected Slovenian Tim Gajser proved just how exceptional he is, running away with the first victory of the weekend ahead of Italian Michele Cervellin and local hero Czech Republic’s own Vaclav Kovar.
In the EMX85 Dutch rider Roan Van De Moosdijk rode flawless from start to finish to qualify on pole for The Netherlands while San Marino’s Andrea Zanotti and Italy’s Paolo Lugana finished second and third respectively.
As for the audacious ladies of our sport, initially in was the youngster Nancy Van De Ven riding for The Netherlands to lead but was soon overtaken by the defending MXoEN champion and 2008 FIM Women’s Motocross World Champion Livia Lancelot who was flying the flag high for her nation France. The recently crowned FIM Women’s Motocross World Champion Italian Kiara Fontanesi made life a little difficult for herself on the opening lap after she got off to a bad start but ended up making light work of her competition as she quickly sliced through the pack to finish hot on the heels of Lancelot in second. Van De Ven managed to hold on for third.
As for the ‘Team’ based results for today, the Italians Michele Cervellin and Joakin Furbetta leave with the best combined score to take pole for the Motocross of European Nations while The Netherlands sit second with Brian Bogers and Rene De Jong and France’s Nicolas Dercourt and David Herbreteau round out the top three.
Team results in the Women’s Motocross of European Nations category; Italy leads with Kiara Fontanesi taking second and Francessca Norcera taking fifth, France is running a close second with Livia Lancelot’s win and Justine Charroux’ seventh while The Netherlands rounds out the top three with Nancy Van De Ven’s impressive third and Marianne Veenstra’s sixth.
After a great day of practice and qualifying all the riders have taken the opportunity to get the track dialed and set in their brains as they re-set their focus to tomorrow’s races which will be see both team effort as well as individual efforts rewarded.
MXoEN EMX125/EMX250 Qualifying Race Top 10: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), 25:33.247; 2. Michele Cervellin (ITA, Honda), +0:20.172; 3. Vaclav Kovar (CZE, KTM), +0:30.589; 4. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:34.250; 5. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, Yamaha), +0:54.509; 6. Martin Krc (CZE, Yamaha), +1:03.225; 7. Rene De Jong (NED, KTM), +1:08.059; 8. Bryan Toccaceli (SMR, Honda), +1:11.870; 9. Joakin Furbetta (ITA, KTM), +1:13.226; 10. David Herbreteau (FRA, Yamaha), +1:16.240.
MXoEN EMX85 Qualifying Race Top 10: 1. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KTM), 20:06.710; 2. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), +0:03.200; 3. Paolo Lugana (ITA, KTM), +0:07.090; 4. Luca Milec (SLO, Husqvarna), +0:16.380; 5. Calvin Fontvieille (FRA, KTM), +0:20.270; 6. Rick Elzinga (NED, KTM), +0:21.250; 7. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, Suzuki), +0:34.540; 8. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:38.360; 9. Petr Polak (CZE, KTM), +0:39.280; 10. Jiri Matejec (CZE, KTM), +1:12.880
WMXoEN Qualifying Race Top 10: 1. Livia Lancelot (FRA, Kawasaki), 19:55.243; 2. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:02.122; 3. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +0:09.715; 4. Stephanie Laier (GER, Suzuki), +0:11.388; 5. Francesca Nocera (ITA, Suzuki), +0:55.506; 6. Marianne Veenstra (NED, Husqvarna), +0:58.706; 7. Justine Charroux (FRA, Yamaha), +1:12.941; 8. Lucie Simonova (CZE, KTM), +1:46.243; 9. Barbora Lankova (CZE, Suzuki), +1:53.977; 10. Tereza Hromkova (CZE, KTM), +1:54.994.
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