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Il TT Circuit di Assen, teatro di importanti sfide velocistiche, ha ospitato per la terza volta il Mondiale MXGP.
Pista difficile e pesante nella giornata di sabato a causa delle abbondanti piogge cadute nei giorni precedenti. La domenica molto meglio ma sempre insidiosa.
Con i suoi tre piloti di nazionalità olandese, il Team HSF Logistic KTM giocava “in casa” ed i risultati non sono mancati. Il migliore dei tre è stato Calvin Vlaanderen con la quarta piazza assoluta conquistata dopo due ottime manche. Nella prima è quarto dopo una buona rimonta dalla decima piazza, mentre al via della seconda è terzo alle spalle di Prado, ma quando prova ad attaccarlo, cade e scivola sesto. Nonostante tutto non demorde e chiude la prova con un’altra quarta posizione.
Bene anche Brian Bogers che ottiene la sesta piazza assoluta frutto di un settimo ed un quinto posto nelle due manche.
Davy Pootjes per soli tre punti sfiora la Top Ten nella classifica di fine giornata. Nonostante un indurimento alle braccia, Pootjes tiene duro e chiude 12° gara uno. Nella seconda da 17° rimonta e taglia il traguardo 9°.
Top Ten anche per Tanel Leok nella MXGP. A trentasei anni l’estone non mette di stupirci. Sulla sabbia, che è un terreno molto difficile, Leok è ottavo nella ‘overall’ grazie ai due noni posti conquistati nelle due manche. Il suo compagno di squadra Rui Goncalves fa due gare sempre intorno alla 15ª piazza e chiude il suo GP 16° assoluto.
Sfortunato invece Giuseppe Tropepe che scivola in fondo al rettilineo di gara uno e viene colpito da Jacobi che gli era alle spalle. Nello scontro Giuseppe ha subito una botta alla schiena ed un taglio al gomito che ha necessitato di alcuni punti di sutura.
Prossimo appuntamento il 16/17 settembre Villars sous Ecot in Francia.
DUTCH GP 2017: ON TT CIRCUIT OF ASSEN VERY GOOD TANEL LEOK AND TEAM HSF
TT Circuit of Assen, which is famous for its motorsport challenges, hosted for the third time MXGP World Championship.
The surface was difficult to ride on and because of all the rain that fell in the previous days, it was very heavy and muddy too. Sunday was way better even though it was still insidious.
Team HSF Logistic KTM, which deploys three dutch riders, was at its “home race”, and the results were really good. The best of the three was Calvin Vlaanderen, who finished in the Overall standings in 4th place, after that he disputed two excellent races. In Race 1 he finished 4th (but he begun around the tenth place). In Race 2, at the start, he was 3rd and just behind Prado, but when he tried to overtake, he fell off his bike and he went back to the 6th place. Despite of that he did not give up so easily, and at the end of the race he was once again 4th.
Very good Brian Bogers too, who finished 6th in the Overall after the 5th place in Race 1 and the 7th in Race 2. Davy Pootjes, for only 3 points, just touched the TOP TEN of the Overall. Although his arms hardened a little during Race 1, he clenched his teeth and he finished 12th. In Race 2 he finished 9th after that he moved up from the 17th position.
TOP TEN for Tanel Leok too in the MXGP. He is 36 years old but he still amaze us. On this kind of surface, which was really difficult, Leok finished 8th in the Overall, after that he finished 9th in both races. His teammate Rui Goncalves was always around the 15th place and he finished 16th in the Overall.
Bad luck for Giuseppe Tropepe, who slipped at the end of the main straight and got hit by Jacobi who was just behind him. During the crash, Giuseppe suffered some pain at his back and a wound that necessitated of some stitches.
The next appointment of the World Championship will take place at Villars sous Ecot (France) on the 16th and the 17th of September.
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