Win's first GP win!
By TMX Archives on 10th Nov 06
IN front of a crowd of 8,000 spectators the World Supermoto Championship reached its finale at the Port of Piraeus on the Mediter-ranean coastline near Athens, in Greece, at the weekend.
On a cold and sunny Sunday, KTM in S1 and Thierry Van den Bosch in S2 won the remaining titles in front of the spectacular sea by which the track was placed.
Frenchman Van den Bosch won the Championship in the first moto, at the end of which his team showed him an unusual pit board: ''101% World Champion''.
His first season in the S2 class finished with his fourth GP win, because Van den Bosch won both motos, leading from start to finish in both.
World S2 Champion in 2005, Boris Chambon, was Van den Bosch's main rival in both races. Chambon finished second in the opener, and repeated the position second time out, following Van den Bosch and almost catching him at the end of the second moto.
Belgian Eddy Seel's comeback, after his wrist injury, finished with third place in the GP. The Suzuki rider tried to pass Manzo in the first moto, but the Italian maintained third place until the chequered flag. Seel made a mistake and was passed by Gozzini, ending up with fifth spot.
In the second moto Seel made amends for his first race slip up, and finished third.
Jorge Nestor had a positive second moto, starting from tenth and making up a lot of ground, but he was then disqualified for cutting the track!
WORLD SUPERMOTO CHAMPS
Rd 8 – Athens, GREECE
S1 CLASS
1 Ales Hlad (SLO - KTM) 22 + 25 = 47
2 Marcel Goetz (CH - KTM) 20 + 22 = 42
3 Ivan Lazzarini (I - Husqvarna) 16 + 20 = 36
4 Bernd Hiemer (D - KTM) 15 + 18 = 33
5 Christian IDDON (GB - Aprilia) 18 + 15 = 33
6 Gerald Delepine (B - Husqvarna) 14 + 16 = 30
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Bernd Hiemer 349 points (CHAMPION), 2 Ivan Lazzarini 297, 3 Gerald Delepine 289, 4 IDDON 281, 5 Goetz 225, 6 Hlad 185
S2 CLASS
1 Thierry Van den Bosch (F - Aprilia) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Boris Chambon (F - KTM) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Eddy Seel (B - Suzuki) 16 + 20 = 36
4 Davide Gozzini (I - Husqvarna) 18 + 18 = 36
5 Max Manzo (I - Yamaha) 20 + 16 = 36
6 Adrien Chareyre (F - Husqvarna) 12 + 15 = 27
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Thierry Van den Bosch 340 points (CHAMPION), 2 Jerome Giraudo 278, 3 Adrien Chareyre 259, 4 Bolley 216, 5 Chambon 215, 6 Beltrami 209
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX News, Friday, November 10, 2006
His first season in the S2 class finished with his fourth GP win, because Van den Bosch won both motos, leading from start to finish in both.
World S2 Champion in 2005, Boris Chambon, was Van den Bosch's main rival in both races. Chambon finished second in the opener, and repeated the position second time out, following Van den Bosch and almost catching him at the end of the second moto.
Belgian Eddy Seel's comeback, after his wrist injury, finished with third place in the GP. The Suzuki rider tried to pass Manzo in the first moto, but the Italian maintained third place until the chequered flag. Seel made a mistake and was passed by Gozzini, ending up with fifth spot.
In the second moto Seel made amends for his first race slip up, and finished third.
Jorge Nestor had a positive second moto, starting from tenth and making up a lot of ground, but he was then disqualified for cutting the track!
WORLD SUPERMOTO CHAMPS
Rd 8 – Athens, GREECE
S1 CLASS
1 Ales Hlad (SLO - KTM) 22 + 25 = 47
2 Marcel Goetz (CH - KTM) 20 + 22 = 42
3 Ivan Lazzarini (I - Husqvarna) 16 + 20 = 36
4 Bernd Hiemer (D - KTM) 15 + 18 = 33
5 Christian IDDON (GB - Aprilia) 18 + 15 = 33
6 Gerald Delepine (B - Husqvarna) 14 + 16 = 30
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Bernd Hiemer 349 points (CHAMPION), 2 Ivan Lazzarini 297, 3 Gerald Delepine 289, 4 IDDON 281, 5 Goetz 225, 6 Hlad 185
S2 CLASS
1 Thierry Van den Bosch (F - Aprilia) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Boris Chambon (F - KTM) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Eddy Seel (B - Suzuki) 16 + 20 = 36
4 Davide Gozzini (I - Husqvarna) 18 + 18 = 36
5 Max Manzo (I - Yamaha) 20 + 16 = 36
6 Adrien Chareyre (F - Husqvarna) 12 + 15 = 27
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Thierry Van den Bosch 340 points (CHAMPION), 2 Jerome Giraudo 278, 3 Adrien Chareyre 259, 4 Bolley 216, 5 Chambon 215, 6 Beltrami 209
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX News, Friday, November 10, 2006