Superbiker Mettet
Ireland’s Gordon Crockard played his part in the annual 'Superbiker' race in Mettet, Belgium.
The legendary Superbiker is one of the world's most important non-championship supermoto races. A 25.000 strong crowd witnessed the clash of styles with stars invited from supermoto, motocross and racing categories. Crockard had participated in the Irish Supermoto GP earlier this year and finished respectively 33rd in the first final and 35th in the second. Yamaha mounted colleague Jeremy McWilliams finished a disappointing 38th and 43rd.
MX legend Stefan Everts, fresh from a dominant supermoto win in the Belgian championship last weekend, showed probably his best speed ever at Mettet. Unfortunately Everts had bad starting positions in both finals and finished ninth overall. However the Belgian was the best placed motocross rider. The young German supermoto star Bernd Hiemer won the event ahead of S2 world champ Jerome Giraudo.
Sunny weather and dry conditions provided excellent conditions for both the seasoned supermoto stars and the occasional riders. French Supersport star Stephane Chambon won the Starbiker, the qualifying race between road racing and motocross stars. MX1 runner-up Josh Coppins finished fifth behind Superbike world champion Troy Corser. Both Superbiker finals saw many interesting battles within the race, where the supermoto regulars were leading the pack and a mixed bag of riders was trying has hard as they could.
Gordon Crockard (Yamaha UK Racing Team)
"It’s not easy to hang with the supermoto guys who do this every weekend and who have their bikes properly set up for the job. However I had a good time this weekend, and I definitely enjoy supermoto in general. The atmosphere in Mettet is just amazing and there are always a lot of Irish amateur riders who come and race here as well"
Stefan Everts (Yamaha L&M Motocross Team)
"I really enjoyed the racing this weekend and I was pretty dialed in here. I had to start from the 10th line in the finals after we encountered a small problem during the Starbiker race, but in each final race I easily worked my way up. My bad starting position was a bit frustrating, because with a normal result during the qualifying race I would have been on the front row. Anyway I think I have proved to be the best allround rider here, because all the guys in front of me are fulltime supermoto riders."
Article supplied by yamaha-racing.com
The legendary Superbiker is one of the world's most important non-championship supermoto races. A 25.000 strong crowd witnessed the clash of styles with stars invited from supermoto, motocross and racing categories. Crockard had participated in the Irish Supermoto GP earlier this year and finished respectively 33rd in the first final and 35th in the second. Yamaha mounted colleague Jeremy McWilliams finished a disappointing 38th and 43rd.
MX legend Stefan Everts, fresh from a dominant supermoto win in the Belgian championship last weekend, showed probably his best speed ever at Mettet. Unfortunately Everts had bad starting positions in both finals and finished ninth overall. However the Belgian was the best placed motocross rider. The young German supermoto star Bernd Hiemer won the event ahead of S2 world champ Jerome Giraudo.
Sunny weather and dry conditions provided excellent conditions for both the seasoned supermoto stars and the occasional riders. French Supersport star Stephane Chambon won the Starbiker, the qualifying race between road racing and motocross stars. MX1 runner-up Josh Coppins finished fifth behind Superbike world champion Troy Corser. Both Superbiker finals saw many interesting battles within the race, where the supermoto regulars were leading the pack and a mixed bag of riders was trying has hard as they could.
Gordon Crockard (Yamaha UK Racing Team)
"It’s not easy to hang with the supermoto guys who do this every weekend and who have their bikes properly set up for the job. However I had a good time this weekend, and I definitely enjoy supermoto in general. The atmosphere in Mettet is just amazing and there are always a lot of Irish amateur riders who come and race here as well"
Stefan Everts (Yamaha L&M Motocross Team)
"I really enjoyed the racing this weekend and I was pretty dialed in here. I had to start from the 10th line in the finals after we encountered a small problem during the Starbiker race, but in each final race I easily worked my way up. My bad starting position was a bit frustrating, because with a normal result during the qualifying race I would have been on the front row. Anyway I think I have proved to be the best allround rider here, because all the guys in front of me are fulltime supermoto riders."
Article supplied by yamaha-racing.com
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