SEBASTIEN TORTELLI VS. STEFAN EVERTS: SHOWDOWN IN FRANCE!
On February 25th and 26th the Moto Club Pernois will celebrate his 80th birthday, and a lot of GP riders will be there to contest one of the biggest MX pre-season event. With two separate classes (MX1 and MX2), a 85cc support race and a Free Style show, this second edition of the International MX No Fear will attract fans and medias in the sunny Provence.
Coming back in Europe eight years after clinching his second World Title, Sébastien Tortelli will race against the GP stars for the first time since the 1999 US Grand Prix. Sébastien who will compete in the MX1 GP’s this season had an opportunity to race against Everts, Coppins or Pichon during the last MX of
Nations, but he was aboard a 250 KTM while his main rivals raced with their usual 450. It will be the first 2006 appearance of Tortelli in Europe, and as most of his GP rivals will be also in Pernes this race will be a ‘mini’ GP.
Sébastien Tortelli (left) and Stefan Everts were happy to meet in Ernée during the MX of Nations. They will race together for the first time this season in Pernes.
Leading Tortelli’s opponents, Stefan Everts will do his first and last appearance in Pernes as 2006 will be his last racing season; the Belgian legend will use his new 450 Yamaha for this meeting, eight years after his legendary duel against Tortelli in the 250 World Championship. Belgian Cedric Melotte, teammate of Stefan in the Rinaldi Yamaha squad will be involved too, for his comeback in the MX1 class.
The Red Bull KTM Factory team selected Pernes as one of his pre-season race, and alongside Tortelli we’ll find Frenchie’s Mickael Pichon and Yves Demaria, Belgian Sven Breugelmans and Spaniard Jonathan Barragan. The factory Kawasaki team with British Stephen Sword and Estonian Tanel Leok, as well as the Factory Suzuki team with Belgian’s Steve Ramon and Kevin Strijbos will be there for a ‘live testing session’ and will be involved in the MX1 race. A total of forty riders will line-up in this class, including Swiss Julien Bill (Yamaha Dixon) and Frenchman Pascal Leuret (Honda Multitek), and of course New Zealander Joshua Coppins (Honda CAS); winner last year on this track, Josh will be one of the main favourite of the event
In the MX2 class the French Team will be impressive with Christophe and Sébastien Pourcel aboard their factory Kawasaki’s, Anthony Boissière (Yamaha Casola), European Champion Jeremy Tarroux and Nicolas Aubin (Kawasaki TSM). The factory KTM team will be involved in this class too, with South African Tyla Rattray, Italian David Philippaerts, Dutch Marc De Reuver and British Carl Nunn. Among the other riders already engaged are young Estonian Aigar Leok (Yamaha Van Beers) and German Max Nagl (KTM Sarholz), while many other teams continue to negotiate an entry place with the organisers.
Christophe and Sébastien Pourcel will do their first appearance on the factory Kawasaki's. They will race in the new team built by their father Roger (left) and Belgian Patrick Gelade (in the middle)
Two heats for the MX1 riders, two others for the MX2 riders (with practice sessions on Saturday 25th), two races for the 85cc support race and a Free Style exhibition will offer a great show to the fans. More than 10000 spectators attended last year the 1st International MX No Fear, and with such a strong entry list there’s no doubts that Pernes 2006 will be a huge success. Pernes les Fontaines is located close to Avignon, and for more details or information’s please visit http://www.motoclubpernois.org/.
Coming back in Europe eight years after clinching his second World Title, Sébastien Tortelli will race against the GP stars for the first time since the 1999 US Grand Prix. Sébastien who will compete in the MX1 GP’s this season had an opportunity to race against Everts, Coppins or Pichon during the last MX of
Nations, but he was aboard a 250 KTM while his main rivals raced with their usual 450. It will be the first 2006 appearance of Tortelli in Europe, and as most of his GP rivals will be also in Pernes this race will be a ‘mini’ GP.Sébastien Tortelli (left) and Stefan Everts were happy to meet in Ernée during the MX of Nations. They will race together for the first time this season in Pernes.
Leading Tortelli’s opponents, Stefan Everts will do his first and last appearance in Pernes as 2006 will be his last racing season; the Belgian legend will use his new 450 Yamaha for this meeting, eight years after his legendary duel against Tortelli in the 250 World Championship. Belgian Cedric Melotte, teammate of Stefan in the Rinaldi Yamaha squad will be involved too, for his comeback in the MX1 class.
The Red Bull KTM Factory team selected Pernes as one of his pre-season race, and alongside Tortelli we’ll find Frenchie’s Mickael Pichon and Yves Demaria, Belgian Sven Breugelmans and Spaniard Jonathan Barragan. The factory Kawasaki team with British Stephen Sword and Estonian Tanel Leok, as well as the Factory Suzuki team with Belgian’s Steve Ramon and Kevin Strijbos will be there for a ‘live testing session’ and will be involved in the MX1 race. A total of forty riders will line-up in this class, including Swiss Julien Bill (Yamaha Dixon) and Frenchman Pascal Leuret (Honda Multitek), and of course New Zealander Joshua Coppins (Honda CAS); winner last year on this track, Josh will be one of the main favourite of the event
In the MX2 class the French Team will be impressive with Christophe and Sébastien Pourcel aboard their factory Kawasaki’s, Anthony Boissière (Yamaha Casola), European Champion Jeremy Tarroux and Nicolas Aubin (Kawasaki TSM). The factory KTM team will be involved in this class too, with South African Tyla Rattray, Italian David Philippaerts, Dutch Marc De Reuver and British Carl Nunn. Among the other riders already engaged are young Estonian Aigar Leok (Yamaha Van Beers) and German Max Nagl (KTM Sarholz), while many other teams continue to negotiate an entry place with the organisers.
Christophe and Sébastien Pourcel will do their first appearance on the factory Kawasaki's. They will race in the new team built by their father Roger (left) and Belgian Patrick Gelade (in the middle)
Two heats for the MX1 riders, two others for the MX2 riders (with practice sessions on Saturday 25th), two races for the 85cc support race and a Free Style exhibition will offer a great show to the fans. More than 10000 spectators attended last year the 1st International MX No Fear, and with such a strong entry list there’s no doubts that Pernes 2006 will be a huge success. Pernes les Fontaines is located close to Avignon, and for more details or information’s please visit http://www.motoclubpernois.org/.
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