Euro Series Update – Valkenswaard (Holland)

European Championships Rounds 7&8, Valkenswaard

June 5&6, Rounds 7 and 8 of the European Championship were held on the 2004 Worlds Track in Valkenswaard (Holland).

The entire Formula Team was present, but Lucie Meerholz was still out of competition. She will be back on her BMX bike in a few weeks.

In Junior Men, Bastien Merle was representing the French National Team. Saturday he put in some good laps in the motos, passed 1/8th and 1/4th to find his way to the semis. He didn’t have a good gate, but managed to fight his way back to the front making a move for 4th and qualifying position when he skid in turn #3 and race this was over.
On Sunday he made it all the way to the main in which he was held up in the first turn by a crash and finished in 7th place.
After 8 rounds, Bastien enters the Top 10 of the European Ranking.

Latvian Elite Women’s Rookie Sandra Aleksejeva, has some really strong laps on Saturday beating some of the big names in the strong Elite Women Category. She qualified for the main event in which she was battling for a top 4 spot when she unclipped and was pushed back to 6th place.
On Sunday she had an off day and didn’t make it out of the motos. Sandra is currently ranked #14.

Although Kevin Sprengers was riding with an injury, he was still taking strong gates and making top finishes. Saturday he made it to the semis he missed the gate and didn’t make the cut. On Sunday he was out in the quarters after he hit the back tire of the leader and lost all speed.
After 8 rounds Kevin is in 10th place of the European Elite Men Ranking.

Our other Elite Men Rider, Edzus Treimanis, made it comfortably to the semis on both days. On Saturday, he was in qualifying position but was passed when he went a bit too wide in the last turns and on Sunday he crashed on the rhythm section while racing in the 3rd spot.
After this weekend, Edzus is ranked 4th.

Nico van Dartel had an off weekend. He was eliminated in the motos on Saturday, but with a little luck in Sunday’s semi, he qualified for the main in which he had to settle for 8th place.

Next Rounds will be held in Klatovy (Czech Republic) in 2 weeks.

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