Heat 1 got underway under perfect blue skies, and as the gate dropped Ramon powered his Rockstar Teka Suzuki to the first turn, emerging in 3^rd position and hot on the wheel of De Reuver. Whilst Tanel Leok got out front, both Ramon and De Reuver battled it out lap after lap. Ramon took the advantage from De Reuver, and held it almost to the end, but De Reuver just got the upper hand with a couple of laps remaining putting Ramon in a well raced 3^rd position as they crossed the line.

Heat 2 would see another good start by Ramon, as he once again emerged from the first turn in 3^rd position. In true Ramon style the flying Belgian glided his way over the rough circuit and into the lead within a handful of laps. Once out front the Bomb just kept it clean and lead to the end, crossing the line to take both the heat win and the overall win for the day.

“I am happy to take the overall win today. In the first moto I battled again with arm pump, and just couldn’t ride as fast as I wanted. The second moto I was more relaxed and felt strong. I have a few things to work on now before Bulgaria, I know I can go faster, and I am just gonna get out and practice a few things this coming week to try and get to the point I am satisfied with.” Commented Ramon.

Ken Roczen was untouchable in the MX2 class, two weeks after his win at Valence that was followed by test-sessions in France and further mileage in the Belgian sand of Lommel. The 15 year old set the second fastest time in practice and then overtook Shaun Simpson to ease to a win of over 30 seconds in Moto1. The German took the holeshot and left the field again in his wake for Moto2, only easing his speed in the final 10 minutes in anticipation of the Superfinal in which he finished 2nd against a slew of 450s.

“I think three days of riding at Lommel this week helped towards this result. My starts were good and I felt OK on the sand,’ the 2009 German Grand Prix winner said. ‘Our goal is to be ready for Bulgaria and while results like these are enjoyable we are still working towards being in the best shape possible.”

Steven Frossard and Jeremy Van Horebeek, both involved in the opening round of the French Elite Championship organized on the southern track of Sommières, claimed a podium result with an overall win for Steven and a third position for Jeremy.  

Steven Frossard: “That’s never easy for us to race among the 450, they’re fastest on the starting line and then they trough you stones during the races. I didn’t have any fun this weekend, but the goal was to test and get used to the Pro Circuit Kawasaki. I started in the top six, then did my race but didn’t take any risk as our main goal is the World Championship.”

Jeremy Van Horebeek:  “It was a tough weekend but also a great one, as I didn’t ride on such a typical track since a while! It was difficult on Saturday, but then I had a better feeling and improved my results in each race. I know what I can do on sandy circuits, and I also know on which tracks I must train to be stronger; the French series is a great opportunity for that.”

Gareth Swanepoel headed back to the UK this past weekend to contest the prestigious Hawkstone Park International. Swanie, who took 2^nd place in the British Championship last weekend, headed into this race very confident in both his physical form and the performance of his new CAS Honda 450.

As the elite field blasted out the gate for the opening moto of the day Swanie looked good immediately, coming into view in 6^th position. Riding in great form throughout the moto the South African pulled onto the back wheel of Desalle but just couldn’t make the pass needed, eventually crossing the line to take 6^th position, just 1 second off Desalle.

In Moto 2 the number 8 CAS Honda of Swanepoel was once again strong out the gates, heading through turn one in the leading group. Swanie demonstrated he is going to be a tough competitor in 2010, as he once again rode superbly to take 4^th in the moto, awarding him 5^th overall for the day.

“Today was positive, I rode my CAS Honda full race bike for the first time, and I just loved it. I have come away today even more confident in the equipment and I know that we have what it takes to be right up there in the GPs. For the coming weeks I am just going to keep working on my physical training, and look forward to being strong at the first GP in Bulgaria”. Commented Swanie.