Comments from riders in French Championship by Pascal Haudiquert.

Steven Frossard: ‘I’m satisfied with the first two races, the last one wasn’t as good due to a painful stomach. During the second race I lost all my chances when we joined the lappers, I had a small crash but the most important is that I had a good speed all weekend long. On Saturday I was lucky when a stone came in my foot peg just before the biggest jump of the track, I did a ‘superman’ and then didn’t took any risk as our main goal is the World Championship, not the French series’

Jeremy Van Horebeek: ‘We did some training in South of France between Sommières and Pernes, but that’s not enough to be competitive against the Frenchies who are borne on these tracks. I felt more and more comfortable through the weekend; the hardest period for me is the first ten minutes, then I’m always stronger. Now we’ve to work on my start, here it’s always tough against the 450’ 

Sébastien Pourcel: ‘That’s a great feeling to battle for the win, but for sure that would be easier with better starts. I came here to win the three races, I think that I could do it but I lost too much time during the opening laps to recover. During the second moto the lappers were a problem, I crashed when I passed one and lost the race. We offered some great racing to the fans, the last race was good for them as I battled with Musquin until the finish line; I passed him in the last lap but he reacted and I crashed, that’s racing. The program of a French Elite round is tough with two practice session and a qualifying race on Saturday, then another practice and three races on Sunday; I didn’t felt tired and that’s positive for the future’  

Xavier Boog: ‘My first race wasn’t as good as I was expecting, as I stalled the engine twice and lost too much time in the incident. I wanted some revenge in the following race, and that’s exactly what I did with my first Elite win. Then in the last race I was comfortable in second position behind Musquin, but in the last ten minutes I felt tired. I probably pushed too hard early to come back from seventh position to the first one, but I’m happy with the weekend especially on a fast southern track which is not my favorite’

Dutch Open results, Mill, Holland

MX2 Moto one

1. Joel Roelants B KTM, 2 Gautier Paulin F Yamaha, 3 Jeffrey Herlings NL KTM, 4 Nick Triest B KTM, 5 Herjan Brakke NL Yamaha, 6 Mike van den Bogaert NL KTM, 7 Axel Alletru F KTM, 8 Glenn Coldenhoff NL Yamaha, 9 Jose Antonio Butron E Spanje, 10 Lars Oldekamp D KTM

2nd moto, 1 Gautier Paulin F Yamaha
2 Jeffrey Herlings NL KTM
3 Joel Roelants B KTM
4 Ceriel Klein-Kromhof NL Yamaha
5 Nick Triest NB KTM
6 Glenn Coldenhoff NL Yamaha
7 Lars Oldekamp D KTM
8 Ronnie van Rooij NL Kawasaki
9 Jeffrey de Wulf B KTM
10 Kenny Vandueren B KTM
DNF Dennis Verbruggen B KTM

MX2 overall

1 Gautier Paulin F Yamaha 47
2 Joel Roelants B KTM 45
3 Jeffrey Herlings NL KTM 42
4 Nick Triest NB KTM 34
5 Glenn Coldenhoff NL Yamaha 28

MX1:
1st moto

1 David Philippaerts I Yamaha, 2 Ken de Dycker B Yamaha, 3 Kevin Strijbos B Suzuki, 4 Marc de Reuver NL Suzuki, 5 Patrick Roos NL KTM, 6 Tom Soderstrom S Yamaha, 7 Yentel Martens B KTM, 8 Dennis Schroter D KTM, 9 Kristof Salaets B Honda, 10 Rob van Vijfeijken NL Yamaha

2^nd moto:
1 David Philippaerts I Yamaha, 2 Marc de Reuver NL Suzuki, 3 Kevin Strijbos B Suzuki, 4 Tom Soderstrom S Yamaha, 5 Patrick Roos NL KTM
6 Marvin van Daele B Honda, 7 Rob van Vijfeijken NL Yamaha, 8 Kim Lindstrom S KTM, 9 Dennis Schroter D KTM, 10 Kristof Salaets B Honda

MX1 Podium:
1 David Philippaerts I Yamaha 50
2 Marc de Reuver NL Suzuki 40
3 Kevin Strijbos B Suzuki 40

MX1 Championship:
1 David Philippaerts I Yamaha 50
2 Marc de Reuver NL Suzuki 40
3 Kevin Strijbos B Suzuki 40
4 Tom Soderstrom S Yamaha 33
5 Patrick Roos NL KTM 32

French Championship results