Happy Birthday VDB

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On his 33rd birthday, (8 July) Thierry Van Den Bosch of Aprilia Off Road team raced two consistent moto’s to finally top the days overall in front of his two main rivals, CH Azzalin’s Adrien and Thomas Chareyre who debuted their new Husqvarna machines by taking them to the second and third place of the podium.
Bernd Hiemer of KTM Italia Miglio was a solid fourth, which was also the German’s best S1 result, and came in front of a huge local crowd of 14,500 people.
Kevin Berthome of Rexfelgen Wheels Cross2R rounded off the top five.

In the S2 class Gerald Delepine of CH Azzalin clinched his first victory at the German venue in front of Championship leader Attilio Pignotti. Maxime Testu of Husaberg WP Factory IPA was the surprise of this hard fought day, as he grabbing his maiden podium after having clinched his maiden heat win in the final moto. Brit Matthew Winstanley of Robinsons Rochdale KTM UK was once again solid and clinched his second consecutive fourth place overall, ahead of Spanish GP winner Davide Gozzini.
In the world championship points standings Thierry VDB bounced back to first in the Championship, but runner up Adrien Chareyre has the same amount of points; the next round will be tough, as also Thomas Chareyre has Title ambitions, being now third in the points standings. Jerome Giraudo is still fourth but fifth placed Kevin Berthome shortened the gap up to three points.
Attilio Pignotti still leads the S2 Championship but second placed Delepine is now just three points away.
Davide Gozzini moved up to third, exploiting Iddon’s bad day here in Sankt Wendel. The Brit is currently fourth ahead of Nestor Jorge...

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The fifth round of the World Supermoto Championship again saw Team Aprilia Off Road in a central role.
At Sankt Wendel, Thierry Van Den Bosch (Aprilia SXV 4.5) enjoyed success in the S1 class of the German Grand Prix, winning Race 1 and finishing fourth in Race 2. The red championship leader’s tablet returned to splendor atop the Aprilia SXV 4.5 thanks to the increased number of heats and Gp won over Adrien Chareyre (Husqvarna). It was raced on a difficult track, tight and torturous with an equally tough off-road stretch. In the opening heat, VDB took off in fourth place and climbed his way up to Adrien Chareyre’s wheel. With six laps left to go, VDB surprised his rival and went on to a well-deserved heat victory.
Race 2 was an uphill battle for the Aprilia captain, who was blocked in at the start. Van Den Bosch found himself in sixth place and spent a while passing the determined Fabio Balducci (Tm). After finally passing the Italian rider, he was able to join the lead group but, keeping the track conditions and championship in mind, he preferred to not run unnecessary risks (knowing that a fourth place finish would be enough for the red leader’s tablet). Satisfaction at Aprilia Headquarters also came from Jerome Giraudo’s performance (Aprilia SXV 4.5), after a solid fourth place finish in Race 2. Jerome was determined to improve in Race 2 but was unfortunately surprised to find himself on top of a few riders who had been lapped, causing him to fall twice. At the end, the tenth place obtained by the French rider wasn’t bad although he certainly could have had another great race. Nonetheless, Jerome solidly maintained his fourth place in the provisionary championship classification.
On the other hand, Christian Iddon (Aprilia SXV 5.5) was not able to stomach the German Sankt Wendel track. The Englishman didn’t find his rhythm on what proved to be truly difficult track for him. At the end of the race (19th and 11th place in the two heats), he was left with a bitter taste in his mouth for not being able to find the right approach to the race, despite all his team’s support. For him, it was definitely a weekend to forget.
The next engagement of the world Supermoto is set for July 21st at the Bulgarian Grand Prix, the 6th race of the international circuit.

Sankt Wendel – German Gp, 5th Round of the World Supermoto Championships
S1 Class
Race 1: 1. Thierry Van Den Bosch (Fra/Aprilia SXV 4.5); 2. Adrien Chareyre (Fra/Husqvarna); 3. Kewin Berthome (Fra/Honda); 4. Jerome Giraudo (Fra/Aprilia SXV 4.5).

Race 2: 1. Thomas Chareyre (Fra/Husqvarna); 2. Bernd Hiemer (Ger/Ktm); 3. Adrien Chareyre (Fra/Husqvarna); 4 Thierry Van Den Bosch (Fra/Aprilia SXV 4.5); 10. Jerome Giraudo (Fra/Aprilia SXV 4.5);

Classification of the German S1 Championships: 1. 1. Thierry Van Den Bosch (Fra/Aprilia SXV 4.5) 43 points; 2. Adrien Chareyre (Fra/Husqvarna) 42; 3. Thomas Chareyre (Fra/Husqvarna) 36; 7. Jerome Giraudo (Fra/Aprilia SXV 4.5) 29.

The S1 Championship: 1. Van Den Bosch (Aprilia SXV 4.5) 213; 2. A. Chareyre (Husqvarna) 213; 3. T. Chareyre (Husqvarna) 180; 4. Giraudo (Aprilia SXV 4.5) 159.

S2 Class
Race 1: 1. Gerarld Delepine (Bel/Husqvarna); 2. Jorge Nestor (Aprilia SXV 5.5); 3. Attilio Pignotti (Ita/Ktm); 19. Christian Iddon (Gbr/Aprilia SXV 4.5).

Race 2: 1. Testu Maxime (Fra/Husaberg); 2. Gerarld Delepine (Bel/Husqvarna); 3. Attilio Pignotti (Ita/Ktm); 11. Christian Iddon (Gbr/Aprilia SXV 4.5).

Classification of the German S2 Championships: 1. Delepine (Bel/Husqvarna) 47 points; 2. Pignotti (Ita/Ktm) 40; 3. Testu (Fra/Husaberg) 37; 16. Christian Iddon (Gbr/Aprilia SXV 5.5) 12.

The S2 Championships: 1. Pignotti (Ktm) 196 points; 2. Delepine (Husqvarna) 193; 3. Gozzini (Tm) 162; 4. Iddon (Aprilia SXV 5.5) 156.