A tough Valkenswaard GP for Ramon

Steve Ramon took part in Round 2 of
the 2011 Motocross World Championship yesterday, held at the challenging
Valkenswaard circuit. With Ramon being a superb rider in the sandy and
rough conditions he looked forward to a top result, but unfortunately it
was not to be.

The weekend was filled with
frustration for the ‘Bomb’ as he was still suffering with the
after affects of illness and medication that physically held him
back.

With two difficult motos Ramon
walked away from a disappointing weekend with 10^th overall,
which places him 10 in the World Championship Standings.

“I really don’t know
what to say, I just physically had no burst of power in my body today. In
the first race I got behind Desalle early on and I was catching him and
felt like I would be able to really move into a good position, but actually
lap after lap I could just feel myself draining power, and I don’t
know what was causing this. I need to get to my doctor on Tuesday and see
why what is causing this. In the end I just had to try and ride smooth and
conserve power, but that is really bad when the whole field of riders are
giving it everything they have. I am disappointed, especially because I
know I can run up front if I am at 100%.”

Steve Ramon will now prepare for
Round 3 of the GP series, which takes place in California (USA) on the
15^th May, before heading off to Brazil.

Results and standings

MX1 GP Overall:

1          Cairoli,
Antonio         
47

2          Nagl,
Maximilian        45

3         
Philippaerts, David   38

4          Frossard,
Steven        38

5          Goncalves,
Rui           
33

6          Desalle,
Clement        31

7          de Dycker,
Ken          27

8          Bobryshev,
Evgeny   25

9          Leok,
Tanel     EST     24

10       Ramon,
Steve            BEL
    22

MX1 World championship
standings:

1          Frossard,
S.                
85

2          Nagl,
M.                      
80

3          Desalle,
C.                  
78

4          Cairoli,
A.       
           72

5         
Philippaerts, D.         
63

6          Goncalves,
Rui           
62

7          Barragan,
J.   
           53

8          Bobryshev,
E.            
52

9          Guarneri,
D.               
45

10       Ramon,
Steve            BEL
    42