Press Release

Bobryshev charges through in Kegums qualifier

ocscottie
7/16/2011 10:11am

Evgeny
Bobryshev did things the hard way in Saturday’s Qualifying Race for the
Grand Prix of Kegums Latvia, charging through to take 6th position. Team-mate Gonçalves also impressed with a solid 8th place finish.

An
incident at the start dropped Bobryshev to a virtual last position but
he was quickly re-mounted and began to make in-roads in the very first
lap, slicing through the back-markers. By end of lap one, he had already
elevated himself to 16thposition as he picked off those in front with clinical accuracy.

The
powerful Russian was riding hard, selecting difficult lines and using
them to his advantage. He was quickly into the-top ten and then began to
zone in on the top-five. However, time would run out in the 20min +2lap
moto and 6th position was as far as he could come, but only 15 seconds behind race winner Antonio Cairoli.

Rui Gonçalves once aga in had good speed out of the start, running 2nd in
the early stages. His challenge would fade a little however as the
Portuguese moved into energy conservation mode, ahead of what is
expected to be two grueling 35min +2lap motos tomorrow, settling for a
finishing position of 8th.

Evgeny Bobryshev, Honda World Motocross
“I
had big crash at the start when I tangled with Desalle I think. He
moved into my line and I had nowhere to go! I need to make sure that I
get clean starts tomorrow as it is so important to get away at the
front.”

Rui Gonçalves, Honda World Motocross
“I will settle for 8th in
today’s qualifier. I did not want to over-push today as I am conserving
myself for tomorrow. The track is quite rough already and I want to
make sure that I have all my energy for tomorrow’s motos.”
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