Press Release

De Dycker takes fighting sixth in Portugal‏


Agueda
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Building
on his recent form Ken De Dycker managed two sixth places today in
Agueda during the Portuguese Motocross Grand Prix, the 6th round of
15 in the championship. Fellow LS Honda Racing rider Shaun Simpson
finished just outside the top-10 in twelfth place.



Contrary
to previous editions the Agueda track was blessed with warm weather
and glorious sunshine. With a 3rd and 8th place during free and
pre-qualifying practice De Dycker showed he was ready to tackle the
slick, red dirt for the qualifying race. With a steady fourth, only
13-seconds behind race winner Desalle, Ken didn’t disappoint.
Simpson was equally consistent to claim a well-deserved 8th.



In
front of 13.000 enthusiastic fans Keeno produced a strong recovery
from a mid-pack start around 16th place to come home 6th. De Dycker
had his eyes set on fifth placed Xavier Boog near the end, but he
ended the opening sprint right on the Frenchman’s tail. Simpson had
a decent start, and circulated in 7th in the opening lap.
Unfortunately Shaun couldn’t keep up with the fastest riders and
had to settle for a slower pace. He crossed the line in 12th
position.

De
Dycker suffered another mediocre start in the second moto. Still the
hard-charging Belgian provided plenty of entertainment with an
inspired push from 12th in the opening lap to 9th after five laps.
The CRF450R mounted LS Honda teamster used all his power to guide his
bike on the rough and demanding course to score his second sixth
place of the day. Again Ken kept pushing right till the end, clawing
down on Steve Ramon’s advantage, but De Dycker ran out of time.
After a decent start, around 10th place, Simpson dropped some places
eventually to claim another 12th. On a positive personal note; it was
the first time the Brit came away from Portugal with two
point-scoring results. 



Ken
De Dycker:

“It was quite good out there. I didn’t feel tired this week and
came through the GP well. I couldn’t get a rhythm going in the
first moto to push hard. The second moto was much better and if you
can find the lines here then things get much easier. The track was
rough. The results were an improvement on France and I hope we can
keep on going up.””


Shaun
Simpson:
“I
have not been on the pace this weekend. My starts weren’t so bad,
but I lacked a bit of speed and energy. The track was very one-line.
The soil was weird. It had been prepared well, but it ended up being
‘follow the leader’, there was another line option, but it wasn’t
faster. You had to make positions by scratching plastic a little bit.
I’ve gained a place in the championship; that’s not much, but at
least its something. We will work towards next week now and try to
keep smiling!”



Moto
1:

1.
Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 40:08.979; ; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA,
KTM), +0:00.347; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), +0:21.563; 4.
Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:27.953; 5. Xavier Boog (FRA,
Kawasaki), +0:33.869; 6.
(BEL, LS Honda Racing),
,
+0:35.561;
7. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), +0:37.354; 8. Maximilian Nagl (GER,
KTM), +0:39.820; 9. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki), +0:46.508; 10.
Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +1:13.168; 11. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki),
+1:19.136; 12.
Shaun Simpson (GBR, LS Honda Racing), +1:20.981;
13.
Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), +1:21.128; 14. Marcus Schiffer
(GER, Suzuki), +1:55.432; 15. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), -1 lap(s);
16. Luis Correia (POR, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 17. Carlos Campano Jimenez
(ESP, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 18. Hugo Basaula (POR, Kawasaki), -1
lap(s); 19. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 20. Herjan
Brakke (NED, Yamaha), -1 lap(s)

Moto
2:
1.
Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 40:31.329; ; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA,
KTM), +0:01.614; 3. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), +0:23.597; 4. Evgeny
Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:31.453; 5. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki),
+0:36.322; 6.
Ken de Dycker (BEL, LS Honda Racing), +0:47.326;
7.
Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), +0:54.066; 8. Jonathan Barragan (ESP,
Kawasaki), +1:01.305; 9. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:08.465; 10.
Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +1:12.200; 11. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki),
+1:14.999; 12.
Shaun Simpson (GBR, LS Honda Racing), +1:19.784;
13.
Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), +1:56.630; 14. Carlos Campano
Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 15. Marcus Schiffer (GER, Suzuki),
-1 lap(s); 16. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), -1 lap(s); 17. Herjan
Brakke (NED, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 18. Günter Schmidinger (AUT,
Honda), -1 lap(s); 19. Luis Correia (POR, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 20. Ivo
Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s);





GP
of Portugal classification:
1.
Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 50 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA,
KTM), 44 p.; 3. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 36 p.; 4. Rui
Goncalves (POR, Honda), 34 p.; 5. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 34
p.; 6.
Ken de Dycker (BEL, LS Honda Racing), 30 p.;

7. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 28 p.; 8. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki),
22 p.; 9. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), 22 p.; 10. Jonathan Barragan (ESP,
Kawasaki), 21 p.; 11. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 20 p.; 12.
Shaun Simpson (GBR, LS Honda Racing), 18 p.;

13. Marcus Schiffer (GER, Suzuki), 13 p.; 14. Maximilian Nagl (GER,
KTM), 13 p.; 15. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki), 12 p.; 16. Carlos
Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), 11 p.; 17. Anthony Boissiere (FRA,
Yamaha), 8 p.; 18. Luis Correia (POR, Yamaha), 7 p.; 19. Matthias
Walkner (AUT, KTM), 5 p.; 20. Herjan Brakke (NED, Yamaha), 5 p.; 21.
Günter Schmidinger (AUT, Honda), 3 p.; 22. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT,
Kawasaki), 3 p.; 23. Hugo Basaula (POR, Kawasaki), 3 p.;





MX1
World Championship standings:
1.
Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 249 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA,
KTM), 237 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 213 p.; 4. Maximilian
Nagl (GER, KTM), 192 p.; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 177 p.; 6.
Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 167 p.; 7. David Philippaerts (ITA,
Yamaha), 161 p.; 8. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 137 p.; 9. Jonathan
Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 136 p.; 10. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki),
134 p.; 11. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 125 p.; 12.
Ken de Dycker (BEL, LS Honda Racing), 117 p.;

13. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), 103 p.; 14.
Shaun Simpson (GBR, LS Honda Racing), 84 p.
;
15. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), 81 p.; 16. Davide Guarneri (ITA,
Kawasaki), 77 p.; 17. Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), 30 p.; 18.
Carlos Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), 27 p.; 19. Jason Dougan (GBR,
Yamaha), 26 p.; 20. Marc de Reuver (NED, Yamaha), 23 p.; 21.
Christian Craig (USA, Honda), 21 p.; 22. Manuel Monni (ITA, Honda),
19 p.; 23. Benjamin Townley (NZL, Kawasaki), 15 p.; 24. Marcus
Schiffer (GER, Suzuki), 13 p.; 25. Günter Schmidinger (AUT, Honda),
12 p.; 26. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), 11 p.; 27. Loic Leonce (FRA,
Aprilia), 10 p.; 28. Martin Barr (GBR, KTM), 8 p.; 29. Luis Correia
(POR, Yamaha), 7 p.; 30. Gert Krestinov (EST, Kawasaki), 6 p.; 31.
Antonio Jorge Balbi (BRA, Kawasaki), 6 p.; 32. Herjan Brakke (NED,
Yamaha), 6 p.; 33. Roberto Castro Miranda (CRC, Honda), 5 p.; 34.
Hugo Basaula (POR, Kawasaki), 3 p.; 35. Weston Peick (USA, Kawasaki),
3 p.; 36. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), 3 p.; 37. Yentel Martens
(BEL, KTM), 2 p.; 38. Joao Paulino da Silva (BRA, Honda), 2 p.; 39.
Santtu Tiainen (FIN, Kawasaki), 1 p.; 40. Luis Correa (ARG,
Kawasaki), 1 p.; 41. Cedric Soubeyras (FRA, KTM), 1 p.; 42. Cedric
Lieber (BEL, KTM), 1 p.;





NEXT
WEEKEND:
The
next round of the FIM MX1 World Championship is at La Baneza, Spain
on Sunday 19 June





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