Painful day for Ramon in Spain

Steve Ramon and his Rockstar Energy
Suzuki World MX1 Team headed directly from Portugal to Round 7 of the
Motocross World Championship held in sunny La Baneza, Spain, this past
weekend.

Despite a little aggravation from a
recently strained groin Ramon soon settled into a good rhythm on the tight
and twisty circuit and headed into Sunday morning confident in his
form.

In the opening moto the
‘Bomb’ grabbed a reasonable start as he headed through the
opening sections just within the top 10. Quickly getting the hammer down
Ramon started to claw his way forward, ultimately finishing the race in
6^th place, behind team-mate Desalle.

As moto 2 got under way Ramon
looked awesome as he aggressively pushed his way into 4^th
position on the first lap. Riding well on the now rutted and choppy circuit
Ramon was defending against a hard charging Nagle when he lost the front
end in a corner and whilst putting his leg down to avoid falling,
re-strained his groin injury. In excruciating pain Ramon made the decision
to keep on the circuit in order to salvage any possible points, but
inevitably dropped down the running order. At the end of a tough race Ramon
crossed the line in 12^th place, taking 11^th overall
for the GP.

Steve Ramon:

"It wasn't good! The first moto was
OK and my start was better in the second as I reached fourth. Then in one
corner my front wheel slipped away and I had to put my leg out. I stretched
my sore groin again and had so much pain. It was a really tough moto and I
tried to make the best of it but I'm not satisfied. It was not easy with
the deep ruts in some places. I hope this heals quickly and I need some
treatment when I get back to Belgium. I hope I can recover enough to race
in the Belgian Championship but we will see."

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Results

MX1 Race 1

1          Frossard,
Steven        FRA    
Yamaha

2          Cairoli,
Antonio          ITA
     KTM

3         
Philippaerts, David   ITA     
Yamaha

4          Nagl,
Maximilian        GER    
KTM

5          Desalle,
Clement        BEL    
Suzuki

6          Ramon,
Steve            BEL
    Suzuki

7          Goncalves,
Rui            POR
    Honda

8          Bobryshev,
Evgeny   RUS     Honda

9          Barragan,
Jonathan   ESP     Kawasaki

10       Boog, Xavier  
FRA     Kawasaki

MX1 Race 2

1          Cairoli,
Antonio          ITA
     KTM

2          Leok,
Tanel     EST     TM

3          Desalle,
Clement        BEL    
Suzuki

4         
Philippaerts, David   ITA     
Yamaha

5          Barragan,
Jonathan   ESP     Kawasaki

6          Nagl,
Maximilian        GER    
KTM

7          Bobryshev,
Evgeny   RUS     Honda

8          Boog,
Xavier   FRA     Kawasaki

9          Frossard,
Steven        FRA    
Yamaha

10       Goncalves,
Rui            POR
    Honda

MX1 GP Overall:

1          Cairoli,
Antonio          ITA
     KTM    47

2         
Philippaerts, David   ITA     
Yamaha          38

3          Frossard,
Steven        FRA    
Yamaha          37

4          Desalle,
Clement        BEL    
Suzuki 36

5          Nagl,
Maximilian        GER    
KTM    33

6          Leok,
Tanel     EST    
TM      30

7          Barragan,
Jonathan   ESP    
Kawasaki        28

8          Bobryshev,
Evgeny   RUS     Honda 27

9          Goncalves,
Rui            POR
    Honda 25

10       Boog, Xavier  
FRA     Kawasaki       
24

11       Ramon,
Steve            BEL
   
Suzuki           
24

MX1 World championship
standings:

1          Desalle,
C.       BEL    
285

2          Cairoli,
A.        ITA     
284

3          Frossard,
S.     FRA     250

4          Nagl,
M.           GER
    225

5          Bobryshev,
E. RUS     204

6         
Philippaerts, D.          ITA
     199

7          Goncalves,
Rui            POR
    192

8          Barragan,
J.    ESP     164

9          Boog,
Xavier   FRA     161

10       Ramon,
Steve            BEL
    149