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Tight performances at a tight La Baneza


Both Rui Gonçalves and Evgeny Bobryshev put in un-characteristic and
cagey performances on the tight La Baneza track, at a sun-drenched GP of
Spain. Struggling to breach the top-five in both motos, Bobryshev and
Gonçalves would finish 8th and 9th respectively in the overall
classification.
 
Bad starts were also highly un-characteristic on
the CRF450R that has proved to have good power out of the start gate,
but both riders appeared to have difficulty getting the power down on
the dry, deep Spanish soil. In the first moto, Gonçalves had the better
of the two and by the end of lap one was within the top-five. Dueling
with Desalle he would lose one place to 6th but was then promptly handed
it back as Desalle went down. A moment at half race distance would see
him lose two places in the space of two laps and drop to an eventual
finishing position of 7th.
 
Team-mate Bobryshev would have a
challenging moto, cras
hing
early on out of 6th position and slipping back to 11th as he remounted. A
charge back through would see him regain 8th position but this is as
far as he could come. Steven Frossard would take the victory ahead of
Antonio Cairoli.
 
The second moto would be a similar story. The
inside gates appeared to be less favourable and once again both
Bobryshev and Gonçalves struggled to put themselves at the sharp end of
proceedings early on. Cairoli would come from a middle gate position to
take a commanding lead.

Despite best efforts, Bobryshev and
Gonçalves would fail to make in-roads to the top-five and were forced to
settle for finishing positions of 7th and 10th respectively. Cairoli
would press home his early advantage and take the moto win, along with
the overall.

Evgeny Bobryshev, Honda World Motocross
“The
second moto was a lot better for me as I found it easier to pass and
found some better lines.
I felt
more comfortable in the second moto but still the track did not really
suit me. The tight sections I struggled with lap to lap and lost a lot
of time there. I had to try and make it up in the fast parts but to not
feel like I am putting in a strong lap each time was frustrating.”

Rui Gonçalves, Honda World Motocross
“I
got a big stone in my left shoulder in the first moto and then the same
thing happened to me three laps into the second. There are lots of big
stones in the surface and you have to be wary when you are in someone’s
roost. To finish 9th overall is not really what I was looking for but to
finish top-10 on a bad day is important rather than have a DNF and lose
a lot of points.”
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