This weekend the circuit of Barcelona (Spain) hosted the European Moto2, Talent Cup and Kawasaki Z Cup.
Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) won both Moto2™ races. Iker García (Reale Avintia Academy) won the European Talent Cup event and Joan Sardanyons took the honours in the European Kawasaki Z Cup.
In Moto2™, Ricky Cardus (Team Stylobike, photo1) earned a double after winning both races of the day. In the first race, Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) made a good start but the Team Stylobike rider passed him in the early corners and as the laps went by kept on lengthening his lead. Behind him came Eric Granado (Promoracing) and Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS), who began to pay the price of not being more careful with his tires in the first few laps. Granado left him behind to finish second, though he never looked like getting close to the race leader.
Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportscode T.Pro), Dimas Ekky (Astra Honda Racing Team) and Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) fought for the final podium place, which eventually went to Dimas Ekky (Astra Honda Racing Team). Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) was awarded the Repsol free fuel cheque while Philippe Le Gallo (Yamaha Laglisse) was the quickest Superstock 600 rider.
Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) dominated the second Moto2™ European Championship race to chalk up his second victory of the day. The poleman let Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) head the race while he conserved his tires. When he saw that the Team Wimu CNS rider was trying to pull away he upped his pace to take the lead and as in the first race pulled away to ride alone.
Behind him Joe Roberts (AGR Team) caught up with the following pair of Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) and Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportscode T.Pro). Finally, Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) was joined by Joe Roberts (AGR Team), debuting on the podium in the Moto2™ European Championship, and Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS).
This time Luc Mamet (Team Stratos) finished as the best of the Superstock 600 riders, which puts him top of the category. Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) received a Repsol free fuel cheque. Ricky Cardús’ (Team Stylobike) double win leaves him as the Moto2™ leader with 50 points followed by Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) three points behind and Eric Granado (Promoracing) in third on 40 points.
In the European Talent Cup, Iker García (photo 2) achieved his first victory, leading the Reale Avintia Academy double with Andreas Pérez. Manuel González (Halcourier Racing) finished third and is the new leader of the category with 52 points, seven more than Andreas Pérez (Reale Avintia Academy) and 13 ahead of Álex Toledo (Cuna de Campeones).
Francisco Gómez (Team Larresport) took the lead right from the off, followed by Andreas Pérez (Reale Avintia Academy), Manuel González (Halcourier Racing), Eduard Melgar (Grupo Machado) and Peetu Paavilainen (H42 Team Nobby). However, Francisco Gómez (Team Larresport) was penalised with a drive-through for a false start.
Andreas Pérez (Reale Avintia Acaddemy), Manuel Gomez (Halcourier Racing) and Eduard Melgar (Grupo Machado) pulled clear, although with four laps remaining Iker García (Reale Avintia Academy) and Peetu Paavilainen (H42 Team Nobby) joined them. The Reale Avintia Academy rider pulled out all the stops to win the race ahead of Andreas Pérez (Reale Avintia Academy) and Manuel González (Halcourier Racing), who finished third. Iker García (Reale Avintia Academy) received the Repsol free fuel award as winner of the European Talent Cup race.
Joan Sardanyons deserved his pole in the European Kawasaki Z Cup and was victorious ahead of Raul Martínez (Motobike Moya Competition) and Juan María Olías, who joined him on the podium. Raúl Martínez (Motobike Moya Competition) is the leader of the category, four points ahead of Joan Sardanyons.
The fourth FIM CEV Repsol event of the season will take place in Valencia on 8th and 9th of July.
All the race results and information about the Championship is on the official website: www.fimcevrepsol.com
