Spanish Arnau Farrè (Gas Gas) put all British riders behind in Day2 at Bilstain, in Belgium, for the third round of the European Championship. Italians won in the other classes: Manuel Copetti (Vertigo) and Valter Feltrinelli (Beta).
Soon the first two riders in the overall standing Farré and British Toby Martyn (Vertigo) justified their positions presenting their first lap cards with 15 marks each, tied at the top of the provisional standing Iwan Roberts (Beta) was leading the group of chasers with 22 mistakes. Behind him his compatriot Jack Peace (Gas Gas) with 23 and Italian Pietro Petrangeli (Sherco) on 24.
Arnau Farrè – All photos @Phototrial
Farrè improved smoothly in the second part, scoring 12, while Martyn worsened (17) and Roberts overtook him. Like yesterday, Roberts gave his best in the second loop: his score of 8 points was the best of the whole day and allowed him to recover one position. Peace and Petrangeli kept their places in fourth and fifth, respectively.
In the championship, Farrè is now the new leader, ahead of Martyn.
Italian riders were back at the top of the scene in the Junior class. Both the winner Copetti and Sergio Piardi (Beta), beaten by one “clean”, said they appreciated the tougher sections, because they kept high their level of concentration and regained the top positions of the Junior podium. French Kieran Touly (Sherco) finished in third position.
Copetti stretched his leadership in the Cup.
Kieran Touly
In Over 40 class the Italian anthem was played again thanks to the superb performance by Feltrinelli, who was able to beat by one single point the leader of the series, German Markus Kipp (TRS). First podium for another Italian rider, Angelo Piu (Vertigo).
Same winners as yesterday in the two International classes: Belgian Julien Russelle (Gas Gas) in the International 1 and German Philipp Emonts (Beta) in International 2.
The fourth and last round will be held in Lazzate, Italy on 6th of August.
