Burst of pride for German Theresa Bauml (Beta) and first victory for Hugo Dufrese (Gas Gas photo1) respectively in FIM Europe Women and Youth Championships: these are the two new winners in the second day of competitions disputed in Liepaja, Latvia. The third round of a series consisting of four appointments was full of dramatic turns of events.
Starting from the Women class – World Champion British Emma Bristow (Sherco) was beaten by former European Champion Theresa Bauml (photo2). The turn was in the second loop: Emma got a five in section 10 and her leadership, gained until this mistake, moved to Theresa, who won for the first time in this season. Again the level of sections was thought for everybody, penalizing the best females because it was almost impossible to recover from any casual mistake. One step below today for Norwegian Ingveig Hakonsen (Beta) to complete a podium where all three showed more determination than all the others.
In the Championship Emma Bristow is still leading with 285 points, while Theresa Bauml is quite close with 255.
Fourteen year old Hugo Dufrese – who looks even younger – dominated the Youth class. He started soon very strong and scoring 5 points after the first loop, against the 11 of Swedish Linus Almthen (Scorpa) and German Rudi Florian (Beta), his closest rivals, and he eventually cleaned the whole second loop. With respectively 3 and 12 points scored in the second half both Almthen and Florian kept their positions behind him. Only in fourth position with one mark more yesterday’s winner, Norwegian Mats Nilsen (Sherco).
In the overall standing having been three different winners in these first three rounds, but all of them did not have good positions in the comps not won, the leader is Linus Almthen, who has never climbed the highest step of the rostrum. He has 240 points, but his rivals are very close: Dufrese 235, Nilsen 220, Ruedi 200.
Still a Frenchman to top the International Youth Class: he is Ezio Rossi (Scorpa), with 4 marks less than yesterday’s winner Swedish Linus Sandberg (Gas Gas).
In the Women International Class Dutch Chantal De Raaf (Sherco) doubled her success of yesterday, again on French Lienna Volpe (Sherco).
Next and last round in Lazzate, Italy on 5th of August.
Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/360
Photos @Phototrial.it
