EL MOLAR (Spain), 19 July 2015 – The soaring temperatures had nothing on how hot the battle for junior motocross supremacy was. Young Dutch sensation Kay Karrsemakers was crowned European Open 65cc winner.
European Open 65cc Race One
It may have seemed like the longest start straight in the world for most of the 65’s but it was the perfect distance for Spain’s own Raul Sanchez who was oozing adrenaline at the start of race one and took the holeshot and early race lead. Unfortunately, the freshly watered track caught the little Spaniard out which saw him drop back to sixteenth when he crashed on an uphill.
Holland’s little ripper Kay Karssemakers took full advantage of the gifted lead and knuckled down right away while France’s Florian Miot tried to keep up. Although he put in a good effort, Miot could not quite match the pace of Karssemakers and ended up exerting too much energy, which allowed the top qualifier, Hungary’s Adam Kovacs to close in. At the half way mark Kovacs dropped the hammer on Miot and took over second, where he remained for the rest of the race.
Meanwhile, it wasn’t over for Miot who soon had company in the form of Czech Republic’s Radek Vertovsky and Russia’s Matvey Vopilov. A missed line late in the race saw Miot drop back to fourth as Vetrovsky capitalized on the error.
Karssemakers took a convincing victory ahead of Kovacs, Vetrovsky, Miot and Vopilov.
European Open 65cc Race Two
Speedy little Dutchman Kay Karssemakers sealed the deal on his European Open 65cc title mission by claiming the Fox Holeshot and controlling the final race from start to finish.
While that sounds smooth sailing for the youngster who also won race one, it was not that easy as the poleman Adam Kovacs was on him from gate drop. Kovacs put in a good effort but as the wind picked up he fell off balance and looped out into the infield. The small Hungarian managed to re-enter the track instantly, but lost second position to Radek Vetrovsky.
Although he was handed second, take nothing away from Vetrovsky, he was ripping in race two and pushed Karssemakers all the way to the finish. Kovacs managed to regroup and rode smart for third while Spain’s Adria Monne and Florian Miot rounded out the top five.
European Open 65cc Overall
A double victory for Holland’s Kay Karssemakers crowned him the European Open 65cc winner ahead of yesterday’s top qualifier, Hungarian Adam Kovacs and Czech Republic’s Petr Vetrovsky.
European Open 65cc Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Kay Karssemakers (NED, KTM), 19:22.427; 2. Adam Zsolt Kovacs (HUN, KTM), +0:16.394; 3. Matvey Vopilov (RUS, KTM), +0:28.672; 4. Florian Miot (FRA, KTM), +0:34.701; 5. Pablo Gutierrez Solis (ESP, KTM), +0:35.525; 6. Radek Vetrovski (CZE, KTM), +0:43.010; 7. Martin Venhoda (CZE, KTM), +0:49.215; 8. Zakhar Osmolovskiy (RUS, KTM), +1:13.324; 9. Raul Sanchez (ESP, KTM), +1:23.224; 10. Vinnie Guthrie (GBR, KTM), +1:36.107
European Open 65cc Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Kay Karssemakers (NED, KTM), 17:59.258; 2. Radek Vetrovski (CZE, KTM), +0:01.357; 3. Adam Zsolt Kovacs (HUN, KTM), +0:04.277; 4. Adria Monne Viles (ESP, KTM), +0:26.250; 5. Florian Miot (FRA, KTM), +0:29.440; 6. Martin Venhoda (CZE, KTM), +0:37.182; 7. Matvey Vopilov (RUS, KTM), +0:42.036; 8. Zakhar Osmolovskiy (RUS, KTM), +0:53.545; 9. Xavier Cazal (FRA, KTM), +0:56.639; 10. Vinnie Guthrie (GBR, KTM), +1:01.342
European Open 65cc Overall Top Ten: 1. Kay Karssemakers (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Adam Zsolt Kovacs (HUN, KTM), 42 p.; 3. Radek Vetrovski (CZE, KTM), 37 p.; 4. Florian Miot (FRA, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Matvey Vopilov (RUS, KTM), 34 p.; 6. Martin Venhoda (CZE, KTM), 29 p.; 7. Zakhar Osmolovskiy (RUS, KTM), 26 p.; 8. Pablo Gutierrez Solis (ESP, KTM), 25 p.; 9. Vinnie Guthrie (GBR, KTM), 22 p.; 10. Adria Monne Viles (ESP, KTM), 18 p.
