SUPERMOTO SM WCH: 9TH ROUND RACE FINESTRAT, SPAIN (28.11.2004)
28 November 2004 - KTM-Sportmotorcycles AG

With best circumstances Fabrice Lecoanet goes to the first race. But at the first corner he was involved in a fight bar-to-bar which threwed him to the fourth position.

He fought like its his last battle but wasn’t able to get closer to the lead and so he finalized the heatrace on fourth position.

In the second heat it also turns black for the sympatic frenchman. Lying on sixth position he raced like a berserker, but unfortunately the KTM died in a corner and he has to restart it. When he got it back running the field was away. Far behind he ended on the 15. position.

With a flat fronttyre Lecoanets season was terminated prematurely. After he raced nearly the whole race at the fifth position he was very dissapointed about the technical problem. ''I had a really good feeling about the track, even it is very strange. The Offroadpart is heavy and difficult but I like it. The rest of the track is very slippery and you cannot pass other riders easily.'' he said after the Superfinal.

S2 Race 1
1 Nestor, Jorge, SPA/Husaberg, 0:00.000
2 Chareyre, Adrien, FRA/Husqvarna, 0:02.104
3 Gozzini, Davide, ITA/Husqvarna, 0:04.348
4 Lecoanet, Fabrice, FRA/KTM, 0:04.874
5 Bartolini, Andrea, ITA/Yamaha, 0:08.560
6 Giraudo, Jerome, FRA/Aprilia, 0:10.065
7 Bolley, Frédéric, FRA/Aprilia, 0:10.587
8 Thiebault, Alexandre, FRA/Honda, 0:14.052
9 Girolami, Simone, ITA/Honda, 0:16.432
10 Nicoll, Kurt, GBR/KTM, 0:17.495
11 Vorlicek, Petr, CZE/Honda, 0:17.676
12 Chareyre, Thomas, FRA/Husqvarna, 0:18.218
13 Pignotti, Attilio, ITA/Honda, 0:19.806
14 Balducci, Fabio, ITA/TM, 0:19.957
15 Baraccani, Robert, ITA/Yamaha, 0:21.106

S2 Race 2
1 Nestor, Jorge, SPA/Husaberg, 0:00.000
2 Chareyre, Adrien, FRA/Husqvarna, 0:01.670
3 Bartolini, Andrea, ITA/Yamaha, 0:02.808
4 Giraudo, Jerome, FRA/Aprilia, 0:03.458
5 Gozzini, Davide, ITA/Husqvarna, 0:03.609
6 Girolami, Simone, ITA/Honda, 0:11.406
7 Pignotti, Attilio, ITA/Honda, 0:12.943
8 Thiebault, Alexandre, FRA/Honda, 0:13.380
9 Balducci, Fabio, ITA/TM, 0:13.992
10 Chareyre, Thomas, FRA/Husqvarna, 0:14.439
11 Nicoll, Kurt, GBR/KTM, 0:15.510
12 Baraccani, Robert, ITA/Yamaha, 0:17.180
13 Gaillard, Jean-Marc, BEL/Honda, 0:21.483
14 Vorlicek, Petr, CZE/Honda, 0:21.599
15 Lecoanet, Fabrice, FRA/KTM, 0:21.789

S2 Superfinal
4 Giraudo, Jerome, FRA/Aprilia, 0:00.000
5 Gozzini, Davide, ITA/Husqvarna, 0:00.348
2 Chareyre, Adrien, FRA/Husqvarna, 0:01.653
3 Bartolini, Andrea, ITA/Yamaha, 0:01.847
8 Thiebault, Alexandre, FRA/Honda, 0:11.082
1 Nestor, Jorge, SPA/Husaberg, 0:11.238
6 Girolami, Simone, ITA/Honda, 0:12.198
7 Bolley, Frédéric, FRA/Aprilia, 0:16.999
14 Balducci, Fabio, ITA/TM, 0:17.388
7 Pignotti, Attilio, ITA/Honda, 0:18.884
11 Müller, Daniel, SUI/Yamaha, 0:19.834
10 Chareyre, Thomas, FRA/Husqvarna, 0:25.062
14 Vorlicek, Petr, CZE/Honda, 0:26.244
14 Verderosa, Max, ITA/Honda, 0:30.401
15 Boano, Ivan, ITA/Husaberg, 0:30.836

Classification after 9 rounds
1 Giraudo, Jerome, FRA/Aprilia, 244
2 Verderosa, Massimo, ITA/Honda, 240
3 Gozzini, Davide, ITA/Husqvarna, 230
4 Lecoanet, Fabrice, FRA/KTM, 193
5 Chareyre, Adrien, FRA/Husqvarna, 179
6 Bolley, Frederic, FRA/Aprilia, 177
7 Balducci, Fabio, ITA/TM, 176
8 Girolami, Simone, ITA/Honda, 133
9 Baraccani, Robert, ITA/Yamaha, 112
10 Boano, Ivan, ITA/Husaberg, 108
11 Pignotti, Attilio, ITA/Honda, 100
12 Gaillard, Jean-Marc, BEL/Honda, 97
13 Iddon, Christian, GBR/Husqvarna, 90
14 Chareyre, Thomas, FRA/Husqvarna, 85
15 Godfroid, Thierry, BEL/Kawasaki, 78

Van den Bosch underlines his strength with another Triple! Unbeatable Thierry van den Bosch presents himself at the first heat. Although Boris Chambon has taken the lead, VDB stays cool, pass him and win in a unbelievable manner. Chambon follows on the second position but were passed by Eddy Seel and in the last lap also by Gerald Delepine. Ivan Lazzarini had serious problems with the riders in front of him. Because of the narrow track he could’nt pass them and finish eigth.
With this victory Thierry van den Bosch fight back the Supermoto S1 World Champion title to KTM.

Same in heat two: Holeshot and the victory of the race for VDB. Even if he already has the title he won’t let others win one race and so he done this by himself. His teammate Chambon rode behind Manzo and he need long time to pass him. When he finite pass Manzo the two leaders VDB and Delepine were far away and he only could save the third place. Bad luck for Lazzarini, also in the second heat he stucks in the traffic and cannot ride like he normally could. Again position eigth for the italian.

To complete the winning series VDB doesn’t care Delepine, who was the leader of the Superfinal. After one lap VDB passed him, rode away and won again. The disaster for VDB’s teammates happens in the same lap: Boris Chambon got a flat tyre and Ivan Lazzarini had to stop because of technical problems.

''I’m very happy to reach the goal'' Thierry said, ''I knew that I can make it. For this reason I took the number 101 at the beginning of the year. Everything was perfect. The team, the bike, the tires - everything. I’m proud of everybody who done a job to be successfull.''

S1 Race 1
1 van den Bosch, Thierry, FRA/KTM, 0:00.000
2 Seel, Eddy, BEL/Husqvarna, 0:04.274
3 Delepine, Gerald, BEL/Husqvarna, 0:05.053
4 Chambon, Boris, FRA/KTM, 0:05.507
5 Kvasnicka, Jan, CZE/Husqvarna, 0:18.851
6 Manzo, Max, ITA/Aprilia, 0:18.870
7 Winstanley, Matthew, GBR/KTM, 0:19.652
8 Lazzarini, Ivan, ITA/KTM, 0:20.450
9 Bartolini, Valter, ITA/Husaberg, 0:20.918
10 Fiorentino, Frederic, BEL/KTM, 0:21.533
11 Guyot, Fabrice, FRA/TM, 0:21.923
12 Goetz, Marcel, SUI/KTM, 0:22.749
13 Testu, Maxim, FRA/Husqvarna, 0:23.592
14 Dejong, Gilles, BEL/KTM, 0:28.652
15 Brondi, Frederico, ITA/Husqvarna, 0:34.086

S1 Race 2
1 van den Bosch, Thierry, FRA/KTM, 0:00.000
2 Delepine, Gerald, BEL/Husqvarna, 0:02.710
3 Chambon, Boris, FRA/KTM, 0:16.482
4 Manzo, Max, ITA/Aprilia, 0:17.853
5 Guyot, Fabrice, FRA/TM, 0:18.188
6 Kvasnicka, Jan, CZE/Husqvarna, 0:19.742
7 Winstanley, Matthew, GBR/KTM, 0:20.222
8 Lazzarini, Ivan, ITA/KTM, 0:21.049
9 Goetz, Marcel, SUI/KTM, 0:21.596
10 Seel, Eddy, BEL/Husqvarna, 0:21.853
11 Testu, Maxim, FRA/Husqvarna, 0:24.025
12 Dejong, Gilles, BEL/KTM, 0:25.948
13 Fiorentino, Frederic, BEL/KTM, 0:34.361
14 Rispoli, Graziano, ITA/Honda, 0:41.647
15 Delannoy, Eric, BEL/KTM, 0:46.975

S1 Superfinal
1 van den Bosch, Thierry, FRA/KTM, 0:00.000
2 Delepine, Gerald, BEL/Husqvarna, 0:13.879
3 Winstanley, Matthew, GBR/KTM, 0:24.346
4 Manzo, Max, ITA/Aprilia, 0:31.656
5 Kvasnicka, Jan, CZE/Husqvarna, 0:32.465
6 Guyot, Fabrice, FRA/TM, 0:32.916
7 Seel, Eddy, BEL/Husqvarna, 0:39.221
8 Bartolini, Valter, ITA/Husaberg, 0:39.494
9 Rispoli, Graziano, ITA/Honda, 0:39.881
10 Dejong, Gilles, BEL/KTM, 0:40.591
11 Fiorentino, Frederic, BEL/KTM, 0:46.116
12 Brondi, Frederico, ITA/Husqvarna, 1:00.916
13 Castells, Santi Tona, SPA/KTM, 1:01.727
14 Testu, Maxim, FRA/Husqvarna, 1:09.630
15 Corbalan, Alan, SPA/Yamaha, -1 Lap

Classification after 9 rounds
1 van den Bosch, Thierry, FRA/KTM, 348
2 Chambon, Boris, FRA/KTM, 282
3 Delepine, Gerald, BEL/Husqvarna, 268
4 Seel, Eddy, BEL/Husqvarna, 261
5 Lazzarini, Ivan, ITA/KTM, 243
6 Manzo, Max, ITA/Aprilia, 163
7 Bartolini, Valter, ITA/Husaberg, 163
8 Guyot, Fabrice, FRA/TM, 130
9 Goetz, Marcel, SUI/KTM, 120
10 Winstanley, Matthew, GBR/KTM, 117
11 Brondi, Frederico, ITA/Husqvarna, 115
12 Hiemer, Bernd, GER/Husqvarna, 103
13 Kvasnicka, Jan, CZE/Husqvarna, 92
14 Fiorentino, Frederic, BEL/KTM, 87
15 Rispoli, Graziano, ITA/Honda, 83

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