STRIJBOS VICTORIOUS AT MONS
27 March 2006 - Suzuki Racing

Team Suzuki rider Kevin Strijbos celebrated overall victory at the second round of the 2006 Belgian Motocross Championships at Mons yesterday while team-mate Steve Ramon also claimed a podium position.

In the final event before the start of the MX1 Motocross World Championships - due to take place at the Zolder circuit for the Grand Prix of Flanders this weekend - Strijbos notched results of 2-1-2 in the three motos.

The 20 year old Belgian faces his fourth season as a full-time member of the works Suzuki team in the premier class and remains the sole rider to give the RM-Z450 a taste of Grand Prix success after his triumph in the Czech Republic last year.

Steve Ramon was third overall despite suffering some arm-pump in the first moto and crashing in the second race. The new Suzuki representative collected finishes of fourth, third and third.

“I have mixed feelings about the weekend,” the former 125cc World Champion said. “I was riding well but I found it difficult and a few mistakes cost me better results. I had been training hard through the week so I was getting tired by the third moto as the track was very heavy with a lot of bumps.

“In the first race, I had some arm-pump but we made some changes to the bike and I felt better in the second. I was really encouraged by my starts; the Suzuki was very strong out of the gate.”

Moto1: 1 Ken De Dijcker, 2 Kevin Strijbos, 3 Sebastien Tortelli, 4 Steve Ramon,
5 Joel Smets, 6 Jonathan Barragan.

Moto2: 1 Kevin Strijbos, 2 Sebastien Tortelli, 3 Steve Ramon, 4 Ken De Dijcker,
5 Joel Smets, 6 Danny Theybers.

Moto3: 1 Sebastien Tortelli, 2 Kevin Strijbos, 3 Steve Ramon, 4 Christophe Pourcel, 5 Marvin Van Daele, 6 Danny Theybers

Overall: 1 Strijbos, 2 Tortelli, 3 Ramon, 4 Van Daele, 5 De Dijcker.

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