Superstock 600

Swiss rider Bastien Chesaux (Honda EAB Ten Kate Junior Team) went quickest in today's first STK600 qualifying session.

The 20 year-old from Lausanne surprisingly managed to edge out his team-mate and one of the favorites, Michael van den Mark, third quickest and three-tenths from the top. In between the two Ten Kate riders was Belgian Gauthier Duwelz (Yamaha MTM Racing).

Opening round winner Riccardo Russo had a tough start to the weekend, the Italian only going eighth quickest. The promising young Australian Corey Snowsill (Yamaha MTM Racing) had a crash but came away with just a few bruises.

Times: 1. Chesaux B. (SUI) Honda CBR600RR 1'41.983; 2. Duwelz G. (BEL) Yamaha YZF R6 1'42.067; 3. Van der Mark M. (NED) Honda CBR600RR 1'42.084; 4. Calero Perez N. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R6 1'42.215; 5. Schacht A. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 1'42.485; 6. Egea S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'42.803; 7. Nestorovic A. (AUS) Yamaha YZF R6 1'42.854; 8. Russo R. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 1'42.888; etc.

European Junior Cup

The opening qualifying session for the first round of the KTM European Junior Cup saw Frenchman Jean-Francois Demoulin take the top slot, ahead of Adrian Pasek from Poland. His fellow Bogdanka team member Artur Wielebski was third. 20 riders are taking part in this weekend’s event, all on identical KTM Duke 650 machines.