Superstock 600

Local rider Michael van der Mark (EAB Ten Kate Junior Team) won his home race in fine style by leading from the front and enjoying a final advantage of 4.7 seconds over the exciting fight for second place between Nacho Calero Perez (Team Trasimeno Yamaha) and Gauthier Duwelz (Yamaha MTM Racing). Stephane Egea (Team Falcone Competition Yamaha) got the better of a group of three other riders for fourth place. Riccardo Russo (Team Italia FMI Yamaha), Alex Schacht (Schacht Racing SBK ONE Honda) and Russo’s teammate Luca Vitali rounded out the top seven, just behind Egea. Pole man Bastien Chesaux (Honda EAB Ten Kate Junior Team) crashed out of the 12-lap Superstock 600 race early on. In the championship standings, after two rounds, Van Der Mark leads Perez by one point, 41-40, with Russo third on 36.

Results: 1. Van der Mark M. (NED) Honda CBR600RR 20'36.504; 2. Calero Perez N. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R6 4.786; 3. Duwelz G. (BEL) Yamaha YZF R6 4.927; 4. Egea S. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R6 7.509; 5. Russo R. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 8.116; 6. Schacht A. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 8.539; 7. Vitali L. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 8.694; 8. Tessels W. (NED) Suzuki GSX-R600 15.269; etc.

Points (after 2 of 10 rounds): 1. Van Der Mark 41; 2. Calero Perez 40; 3. Russo 36; 4. Egea 24; 5. Duwelz 22; 6. Morrentino 13; etc.

European Junior Cup

Dutch rider Rob Hartog is the first poleman in the opening round of the second edition of the European Junior Cup, this year promoted by Austrian manufacturer KTM as a support category to World Superbike. The series has been devised for 14 to 19 year olds and is a valid entry category for youngsters to shape up to each other in eight international rounds. All riders are on identical KTM Duke 690 machines supplied by the manufacturer. Second place on the grid went to Garijs Rozkalns from Latvia and Adrian Pasek from Poland. The poleman is nephew of Wil Hartog, who in 1977 at Assen became the first Dutchman to win a 500GP race. Hartog went on to win a total of five races in the world championship.

Times: 1. Hartog R. (NED) KTM Duke 690 2'07.105; 2. Rozkalns G. (LAT) KTM Duke 690 2'08.698; 3. Pasek A. (POL) KTM Duke 690 2'09.294; 4. Patterson J. (GBR) KTM Duke 690 2'09.320; 5. Scarcella G. (AUS) KTM Duke 690 2'10.213; 6. Harland J. (GBR) KTM Duke 690 2'10.787; 7. Garcia G. (ESP) KTM Duke 690 2'12.061; 8. Wimmer L. (AUT) KTM Duke 690 2'13.842; etc.