MX - Pernes les Fontaines

26th February 2006, Pernes Les Fontaines (France)

Rinaldi Yamaha rider Stefan Everts has added to his Mantova Starcross victory two weeks ago with a win in the second major International of the 2006 season, held at the Pernes les Fontaines circuit in the south of France. Everts totally dominated the event, winning both motos of the MX1 class and showing he will be hard to beat in the 06 MX1 World Championship.
CAS Honda rider Josh Coppins , this year racing with Pirelli tyres , also did a great race, finishing in second place overall with two silver medals.

Coppins was more than happy with his second place finish, it was his first race of the 06 season.
"I qualified eighth which I wasn't so happy with but I still had a good gate pick. In the first heat I made a little mistake coming off the start which left me in fifth position. I made my way to fourth immediately and then to third when Pichon stalled his bike. Pourcel was riding really well but I passed him and then went after Stefan who had managed to hole-shot so he beat me by five seconds in the end," explained Coppins after his first moto of the day.
The deciding race would be a three way battle with a role reverse at the start.
"I grabbed the hole-shot in the second moto and lead for five laps or so. I decided to slow the pace a little to let Stefan past and see what lines he was using but then I saw that Pichon was right on him so the plan wasn't going to work. I made a few mistakes and Stefan got by me and he picked up the pace quite a bit but I managed to stay with him for a good battle - this is sort of sign of things to come!"

Once again the hole-shots went to Pirelli riders, proving the great traction of Pirelli off road tyres.
This 1-2 of Pirelli is definitely a good way to start the season!

In the MX2 it was French youngster Christophe Pourcel who won the overall. The Kawasaki mounted rider looked awesome around the hard packed circuit, leading home Tyla Rattray for the victory. Meo managed to finish third, going on with the preparation of the incoming season.

MX1 moto 1 : 1.Everts (Bel,Yamaha) ; 2.Coppins (Nzl,Honda) + 5''055 ; 3.Pourcel (Fra,Kawasaki) + 5''985 ; 4.Demaria (Fra,KTM) + 8''278 ; 5.Leok (Est,Kawasaki) + 26''743 ; 6.Sword (Gbr,Kawasaki) + 33''103 ; 7.Bill (Swi,Yamaha) + 45''117 ; 8.Ramon (Bel,Suzuki) +47''994 ; 9.Ristori (Swi,Honda) + 48''701 ; 10.Strijbos (Bel,Suzuki) + 51''877 ; 11.Leuret (Fra,Honda) + 54''073 ; 12.Martin (Fra,KTM) + 59''635 ; 13.Noble (Gbr,Honda) + 1'05''751 ; 14.Rouis (Fra,Kawasaki) + 1'10''045 ; 15.Kovalainen (Fin,Honda) +1'14''035…18.Pichon (Fra,KTM) + 1'27''584 ; etc…

MX1 moto 2 : 1.Everts ; 2.Coppins +2''233 ; 3.Pichon +4''855 ; 4.Tortelli (Fra,KTM) +18''055 ; 5.Demaria +43''731 ; 6.De Dycker (Bel,Honda) +52''211 ; 7.Sword +55''164 ; 8.Leok +59''411 ; 9.Strijbos +1'02''096 ; 10.Leuret +1'03''127 ; 11.Bill +1'04''087 ; 12.Ramon +1'05''202 ; 13.Priem (Bel,Yamaha) + 1'24''782 ; 14.Vanni (Fra,KTM) +1'37''004 ; 15.Martin +1'42''283 ; etc….

MX1 overall : 1.Everts, 50 points ; 2.Coppins, 44 ; 3.Demaria, 34 ; 4.Sword, 29 ; 5.Leok, 29 ; 6.Bill, 24 ; 7.Pichon, 23 ; 8.Strijbos, 23 ; 9.Ramon, 22 ; 10.Leuret, 21 ; 11.Pourcel, 20 ; 12.Tortelli, 18 ; 13.De Dycker, 15 ; 14.Martin, 15 ; 15.Priem, 13 ; etc….

MX2 moto 1 : 1.Pourcel (Fra,Kawasaki) ; 2.De Reuver (Ned,KTM) +4''047; 3.Philippaerts (Ita,KTM) +15''243; 4.Rattray (Rsa,KTM) +18''553; 5.Searle (Gbr,Kawasaki) +3044694; 6.Meo (Fra,Honda) +34''090; 7.Tarroux (Fra,Kawasaki) +39''996; 8.Nunn (Gbr,KTM) +51''548; 9.Renet (Fra,Honda) +43''903; 10.Richier (Fra,Kawasaki) +44''537; 11.Boog (Fra,Yamaha) +46''630; 12.Frossard (Fra,KTM) +1'01''622; 13.Aubin (Fra,Kawasaki) +1'02''232; 14.Leok (Est,Yamaha) +1'02''288; 15.Demartis (Fra,Yamaha) + 1'12''379 ; etc…

MX2 moto 2 : 1.Rattray ; 2.Pourcel ; 3.Méo ; 4.Tarroux ; 5.Annelot (Fra, Honda) ; 6.Renet ; 7.Leok ; 8.Richier ; 9.Nagl (Ger, KTM) ; 10.Dougan (GBR, Honda) ; 11. Roux (Fra, Yamaha) ; 12.Charlier (Fra, KTM) ; 13.Schiffer (Ger, KTM) ; 14.Sandouly (Fra, Yamaha) ; 15.Aranda (Fra, Kawasaki) ; etc…

MX2 overall : 1.Pourcel, 47 points ; 2.Rattray, 43 ; 3.Méo , 35 ; 4.Tarroux, 32 ; 5.Renet, 27 ; 6.Richier, 24 ; 7.De Reuver, 22 ; 8.Annelot, 21 ; 9.Leok, 21 ; 10.Philippaerts , 20 ; 11.Nunn, 17 ; 12.Searle, 16 ; 13.Nagl, 12 ; 14.Dougan, 11 ; 15.Sandouly, 11 ; etc

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