Too early to draw any conclusions from qualifying at Qatar, but at least we might expect all the fuss and nonsense about American Ryan Villopoto hammering Italian Antonio Cairoli to quieten down for a bit. For 24 hours at least.
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“In a male-dominated field, there is nothing I find more satisfying than to see women performing well and showing they have a legitimate place in this sport.”
It looks like it is going to be “Sideshow Bob” versus “The Axeman” throughout this season’s New Zealand Cross-country Championships.
The next round of racing in the New Zealand Motocross Championships has just been spiced up considerably.
Defending national 125cc motocross champion Josiah Natzke was clearly the fastest rider at the opening round of the New Zealand Motocross Championships two weeks ago, but bad luck meant he was forced to accept runner-up spot for the day.
Cody Cooper has the No.1 emblazoned on his big red Honda CRF450 for a reason and his rivals were left in no doubt as to what that reason was at Timaru on Sunday.
Timaru hosted round two of the New Zealand Motocross Championships on Sunday and hat-tricks were the order of the day.
Kawasaki new-boy Jonathan Rea took victory and a runner-up finish to join Aprilia’s Leon Haslam at top of WSBK Championships after his best ever weekend at Phillip Island’s opening round of the 2015 season.