Bike It DRT Kawasaki’s Courtney Duncan gave the 2020-model KX250F a winning debut as she scored her second consecutive maximum weekend in the Czech round of the FIM World WMX Women’s Motocross Championship.
The 23-year-old Kiwi flew in from Palmerston, near Dunedin, and was once again dominant, again proving herself unbeatable by this time scoring her two wins on the tricky Czech Republic track at Loket.
She beat Dutch rider Nancy Van De Ven (Yamaha) in race one at Loket and German rider Larissa Papenmeier (Yamaha) in race two, both times passing the chequered flag 36 seconds ahead of her rivals.
Duncan now leads Van De Ven by 14 points in the championship chase.
There are now just two rounds (four races, two at each event) remaining — at Imola, in Italy, on August 17-18 and at Afyon, in Turkey, on September 7-8.
Photo courtesy Pascal Haudiquert.
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RESULTS AND STANDINGS:
WMX – Race 1 Top Ten:
- Courtney Duncan (NZL, Kawasaki), 24:24.880
- Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +0:36.314
- Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), +0:37.879
- Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Yamaha), +0:45.660
- Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), +1:13.933
- Line Dam (DEN, Honda), +1:26.553
- Anne Borchers (GER, Suzuki), +1:29.014
- Amandine Verstappen (BEL, Yamaha), +1:30.557
- Lynn Valk (NED, Yamaha), +1:42.445
- Nicky van Wordragen (NED, Yamaha)
WMX – Race 2 Top Ten:
- Courtney Duncan (NZL, Kawasaki), 24:27.293
- Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Yamaha), +0:36.081
- Amandine Verstappen (BEL, Yamaha), +0:53.304
- Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +1:01.980
- Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), +1:03.801
- Lynn Valk (NED, Yamaha), +1:15.637
- Francesca Nocera (ITA, Suzuki), +1:39.540
- Anne Borchers (GER, Suzuki), +1:41.004
- Sandra Karlsson (SWE, Kawasaki), +1:41.593
- Mathea Seleboe (NOR, Yamaha), +1:43.361
WMX – Overall Top Ten:
- Courtney Duncan (NZL, KAW), 50 points
- Larissa Papenmeier (GER, YAM), 40 points
- Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 40 points
- Amandine Verstappen (BEL, YAM), 33 points
- Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), 32 points
- Lynn Valk (NED, YAM), 27 points
- Anne Borchers (GER, SUZ), 27 points
- Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), 26 points
- Francesca Nocera (ITA, SUZ), 22 points
- Mathea Seleboe (NOR, YAM), 21 points
WMX – Championship Top Ten:
- Courtney Duncan (NZL, KAW), 139 points
- Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 125 points
- Larissa Papenmeier (GER, YAM), 122 points
- Amandine Verstappen (BEL, YAM), 100 points
- Shana van der Vlist (NED, KTM), 93 points
- Lynn Valk (NED, YAM), 90 points
- Sara Andersen (DEN, KTM), 75 points
- Line Dam (DEN, HON), 69 points
- Nicky van Wordragen (NED, YAM), 65 points
- Anne Borchers (GER, SUZ), 64 points
