 
Success on all Levels
Look back on a second round of the Maxxis FIM SuperEnduro World
Championship full of success and held in a Sold-Out arena!
Finally!
Alfredo GOMEZ (E – KTM) was running after a heat win for a year and a half
now. The last one was on February, 18th 2014 in Belo Horizonte when he made
a huge return on David KNIGHT (GB). Since, the Spanish couldn't do better
than second. He finally stopped this bad streak Saturday evening. Indeed,
the brand new KTM rider couldn't qualify to the Super Pole Akrapovic and had
to start from the second row. So, during the second heat with reverse order,
he made the Holeshot and took a comfortable lead… In end of race, he
nicely resists to Cody WEBB (USA – KTM) and Jonny WALKER (GB – KTM) come
backs to take the victory!
ROBERT does it again
Once again, the fight to take the lead right after the first curve was
intense, and once again, HAAKER and BLAZUSIAK ate the dust, accompanied by
LINUSSON, in the last heat. While GOMEZ made the Holeshot in the second moto,
Taylor ROBERT (USA – KTM), with a Holeshot in the last one and a better
position in the first moto, wins for the second time in a row the Holeshot
100% "Spirit of Racing”! On the Junior side, the nice night of Blake
GUTZEIT ended also with a 200$ Bonus offered by the goggle brand 100%!
Happiness
Since December 28th, Maxxis rider Kornel NEMETH (H – TM) is the father of
a little girl. Finally present to race in Riesa, the TM Racing rider
couldn't do better than a 15th rank after taking the last spot in
qualification. But he certainly had something else in mind and the entire
SuperEnduro paddock welcomes this little girl and wishes a lot of happiness
to the parents!
MARTINSEN, the Norwegian Rookie!
Sweden is a major nation in SuperEnduro since his creation with Joakim
LJUNGGREN during the first seasons and now with Andreas LINUSSON (KTM), one
of the biggest prospects of the discipline, but also Martin LARSSON (KTM)
and John NYSTROM (KTM). But we still never saw a Norwegian until this Grand
Prix of Germany. Indeed, the very young Martin MARTINSEN (KTM) was trying
his luck in the Junior Class and he is coming back from Riesa with an
encouraging 11th position and 17 points! This promising evening should give
him some cravings of more and we could see him again in Czech Republic in
March… or maybe already in South America? And, as he only celebrated his
16th birthday on December 30th, each dream seems to be permitted.
HAAKER killed it!
Same as the three Prestige heats, the Super Pole powered by Akrapovic was a
delight! Except Jonny WALKER who crashed, the seven other riders shown an
impressive level. None of them wanted to let he win for the other and
finally, it's Colton HAAKER (USA – Husqvarna) who realized the best time
in 38''710 ahead of Taddy BLAZUSIAK (PL – KTM), 38''825, and Cody WEBB
(39''997)! The US guy, already in a pretty good shape during practice, made
no mistake and beat BLAZUSIAK time that seemed unbeatable! In the Super Pole
standing, WEBB and BLAZUSIAK are tied with 4 points; HAAKER has 3 points and
WALKER 1 point.
A Springbok in SuperEnduro
Last year, Wade YOUNG (RSA – KTM) participation from the German GP made
some noise. But his arrival was accompanied by the one of the discreet Blake
GUTZEIT (RSA – Husqvarna). The Husqvarna rider finished the season with an
honorable 12th place with just the German and the Finnish GP in the books.
Very impressed by the discipline, GUTZEIT and his family did everything they
could next to their Federation and to the South-African government to be
able to participate to the full 2016 season. And they can't regret it now!
Actually living in Germany, the rider from Durban realizes a pretty nice
season start and signed his first SuperEnduro podium in Riesa! He is
currently 3rd overall in Junior and he is looking by any possibility to make
the trip to South America…
JUSZCZAK, the prospect
On the Polish side, we were expecting a lot from Oskar KACZMARCZYK (KTM) who
realized a nice first season in 2015. But the best Junior Polish rider is
finally Emil JUSZCZAK, aged of 20 years old! Brand new in the discipline,
the Sherco rider realized some really times, on the same level than the best
riders of the class but he had some difficulties to confirm in Poland (9th)…
In Germany, he ascended into power, his final Top 5 (5/6/4) speaks for
himself and he could clearly come and fight for a podium before the end of
the season. In the overall, JUSZCZAK is back in 7th position with only 9
points behind the 5th Tim APOLLE (D – Husqvarna) who is also improving a
lot.
German New Year's Eve
With the race on January 2nd, each rider had to arrive in Riesa from
December 31st. While WALKER and BLAZUSIAK preferred to celebrate it quietly
with their family, the US colony formed by WEBB, ROBERT, TREMAINE, HAAKER
and ROOKSTOOL has chosen a more festive option! They went all to Dresden to
attend to one of the most famous and beautiful New Year's Eve in Germany…
Despite this and less hours of sleep in compare to the Europeans, WEBB won
the GP, joined on the podium by HAAKER while ROBERT finished 6th, TREMAINE
9th and ROOKSTOOL not so far from the Top 10!
Show
Once again, the official SuperEnduro cheerleaders, the Dragon Ladies, gave
something to cheer for to the German crowd! In addition to this group of
seven girls, the German organizer organized a big show with a fan race and
the arrival of a Rallye car on the track. To top it all, Maxxis babes were
also fire-breathings… The 6 000 spectators present in the SachsenArena in
Riesa have taken eyeful during more than 3 hours and a half!
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