Gardiner & Statt on the podium at EMX round in Germany – Report & Results

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It was a thrilling weekend for the EMX65 / EMX85 European Motocross Championship. After the first event in Denmark and the second in the Netherlands, the city of Reutlingen, Germany, hosted the third and last round of the Central Europe Zone. On Sunday, more than 60 riders were at the start for the final round of this zone, after a rainy Saturday.

EMX85

Absent in the Netherlands, Victor Leppala (KTM) was back in action and powered to an amazing double win. In Race 1 the Belgian rider ruled from the start to the end, while British leader Hayden Statt (KTM) had to settle for third, with Second position going to Danish rider Bertram Thorius (Yamaha).

Race 2 saw an intense battle for the win. In the middle of the race Leppala took the lead and didn’t look back on his way to the victory ahead of home rider Neo Nindelt (GasGas) and Statt.

Other British riders in the mix were Blake Ward-Clarke in 6th, Lucas Moncrieff in 10th, Casey Lister in 11th, and Lucas Lee in 22nd

EMX65

Home rider Luca Nierychlo (Husqvarna) ruled both races, scoring 50 perfect points. In Race 1 the muddy conditions made the fight for the second position very hard: at the end British rider Jett Gardiner (KTM) was second ahead of the Dutch Kas Van Hamond (GasGas).

In Race 2 Nierychlo set another win. Behind him, undisturbed Gardiner finished second again, securing second in the overall too. There was a fierce battle for the third position between Haakon Ronning (Husqvarna), Dominik Hason (KTM) and Van Hamond.

Austin Edwards was the only other British rider in this class but didn’t feature in the points.

EMX85 – Results

Pos	Rider	Nat	Total	R1	R2
1	Victor LEPPÄLÄ	BEL	50	25	25
2	Neo NINDELT	GER	40	18	22
3	Hayden STATT	GBR	40	20	20
4	Bertram Julius THORIUS	DEN	38	22	16
5	Raphael HELLMUTH	GER	34	16	18
6	Blake WARD-CLARKE	GBR	27	15	12
7	Kenzo JASPERS	NED	26	12	14
8	Luca FRANK	GER	25	10	15
9	Jannes VOS	NED	24	13	11
10	Lucas MONCRIEFF	GBR	22	14	8
11	Casey LISTER	GBR	20	7	13
12	Maxim ZIMMERMANN	SVK	17	8	9
13	Kay ZIJLSTRA	NED	16	9	7
14	Hugo BRANT	CZE	14	4	10
15	Simon HAHN	GER	11	11	0
16	Jeremy BOUCHEE	NED	8	3	5
17	Torre VAN MECHGELEN	BEL	8	5	3
18	Ankele FELIX	GER	8	6	2
19	Jan VESELÝ	CZE	6	0	6
20	Brian GYLES	BEL	4	0	4
21	Sacha GOBLET	BEL	2	2	0
22	Lucas LEE	GBR	1	0	1
23	Hannes LORENZ	GER	1	1	0
24	Samuel ROLIGHED	DEN	0	0	0
25	Nils FAUSER	GER	0	0	0
26	Timeo MOHRING	BEL	0	0	0
27	Luca KUIJPERS	NED	0	0	0
28	Tony OLIVEIRA	BEL	0	0	0
29	Noam MEZZAVILLA	BEL	0	0	0
30	Benedict LOHMANN	GER	0	0	0
31	Yuel KARNEBEEK	NED	0	0	0
32	Matúš BIELY	SVK	0	0	0
33	Joshua WEIGERT	BEL	0	0	0
34	Oliver JÜNGLING	GER	0	0	0

EMX65 – Results

Pos	Rider	Nat	Total	R1	R2
1	Luca NIERYCHLO	GER	50	25	25
2	Jett GARDINER	GBR	44	22	22
3	Kash VAN HAMOND	NED	36	20	16
4	Dominik HASON	CZE	34	16	18
5	Haakon RØNNING	NED	33	13	20
6	Arne KARBE	GER	33	18	15
7	Lucas TAYLOR	DEN	25	15	10
8	Willads Gordon ROHRMANN	DEN	23	9	14
9	Páris KONSTANTINIDIS	GER	23	11	12
10	Jann HUISMAN	NED	22	14	8
11	Matej MASÁR	SVK	21	8	13
12	Marlo RACH	GER	16	10	6
13	Mike PIJNEN	NED	15	6	9
14	Tim BURGERMEISTER	GER	12	12	0
15	Daan OVERVELD	NED	11	0	11
16	Tom SCHWERDTNER	GER	11	4	7
17	Xen TEMMERMANN	BEL	8	7	1
18	Cedric FLEERACKERS	BEL	5	0	5
19	Eryk LANDOWSKI	POL	5	3	2
20	Tomáš GLOGAR	CZE	5	5	0
21	Brett KASTELIJN	NED	4	0	4
22	Milan RUBES	CZE	4	1	3
23	Scott VAN DEN BOOMEN	NED	2	2	0
24	Daniel NELICH	GER	0	0	0
25	Vojtech ZENDULKA	CZE	0	0	0
26	Joshua GOBLET	BEL	0	0	0
27	Noah MOOSHERR	GER	0	0	0
28	Austin EDWARDS	GBR	0	0	0
29	Viggo ALHEDE	DEM	0	0	0
30	Michal HENDRYCH	CZE	0	0	0
31	Jesko LOBERENZ	GER	0	0	0
32	Maurice HEIDEGGER	AUT	0	0	0