Coppins 2010 World FIM Champ Thread

[paturoa]

Thread to follow Josh's 2010 campaign;

Dates and locations:

04 Apr 2010 Bulgaria Sevlievo, 9th, 10th, 23 points 9th overall.
11 Apr 2010 Lombardia (ITA) Mantova , 17th, 11th, 14 points, 10th overall.
25 Apr 2010 The Netherlands Valkenswaard
09 May 2010 Portugal Agueda
16 May 2010 Catalunya (ESP) Bellpuig
30 May 2010 Great Britain Chepstow Track Infos
06 Jun 2010 France St Jean d'Angely
20 Jun 2010 Germany Teutschenthal
27 Jun 2010 Latvia Kegums
04 Jul 2010 Sweden Uddevalla
01 Aug 2010 Limburg (BEL) Lommel
08 Aug 2010 Czech Republic Loket Track Infos
22 Aug 2010 Brazil Campo Grande
05 Sep 2010 Benelux (NED) Lierop
12 Sep 2010 Italy Fermo
Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations 26 Sep 2010 USA Denver, Lakewood

Other threads and sites:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/109183
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/118490
http://www.joshcoppins.com/
http://www.youthstream.org/

[paturoa]

And just found this while seeing what he's been up to

http://www.fullnoise.com.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_full&news_id=7012&Ntitle=Motocross%3A%20Setback%20for%20Coppins%20in %20Castiglione%20del%20Lago

[oldguy]

Cheers for the info mate, hope its not too bad for Josh, and is fighting fit come start of the FIM first race.

[denill]

Date: 14 March 2010

Coppins takes pole in Gallarate

The third round of the Internazionali dʼItalia held at a sunny Gallarate circuit has seen Josh Coppins take his first pole of the season aboard the factory MXV Aprilia. After suffering a broken rib at round 2, three weeks prior, Coppins was back to speed in front of an enthusiastic Italian crowd.

Having first pick of the gate for race 1, Coppins grabbed a good start and emerged 4th on the opening lap behind Guarneri, Monni and Albertson. With all four riders running a similar pace it was somewhat of an uneventful race with very few passes being made and Coppins having to settle for fourth.

A hole-shot in race two would see Coppins rocket to the front of the pack. Two laps later he lost the front end and lost vital positions. Coppins made a quick recovery and looked set to climb back to a podium spot when he tried to dive up the inside of fellow Aprilia team-mate, Julian Bill. An over enthusiastic, Guarneri ran into the back of Coppins sending both riders to the floor. Coppins rejoined the race and salvaged 8th spot.

"I’m really happy with the progress we have made with the bike” smiled Coppins. “I should not have made those mistakes in race 2 but I put that done to not having ridden in the last three weeks. I proved I have the speed by claiming pole position and with my second moto hole-shot I am confident we have found the right settings on the bike now. I still have some testing to do before the next round in San Severino next weekend but we have made leaps and bounds and still are improving so I’m looking forward to the next race and of course GP1 in Bulgaria.”

Race results:

Race1: 1 Davide Guarneri), 2 Monni, 3 Albertson, 4 Coppins, 5 Salvini, 6 Priem, 7 Bill, 8 Lombrici, 9 Tanel Leok , 10 Dami

Race 2: 1 Tanel Leok, 2 Albertson, 3 Monni, 4 Bill, 5 Davide Guarneri ,6 Kohut, 7 Salvini, 8 Coppins, 9 Priem, 10 Schmidinger

Overall classification: 1. Jimmy Albertson 42 pts, 2. Manuel Monni 42, 3. Davide Guarneri 41, 4. Tanel Leok 37, 5. Julien Bill 32, 6. Josh Coppins 31, 7. Alex Salvini 30, 8. Manuel Priem 27, 9. Roberto Lombrici 21, 10. Martin Kohut 20

Championship standings: 1. Davide Guarneri 118 pts, 2. David Philippaerts 100, 3. Tanel Leok 95, 4. Manuel Monni 93, 5. Josh Coppins 92, 6. Alex Salvini 79, 7. Jimmy Albertson 76, 8. Manuel Priem 69, 9. Julien Bill 57, 10. Tony Cairoli 44

[raglanash]

Heres the vids, nice holeshot in race 2.
http://blog.mxbars.net/2010/03/16/internazionali-ditalia-round-3-video/

[paturoa]

Broke rib... ouch!

He would have done bugger all training with a rib injury. Nice Vid, his speed at the holeshot and the next couple of laps was impressive.

[denill]

Date: 21 March 2010

Coppins ends fourth in Italian championship.

The fourth and final round of the Italian championship has come to completion at a spectacular San Severino circuit under moderate Spring conditions.

Factory Aprilia Racer, Josh Coppins, looked set to end his championship off on high with a 3Rd place in his qualification group as he hounded German Maxi Nagl and American Jimmy Albertson to the line.

As the gate dropped for the opening moto, Coppins and Cairoli went bar to bar into the first turn trying to grab the hole-shot with ‘The Lizzard’ being pushed wide as he emerged in 3rd. Riding a steady race, Coppins came under pressure in the final stages of the moto and did not have an answer for Leok and Guarneri as they stole a podium finish away from the Kiwi.

The final and deciding moto would see misfortune sideline Coppins when his machine was forced to the side with a technical problem. Coppins was not able to complete the race and also lost his overall podium spot in the championship to Monni.

“We have been making headway with our testing however today we had an unfortunate DNF. I was pumped with my first moto start and again this proves that we are now competitive on the start which is important for the GP’s. I have missed some valuable riding time on the bike due to the broken rib but I am starting to feel confident and am looking forward to Bulgaria in two weeks time. “ commented Coppins.

Coppins won the Bulgarian GP last year and will be looking to Sevlievo for a positive start to his 2010 MX GP campaign.

Race results:

Race 1: 1 Cairoli, 2. Nagl, 3. Tanel Leok, 4. Davide Guarneri, 5. Coppins, 6. Monni, 7.Albertson, 8 Priem 9. Salvini, 10. Krestinov


Race 2: 1. Nagl, 2. Cairoli, 3. Tanel Leok, 4. Albertson, 5. Davide Guarneri, 6. Albertson, 7.Bonini, 8. Compagnone, 9. Bill, 10. Kohut

Overall classification: 1. Max Nagl 47, 2. Tony Cairoli 47, 3. Tanel Leok 40, 4. Davide Guarneri 34, 5. Manuel Monni 33, 6.Jimmy Albertson 29 ptn, 7. Julien Bill 21, 8. Martin Kohut 21, 9. Matteo Bonini 20, 10. Felice Compagnone 20

Championship standings: 1. Davide Guarneri 152, 2. Tanel Leok 135, 3. Manuel Monni 126, 4. Josh Coppins 108, 5. Jimmy Albertson 105, 6. David Philippaerts 100 ptn, 7. Alex Salvini 99, 8. Tony Cairoli 91, 9. Manuel Priem 82, 10. Julien Bill 78

[paturoa]

And we wont get to see Ben !


Ben Townley to miss 2010 Grand Prix appearance By Daniele Rizzi | 19 Mar 2010

After a training accident at home in New Zealand, Ben Townley suffered from a small perforation in his bowel. Townley underwent surgery on Monday but a four to six week recovery time means the former MX2 World Champion will miss his FIM Motocross World Championship appearance at the forthcoming start to the 2010 season.

Townley said: “This is definitely a bummer for me. I was really looking forward to racing in Europe in April. Obviously, that isn’t going to happen now. I have a lot of friends over there and I’ll definitely race some GP’s again someday.”

If you would like to send Ben a get-well message or just say hello visit www.bentownley.com and click on the extra tab at the top.

[paturoa]

Starts this weekend, I'm excited, you?

Does anyone know what Katherine Prumm is up to?

[paturoa]

9th in qualifying so looks good!

[arj127]

Live in 2 hours!

[Rupe]

Live in 2 hours!

where can you watch live???

[NordieBoy]

where can you watch live???

www.freecaster.tv

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I get to watch it in 4 second chunks :(

[Rupe]

www.freecaster.tv



I get to watch it in 4 second chunks :( Yeah same here. I used to have a little program that would download the links. Anyone know what it would be??

[arj127]

Coppins 9th first moto, 10th in the second

[little.whittle]

Yeah same here. I used to have a little program that would download the links. Anyone know what it would be??

Realtime player??

[little.whittle]

good for KTMs new 350s getting 1st and 2nd

[oldnslow]

Nagl on a 450SXF 1st overal and 350SXF 2nd overal. KTM won every race! Nikki Scott there for NZ in Womens race as well

[denill]

Date: 07 April 2010

Josh Says: "We are off to a decent start and we can build from this"

Hi there,

Well GP 1 is over... the track was awesome. I was a little nervous after last year’s wet round 1! I didn’t really know what to expect in Bulgaria but it was fine and Sunday we had a really nice day. As for my results and Aprilia I was happy. My goal was top 10 – sure I want better. I’m not always going to be happy with that but we’re off to a decent start and we can build from this.

I think I surprised a lot of people! The bike is good, we just have a few small issues that we can work on... and trust me we are. I expected KTM to be good as I raced both Max and Tony at the last Italian round. I saw they were good there. It’s amazing how stacked with talent the MX1 class is! I mean you have to ride good to get points! I had mentally prepared myself not to flip out if I came around and saw 20th place on my pit board because I was well aware of the depth in MX1 in 2010.

This weekend is Mantova, a track I don’t like.. well ‘don’t like’ are big words. I do like it I just struggle to go fast there and I always have, even in 07 when I won both motos. That was because I was the strongest not the fastest, so this weekend will be much of the same. I will need good starts (which I seem to get on Aprilia!) and fight all the way. It will be a tough race but i have no doubt we can back up GP1 with decent results.

How about a US GP! That’s cool huh. I am happy to be able to go and race at Glen Helen as I’ve never raced there before so I can’t wait. Hopefully some AMA riders support the race and we’ll have all the best riders at one race. Imagine how stacked MX1 will be then!

I don’t have a lot more to report on. All I’ve been doing is racing and training and traveling! My daughter is growing up fast. She’s started talking a few words ‘mm mmm’ is motorbike and when she watches MX on TV she yells “go go go!” I’m not sure if she’s yelling at daddy or not yet??? but she loves MX.

Well that’s it for now. I’ll keep it short and try to check in a bit more regularly...


Cheers,

JC

[paturoa]

Bump
Mantova this weekend

[paturoa]

Not so good in qualifying, 23rd. Nothing a good holeshot wouldn't fix.

[paturoa]

17th and 11th

[denill]

12 April 2010.

Tough Italian GP for Coppins.

The second round of the FIM Motocross World championship saw close to 20.000 spectators turn out for the GP of Lombardia in Italy. Factory Aprilia racer, Josh Coppins, got off to a rough start when he collided with Frenchman Greg Aranada in mid air and was lucky to escape without any serious injuries during the Saturday qualifying race. Despite the huge crash Coppins still managed to nurse his mangled machine to 24th place.

With weather conditions much cooler for Sunday’s GP, Coppins rolled onto the start line bruised and stiff. Being placed on a wide gate resulted in a poor start, but things got worse as another crash left Coppins on the deck and in 33rd position. Pushing hard ‘Lizzard’ salvaged 17th spot by the end of a grueling moto.

Rough track conditions made for a difficult final race however Coppins grabbed a great start and was placed inside the top ten. Battling back and forth with some of the competition, Coppins lost some ground at the mid-way point, but with just ten minutes left on the clock he put in a last minute charge and salvaged a few positions to cross the finish line in 11th position.

“The weekend started off with a scare. Aranda got cross rutted on the take off and came across me in mid air and we hit the ground really hard. I was lucky to get away with only a few bruises and a slight concussion. Considering the poor gate pick, and related starts, I was relatively happy with the results, but if I am totally honest I will be happy to forget this GP.”

The GP teams will be afforded a week’s break before round 3 takes place in Valkenswaard on the 24th -25th of April.

Results

Moto 1
1 DESALLE, Clement
2 CAIROLI, Antonio
3 NAGL, Maximilian
4 DE DYCKER, Ken
5 POURCEL, Sebastien
6 ALBERTSON, Jimmy
7 BOOG, Xavier
8 BARRAGAN, Jonathan
9 LEOK, Tanel
10 RAMON, Steve
11 MONNI, Manuel
12 DE REUVER, Marc
13 GUARNERI, Davide
14 BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny
15 SWANEPOEL, Gareth
17 COPPINS, Joshua

Moto 2
1 CAIROLI, Antonio
2 PHILIPPAERTS, David
3 NAGL, Maximilian
4 DESALLE, Clement
5 DE DYCKER, Ken
6 BOOG, Xavier
7 RAMON, Steve
8 BARRAGAN, Jonathan
9 BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny
10 BOISSIERE, Anthony
11 COPPINS, Joshua
12 STRIJBOS, Kevin
13 ALBERTSON, Jimmy
14 SWANEPOEL, Gareth
15 MONNI, Manuel

GP Overall
1 CAIROLI, Antonio
2 DESALLE, Clement
3 NAGL, Maximilian
4 DE DYCKER, Ken
5 BOOG, Xavier
6 BARRAGAN, Jonathan
7 RAMON, Steve
8 PHILIPPAERTS, David
9 ALBERTSON, Jimmy
10 BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny
11 POURCEL, Sebastien
12 LEOK, Tanel
13 MONNI, Manuel
14 COPPINS, Joshua
15 SWANEPOEL, Gareth

World Championship Standings
1 CAIROLI, Antonio 88
2 NAGL, Maximilian 87
3 DESALLE, Clement 79
4 DE DYCKER, Ken 65
5 PHILIPPAERTS, David 60
6 RAMON, Steve 59
7 BARRAGAN, Jonathan 56
8 BOOG, Xavier 54
9 POURCEL, Sebastien 37
10 COPPINS, Joshua 37
11 GUARNERI, Davide 32
12 SWANEPOEL, Gareth 31
13 MONNI, Manuel 31
14 LEOK, Tanel 30
15 ALBERTSON, Jimmy 29

[Reckless]

oh shit one of those weekends aye! Bugger was hoping he'd have better luck!

[NordieBoy]

He's still top 10 though :D

[Reckless]

He's still top 10 though :D

Yeh number 10 hopefully will be onward and upward from here! Fingers crossed for him aye!!

[camchain]

He's hard as nails, certainly have to give him that. Ribs must still be sore from last time as well.

Saw a mid-air prang like this (on TV) Barret rd Nats last year. Ugly metallic 'clang' when they came together and one them them came down very hard. Real nasty way to bin it and it would really mess with the head.

[paturoa]

Bump - racing this weekend!

[paturoa]

10th in qualifying.

[NordieBoy]

Bugger!

Only 34th and 2 laps in the 1st moto but 9th place and 19 laps in the 2nd and less than a min behind 1st.

Wonder what happened?

2min 1st lap and 4min 2nd lap. Sounds mechanical.

[Teava]

Sorry but i didnt want to start a new thread just for the sake of talking about the race last night.

****SPOILER****

Cairoli was like a man possessed, dominated the first moto by 20+ sec!

In the second moto it really showed just how much easier it is to ride the 350, that huge save he did when he got cross rutted up the face of the jump was just crazy! He charged hard the whole race and made up a 5sec gap twice!! to win the second moto the way he did was insane.

[Katoomer]

Lap times are interesting . A 15 year old had the fastest lap with a 1.52 in the 1st race

MX1 - Grand Prix Race 1 - Classification
Pos Nr Rider Bestlaptime in lap
1 222 Cairoli, Antonio 1:54.070 2
2 19 Philippaerts, David 1:55.066 3

MX2 - Grand Prix Race 2 - Classification
Pos Nr Rider Bestlaptime in lap Speed
1 111 Herlings, Jeffrey 1:53.359 1
2 94 Roczen, Ken 1:54.094 3

[FlangMasterJ]

Any torrents out there?

[Teava]

Any torrents out there?

It easier to just watch them on www.freecaster.tv

[denill]

Date: 25th April 2010

Coppins experiences tough day in Valkenswaard.

The 3rd round of the FIM MX World championship welcomed a strong crowd to the ‘Eurocircuit’ in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands, over the weekend. Factory Aprilia racer, Josh Coppins, enjoyed the warm weather but could not take advantage of the treacherous sand conditions and his 10th place qualifying position as he lined up for moto 1 on Sunday. A first lap crash with Italian Manuel Monni left Coppins eating Dutch sand has he remounted and gave chase to the pack. The Kiwi’s efforts were short lived when he collided with a fallen rider and damaged the clutch perch of his Factory aprilia machine had to retire from the race.

In the second moto Coppins didn’t get the jump he needed and was a little tentative on the open laps trying to avoid any mishaps as in moto 1. As he settled down ‘Lizzard’ he gained a few positions as he broke into the top 10. A 9th position by the end of the 35min + 2 laps was not enough to make up for the shortfall in moto1.

“The racing is so close this year and sometimes you have to take risks but today they never paid off for me. I can’t afford not to earn points in both motos because it seems a lot of the guys are getting more consistent and having a 0 on the score card really hurts. My goal is to get back into the top 10 after Portugal and Spain and to post two consistent race results. “ vowed a determined Coppins.

Coppins will take part in round 3 of the British MX champs in Duns next weekend before heading to Portugal a week later for round 4 of the MX World champs.

Image: CDS

Race results:

MX1 Race 1
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
4 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
5 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
7 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
8 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda
9 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
10 de Reuver, Marc NED Suzuki
11 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
12 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
13 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha
14 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
15 Söderström, Tom SWE Yamaha
DNF Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia

MX1 Race 2
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
3 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
4 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
5 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
6 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
7 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
8 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda
9 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
10 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
11 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
12 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
13 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki
14 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha
15 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki

MX1 GP Overall
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 50
2 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 42
3 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 40
4 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 36
5 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 33
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 29
7 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 28
8 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda 26
9 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda 24
10 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 20
11 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 16
12 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 16
13 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha 15
14 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki 13
15 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 12

MX1 World championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 138
2 Nagl, M. GER 120
3 Ramon, Steve BEL 101
4 Philippaerts, D. ITA 100
5 de Dycker, Ken BEL 94
6 Desalle, C. BEL 79
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 70
8 Leok, Tanel EST 66
9 Barragan, J. ESP 56
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 56
11 Albertson, J. USA 55
12 Bobryshev, E. RUS 53
13 Swanepoel, G. RSA 51
14 Pourcel, S. FRA 50
15 Coppins, J. NZL 49

[Reckless]

Unfortunately My hopes for him are fading a bit, unless he starts riding like demon or his luck changes. I think he's pretty much screwed? Bugger I had High hopes for him on the aprilia.

[paturoa]

Bump - were up this weekend (hopefully the standings too)

[NordieBoy]

My high hopes for him are finishing the season in the top 10 and maybe a podium or 2 on the way.

[paturoa]

My high hopes for him are finishing the season in the top 10 and maybe a podium or 2 on the way.

I was more thinking 4th / 5th at the beginning of the season with several podiums. I'm starting to think that may be a bit optimistic. Still they've only completed 3 rounds of 15 so far.

[paturoa]

The God of Shit Happens is visiting, 30th in the qual race and only finished 7 laps.

He was mid pack 18th, went up to 17th and then stopped? Can't find anything on why.

[denill]

Date: 9 May 2010.

Coppins makes most of Portuguese MX GP.

The 4th round of the FIM Motocross world championships saw mixed weather conditions play a roll in Agueda Portugal over the weekend. Factory Aprilia racer Josh Coppins, made the most of the tricky track conditions after rainfall on Saturday threatened to turn the well groomed Agueda circuit into a quagmire.

A derailed chain forced the Kiwi out of the 20 min qualifying race on Saturday, however as mid morning sunshine dried the track on Sunday, Coppins was determined to make the most of his wide starting position. A faulty start gate had riders on edge as the first moto start was red flagged with officials doing their best to repair the problem. The restart went smoothly however ‘Lizzard’ was caught in the second half of the pack as he tried to jockey for positions. Battling to find his true race rhythm, Coppins broke into the top 20 and picked off a few positions as the clock ticked by. 17th place was the best that the Kiwi could produce in track conditions that were difficult to pass on.

With clouds clearing and track conditions drying out fast, the second moto would make for some exciting racing. ‘Lizzard’ once again had his work cut out with his wide starting gate, however he put in some aggressive opening laps and pushed through to 10th place around the halfway mark. A good battle with Belgian, Steve Ramon and Frenchman, Sebastien Pourcel would see the trio trading positions as they caught a tiring Davide Guarneri with a lap to go. Pourcel got by the Italian however Coppins ran out of time but managed to keep Ramon at bay to cross the line in 11th.

“Today was always going to be difficult from where I was placed on the start gate” explained Coppins. “The first moto was not good at all and I just couldn’t seem to get going and battled the entire moto. The second moto was much better for me and I really enjoyed the rough lines and tricky sections. I seemed to flow better and was pleased with my speed and result.”

Coppins heads to Bellpuig, Spain next weekend for round 5 in the 15 round series.

Race results:

Mx1 Race 1
1 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
3 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
4 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
5 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
6 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
7 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
8 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki
9 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
10 de Reuver, Marc NED Suzuki
11 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
12 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
13 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
14 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki
15 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
17 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia


MX1 Race 2
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
3 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
4 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
5 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
6 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
7 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
8 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
9 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki
10 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
11 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
12 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
13 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
14 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
15 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
16 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda

Mx1 GP Overall:
1 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 44
2 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 41
3 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 41
4 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 36
5 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 33
6 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 30
7 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 26
8 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki 25
9 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 23
10 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 20
11 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 18
12 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda 17
13 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 16
14 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 14
15 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM 14
16 de Reuver, Marc NED Suzuki 13
17 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki 7
18 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 6


Mx1 Championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 179
2 Nagl, M. GER 161
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 133
4 Ramon, Steve BEL 124
5 Desalle, C. BEL 123
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 114
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 106
8 Leok, Tanel EST 96
9 Bobryshev, E. RUS 79
10 Pourcel, S. FRA 75
11 Guarneri, D. ITA 73
12 Coppins, J. NZL 63
13 Albertson, J. USA 59
14 Swanepoel, G. RSA 57
15 Barragan, J. ESP 56

[NordieBoy]

Gate position is just so important. He had some good company back there though with Nagal and Pourcel.

[paturoa]

He had some good company back there though with Nagal and Pourcel.

I hadn't read the other names that finished mid field. There are some top riders in there.

[paturoa]

Heads up - Spain this weekend

[paturoa]

14th in qualifying, but well down on best lap time, Cairoil was 2:01 and Josh 2:13!

[paturoa]

14th and 13th. Outside top 10 again with 12th on the day overall and a small lift to 11th overall in the championship on 78 points. However Cairoli is on 214 points!

[denill]

Date: 16 May 2010

Press release:

Spanish MX GP mixed misfortunes for Coppins.

17000 spectators lined the spectacular Bellpuig hillside circuit in Spain this weekend to witness the 5th round of the FIM MX World championship series. Factory Aprilia Racer, Josh Coppins, experienced a weekend of mixed misfortunes but still managed to climb one position higher in the championship standings and now sits in 11th overall.

The New Zealander’s first moto did not get off to a good start as a first turn pile-up saw Lizzard at the bottom of the heap as the pack disappeared into the distance. He remounted and gave chase to the field putting in some strong consistant lap times and making good passes as he climbed the standings. Coppins was able to take advantage of a fallen Steve Ramon one corner from the chequered flag to secure 14th spot.

A much better start in race 2 had Coppins placed in the top ten. Carrying good lines and setting consistent lap times, ‘Lizzard’ looked set for a great result when technical gremlins effected his machine. Coppins nursed home a broken fuel pump to finish 13th for 12th overall.

“I’m a bit gutted about the second moto. “ admitted Coppins “The team and I have been working hard on putting two strong results together but it did not happen this weekend. We have improved our starts which has been an important goal as it is hard to come through the pack with such a strong field. Hopefully we’ll have these technical issues ironed out for the US GP. I’m looking for to racing in Glen Helen”.

Coppins will be afforded a week’s break before heading to Sacramento, California for round 6 on 29-30 May.

www.joshcoppins.com

Image: CDS

Race results:

MX1 Race 1
1 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
2 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
3 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
4 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
5 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
6 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
7 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
8 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
9 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki
10 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
11 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
12 Lozano Rico, Alvaro ESP Yamaha
13 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
14 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
15 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

MX1 Race 2
1 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
2 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
3 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
4 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
5 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
6 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
7 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
8 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
9 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
10 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
11 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
12 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
13 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
14 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
15 Soubeyras, Cedric FRA KTM

MX1 GP Overall:
1 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 39
2 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 38
3 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 37
4 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 35
5 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 35
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 31
7 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 30
8 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 27
9 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM 25
10 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 23
11 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 20
12 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 15
13 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 14
14 Lozano Rico, Alvaro ESP Yamaha 14
15 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki 12

MX1 World championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 214
2 Nagl, M. GER 198
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 171
4 Desalle, C. BEL 158
5 de Dycker, Ken BEL 145
6 Ramon, Steve BEL 144
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 136
8 Leok, Tanel EST 135
9 Bobryshev, E. RUS 106
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 84
11 Coppins, J. NZL 78
12 Pourcel, S. FRA 75
13 Strijbos, K. BEL 70
14 Swanepoel, G. RSA 67
15 Boissiere, A. FRA 62

[paturoa]

Round 6 Gt Britian this weekend at Chepstow

EDIT:

Oops.... Glen Helen USA!

[paturoa]

This should be interesting!


Ben Townley interview – Ready or Not Here I ComeBy Geoff Meyer | 19 May 2010

2004 World MX2 Champion Ben Townley is really looking forward to the coming weeks. After finishing with 2-1 results in last weekend’s National 4-stroke race at the Glen Helen circuit the New Zealander felt his speed was still there and he can start to build on what will be an important year for him.

Now fully fit after recovering from six weeks off the bike with a groin injury Townley knows his condition isn't what is should be, but he wants to go top five at the opening round of the AMA Nationals this coming weekend and then go to the Unites States Grand Prix on May 30 with a real chance to race with the likes of Antonio Cairoli and Max Nagl in the MX1 class.

Townley also likes the layout of the Glen Helen circuit and expects many of the Grand Prix riders to enjoy the new FIM World Motocross Championship facility.

"The layout is nice, some really nice rollers (waves) and a huge jump out the back of the track, of course the big uphill and downhill sections which are really special for this circuit and a few other interesting aspects. It’s a nice circuit for sure."

His performance in a small national race last weekend at the Glen Helen circuit gave him some confidence as he scored some good results despite suffering a flat tyre.

"I was leading the first race last weekend and got a flat tyre, and finished 6th or something, then I won the second moto easy. I felt good, it was a good hit-out."

While Townley remains confident that his race speed will be good, he is a little worried about how his condition will be as the race enters the important period.

"I had 6 weeks off the bike and wanted to do those three Grand Prix's at the start of the year, but it didn't happen. I have only been back in America for a short time, and I know my race condition isn't going to be perfect, but I expect to run with the top GP guys and I like to think I can be top five. My speed is good. The question is going to be how I feel at the tail end of the races, how my condition will play out. I know I am fast enough, that isn't a question, but I don't know how long I will be able to run at the top pace."

Having not raced a Grand Prix for five years Townley knows that he will have his work cut out for him against the likes of Cairoli, Nagl and some of the other leading MX1 riders, but he also knows that in top shape, and with a little luck he will run side by side with the leading Grand Prix riders and that will only bring more interest to what is already going to be a very exciting United States Grand Prix.

[Reckless]

More than interesting should be freckin good!
It will be really interesting seeing how quick he is comparing his running second in that race in the AMA to where he might finish amongst this set of riders!
Bloody hell I can't wait for the torrent!

[paturoa]

More than interesting should be freckin good!
It will be really interesting seeing how quick he is comparing his running second in that race in the AMA to where he might finish amongst this set of riders!
Bloody hell I can't wait for the torrent!

I like each year with the 'nations to see how the merkin comp compares to the european. This looks like it will be some sort of combo thing.

[paturoa]

Townley 8th in practice and Coppins 24th.

[paturoa]

Townely qualified 2nd and Josh 12th.

[little.whittle]

wow great effort by both

[paturoa]

Moto 1: Josh DNF (9 laps), Ben DNF (8 laps)

Moto 2: Josh 9th, Ben 1st.

Vets; moto 1 DK 2nd, Moto 2 DK 2nd

[Reckless]

Holy shit!!
Well I guess that answers my question on where the AMA riders rank against the world champ MX1 riders! Go Ben Townley!!!
Looks like he blew the Ktm's away LOL!!

And DK well all I can say is respect to him there is nothing that proves how good you are than actual results, still 2nd in the world, thats pretty awesome I reckon!

Can someone copy and paste the results?

[denill]

[QUOTE=Reckless;1129769201 Can someone copy and paste the results?[/QUOTE]

Check out:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/124127-Glen-Helen-US-Grand-Prix?p=1129769214#post1129769214

[Reckless]

yeh Two threads but only the Vets results there. I found them he won the second moto by 7 secs!! Bloody good to see a kiwi name ahead of all those other famous names aye!!! yeeebooooy you go for it! Damn pity he wasn't there from the start aye! Thats not a factory ride he's on either is it?? Freckin good stuff!

[denill]

1 June 2010

Mixed weekend for Coppins in USGP

As the sole factory Aprilia entry, Josh Coppins headed off to Glen Helen Raceway in the USA this past weekend to take part in the impressive USGP.

High winds caused for the usual Saturday ‘free’ practice to be cancelled, but by mid day the winds had settled enough to get the program underway. Josh quickly got to grips with the new circuit and posted 12th place in the qualifying race.

In the first moto on Sunday Coppins suffered a bent radiator when a mistake in the opening laps took him down. With high temperatures the lack of engine cooling left ‘Lizzard’ with no option but to retire from the race.

Looking to salvage vital points for the weekend Coppins was quick out the gates in moto 2 and rounded out the opening lap just outside the top 10. Racing hard throughout ‘Lizzard’ put on an impressive charge ending the 35 minute and 2 lap race in 9th position.

‘Not finishing the first moto was a real shame because I felt good on the bike. That showed in the 2nd race and I was pumped to get a good result in that. The team had to change the whole engine between the heats, so we were pushed on time, but they did a good job in the end. The development of this bike is a huge task but we continue to improve every week so that is promising.” Commented Coppins.

Moto 1

1 CAIROLI, Antonio
2 ALESSI, Mike
3 NAGL, Maximilian
4 DE DYCKER, Ken
5 DESALLE, Clement
6 BOOG, Xavier
7 RAMON, Steve
8 GUARNERI, Davide
9 LANGSTON, Grant
10 CHISOLM, Kyle
11 PHILIPPAERTS, David
12 BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny
13 STRIJBOS, Kevin
14 SWANEPOEL, Gareth

Moto 2

1 TOWNLEY, Ben
2 DESALLE, Clement
3 CAIROLI, Antonio
4 ALESSI, Mike
5 BOOG, Xavier
6 RAMON, Steve
7 GUARNERI, Davide
8 BOISSIERE, Anthony
9 COPPINS, Joshua
10 DE DYCKER, Ken
11 GONCALVES, Rui
12 CHISOLM, Kyle
13 STRIJBOS, Kevin
14 AUBIN, Nicolas
15 WALKNER, Matthias
16 SOUBEYRAS, Cedric
17 GARRISON, Bobby
18 PHILIPPAERTS, David

GP Overall

1 CAIROLI, Antonio 25 20 45
2 ALESSI, Mike 22 18 40
3 DESALLE, Clement 16 22 38
4 BOOG, Xavier 15 16 31
5 RAMON, Steve 14 15 29
6 DE DYCKER, Ken 18 11 29
7 GUARNERI, Davide 13 14 27
8 TOWNLEY, Ben - 25 25
9 CHISOLM, Kyle 11 9 20
10 NAGL, Maximilian 20 - 20
11 STRIJBOS, Kevin 8 8 16
12 GONCALVES, Rui 5 10 15
13 BOISSIERE, Anthony - 13 13
14 AUBIN, Nicolas 6 7 13
15 PHILIPPAERTS, David 10 3 13
16 COPPINS, Joshua - 12 12

World Championship Standings

1 CAIROLI, Antonio 259
2 NAGL, Maximilian 218
3 DESALLE, Clement 196
4 PHILIPPAERTS, David 184
5 DE DYCKER, Ken 174
6 RAMON, Steve 173
7 BOOG, Xavier 167
8 LEOK, Tanel 135
9 BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny 115
10 GUARNERI, Davide 111
11 COPPINS, Joshua 90
12 STRIJBOS, Kevin 86
13 POURCEL, Sebastien 75
14 BOISSIERE, Anthony 75
15 SWANEPOEL, Gareth 74

[Reckless]

The development of this bike is a huge task but we continue to improve every week so that is promising.” Commented Coppins.

I was wondering from the start if that is why he is there?? Smart move by aprillia and good for Josh to still have a factory ride when he porably wouldn't have got one??

[paturoa]

And France this weekend

[paturoa]

Aprilia Racing rider Josh Coppins continues to work hard to get his twin cylinder Aprilia machine into the top ten in the FIM World MX1 Championship points.

Interesting read here http://www.youthstream.org/?type=News&newsID=1622

Talks of a new bike for this weekend, but prolly just changed parts reading a bit closer.

[paturoa]

13th in qualifying

[paturoa]

12th & 14th - hmmm? for 14th overall on the day.

Drops to 13th in the championship.

I was expecting him to be improving faster than the competition with each round but that doesn't appear to be happening.

[denill]

6/6/2010

Coppins fights for every position in French GP

Josh Coppins and the Factory Aprilia motocross team headed to St Jean D’Angely in France this past weekend looking for a good result in Round 7 of the MX1 World Championship. Coppins has always enjoyed the challenging hill-side circuit and was looking forward to the race.

In the Saturday qualifying race ‘Lizzard’ blasted his Aprilia out the gate grabbing an awesome hole-shot in front of the thousands of French fans. As the race progressed Coppins had settled into the top five and was racing comfortably when the bike stalled going into a technical off camber corner. Having to get the bike re-started left the New Zealander ultimately qualifying in 13th.

On a wet and rutted circuit Coppins had a reasonable start for moto 1 on Sunday, powering around lap 1 in 14th place. Settling in to a solid rhythm ‘Lizzard’ was circulating well and picked off a few riders to get into 12th by the end of the race.

In the second moto Coppins was fast out the gate and headed through the first turn inside the top 10. Battling to find a good rhythm on the very rough and slippery circuit left ‘Lizzard’ fighting to hold onto every position, and ultimately the number 6 Aprilia jumped across the finish line in 14th position.

“It was a tough weekend for me but I have to say that I’m really happy with how the bike performed” explained Coppins. “We got a good hole-shot in the qualifying race which shows that we have made good improvements and are now competitive at the start. I feel I rode well in the first moto but could not put it together in the second. I battled to find my speed and kept fighting the track over the moto and could not finish off how I wanted to. I’m happy with the improvements with the bike and the effort that the team is putting in, and hope that we can translate this all into a better result in Teutschenthal in two weeks time”

Results

Moto 1

1 Cairoli, Antonio
2 Ramon, Steve
3 Philippaerts, David
4 Desalle, Clement
5 Guarneri, Davide
6 Leok, Tanel
7 Boissiere, Anthony
8 Strijbos, Kevin
9 de Dycker, Ken
10 Aubin, Nicolas
11 Swanepoel, Gareth
12 Coppins, Joshua
13 Bobryshev, Evgeny
14 Goncalves, Rui
15 Pourcel, Sebastien

Moto 2

1 Philippaerts, David
2 Desalle, Clement
3 Cairoli, Antonio
4 Boissiere, Anthony
5 Ramon, Steve
6 de Dycker, Ken
7 Boog, Xavier
8 Guarneri, Davide
9 Leok, Tanel
10 Pourcel, Sebastien
11 Strijbos, Kevin
12 Goncalves, Rui
13 Swanepoel, Gareth
14 Coppins, Joshua
15 Aubin, Nicolas

Overall GP

1 Philippaerts, David 20 25 45
2 Cairoli, Antonio 25 20 45
3 Desalle, Clement 18 22 40
4 Ramon, Steve 22 16 38
5 Boissiere, Anthony 14 18 32
6 Guarneri, Davide 16 13 29
7 de Dycker, Ken 12 15 27
8 Leok, Tanel 15 12 27
9 Strijbos, Kevin 13 10 23
10 Swanepoel, Gareth 10 8 18
11 Pourcel, Sebastien 6 11 17
12 Aubin, Nicolas 11 6 17
13 Goncalves, Rui 7 9 16
14 Coppins, Joshua 9 7 16
15 Boog, Xavier 0 14 14

World Championship Standings

1 Cairoli, A. 304
2 Desalle, C. 236
3 Philippaerts, D. 229
4 Nagl, M. 218
5 Ramon, Steve 211
6 de Dycker, Ken 201
7 Boog, Xavier 181
8 Leok, Tanel 162
9 Guarneri, D. 140
10 Bobryshev, E. 123
11 Strijbos, K. 109
12 Boissiere, A. 107
13 Coppins, J. 106
14 Pourcel, S. 92
15 Swanepoel, G. 92

[camchain]

Nice job on the holeshot, great to hear.
But as much as I totally like the idea of such a unique bike being in the mix, wonder if they're flogging a dead horse (as a pure dirt bike).

'Spose they must sell a few in motard form especially in Europe where motards are popular and guess this is Aprilia's plan.

I've been keeping an eye out, but never seen a single one on any ride I've been on, and any test I've read suggests they're a bit of a handful. Seen a couple of used ones on Trademe and seems not a lot of interest in them. Shame really, they look bloody superb in the showroom. Anyone ever seen one out there?

Also wasn't Merriman on one of these beasts for a bit? Can't remember hearing anything about how he went though.

[paturoa]

bump - germany this weekend

[paturoa]

12 in qualifying

.... but get this - Cairoli was 13th in qualifying.

[paturoa]

14th in moto 1 and a DNF in moto 2 (5 laps)

[Reckless]

I think Josh is a far better rider than constant placings around 12?

Looks like the bike is a dud!

[NordieBoy]

He did better than Pourcel, Priem and de Reuver in race 1 and bet de Reuver in race 2.

With a bit of mechanical consistency he'd be top 10.

[paturoa]

Bump - Latvia

[paturoa]

qulaified 14th

[NordieBoy]

On the lead lap in the first and 9 laps down in the second.

[paturoa]

14 th in moto 1 and DNF in moto 2 with 9 laps completed, drops now to 14th overall on 120 points (Caioroli now on 384 points)

[denill]

28 June 2010

Further frustration for Coppins in Latvia:

This past weekend saw Josh Coppins and his fellow MX1 GP stars head to Kegums in Latvia for rounds 9 of the World Championship. Dry plus hot conditions greeted the riders and as the racing progressed the circuit became very challenging for all.

In the first MX1 moto Coppins pulled a decent start, rounding the opening lap inside the top 15. Feeling good on the bike Coppins battled it out with Goncalves, Swanepoel and Strijbos, ultimately finishing the 35 minute and 2 lap moto in 14th position.

The second moto would see another solid start for the number 6 Aprilia, as Coppins quickly settled into a good rhythm. Mid way through, whilst battling with Strijbos, the chain came off the bike putting an end to the race for the frustrated New Zealander.

Josh gave his thoughts on the weekend:”The track was really good this weekend, very rough and bumpy but I enjoyed it and felt comfortable with the bike in the first race. The second moto was pretty frustrating though, I was having a decent race when the chain came off."

The MX1 World Championship now heads to Sweden for Round 10 in Uddevalla next weekend.

Results

MX1 Race 1
1 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
2 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
4 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
5 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
6 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
7 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
8 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
9 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
10 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
11 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
12 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda
13 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
14 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
15 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda

MX1 Race 2
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
4 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
5 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
6 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
7 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
8 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
9 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
10 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
11 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
12 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
13 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
14 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
15 Walkner, Matthias AUT KTM

GP Overall:
1 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 47
2 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 43
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 40
4 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 40
5 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 31
6 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 31
7 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 28
8 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 25
9 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda 24
10 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 22
11 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM 18
12 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 18
13 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 15
14 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 13
15 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda 9
17 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 7

MX1 World Championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 384
2 Desalle, C. BEL 323
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 298
4 Ramon, Steve BEL 277
5 Nagl, M. GER 276
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 269
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 248
8 Leok, Tanel EST 207
9 Bobryshev, E. RUS 189
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 189
11 Boissiere, A. FRA 134
12 Strijbos, K. BEL 134
13 Swanepoel, G. RSA 126
14 Coppins, J. NZL 120
15 Goncalves, Rui POR 104

[paturoa]

ee oup

Sweden this weekend, then a break for 4 weeks

[paturoa]

12th in qualifying

[paturoa]

11, 11 for 20 poiints and stays 14th on the table

[denill]

Date: 4 July 2010.

Press release:

Coppins enjoys Swedish MX GP.

Factory Aprilia racer, Josh Coppins, has scored two positive results in front of 22.000 enthusiastic spectators at round 10 of the FIM MX World championship. The Uddevalla circuit set at the foot of a picturesque rock face enables spectators prime viewing of the technical circuit.

Coppins qualified in 12th during the Saturday 20 minute moto. As the gate dropped for moto 1 Coppins did not get the jump he expected and was back in the pack left with loads of work. He put his head down and climbed the ladder to finish 11th coming from outside the top 20 at the start of the moto.

A better start in the second moto saw Coppins up in the top ten. He seemed to have 9th spot secured until a fuel pump glich lost him valuable time and he had to relinquish two positions.

“I’m pretty pleased with the day” explained Coppins. “My riding was good in both motos and I enjoyed racing in these conditions. The circuit was quite tricky after the morning rain and it was difficult to get grip and drive in most places. I love racing in front of the Swedish fans as they are really passionate about MX. I have some good memories from Uddevalla” explained Coppins.

Race results:

MX1 Race 1

1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
3 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
4 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
5 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
6 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
7 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
8 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
9 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
10 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
11 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
12 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
13 Söderström, Tom SWE Yamaha
14 Priem, Manuel BEL Aprilia
15 Schmidinger, Günter AUT Suzuki

MX1 Race 2
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
4 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
5 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
6 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
7 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
8 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
9 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
10 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
11 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
12 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
13 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki
14 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
15 Schmidinger, Günter AUT Suzuki

MX1 GP Overall:
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 50
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 44
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 38
4 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 34
5 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 33
6 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 30
7 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 28
8 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 27
9 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 23
10 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 20
11 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 20
12 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 12
13 Schmidinger, Günter AUT Suzuki 12
14 Söderström, Tom SWE Yamaha 12
15 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM 11

Mx1 World championship classification:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 434
2 Desalle, C. BEL 367
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 331
4 Ramon, Steve BEL 315
5 Nagl, M. GER 306
6 Boog, Xavier FRA 276
7 de Dycker, Ken BEL 269
8 Bobryshev, E. RUS 223
9 Leok, Tanel EST 219
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 196
11 Strijbos, K. BEL 161
12 Swanepoel, G. RSA 149
13 Boissiere, A. FRA 145
14 Coppins, J. NZL 140
15 Goncalves, Rui POR 124

[paturoa]

Bumpetty bump

Lommel this weekend

[paturoa]

9th in qualifying with the usual suspects at the front.

[paturoa]

9th and 8th - good!

[denill]

Date: 2 August 2010.

Coppins shows heart in grueling Limburg GP.

Round 11 of the FIM MX World championship has welcomed 23.500 spectators to the grueling sands of Lommel to witness possibly the toughest Motocross GP in the world. Factory Aprilia racer, Josh Coppins, gave fans their monies worth to post his best 2010 GP result to date, but it was how the New Zealander did it that was most impressive.

Moto 1 did not start off well for Coppins as he lost his rhythm in the opening stages and forfeited his advantage of a top ten start, regressing down to 15th spot. Once settled into position, ‘The Lizzard’ turned up the gas and started to make his way through the pack. He progressed into 10th after passing Belgian Kevin Strijbos with 5 minutes to go and crossed the finish line in 9th after Tanel Leok ran out of fuel on the last lap.

Coppins fans were shocked to see the number 6 Aprilia in stone last as he went down on the first lap after been hit from behind in the second turn. The resilient Kiwi was not about to give up just yet as remounted with a damages rear brake, took the bit between his teeth and charged through the pack. Within 5 laps Coppins caught and disposed of half the field and then set his sights on the top 10. He caught and passed, Guarneri ,Strijbos, Ramon, Barragan, Swanepoel and Bobryshev in the last five laps to cross the finish line 8th for an amazing comeback ride.

“This weekend we proved that the Aprilia has the reliability to withstand the toughest conditions as well as be competitive in the sand. I took too long to get going in the first moto and should have been more aggressive but once I found my rythym I put in some strong laps but ran out of time to make a move on Swanepoel and Dedycker. I had no rear brake after my crash in the second moto which actually helped me to ride smooth and keep my speed and try to flow in the corners. The tighter turns were a little more difficult but once I figured them out I found some good lines and was amazed at how fast I reeled the guys in. I made two awesome passes on the last lap to finish 8th so I’m really happy with this result. This gives me a lot of motivation for the next GP’s, especially Lierop.”

Coppins heads to Loket in the Czech Republic for round 12 of 15 next weekend

Race results:

MX1 Race 1
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
3 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
4 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
5 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
6 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
7 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
8 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
9 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
10 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
11 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
12 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
13 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
14 Barragan, Jonathan ESP Kawasaki
15 Priem, Manuel BEL Aprilia


MX1 Race 2
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
3 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
4 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
5 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
6 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
7 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
8 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
9 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
10 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
11 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
12 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
13 Barragan, Jonathan ESP Kawasaki
14 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
15 Martens, Yentel BEL KTM

MX1 GP Overall:
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 50
2 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 42
3 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 38
4 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 33
5 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 30
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 30
7 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 29
8 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 26
9 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 25
10 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 24
11 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 21
12 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 20
13 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda 17
14 Barragan, Jonathan ESP Kawasaki 15
15 Martens, Yentel BEL KTM 6

MX1 World Championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 484
2 Desalle, C. BEL 405
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 364
4 Nagl, M. GER 348
5 Ramon, Steve BEL 341
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 299
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 276
8 Leok, Tanel EST 249
9 Bobryshev, E. RUS 244
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 213
11 Strijbos, K. BEL 181
12 Swanepoel, G. RSA 173
13 Coppins, J. NZL 165
14 Goncalves, Rui POR 153
15 Boissiere, A. FRA 145

[NordieBoy]

Rear brakes are over-rated :D

:Punk:

[paturoa]

Loket this weekend

[paturoa]

Not sure whats happening. The qualifying results are not showing anywhere.

[denill]

Date: 9 August 2010.

Coppins posts another top 10 GP result

A muddy Czech MX GP has seen factory Aprilia racer, Josh Coppins, post another top 10 result in front of 21.000 motocross mad spectators in Loket this weekend.

Heavy rainfall prior to the event forced organizers to cancel the Saturday qualification race to preserve track conditions which left Coppins with 18th position in the timed practice.

With track conditions drying somewhat but leaving a one-lined circuit, Coppins knew that a good start would be important for the first moto. Getting good drive out the gate he was positioned well but then a small mistake on one of the steep uphill climbs lost Coppins some valuable positions. He battled to make further progress from thereon in and had to settle for 13th position.

Another good start had Coppins in 8th on the first lap. He battled with Maxi Nagl and Ken De Dycker before losing touch. He managed to conjure up a fighting spirit towards the end of the moto when David Philippaerts was making his way through the pack from a crash. Coppins held off the Italian for many laps before crossing the line in 10th for 10th overall.

“It was actually a very tough weekend,” admitted Coppins. “We battled with bike set up due to the different conditions but as the weekend went on the team kept on improving the bike. I did not ride well in the first moto and battled to find my rhythm but I was much happier with moto 2 where I got to battle with David Philippaerts for a long time. I am looking forward to Brazil and then Lierop. I am really motivated to put in a good result.”

Race results:

MX1 Race 1
1 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
2 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
3 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
4 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
5 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
6 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
7 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki
8 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki
9 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
10 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
11 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
12 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
13 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
14 Barragan, Jonathan ESP Kawasaki
15 Soubeyras, Cedric FRA KTM

MX1 Race 2
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
4 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
5 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
6 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
7 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
8 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
9 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
10 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
11 Church, Tom GBR CCM
12 Bill, Julien SUI KTM
13 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda
14 Walkner, Matthias AUT KTM
15 Bonini, Matteo ITA Yamaha

Mx1 GP Overall:
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 47
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 42
3 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 41
4 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 35
5 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 34
6 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 30
7 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 26
8 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 24
9 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 20
10 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 19
11 Church, Tom GBR CCM 14
12 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki 14
13 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki 13
14 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 10
15 Bill, Julien SUI KTM 9

MX1 World Championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 531
2 Desalle, C. BEL 447
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 394
4 Nagl, M. GER 382
5 Ramon, Steve BEL 376
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 309
7 Leok, Tanel EST 290
8 Boog, Xavier FRA 276
9 Bobryshev, E. RUS 270
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 213
11 Strijbos, K. BEL 201
12 Coppins, J. NZL 184
13 Swanepoel, G. RSA 182
14 Goncalves, Rui POR 177
15 Boissiere, A. FRA 145

[paturoa]

Brazilian!!!!!!

[paturoa]

10th in qualifying

[paturoa]

9th and 7th for a good overall result of 7th on the day.

Bumps him up to 11th on the overall standings. But is still quite a gap to 10th, 32 points ahead.

Edit: Actually that's his best result all season.
Edit 2: hmmm previous bests were Belgium and Bulgaria and he does this in Brazil - and next race is Benelux.

[Reckless]

7th would be one of his better results. Thanks for posting mate keep it up LOL!!

[NordieBoy]

Go Bosh Boppins!

The Blizard rulz!

[paturoa]

I'm away Cold Kiwi this weekend - so looking forward to good news when I get back

[Reckless]

I'm away Cold Kiwi this weekend - so looking forward to good news when I get back
Cya down there mate we are leaving about 10:30 from the BP

[paturoa]

Cya down there mate we are leaving about 10:30 from the BP

Xgnr and myself left at mid-day, he had to work in the morning.

[paturoa]

Stunned!

"One of the icons of the FIM Motocross World Championship, Joshua Coppins announced today during a press conference at the Grand Prix of Benelux that he will put an end to his 17 year long Grand Prix career at the end of the 2010 season"

http://www.youthstream.org/?type=News&newsID=1892

[paturoa]

and qualified 11th

[paturoa]

11th and 10th for 10th overall on the day.

So much for the "B" theory.

[denill]

6 September 2010

Coppins 10th in GP of Benelux

In his penultimate GP of a successful career in World Championship Motocross Josh Coppins still showed the same grit and determination he did 17 years ago when he first raced a Grand Prix as a teenager, fresh out of his home in New Zealand. The 12000 fans all cheered for the star who ultimately managed a top 10 performance on board his Factory Aprilia machine.

‘Lizzard’ took a big fall through one of the rough and rutted sections during morning warm up on Sunday, but despite some internal bleeding on his thigh and a sore neck he was still happy to contest the two harsh motos.

In the opening race ‘Lizzard’ grabbed a decent start and was challenging just outside the top 10 on the opening laps. Initially Coppins battled to get a good rhythm, but as the race wore on the Kiwi found his form as he battled bar to bar with Desalle for a number of laps, before ultimately crossing the finish in 11th position.

The second moto was another decent start for Coppins as he powered the V-Twin Aprilia around the opening lap in 12th position. This time out Coppins was straight into a good pace and started to work his way up into 9th as he battled with Barragan and Desalle. In the end Desalle pipped Coppins to 9th as the New Zealander crossed the line in 10th followed by the strong Spaniard Barragan in 11th.

Coppins commented on the weekend: “It was quite an emotional weekend for me as I officially announced my retirement from Grand Prix racing, something that is part of me. I am fortunate to have been able to race at this level for so long, and actually I still feel very strong and love this, but 17 years is a lot. The racing this weekend was also good, a top 10 result on this tough circuit is certainly not a disappointment for me or the team. Now I will get ready for my final ever GP which takes place in Italy next weekend.”

Results

Moto 1
1 Nagl, Maximilian
2 Cairoli, Antonio
3 Ramon, Steve
4 Leok, Tanel
5 Philippaerts, David
6 de Dycker, Ken
7 Goncalves, Rui
8 de Reuver, Marc
9 Guarneri, Davide
10 Desalle, Clement
11 Coppins, Joshua

Moto 2
1 Cairoli, Antonio
2 Goncalves, Rui
3 Ramon, Steve
4 Nagl, Maximilian
5 Philippaerts, David
6 de Reuver, Marc
7 Leok, Tanel
8 Guarneri, Davide
9 Desalle, Clement
10 Coppins, Joshua

Overall

1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA 47
2 Nagl, Maximilian GER 43
3 Ramon, Steve BEL 40
4 Goncalves, Rui POR 36
5 Philippaerts, David ITA 32
6 Leok, Tanel EST 32
7 de Reuver, Marc NED 28
8 Guarneri, Davide ITA 25
9 Desalle, Clement BEL 23
10 Coppins, Joshua NZL 21


World Championship Standings

1 Cairoli, A. 625
2 Desalle, C. 494
3 Philippaerts, D. 473
4 Nagl, M. 463
5 Ramon, Steve 448
6 Leok, Tanel 346
7 de Dycker, Ken 324
8 Boog, Xavier 299
9 Bobryshev, E. 270
10 Guarneri, D. 267
12 Coppins, J. 231

[paturoa]

Wow this is the last heads up ever for Josh (still MXoN)

Last round this weekend - Italy

[paturoa]

11th in qualifying

[Reckless]

I just want to see him finish safe and sound so he can come back to us as one of the most successful riders we have ever had!
Top 10 will do fine!!

[paturoa]

I just want to see him finish safe and sound so he can come back to us as one of the most successful riders we have ever had!
Top 10 will do fine!!

Good call .

I'd like to add MXoN in first, we've got a stunning team this year.

[Reckless]

Good call .

I'd like to add MXoN in first, we've got a stunning team this year.

oopps yes forgot about that! We'll let him do that first LOL!!

[That Guy]

I wonder if he can ride a (competitive) YZ450 rather than the aprilia at MXDesN?

[denill]

Date: 13 September 2010.

Josh Coppins fights to the end!

Josh Coppins has completed his 15 – year- long MX GP career with an inspirational result at the final round of the FIM MX World championship in Fermo, Italy. The 33-year- old New Zealander piloted his factory Aprilia MXV 450 to another top ten result however it was his final moto spurt that had over 22.500 spectators in awe of the Kiwi’s tenacity and ‘never - say – die’ spirit. On completing his final moto in an astounding international career, Coppins’s impressive resumé lists 2 x Vice world championship placings, 12 x GP wins with over 50 GP podiums and 2 x British MX Championship titles.

“Today has been very emotional for me” admitted Coppins. “On the one hand I’m going to miss this competitive level of racing, not to mention all the friends and kind people I have met over the years in all the different countries but on the other hand I was really happy to cross the finish line and put an end to a memorable career in Grand Prix Motocross.”

After posting 10th in moto 1 on the spectacular hillside Fermo circuit moto 2 had the entire GP paddock routing for “The Lizzard’ as he almost grabbed the hole-shot and trailed Belgian Clement Desalle. A three way battle ensued between Desalle , Nagl and Coppins with Steve Ramon joining the foray. Coppins gave his all and eventually had to succumb to the superior speed of the leading group. He savoured the moment and gave 100% to the checkered flag to secure 7th spot for a well deserved 7th overall placing.

“I really had a great time in the second moto. The bike was working really well and I wanted to make my final moto a tribute to the Aprilia team for the effort they have put in over the season. I have really enjoyed my time with them working on the MX project and feel we have achieved good results together. ” commented Coppins.

Having represented Team NZ since 1993, Coppins now travels to Denver, Colorado to join Ben Townley and Brad Groombridge for the MX of Nations to be held on the 25-26th of September.

Race results:

MX1 Race 1
1 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
2 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
3 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki
4 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
5 Barragan, Jonathan ESP Kawasaki
6 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
7 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
8 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
9 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
10 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
11 Aranda, Gregory FRA Kawasaki
12 de Reuver, Marc NED Suzuki
13 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda
14 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
15 Leok, Tanel EST Honda

MX1 Race 2
1 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
2 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki
3 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
4 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
5 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
6 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
7 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
8 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
9 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha
10 Aranda, Gregory FRA Kawasaki
11 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
12 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda
13 Balbi, Antonio BRA Kawasaki
14 de Reuver, Marc NED Suzuki
15 Bonini, Matteo ITA Yamaha


MX1 GP Overall:
1 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 43
2 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 43
3 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki 42
4 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 38
5 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 35
6 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 29
7 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 25
8 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 25
9 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda 23
10 Aranda, Gregory FRA Kawasaki 21
11 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha 17
12 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda 17
13 de Reuver, Marc NED Suzuki 16
14 Barragan, Jonathan ESP Kawasaki 16
15 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 10

MX1 Final World championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 625
2 Desalle, C. BEL 537
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 502
4 Nagl, M. GER 498
5 Ramon, Steve BEL 491
6 Leok, Tanel EST 356
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 337
8 de Dycker, Ken BEL 331
9 Guarneri, D. ITA 290
10 Bobryshev, E. RUS 270
11 Goncalves, Rui POR 269
12 Coppins, J. NZL 256
13 Strijbos, K. BEL 201
14 Swanepoel, G. RSA 182
15 Pourcel, S. FRA 157

[NordieBoy]

So now his training is over and he's ready for the big time in NZ and Oz.

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[Reckless]

12th in the world at 33 on a bike that probably doesn't quite cut it!
Makes me feel quite proud to have him as a kiwi!!

[denill]

This year would be counted by Josh as most worthwhile - as I reckon his Aprillia salary would go a long way to providing for a sizable superannuation. :yes: :yes:

[NordieBoy]

This year would be counted by Josh as most worthwhile - as I reckon his Aprillia salary would go a long way to providing for a sizable superannuation. :yes: :yes:

Not to mention his real-estate portfolio.