Coppins 07 World FIM thread

[paturoa]

Josh's FIM world campaign starts 1 April

Schedule here
http://www.youthstream.org/default.aspx?ct=1&type=Calendar&year=2007

Good luck Josh!

I'll attempt to keep the first post updated as we go.

Round 1 Benelux: 1 April: 1, 2: 25, 22, 47 for this GP 1st overall 47 points with 6 pt lead over 2nd place
Round 2 Spain : 15 April: 1, 1: 25, 25, 50 for this GP 1st overall 97 points total 19 pt lead over 2nd place
Round 3 Portugal: 22 April: 1, 2: 25, 22, 47 for this GP 1st overall 144 points total 19 pt lead over 2nd place
Round 4 Italy : 6 May: 1, 1: 25, 25, 50 for this GP 1st overall 194 points total, 36 pt lead over 2nd place
Round 5 Germany: 13 May: 1, 6: 25, 15, 40 for this GP 1st overall 234 points total, 42 pt lead over 2nd place
Round 6 Japan: 27 May: 3, 3: 20, 20, 40 for this GP 1st overall, 274 points total, 63 pt lead over 2nd place
Round 7 France 10 June: 1, 2: 25, 22, 47 for this GP 1st overall, 321 points total, 90 pt lead over 2nd place
Round 8 Bulgaria: 17 June: 2, 1: 22, 25, 47 for this GP 1st overall, 368 points total, 97 pt lead over 2nd place


Round 9 Sweden: 1 July: ?, ?: ?, ?, ? for this GP ??? overall, ? points total, ?? pt lead over 2nd place
Round 10 Citta di Faenza (???huh?): 15 July: ?, ?: ?, ?, ? for this GP ??? overall, ? points total, ?? pt lead over 2nd place

[paturoa]

media release

"Only a few days and the biggest Motocross series in the world will explode into 2007 as the fastest Motocross riders in the world battle the sandy circuit of Valkenswaard in Holland for the opening round of the World MX1 and MX2 Motocross championship. .....Coppins still has to be the big favorite entering round one, but names like Strijbos, De Dycker and Ramon look dangerous, as do De Reuver, Leok, Nagl and Philippaerts. Overall the MX1 class is going to be very, very exciting."

[Katoomer]

Has anyone seen if we are getting coverage on TV? I flicked thru sky's listings and couldn't find anything. Will have to subscribe to Mediazone for live webcast. Here come those late nights again. :zzzz:

[paturoa]

JC is 3rd fastest qualifer and his first race starts at 11pm our time.

Looks like they have live results again this year - left hand pane about half way down.

http://www.youthstream.org

[paturoa]

Great weekend, BT wins, and now Josh too.

He had a 1st and 2nd for overall win!

[Danger]

Who got the 2nd and 1st?

[denill]

Date: 1 April 2007

Press release:

Josh Coppins wins opening round of the 2007 FIM MX GP series.

Yamaha factory rider, Josh Coppins, has raced to a superb overall victory at the first round of the FIM MX1 GP series in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands.

Coppins had a good gate jump in moto 1 and powered his way past Belgian, Ken de Dyker, moments after the start to take the lead in front of 25 000 spectators. De Dyker retaliated in the same lap with Coppins watching his every move from behind in second. With 6 laps gone “Lizzard” pressured the Belgian and took back the lead with De Dycker fading with every lap. Coppins posted fast and consistent lap times on the rough and technical sand circuit and took the checkered flag, over 15 seconds ahead of rival Steve Ramon, for his first GP win of the season.

The final decider would see team-mates Jonathan Barragan and David Philippaerts lead the start of second 40 min + 2 lap race with Coppins pursuing in third. The Kiwi made his way past Italian, Philippaerts, however he lost too much ground on Barragan who succeeded in opening up a comfortable gap. Coppins tried to close the deficit with a few minutes left on the clock but had to settle for a strong second and his first overall win in the 15 round series.


“This is a great start to the season. I didn’t expect to be this fast in the sand but we have been putting in some hard work on the practice tracks and in the pre-season races and that has paid off here. I took my time in the first moto to get past Ken as I knew he would not be able to run a fast pace for the entire race. Once I was out front I controlled the race and won with quite a big gap. The second moto wasn’t as easy and I tried to move in on Jonathan but he was riding really well so he deserved the win in the second moto. I am happy for the Rinaldi Yamaha team - we achieved more than our goal today,” explained an elated Coppins.

The second round of the MX1 GP series will move South to sunny Spain where the hard pack circuit of Bellpuig will see Coppins start with a 6 point lead.

www.joshcoppins.com


MX1 Results:

Race 1

1 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

2 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

3 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

4 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

5 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

6 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

7 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM

8 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

9 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

10 Noble, James GBR Honda

11 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

12 Leok, Aigar EST Yamaha

13 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

14 Brown, Mike USA Honda

15 Meo, Antoine FRA Honda

Race 2

1 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

2 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

3 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

4 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

5 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

6 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

7 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

8 Noble, James GBR Honda

9 Brown, Mike USA Honda

10 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM

11 Crockard, Gordon IRL Honda

12 van Daele, Marvin BEL Honda

13 Renet, Pierre A. FRA Honda

14 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

15 Vanni, Julien FRA Honda

MX 1 championship standings:

1 Coppins, J. NZL 47

2 Barragan, J. ESP 41

3 Ramon, Steve BEL 37

4 Strijbos, K. BEL 36

5 de Reuver, M. NED 35

6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 34

7 Nagl, M. GER 25

8 Noble, James GBR 24

9 Priem, Manuel BEL 19

10 Brown, Mike USA 19

11 Leok, Tanel EST 17

12 Renet, P. FRA 13

13 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 13

14 Mackenzie, B. GBR 12

15 Crockard, G. IRL 10

[denill]

:yes: :yes: It's been a good weekend for the Kiwis :yes: :yes:

[NordieBoy]

Go Josh!!!

[FlangMasterJ]

Some highlight footage:

http://play.freecaster.com/Freecaster/WebObjects/Freecaster.woa/wa/FCPDA/openFCPPlayerPopup?apID=1000003&cID=1001829

[paturoa]

Round 2 for Josh this weekend in Spain, woohoo

[paturoa]

Rained out practice day so racing today. First race is 11pm today Sunday.

[denill]

Date: 15 April 2007.



Press release:



Coppins makes it a double victory at Spanish MX GP.



Factory Yamaha Rinaldi rider, Josh Coppins, has dominated the second round of the FIM Motocross World championships in Bellpuig, Spain. Rain showers on Saturday forced organizers to cancel the qualification sessions which meant riders only had an a combined warm up and timed training session to get accustomed to the muddy circuit.



Coppins posted second fastest time and rolled onto the line for the first moto with confidence. He just missed out on the hole-shot to American, Mike Brown, however it didn’t take the Kiwi long to take over the lead and build a comfortable cushion. Coppins controlled the race from the front and took the first victory with 20 seconds to spare.



Powering his YZ450F to the hole-shot in moto 2, Coppins was unchallenged as he put his head down and once again worked on a steady lead. A faultless ride saw the New Zealander cruise to his first double victory of the season to take maximum points.



“I’m really happy with the result today. After Valkenswaard we worked on a whole bunch of little things and these have definitely helped. The Yamaha has been really awesome on the hard circuits so I came into this race with a lot of confidence and a good feeling. The weather made the track conditions difficult and one-lined and I knew it was important to get a good start. I need to stay focused and take this momentum through to Portugal next weekend” explained Coppins.



Coppins will return to Belgium for a few days before heading to Agueda in Portugal with a 19 point lead in the MX1 World championship.



www.joshcoppins.com



Race results:



MX1 Race 1:

1 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

2 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

4 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

5 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM

6 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

7 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

8 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

9 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

10 Noble, James GBR Honda

11 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

12 Brown, Mike USA Honda

13 Coulon, Cyrille FRA Honda

14 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

15 Allier, Thomas FRA Kawasaki



MX1 Race 2

1 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

2 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM

3 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

4 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

5 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

6 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

7 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

8 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

9 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

10 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

11 Allier, Thomas FRA Kawasaki

12 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

13 Brown, Mike USA Honda

14 Leok, Aigar EST Yamaha

15 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki



MX1 World championship standings:

1 Coppins, J. NZL 97

2 Strijbos, K. BEL 78

3 Barragan, J. ESP 74

4 Nagl, M. GER 63

5 Ramon, Steve BEL 63

6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 61

7 de Reuver, M. NED 53

8 Leok, Tanel EST 43

9 Noble, James GBR 40

10 Brown, Mike USA 36

11 Pourcel, S. FRA 36

12 Mackenzie, B. GBR 29

13 Priem, Manuel BEL 28

14 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 27

15 Philippaerts, D. ITA 26

[scott411]

also, Queenstowns Scott Coloumb got 19th in Moto 2, first points of the year, good work

[NordieBoy]

Wow, the next Yamahaha is fairly well down the standings.

[oldguy]

Thats great news, hadn't heard anything on the radio this morning, they went on about the A1GP / F1 but nothing on the MX.

will head to MediaZone.com download the racing.

Go Josh

[paturoa]

Josh race 1 tonight at midnight our time.

Lookign forward to waking up to good news to go with BTs result today.

[paturoa]

Josh scores !

1st & 2nd for 2nd overall in this GP round.

Strijbos had a 2, 1 for the same points so JC didn't extend his lead.

[NordieBoy]

My brother went to see Josh race in Spain and had a chat to him and is still buzzing :D

[denill]

Date: 22 April 2007

Press release:

Coppins ties on points at Portuguese MX GP.

Josh Coppins has narrowly missed out on his third consecutive GP win at the third round of the FIM Motocross world championship in Agueda Portugal. The factory Yamaha racer had to ride through the pain barrier with a suspected broken toe sustained in the Saturday’ practice session, however Coppins still notched up a determined 1-2 result for second overall.

Feeling uneasy going into the first moto, Coppins let his adrenalin take over any pain and discomfort as he passed Kevin Strijbos around the halfway mark of the 40 minute moto. The hot weather conditions and rough circuit took their toll on the pack however Coppins managed to use these to his advantage as he took first honours.

The second moto almost ended in disaster as Strijbos drifted wide in the first turn risking taking himself and Coppins out at the same time. Coppins chased down the Belgian as both had to race through the pack and passed him to move into second spot. Strijbos retaliated a lap later and clinched the lead with Coppins hot on his heels. With ten minutes left the duo had pulled a sizeable gap on the rest of the field and it looked as if it would be a fight till the end until Coppins backed down and settled for second.

“I had some problems this weekend and couldn’t really ride how I wanted,” explained the Kiwi. “I tried not to think of the pain and did the best I could under the circumstances. I haven’t lost any points in the championship but it still would have better to keep the winning streak going. We have a bit of time before Mantova to heal so I’ll keep working hard and look forward to defending the red plate.”

The Italian GP in Mantova, will take place on the 6th of May which gives the GP teams and riders some time to recover from the long trek back from Portugal.

www.joshcoppins.com

Race results:

MX1 Race 1

1 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

2 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

3 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

4 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

5 Noble, James GBR Honda

6 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

7 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

8 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

9 Brown, Mike USA Honda

10 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

11 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

12 van Daele, Marvin BEL Honda

13 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

14 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

15 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki



MX1 Race 2

1 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

2 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

3 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

4 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

5 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

6 Allier, Thomas FRA Kawasaki

7 Brown, Mike USA Honda

8 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

9 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

10 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

11 van Daele, Marvin BEL Honda

12 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

13 Leok, Aigar EST Yamaha

14 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

15 Renet, Pierre A. FRA Honda



MX1 World championship standings:

1 Coppins, J. NZL 144

2 Strijbos, K. BEL 125

3 Barragan, J. ESP 89

4 Ramon, Steve BEL 86

5 de Dycker, Ken BEL 84

6 Pourcel, S. FRA 67

7 Nagl, M. GER 63

8 Philippaerts, D. ITA 62

9 Brown, Mike USA 62

10 Priem, Manuel BEL 61

11 Leok, Tanel EST 61

12 Noble, James GBR 61

13 de Reuver, M. NED 60

14 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 51

15 Mackenzie, B. GBR 46

[paturoa]

no race this weekend - 6 May next in Italy

[paturoa]

Josh seems a little off the pace - qualified 7th on the grid for tonight

[denill]

Date: 6 May 2007

Press release:

Coppins strikes back to win Italian GP

New Zealand’s MX1 star, Josh Coppins, has bounced back to win both moto’s of the Italian GP in Mantova. The Factory Yamaha Rinaldi rider used good starts and smart riding to extend his lead in the FIM MX1 world championship series.

With arguably one of the most exciting MX1 opening laps in history, the sellout Italian crowd were on their feet. Coppins lost some positions while the dog fight ensued up front and smartly kept out of trouble. Crowd favourite, David Philippaerts and Marc de Reuver, tangled in the fight and went down, allowing Coppins to make a move on Belgians Strijbos and De Dyker to take the lead. De Dycker retaliated but Coppins quickly stamped his authority on the race and took control to the checkered flag.

Track conditions were considerably tougher in the second moto but Coppins was placed well at the start and took his time in getting past, fast starter, Mike Brown. “Lizzard” seemed to be settling into a good rhythm when a challenge from Ken De Dycker caught him off guard. Using his head, the Kiwi regrouped and re-passed the Belgian with five minutes left on the clock to cruise to a double victory, his second of the season.

“It’s no secret that I don’t like this track and it was pretty obvious yesterday. I worked really hard with the team. The Yamaha Rinaldi guys were very smart in making some decisions for me. We really improved the bike over the two days. I knew my race pace was good – I just couldn’t go that little bit extra to put the whole lap together so I had to be a little bit smart and fight to the end. The first moto was crazy – a lot of guys were trying to win the race in the first ten minutes but I just let them do their own thing. This is probably my best win ever. I kept a cool head and played it smart and did better than ever expected.” commented Coppins.

Coppins heads round 5 in Teutschenthal, Germany next weekend, with a 36 point advantage over championship rival Kevin Strijbos.

Race results:

MX1 Race 1

1 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

2 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

3 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

4 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

5 Noble, James GBR Honda

6 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

7 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

8 Crockard, Gordon IRL Honda

9 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

10 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

11 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki

12 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

13 Leok, Aigar EST Yamaha

14 Brown, Mike USA Honda

15 Bill, Julien SUI Kawasaki

MX1 Race 2

1 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

2 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

3 1de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

4 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

5 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

6 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

7 Noble, James GBR Honda

8 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

9 Brown, Mike USA Honda

10 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

11 van Daele, Marvin BEL Honda

12 Crockard, Gordon IRL Honda

13 Leok, Aigar EST Yamaha

14 Renet, Pierre A. FRA Honda

15 Pyrhonen, Antti FIN Kawasaki


MX1 Championship standings:

1 Coppins, J. NZL 194

2 Strijbos, K. BEL 158

3 Ramon, Steve BEL 116

4 de Dycker, Ken BEL 106

5 Pourcel, S. FRA 103

6 Barragan, J. ESP 100

7 Leok, Tanel EST 98

8 Noble, James GBR 91

9 Brown, Mike USA 81

10 de Reuver, M. NED 80

11 Philippaerts, D. ITA 74

12 Priem, Manuel BEL 70

13 Nagl, M. GER 63

14 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 62

15 Mackenzie, B. GBR 61

[merv]

Nice one Josh.

[denill]

RACE REPORT 06/05/2007
Sensational double for Coppins and Cairoli in Italy

Joshua Coppins

Yamaha's emphatic presence in the MX1 and MX2 World Championship continues as Yamaha Motocross Team's Josh Coppins won his third Grand Prix of the year and Yamaha De Carli's Antonio Cairoli maintained a 100% record with his fourth consecutive success at a sunny and warm Mantova circuit for the Italian round and the fourth meeting of fifteen in the FIM competition.


The Mantova layout had been altered slightly from the course that opened the off-road racing calendar in February. The track, with its rough, sandy terrain and many jumps, won praise from most of the riders for the challenge it offered. The facility is unique in the way it is compacted in a squared 'stadium' setting, allowing wide views of most of the circuit.
The first MX1 moto was a collection of incidents. Marc De Reuver started brightly and held fourth position behind Coppins in the early stages. On a surge of confidence the Dutchman took off to challenge David Philippaerts for the lead but the pair collided in a tight left-hander and both went down. Ken de Dycker moved through to head a four rider group but Coppins attacked right away and the duo swapped positions for several laps until De Dycker faded. For the last third of the race Coppins was not overtaken, although Tanel Leok kept him close company; the 30 year old rode comfortably to his fifth triumph from seven motos. De Reuver re-started outside of the top ten and eventually took the chequered flag in a humble twenty-third and out of the points.

Joshua Coppins


Coppins again faced the threat of De Dycker in the second sprint. The former team-mates tangled before the New Zealander backed off to observe his rival. After four laps he was able to regain ground on the Belgian and swiftly relegated the 22 year old to second spot. The Rinaldi squad were naturally thrilled with victory at their home Grand Prix and Coppins cited the triumph as the best of his career after battling some set-up problems on Saturday. Further good news lay in store when De Reuver (sporting a close-cut hairstyle instead of his traditional lengthy locks) crossed the line in third spot for his second top three MX1 moto finish with Yamaha.
Tanel Leok in second place and Sebastien Pourcel in third both made their first appearances on the podium, Coppins was able to extend his lead in the MX1 series by 17 points over Kevin Strijbos (who was fourth overall) and now enjoys a 36 point advantage. De Reuver's efforts leave him tenth.

Joshua Coppins

Josh Coppins, Yamaha Motocross Team:
"I'm pretty happy. It is no secret that I don't like this track and it looked obvious yesterday but we worked hard with the team, and Yamaha were really smart and made some good decisions for me. We really improved the bike over the two days. I knew my race pace was good but I could not go that little bit extra for a flying lap. Today I had to be a little bit clever and head-strong and fight to the end. The first moto was crazy because a lot of guys were trying to win the race in the first ten minutes. I let them do their own thing. I almost got caught up with Marc when he fell and that was a near miss. I started to ride better after that and gave my best. I had a pretty good idea that I could pass Ken again in the second moto. He had a couple of better lines so I let him go but I wondered how much energy he had left and when he started to slow I was confident I could lead again. I think this is the best win ever for me simply because I have never done well at this track and today went much better than I expected."

Carlo Rinaldi, Team Manager, Yamaha Motocross Team:
"It has been a very good home GP and I am very happy mainly because the weekend did not start in the best way. Josh did not feel very comfortable on this track and we struggled on Saturday to get him running well with the bike, so we were not expecting such a good race. Josh showed one of his very positive characteristics though and reacted strongly. With good starts he had the patience to wait for the right moment to attack and won both motos. About Marc, I am pleased because physically he is getting better and speed-wise he is there, but I was disappointed when he crashed in the first moto and threw away a big chance for the race win. He proved that he was ready to win, but maybe he wasn't patient enough and that's a pity. He made up for it with a consistent race in the second moto and third place was very good for him because he needs the points."

Temp: 26
Crowd: 29000
Weather: Sunny


2006 2007 GP of Mantova, Italy 06/05/2007
Race 1 - 19 Laps
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Joshua Coppins Yamaha NZL 40'20.318
2 Tanel Leok Kawasaki EST 0'10.494
3 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 0'16.085
4 Sébastien Pourcel Kawasaki FRA 0'29.880
5 James Noble Honda GBR 0'34.911
6 Billy MacKenzie Kawasaki GBR 0'38.195
7 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'42.294
8 Gordon Crockard Honda IRL 0'46.664
9 David Philippaerts KTM ITA 0'49.336
10 Kornel Nemeth Suzuki HUN 0'55.145
11 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 1'10.513
12 Manuel Priem TM BEL 1'15.256
13 Aigar Leok Yamaha EST 1'28.505
14 Mike Brown Honda USA 1'31.926
15 Julien Bill Kawasaki CHE 1'32.921
16 Alex Salvini Yamaha ITA 1'34.455
17 Christian Beggi Honda ITA 1'43.475
18 Antti Pyrhonen Kawasaki FIN 1'48.314
19 Marko Kovalainen Honda FIN 1'52.786
20 Christian Stevanini Yamaha ITA 1'56.134


Race 2 - 19 Laps
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Joshua Coppins Yamaha NZL 40'56.507
2 Ken De Dycker Honda BEL 0'5.757
3 Marc De Reuver Yamaha NED 0'10.669
4 Sébastien Pourcel Kawasaki FRA 0'13.407
5 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'15.793
6 Tanel Leok Kawasaki EST 0'19.242
7 James Noble Honda GBR 0'28.599
8 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 0'39.096
9 Mike Brown Honda USA 0'49.588
10 Jonathan Barragan KTM ESP 0'59.306
11 Marvin Van Daele Honda BEL 1'3.127
12 Gordon Crockard Honda IRL 1'6.985
13 Aigar Leok Yamaha EST 1'21.234
14 Pierre A. Renet Honda FRA 1'25.998
15 Antti Pyrhonen Kawasaki FIN 1'43.079
16 Marko Kovalainen Honda FIN 1'45.801
17 Thomas Allier Kawasaki FRA 1'57.507
18 Christian Beggi Honda ITA 2'28.389
19 Julien Bill Kawasaki CHE -1 Laps
20 Scott Columb Suzuki NZL -1 Laps

Rider Standings 06/05/2007


Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points
1. Joshua Coppins Yamaha NZL 194
2. Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 158
3. Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 116
4. Ken De Dycker Honda BEL 106
5. Sébastien Pourcel Kawasaki FRA 103
6. Jonathan Barragan KTM ESP 100
7. Tanel Leok Kawasaki EST 98
8. James Noble Honda GBR 91
9. Mike Brown Honda USA 81
10. Marc De Reuver Yamaha NED 80
11. David Philippaerts KTM ITA 74
12. Manuel Priem TM BEL 70
13. Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 63
14. Kornel Nemeth Suzuki HUN 62
15. Billy MacKenzie Kawasaki GBR 61
16. Aigar Leok Yamaha EST 45
17. Marvin Van Daele Honda BEL 45
18. Thomas Allier Kawasaki FRA 35
19. Gordon Crockard Honda IRL 32
20. Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 27

Manufacturer Standings 06/05/2007


Pos. Manufacturer Points
1. Yamaha 194
2. Suzuki 165
3. KTM 140
4. Honda 129
5. Kawasaki 127
6. TM 70
7. Aprilia 2


The fifth meeting of the year takes place in just seven days time with the Grand Prix of Germany at the Talkessel circuit in Teutschenthal. The teams will cut through Europe this week to head to the east of the country and the venue near the city of Halle.

[oldguy]

That's great news, nice one Josh:niceone:

denill, thanks for the updates, :rockon:

[denill]

That's great news, nice one Josh:niceone:

denill, thanks for the updates, :rockon:

Thanks oldguy, glad they are of interest. I recognise that it is bloody near impossible to get REAL news like this on mainstream media! :whocares: :whocares:

[Danger]

Radio Sport usually mention Josh's results. Guess someone is letting them know how he goes, which is what it takes with non main stream sports. Little is heard of BT's results in the AMA still.

[paturoa]

Katherine Prumm races as well in the opeing round of the Womens FIM champs.

[paturoa]

Josh Coppins
Q: Josh, how are your injuries from Portugal?

Josh Coppins: My toe is still a little sore, bit swollen, not too bad, just normal motocross injuries. I was more angry about Portugal, I took the pain medication for my foot and it had a funny effect on me.

Q: After Portugal we all looked at Kevin and expected him to give you a hard time in Mantova. What were you expecting?

Josh Coppins: He got some confidence, but he didn’t take any points from me in Portugal. Kevin is a great rider, but in saying that look at the points now and keep my head down. I think I doubled my points in Mantova, like 36 or 37 points, so I am happy about that.

Q: Three GP wins after four rounds, you have to be liking this?

Josh Coppins: I would never had expected that I would have three GP wins after four rounds. My pre-season wasn’t that special, so I wasn’t super confident coming into the season. I hope to pick up the read plate now and do it with good results. Last week the Belgian press are asking me who is going to get between Kevin and I, but look at today (Strijbos struggled in Mantova). Like I said from the start, I am not going to win every week, I am not going to win every moto, I do hope to be on the podium in every round.

Q: What about Mantova? It was a hard day at the office. Many riders showed good speed, but you still came away with 1-1 results.

Josh Coppins: I came out swinging this weekend, and I said I would. I was a little nervous, but more because of the way it was going, it was chaos, and I didn’t want to get involved in anything dangerous. Brownie was holding me up a little bit again, then Ken passed me and brake checked me a little and was messing around with me, then de Reuver crashed and when he was picking his bike up he hit me, I lost some time there and it was really kicking off. Once I got into the lead and dropped the lap times I felt I was getting it going. My rythem was better.

Q: Mike Brown once again lead you, he actually seemed to be riding really well in those first few laps, what did you think?

Josh Coppins: In the second moto I got a good start, Brownie was riding really aggressive and riding really hard, he got away from me there for a little while and I just waited for him to wear himself down. On the third lap I passed him and then Ken (de Dycker) came back and was strong, he had some good lines, I had some lines I was struggling with, so I let Ken pass me and watched him for a while. I took some breaths and came back at him.

Q: Germany, it’s not a track a lot of riders like because of the high speed and hard surface. What do you think of Teutschenthal?

Josh Coppins: Teutschenthal has been fast and a little easy, but they brought some sand in, have done some good work to the track, so I am hoping they have made it a little rougher and more technical. I don’t dislike Germany as much as Mantova.

Q: What is your scheduel for the season. Will we see you racing at Belgian or British championships?

Josh Coppins: I am just taking one race at the time and the moment. I won’t do any Belgian championship, or British championships or anything like that. It’s a long season, we go for six months and I don’t want to be in a bad condition from racing too much. My condition is probably 80%. I need a little more fitness, I am feeling a little tired at the end of the motos. In Spain I felt okay, but in places like Mantova I struggle a little. I want to be 100% in about two months. I am using a lot of energy because I am not riding that well. It will come good if I just keep doing what I am doing, keep working on the bike.

shamlessly copied from youthstream

[NordieBoy]

Good on ya Mr Sham!

:D

[paturoa]

Josh on pole.

Scott Colomb 22nd fastest in timed practice, 3 seconds behind Josh.

Katherine 2nd qualifier.

[denill]

Josh on pole.

Scott Colomb 22nd fastest in timed practice, 3 seconds behind Josh.

Katherine 2nd qualifier.

Thanks for the Hot News paturoa.

Here is <a href=http://www.fullnoise.com.au/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_full&News_id=3254&cfid=1176288>Some More Info:</A>

[paturoa]

Prumm second, 2.4 seconds behind Papenmeier.

She was leading, but something happend on lap 7 & KP lost 10 seconds.

She made all of it up over the next 4 laps and was less than a second behind with 1 lap to go.

[paturoa]

JC had a 1 , 6 for 3rd overall on the day 40 points. Philippaerts only had 41 points so a good result.


KTM’s David Philippaerts claimed his first-ever MX1 GP win at round five of the FIM World Motocross Championship in Teutschenthal, Germany, today.

Current points leader Josh Coppins had every chance to take his fourth overall win of the series after easily winning the opening moto, but a crash by the Rinaldi Yamaha rider while leading the second moto left him fighting for position behind a number of hungry GP competitors.

[denill]

Date: 13 May 2007.



Press release:



Coppins extends lead in the MX1 championship at German GP.



MX1 world championship points leader, Josh Coppins, has strengthened his stronghold on the motocross world championship with third overall at the infamous Talkessel circuit in Germany.



The factory Yamaha Rinaldi rider achieved his first pole position of the season in front of team-mate Marc de Reuver and grabbed the hole-shot in moto 1 from an inside gate pick. Coppins was unchallenged and won with a six second margin making it a Yamaha 1-2 with de Reuver trailing in second.



GP veteran, Mike Brown, lead Coppins into the first turn in the deciding moto but the Kiwi lost no time in moving past the American to build a comfortable gap. Five laps later Coppins was caught out in a sand section after hooking false neutral and lost his lead to a train of riders. A nail biting battle followed with Coppins having to claw his way back into the fight as he passed championship rival Kevin Strijbos. The Belgian retaliated with five minutes to go with Coppins settling for 6th.



“ This track is so fast which makes the racing really close. We got our first pole of the year which I was really pumped with and I was happy with my speed and the way I was riding. I made a mistake in the sand section which was really disappointing. On the bright side I have extended my lead in the championship. It could have been an easy win in the second moto but that’s motocross.” explained Coppins.


With Japan, next on the GP calendar, Coppins will head to Sugo with a 43 point lead.


www.joshcoppins.com


MX1 Race1

1 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

2 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

4 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

5 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

6 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

7 Crockard, Gordon IRL Honda

8 Noble, James GBR Honda

9 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM

10 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

11 Anderson, Bradley GBR Yamaha

12 Brown, Mike USA Honda

13 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

14 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

15 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki







MX1 Race2

1 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

2 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

4 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

5 Crockard, Gordon IRL Honda

6 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

7 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

8 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

9 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

10 Leok, Aigar EST Yamaha

11 Brown, Mike USA Honda

12 Renet, Pierre A. FRA Honda

13 Allier, Thomas FRA Kawasaki

14 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

15 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki



MX1 World championship standings:

1 Coppins, J. NZL 234

2 Strijbos, K. BEL 191

3 Ramon, Steve BEL 156

4 de Dycker, Ken BEL 131

5 Pourcel, S. FRA 130

6 Barragan, J. ESP 121

7 Philippaerts, D. ITA 115

8 de Reuver, M. NED 115

9 Leok, Tanel EST 112

10 Noble, James GBR 104

11 Brown, Mike USA 100

12 Priem, Manuel BEL 81

13 Nagl, M. GER 80

14 Mackenzie, B. GBR 73

15 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 66

[scott411]

report from germany

Track was very rutted and one lined, very hard to pass and easy to make mistake,

Katherine also lead second race but crashed in the sand/rut section, taking a while to start the bike again, got back to 5th, , only 5 points off the lead, happy with speed and bike and looking forward to round 2, not happy in losing the red plate,

[paturoa]

Josh and Scotty in Japan.

Well I'm guessing Scotty will be there - anyone know?

[paturoa]

Josh fastest in Saturday practice, Scotty 20th.

Japan is 3 hours behind, so first race tomorrow will be 4pm nz and the second moto 7pm.

[denill]

Josh and Scotty in Japan.

Well I'm guessing Scotty will be there - anyone know?


Scott Columb is riding the MX1 class for TEKA-Suzuki and had an overall of 25th in Germany. He is 32nd in the championship. Scott will also be at Sugo

[paturoa]

Josh 3rd in heat 1 but still extends his overall lead.
.... and 3rd in heat 2, for 3rd overall on the day.

the 40 points for the day also extends his lead over 2nd place by 20 points to 63 points

[paturoa]

Scotty had a 17, 20 for 5 points and is now 34th overall.

[oldguy]

Josh 3rd in heat 1 but still extends his overall lead.
.... and 3rd in heat 2, for 3rd overall on the day.

the 40 points for the day also extends his lead over 2nd place by 20 points to 63 points

Does he keep the red plate

[paturoa]

Does he keep the red plate

Yes, red plate is for the points leader, and he just extended his lead too!

[denill]

Date: 27 May 2007.

Press release:

Coppins stretches championship lead in Japan.

The 6th round of the FIM Motocross world championship has seen factory Yamaha racer, Josh Coppins, stretch his MX1 championship lead to 63 points at the Japanese Grand Prix in Sugo.



Coppins qualified fastest for the event (his second consecutive pole of the season) and had first gate pick going into the first moto. A tight line in the hairpin first turn saw the New Zealander emerge in third as a fast moving Billy Mackenzie raced to the front, passing Mike Brown for the lead. Coppins sealed the American’s fate three laps later to settle in second place. Spaniard, Jonathan Barragan put a spanner in the works when a late charge relegated Coppins to third.



With Brown grabbing the hole-shot in moto two and Billy McKenzie once again claiming the lead moments later, Coppins battled with Ken de Dycker for third and tried to find his race rhythm. Deteriorating track conditions made it physically difficult for the riders however Coppins pushed through to third but could not make much impression on the McKenzie and Brown. MacKenzie handed the victory to Brown when he had a huge get-off with five minutes left on the clock. Coppins could not capitalize on the Scots misfortune as he quickly rejoined the race forcing the Kiwi to be content with third.



“I was surprised I qualified on pole to be honest. I haven’t felt good on the bike all weekend and I think it showed in the race. I struggled to find good lines and my rhythm and had to make the best of bad day. It didn’t really go as I had hoped but I did my best. Of course I think about the championship all the time and trying to concentrate on race wins is not easy. On the other hand my consistency has built me a good lead in the championship,” explained a somewhat relieved Coppins.



Coppins will return to Europe for some testing with the Yamaha Rinaldi team in Italy before heading to St Jean d’Angely for the Fench GP in two weeks time.



Race results:



MX1 Race 1



1 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

2 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

3 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

4 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

5 Brown, Mike USA Honda

6 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

7 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

8 Atsuta, Yoshitaka JPN Honda

9 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

10 Noble, James GBR Honda

11 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

12 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

13 Masuda, Kazumasa JPN Honda

14 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

15 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM



MX1 Race 2



1 Brown, Mike USA Honda

2 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

3 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

4 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

5 Atsuta, Yoshitaka JPN Honda

6 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

7 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

8 Noble, James GBR Honda

9 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

10 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

11 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

12 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM

13 Theybers, Danny BEL Honda

14 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

15 Toda, Kuraudo JPN Suzuki



MX1 Championship standings:



1 Coppins, J. NZL 274

2 Strijbos, K. BEL 211

3 Ramon, Steve BEL 186

4 Pourcel, S. FRA 154

5 Philippaerts, D. ITA 148

6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 146

7 Barragan, J. ESP 143

8 Brown, Mike USA 141

9 Noble, James GBR 128

10 Leok, Tanel EST 126

11 Mackenzie, B. GBR 120

12 de Reuver, M. NED 115

13 Priem, Manuel BEL 103

14 Nagl, M. GER 95

15 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 80

[paturoa]

Round 7 in France this weekend

[paturoa]

Josh 7th fastest qualifer but only 0.8 secs behind the top qualifier.

[denill]

Josh 7th fastest qualifer but only 0.8 secs behind the top qualifier.


Which puts Josh in a strong position to win - as most will agree, Josh is the best 'racer' presently in that class.

[paturoa]

1st and 2nd for 47 points and his lead is now out to 90 points.

[denill]

Date: 10 June 2007.



Press release:

Josh Coppins back on top of MX1 podium.

Yamaha factory racer, Joshua Coppins, has won the French Motocross GP in front of a sellout partisan crowd in St Jean d’Angely. The New Zealander won the first moto convincingly and a steady runner up spot in the second has seen the Kiwi extend his MX1 championship to an astounding 90 points by the halfway point in the championship.

A magnificent hole-shot aboard his factory YZ450FM saw Coppins come out with guns blazing in the first MX1 moto. “Lizzard” controlled the race and his rhythm perfectly as he set consistent lap times around the hilly St Jean d’ Angely circuit. Unchallenged, Coppins raced to victory in front of Italian, David Philippaerts, and Belgian, Steve Ramon, gaining important points in the MX1 championship as championship rival Kevin Strijbos failed to score any points due to an ongoing knee injury.

Coppins took advantage of another great hole-shot in moto 2 however it was short lived as Billy Mac Kenzie stole the lead just a turn later. Crowd favourite, Sebastien Pourcel, snuck by as well but Coppins kept his composure and struck back on the third lap. Five minutes later he attacked Scotsman Mac Kenzie and took over the lead. A fast moving Ramon managed to latch onto Coppins and capitalized on a series of mistakes to pass the Kiwi with just over ten minutes left on the clock. Coppins settled for second choosing not to risk anything by chasing after the Belgian.

“I feel sorry for Kevin Strijbos,” explained Coppins after the Belgian had failed to start the second moto. “I have also had my fair share of knee problems in the past so I know how he feels. He is a very good rider and I’m sure he will come back strong. It is a shame for the championship as people would like it to be much closer but at the same time I am happy with the lead. My choice of lines let me down in the second moto and I used too much energy on them. I finally found some good lines after Steve passed me but he was riding well and deserved the win . The championship is looking good for me and I just want to try and win some more GP’s. Of course it would have been great to win both heats but it’s winning the GP that counts.” affirmed Coppins

As the FIM Motocross GP series passes the halfway mark, Coppins heads to round eight of fifteen in Sevlievo, Bulgaria next weekend. (16-17 June)

Race results:

MX1 Race 1

1 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

2 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

4 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

5 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

6 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

7 Brown, Mike USA Honda

8 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

9 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM

10 Noble, James GBR Honda

11 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

12 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

13 Crockard, Gordon IRL Honda

14 Leok, Aigar EST Yamaha

15 Bill, Julien SUI Honda



MX1 Race 2

1 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

2 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

3 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

4 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

5 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

6 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

7 Brown, Mike USA Honda

8 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

9 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

10 van Daele, Marvin BEL Honda

11 Bill, Julien SUI Honda

12 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

13 Renet, Pierre A. FRA Honda

14 Leok, Aigar EST Yamaha

15 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki



MX1 Championship standings:

1 Coppins, J. NZL 321

2 Ramon, Steve BEL 231

3 Strijbos, K. BEL 211

4 Philippaerts, D. ITA 186

5 Pourcel, S. FRA 184

6 Barragan, J. ESP 173

7 Brown, Mike USA 169

8 Leok, Tanel EST 159

9 Mackenzie, B. GBR 154

10 de Dycker, Ken BEL 150

11 Noble, James GBR 139

12 Priem, Manuel BEL 125

13 de Reuver, M. NED 115

14 Nagl, M. GER 107

15 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 99

[NZsarge]

Thanks for the results Denill, now I know I can be bothered to watch it.:niceone: Congrats to Josh yet again.:2thumbsup

[NordieBoy]

All I can say is :woohoo:

[Danger]

Good one Josh. However I would like to see him stretched a bit more in prep for the MXoN this year. I'm hoping that Daryl Hurley can find form and give us a decent shot at the event in the US.

[scott411]

90 point lead at half way is really good, no one has been anywhere near consistant enough to put up a fight, josh is top 3 every race bar one,

shame to see Kevin Stribos hurt tho, he is the only one who seems to be able to fight Josh

[paturoa]

Good one Josh. However I would like to see him stretched a bit more in prep for the MXoN this year. I'm hoping that Daryl Hurley can find form and give us a decent shot at the event in the US.

Or even Scott Columb - talking of which, where was he?

[Big Dave]

Nice - BT & Josh's KR columns are a good read.
Be great to have a nuvver world champ in the shed.

[scott411]

Scotty C did not qualify,
was 35th in qualifing, (top 30 qualify)

[denill]

Nice - BT & Josh's KR columns are a good read.


Yeah. Between us all I reckon we have got the most up to date news available - short of actually being there. You guys are a great team :rockon: :rockon: REALLY appreciate your combined efforts.

[oldguy]

Thats great news, go Josh, :yes:

[clmintie]

From the Herald this morning.....

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10445007

[paturoa]

Stolen from Youthstream...

As for Coppins, he was happy with his weekend in France, knowing that he can always improve and his championship challenge is stronger all the time.

First heat I was happy how I rode," Coppins said. "The second heat couple of small things that were not right, we need to work on them. I am not saying I could have beaten Steve, but I could have ridden a little more comfortable if he sorted those things. This weekend wasn't that easy for me. Every week in Italy we are making changes suspension wise, the engine is pretty cool, we are not making any changes there, but just some changes in suspension. It's not that I have a problem, it could just be better at some tracks. I am not looking ahead enough probably. I am not looking at what the tracks are going to do. I am more working on previous races and so far we have been to a lot of different tracks. This is the first time we rode really hard pack.

What Coppins finds difficult is that he is always racing against different riders. While he remains strong some riders are struggling to put together consistent results.

"Week in week out I am racing different guys. In France it was Ramon, in Japan it was Mackenzie and Brown, in Portugal it was Strijbos, Germany was Philippaerts. It is like these guys can go quick one week, but they can't recover enough for the next Grand Prix. Ramon and Philippaerts are coming strong. Ramon wasn't so aggressive in France, he just rode really well, he was going for his passes and he had better lines than me. He is good at the moment and he is racing all the Belgian and Dutch championship races, so it will be interesting to see how long he can last. Philippaert is up and down, but he is also strong."

[paturoa]

Bulgaria this weekend

[paturoa]

Josh is 3rd fastest from Sat and Scott was 26th.

I don't know what the cutoff is for Scott to make the finals.

[paturoa]

Josh was 2nd in Moto 1 behind Barragan, and ahead of Pourcel and Ramon. Barrragan was about 150 points behind Josh before this.

Scott was 17th.

[paturoa]

and 1st in the second moto, ahead of Ramon in both races for 47 points.

After 8 rounds a 97 point lead with 7 rounds to go.

Scott was 13th in the second moto for best result so far this year, 15th overall for the day (12 points), and now has 20 points overall and is 26th.

[denill]

Date: 17 June 2007.



Press release:



Josh Coppins wins in Bulgaria to build on MX1 championship lead.



New Zealander, Joshua Coppins, has won his fifth Motocross GP of the 2007 season by dominating the MX1 class in Sevlievo, Bulgaria. The factory Yamaha Rinaldi racer now boasts a massive 97 point lead with his exceptional 2-1 performance bringing him one step closer to his MX1 title aspirations.



Moto 1 action saw Coppins spin off the gate and miss out on the all important hole-shot to Spaniard, Jonathan Barragan. The Kiwi still managed to sneak up the inside of the first turn and emerged third behind Italian, David Philippaerts. An aggressive but clean pass before the mechanics area saw Coppins take over second spot from Philippaerts with the Italian losing the front end as he tried to retaliate later in the lap. A hard charging Sebastien Pourcel was never able to make a real impression on Coppins and when the Frenchman made an error later in the race, Coppins was able to relax and cruise home to second behind a well deserved win by Jonathan Barragan.



A better start in Moto 2 would have Coppins and American, Mike Brown dicing for the hole-shot. Brown came out tops and left Coppins and new championship rival, Steve Ramon scrapping for second and third. Coppins quickly made his way past the Belgian and had to fend off a heated challenge before he made his move on Brown two laps later. Coppins checked out and then controlled his lead to bring home the win, ten seconds ahead of Ramon, inevitably extending his MX1 championship lead to just 3 points short of a century.



“I took me too long to get through to second in the first moto and that gave Barragan space to run. I closed him down a little but then had a bit of a moment on one of the sections so I decided to take it easy and settle for second. My start was better in the second moto and once I got past Ramon and Brown I found a good rhythm and rode a strong race. I want to keep this rolling and look forward to the next GP in Sweden.” commented Coppins.



Coppins will take a weekend off before heading to Uddevalla in Sweden in two weeks time for round 9 of the FIM Motocross world championship.

Race results:

MX1 Race 1

1 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

2 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

3 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

4 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

5 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

6 Bill, Julien SUI Honda

7 Brown, Mike USA Honda

8 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

9 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

10 Vanni, Julien FRA Honda

11 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

12 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

13 Noble, James GBR Honda

14 van Daele, Marvin BEL Honda

15 Coulon, Cyrille FRA Honda





MX1 Race 2

1 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha
2 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

3 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM
4 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

5 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

7 Vanni, Julien FRA Honda

8 Brown, Mike USA Honda

9 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

10 Allier, Thomas FRA Kawasaki

11 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

12 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

13 Columb, Scott NZL Suzuki

14 Crockard, Gordon IRL Honda

15 Noble, James GBR Honda





MX1 Championship standings:

1 Coppins, J. NZL 368

2 Ramon, Steve BEL 271

3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 222

4 Pourcel, S. FRA 222

5 Barragan, J. ESP 214

6 Strijbos, K. BEL 211

7 Brown, Mike USA 196

8 Leok, Tanel EST 179

9 de Dycker, Ken BEL 178

10 Mackenzie, B. GBR 154

11 Noble, James GBR 153

12 de Reuver, M. NED 136

13 Priem, Manuel BEL 125

14 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 120

15 Nagl, M. GER 107

[denill]

And some Bulgarian pics:

[Danger]

Well done Josh!

[NordieBoy]

Good one Scott!

[sugilite]

Wow, way to go Josh!

[Danger]

Yeah a good result for Scott too, lets not forget. Good effort. Lets hope he can build from here.

[paturoa]

And Prumm too!

[paturoa]

Wet track for Saturday, Josh 6th qual, can't see Scott in the results and Katherine 3rd

[denill]

Wet track for Saturday, Josh 6th qual, can't see Scott in the results and Katherine 3rd

Scott's out. After Aichwald scott said: “Monday morning and I was back in Belgium and had a physio check out my shoulder injury,” said Columb. “There was no major damage, he believed it popped out and went back in, a sub dislocation or something like that. Hopefully with rest it will be okay again soon but I won’t be racing in the Swedish GP this weekend. The team has told me to take some time off to recover.”

[Danger]

I believe Scott crashed and popped his shoulder out during the week.

[paturoa]

JC is 4th in moto 1. He was trailing Ramon and made his pass in lap 17.

So extends his over all lead a little more.

de Dyker had a blinder.

I have no idea why they haven't posted the womens results yet as the race was a coupel of hours ago - slack.

[paturoa]

Josh 6th in moto 2 with Ramon 1st.

This is his worst round this year, not even on the podium with 5th overall.

So that now leaves him with a reduced lead over 2nd place of 89 points.

Slack gits at youthstream havn't even updated the womens results so I have no idea how Katherine went ????

[denill]

Date: 1 July 2007.

Press release:

Coppins in Sweden.

Factory Yamaha Rinaldi rider, Josh Coppins has experienced his toughest GP of the 2007 World Motocross championship at a re-designed Uddevalla circuit in Sweden.

Suffering from a bout of flu coming into the event, Coppins knew his goal would be to limit any loss of points in the MX1 title chase. He battled to get a quick jump in the first moto with a newly laid gravel start and lost his rhythm in the opening laps as riders were jostling for positions. Coppins settled in 6th place and focused on catching championship rival Steve Ramon. He pushed past the Belgian with four laps to go and secured 4th spot at the checkered flag.

Coppins missed out on a much needed good start in moto 2 and had his work cut out from the time the gate dropped. He traded positions with Tanel Leok and Billy McKenzie losing time to leaders Ken de Dycker and Steve Ramon. With Ramon moving to the front in the later stages of the race, Coppins posted a 6th place finish, losing championship points to the Belgian.

“It’s been a bad weekend for me,” admitted Coppins. “I had no physical power and never felt good all weekend - I just struggled. The other guys were all really fast and were attacking and I couldn’t retaliate. I didn’t get good starts in any of the moto’s which didn’t help out all. I have managed to limit the amount of points lost and still have a comfortable lead but am disappointed with today.”

The New Zealander still holds the championship red plate with an 89 point advantage over Belgium’s Steve Ramon, going into the 10th round which will be held in Faenza, Italy in two weeks time.

Race results:

MX1 Race 1

1 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

2 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

3 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

4 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

5 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

6 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

7 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

8 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

9 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

10 Noble, James GBR Honda

11 Brown, Mike USA Honda

12 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

13 Bill, Julien SUI Honda

14 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki

15 Renet, Pierre A. FRA Honda

MX1 Race 2

1 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

2 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

3 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

4 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

5 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

6 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

7 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

8 Brown, Mike USA Honda

9 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

10 Noble, James GBR Honda

11 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

12 Crockard, Gordon IRL Honda

13 Renet, Pierre A. FRA Honda

14 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki

15 Salvini, Alex ITA Yamaha


MX1 World championship standings:

1 Coppins, J. NZL 401

2 Ramon, Steve BEL 312

3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 257

4 Barragan, J. ESP 240

5 Strijbos, K. BEL 235

6 Pourcel, S. FRA 235

7 de Dycker, Ken BEL 225

8 Brown, Mike USA 219

9 Leok, Tanel EST 217

10 Mackenzie, B. GBR 186

11 Noble, James GBR 175

12 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 141

13 Priem, Manuel BEL 139

14 de Reuver, M. NED 136

15 Nagl, M. GER 107

[denill]

Championship Women World Cup Round 2-Sweden

Practice 1 Classification
Women World Cup

Pos Nr Rider Nat. Fed. Bike Bestlaptime in lap Diff. First Diff. Prev. Tot. Laps Speed
1 10 Laier, Stephanie GER DMSB KTM 1:56.779 5 0:00.000 0:00.000 9 47.16
2 114 Lancelot, Livia FRA FFM Kawasaki 1:58.450 11 0:01.671 0:01.671 11 46.50
3 1 Prumm, Katherine NZL MNZ Kawasaki 1:58.930 5 0:02.151 0:00.480 13 46.31
4 7 Papenmeier, Larissa GER DMSB Honda 2:00.304 11 0:03.525 0:01.374 12 45.78
5 26 Franke, Maria GER DMSB Kawasaki 2:01.259 12 0:04.480 0:00.955 12 45.42
6 44 Kane, Natalie IRL MCUI Yamaha 2:01.363 7 0:04.584 0:00.104 8 45.38
7 4 Mann, Elin SWE SVEMO KTM 2:01.527 11 0:04.748 0:00.164 11 45.32
8 8 Romlin, Marie SWE SVEMO Yamaha 2:01.702 7 0:04.923 0:00.175 7 45.25
9 6 Veenstra, Marianne NED KNMV Honda 2:04.330 5 0:07.551 0:02.628 9 44.30
10 89 De Winter, Elien BEL MUL Honda 2:04.380 8 0:07.601 0:00.050 11 44.28
11 20 Adriansson, Sandra SWE SVEMO Suzuki 2:04.405 10 0:07.626 0:00.025 10 44.27
12 45 De Mol, Marielle NED KNMV Yamaha 2:05.483 7 0:08.704 0:01.078 11 43.89
13 16 Sjöberg, Sofia SWE SVEMO Honda 2:08.365 5 0:11.586 0:02.882 10 42.90
14 59 Indermaur, Michelle SUI FMS Yamaha 2:08.436 7 0:11.657 0:00.071 8 42.88
15 19 Seidenberg, Jenny GER DMSB KTM 2:08.921 10 0:12.142 0:00.485 10 42.72

[scott411]

WOmans results

1st Moto
Laier
Lancelot
Katherine Prumm

second moto

Katherine Prumm 1st
Lancelot 2nd

Laier DNF,

Katherine wins GP,

Points

Lancelot 125
Prumm 124

[denill]

Press Release

Katherine Prumm was also at Uddevalla for Round 2 of the Women's World Motocross Championship. Prumm (Molson Kawasaki KX250F) was 2 seconds behind Germany's Stephanie Laier (KTM) in the first timed practice.


A poor start in the first race cost her and she had to settle for third, behind Laier and France's Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki). She then won the next race easily, taking the day's overall honours.


Joining her on the Swedish podium was Lancelot, who was 2nd and Maria Franke (Germany), third.


Lancelot is the new championship leader, taking over from previous leader Larissa Papenmeier (Germany, KTM), who managed only fourth overall in Sweden on Sunday. Prumm is now only one point off the championship lead.


Laier, Germany's pride and joy, who trains under Stefan Everts and Pit Beirer with the KTM Red Bull German Team crashed in the second moto and was taken to hospital with concussion.


The third and final round will be in Lierop, The Netherlands, on 02 September.


The week before Prumm was at Round 3 of the Australian Women's Championship in Toowoomba where she made a clean sweep of both Motos. Ashley Bates (Kawasaki) finished 2nd on the day, and also on a Kawasaki, Stacey Griffiths placed 3rd. Taupo's Emma Davis (Yamaha) was 4th.

The Championship's final standings are: K Prumm 150 - 1, A Bates 118 - 2, K Gillespie 115 - 3, E Davis 100 - 4, A Barton 78 - 5.

[paturoa]

heads up ... Citta di Faenza this weekend

[paturoa]

Sat timed practice - Josh 7th

[denill]

Have you read that: Cairoli will move to the MX1 class in 2009, replacing Josh as the No.1 Yamaha rider? :shit::shit:

[paturoa]

Have you read that: Cairoli will move to the MX1 class in 2009, replacing Josh as the No.1 Yamaha rider? :shit::shit:

Is it gossip or an offical team release?

That said, not much surprises me with politics, money etc.

[denill]

Is it gossip or an offical team release.

Source - <a href=http://www.bikesportnz.com/articles/?p=1766#more-1766>BikeSportNZ:</A>

[denill]

More <a href=http://www.mxlarge.com/detail.php?classtodisplay=homepage&idtodisplay=707>Yamaha News:</A>

[paturoa]

The man is a legend!!!!

He had a crap start in about 10th place at lap 1 (I will have to check out the lap chart in the morning), and clawed his way up to second place to be just 4seconds behind Pourcel at the end.

The last 5 laps he must have taken about 20 secs off the lead.

Ramon 8th and Philipparts 6th.

So extends his lead again after the first moto by 9 points.

Off to watch the Moto GP now (and sleep tomorrow).

[denill]

Date: 15 July 2007.

Press release:

Josh Coppins more than 100 points clear in MX1 championship.

Factory Yamaha Rinaldi racer, Josh Coppins, has posted a solid 2-2 result at the Italian MX GP in Faenza to extend his MX1 championship lead to 107 points. The Kiwi rode two smart races under scorching conditions, on a fast technical circuit only 2 hours from the team’s base in Parma.

Locking elbows as the gate dropped for the first moto, Coppins lost his advantage of a good start and was in for a tough race. He was well out of the top ten on lap one as he tried to be patient and pick his passing lines. Championship rival, Steve Ramon, had an equally bad start and was losing ground as Coppins put his head down and started his attack on the very fast and technical Faenza circuit. By the halfway mark he had clawed his way back to 6th spot but it was the closing minutes of the 35 minute + 2 lap moto that were the most impressive. While the riders in front were tiring under the scorching heat, Coppins strung together his most effective laps of the race to rocket into second spot. Frenchman, Sebastien Pourcel, took his first career moto win with Coppins right behind, gaining valuable championship points over Ramon.

Certain not to make the same mistake as in the first moto, Coppins made sure of his jump and was just ousted out of the hole-shot by Italian, David Philippaerts. With Sebastien Pourcel sneaking by ‘Lizzard’ settled in third before planning his attack on Philippaerts. Ten minutes into the moto he made his move and kept Philippaerts at bay before pulling a comfortable gap to settle in second. Pourcel deservedly won the second moto with Coppins a few seconds adrift.

“I always come to every race trying to win. If I can’t do that then I need to make sure that I’m on the podium and that’s what I did today. I didn’t focus at the start of the first moto and changed a few things which I shouldn’t have – I tried something a little bit different but it didn’t work and that made it a really hard race for me. I had to push quite hard in the first moto and that cost quite a lot of energy but I thought rather give it 100% and have two solid races.” smiled a content Coppins.

The GP teams and riders will have a week’s break before heading to Loket in the Czech Rep for round 11 of 15.

Race results:

MX1 Race 1

1 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

2 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

3 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

4 Brown, Mike USA Honda

5 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

6 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

7 Bill, Julien SUI Honda

8 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

9 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

10 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

11 Noble, James GBR Honda

12 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

13 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

14 Salvini, Alex ITA Yamaha

15 Beggi, Cristian ITA WRM



MX1 Race 2

1 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

2 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

3 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

4 Brown, Mike USA Honda

5 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

6 Bill, Julien SUI Honda

7 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

8 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

9 van Daele, Marvin BEL Honda

10 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

11 Noble, James GBR Honda

12 Nemeth, Kornel HUN Suzuki

13 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

14 Salvini, Alex ITA Yamaha

15 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM



MX1 World championship standings:

1 Coppins, J. NZL 445

2 Ramon, Steve BEL 338

3 Pourcel, S. FRA 285

4 Philippaerts, D. ITA 278

5 Barragan, J. ESP 272

6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 256

7 Brown, Mike USA 255

8 Strijbos, K. BEL 250

9 Leok, Tanel EST 240

10 Mackenzie, B. GBR 218

11 Noble, James GBR 195

12 Priem, Manuel BEL 155

13 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 152

14 de Reuver, M. NED 136

15 Nagl, M. GER 107

[denill]

Press Release:
News Amsterdam, Netherlands 15/07/2007

Yamaha close two year agreement with David Philippaerts:


The Yamaha Motocross Team has agreed with the Italian star rider David Philippaerts to ride their factory YZ450FM in the MX1 world championship for 2008 and 2009.


Next year David will race alongside present MX1 world championship leader Joshua Coppins to defend the Yamaha Motocross Team’s leading position in the premier motocross class, mixing Coppins’ vast MX1 GP winning experience with Philippaerts’ youthful aggression and future promise. Yamaha are still discussing with current Yamaha Motocross Team rider Marc de Reuver about the continuation of their relationship.


Before his rise to GP stardom Philippaerts was racing with Yamaha machinery and the guidance of 1999 Yamaha MX500 world champion Andrea Bartolini, who now currently is test rider for the Yamaha Motocross Team. In 2004 David made his fulltime debut in the MX2 class finishing his first year 19th overall. The following year his progress was quick and impressive, winning his first GP in France (round nine), followed by a further win in South Africa. Last season David’s results further improved and he finished third overall, adding four more MX2 GP victories achieved in Bulgaria, Italy, UK and the Czech Republic to his tally.


In 2007 Philippaerts made a very successful switch to MX1 and currently holds fourth position overall, the result of three GP podiums including one win at Teutschenthal, Germany


Profile
Name: David Philippaerts
Date of Birth: 7 December 1983
Nationality: Italian

Career highlights
2006: 3rd MX2 World Championship, 2nd Italian International Championship
2005: 4th MX2 World Championship
2004: 19th MX2 World Championship, Italian Champion
2003: Italian Champion
2002: 2nd Italian Championship, 3rd European 125 Championship
1993: Started racing

[denill]

Josh at Faenza:

[paturoa]

Czech republic this weekend, and a good but too short interview here http://www.youthstream.org/default.aspx?cs=6&type=news&id=1731

[paturoa]

Not a good qualifer - 6th.

However Ramon was 7th, Pourcel was 1st and Phillippaerts was 19th.

Including this round there are 5 to go.

[denill]

Date: 29 July 2007.



Press release:

Coppins experiences misfortune at Czech MX GP.

New Zealander, Josh Coppins, has experienced rotten luck at the 11th round of the 2007 MX World championships in Loket. The Yamaha Rinaldi rider and leader in the MX1 championship lost valuable championship points in both MX1 motos due to freak technical problems.

Coppins started well in both MX1 moto’s however disaster struck on lap 8 of the first race when he stopped just past the signaling area when a rock jammed the rear brake pedal. Before Coppins could remove the obstruction and continue he had lost too much ground to get back into the points.

A similar fate awaited the Kiwi in the second moto when lost use of the rear brake and crashed after the fast downhill step down obstacle. Coppins slammed into the hay bales and had to retire with a cut above his left eye and a painful shoulder.

“I had two uncontrollable race incidents that have cost me a lot of points in the championship. In the first moto I was third and moving forward when a rock got jammed in the rear brake pedal. The second moto I was well positioned and I was just trying keep calm and be smart. I jumped down the step down but could not stop in time with no rear brake and hit the bank quite hard. My concern at the moment is to nurse my injuries and to be ready for Namur. I’ll know more when I see my doctor tomorrow,” explained a disappointed Coppins.

Coppins still holds a 78 point advantage over Steve Ramon and will go into the GP Namur, next week, and will want to limit his points loss next week.


MX1 Race 1

1 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

2 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

3 de Dycker, Ken BEL Honda

4 Bill, Julien SUI Honda

5 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

6 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

7 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

8 Renet, Pierre A. FRA Honda

9 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

10 de Reuver, Marc NED Yamaha

11 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki

12 van Daele, Marvin BEL Honda

13 Leok, Aigar EST Yamaha

14 Noble, James GBR Honda

15 Brown, Mike USA Honda

22 Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

MX1 Race 2

1 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

2 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki

3 Barragan, Jonathan ESP KTM

4 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

5 Leok, Tanel EST Kawasaki

6 Mackenzie, Billy GBR Kawasaki

7 Bill, Julien SUI Honda

8 Renet, Pierre A. FRA Honda

9 Philippaerts, David ITA KTM

10 Brown, Mike USA Honda

11 Noble, James GBR Honda

12 Priem, Manuel BEL TM

13 Salvini, Alex ITA Yamaha

14 van Daele, Marvin BEL Honda

15 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki

DNF Coppins, Joshua NZL Yamaha

MX1 World championship standings:

1 Coppins, J. NZL 445

2 Ramon, Steve BEL 368

3 Pourcel, S. FRA 322

4 Philippaerts, D. ITA 312

5 Strijbos, K. BEL 300

6 Barragan, J. ESP 292

7 de Dycker, Ken BEL 276

8 Brown, Mike USA 272

9 Leok, Tanel EST 272

10 Mackenzie, B. GBR 247

11 Noble, James GBR 212

12 Priem, Manuel BEL 164

13 Nemeth, Kornel HUN 153

14 de Reuver, M. NED 147

15 Bill, J. SUI 115

[paturoa]

I just logged on and thought it was an error .......

[denill]

I just logged on and thought it was an error .......


More like a nightmare, eh. :shit::shit:

[Danger]

Not enough to put Josh under any real pressure. Which might be what he needs to lift his game for the big race of the year, the MXoN.

[denill]

That is the biggest concern!! :nono:
"My concern at the moment is to nurse my injuries and to be ready for Namur. I’ll know more when I see my doctor tomorrow,” explained a disappointed Coppins."

[paturoa]

4 more rounds to go. It would be a tragedy if he doesn't win the championship this year.

[denill]

Press Release:

JOSH OUT FOR 3 WEEKS. SHOULDER BROKEN.


We know that at Round 15 at Loket on Sunday he crashed in Moto 2. A disappointed Josh explains. "I had two uncontrollable race incidents that have cost me a lot of points in the championship. In the first moto I was 3rd and moving forward when a rock got jammed in the rear brake pedal. The second moto I was well positioned and I was just trying keep calm and be smart. I jumped down the step down but could not stop in time with no rear brake and hit the bank quite hard. My concern at the moment is to nurse my injuries and to be ready for Namur. I'll know more when I see my doctor tomorrow."


That means Namur is out and a worst case scenario is his 77 points lead could drop to 27 if Kevin Strijbos wins 1-1.



"Three weeks" means he could be back at Round 16. That is the Grand Prix of Northern Ireland which takes place on a brand new circuit at Moneyglass Demesne near Toomebridge on 18-19 August.


Round 17 is 26 August at Donington Park, Great Britain.
Round 18 is 02 September at Lierop, Netherlands.



We wish him a speedy recovery.

[Danger]

Yeah good recovery Josh! Good thing you built up some early points.
I think Darryl Hurley raced about 3 weeks after braking his collar bone recently to salvage some points.

[denill]

Press Release:

Hi there,
I wish this ‘josh says’ was a good one but to be honest things could be better. It’s Tuesday after Loket and as you probably know I crashed in the 2nd heat hurting my shoulder. Here’s a run down of what went on. Moto 1 I was running third looking to make a pass on Brown when my bike skidded to a stop as I passed the mechanics area. I thought I stalled it so I tried to bump start it while I had some speed but it didn’t work. The chain was tight so I thought I had broken the gear box or something? Finally I managed to find neutral but I still couldn’t move the bike. I looked for a rock in the chain but there was nothing then my mechanic Fabio found a rock in the brake which had jammed the lever on. I lost around 1 minute thirty and couldn’t ride back into the points.

Moto 2 I was running 4th after around 6 laps or so. The track was tricky so I was taking it easy and biding my time. I past the finish line, turned right then launched down the big drop off like every other lap and then tried to slow down for the corner at the bottom but couldn’t and lost control, high siding into the fence. I was a bit dazed and had a cut above my left eye from the crash and didn’t really know what happened but I got back on the bike and tried to continue. As I rode away my shoulder was clicking and I knew then that my day was over. I rode into the pit box and when I tried to stop I realized I didn’t have a rear brake I crashed again as it was wet - riding one-handed with just the front brake in the wet isn’t easy! I fell on my shoulder again... (Post race inspections showed a hole in the brake-line which could have happened anywhere. MX is a contact sport and these freak occurrences can happen!)

Feeling pretty stupid I went to the medical centre for an x-ray. The shoulder was in place which was my first concern as I thought it was dislocated. After a tough trip back to Belgium I went to see my specialist. We found a clean break at the neck of the Glenoid ( shoulder blade). So where does this leave me now... Most likely, I will miss Namur this weekend and come back in Ireland. Will I be 100% there? Many people say I’m a tough rider and always give 100% - I guess we will soon find out. I want to thank my team, trainer, Doctors and physio, as well as everybody around me and the fans, for their help and support. Thanks for all the phone calls and e-mails of encouragement. Sorry I can’t reply back to you all, but I do appreciate it. I can promise you two things: I will never give up on winning this championship and will do everything in my power to be strong and fit for the last three GP’s. See you at the races soon...

Cheers,
JC.

<a href=http://www.paddock-village.com/josh/contact.aspx>Send a Message to Josh:</A>:

[paturoa]

Ramon was 4th fastest qualifier today. Gulp

[paturoa]

Ramon did not have a good day with a 5, 4 giving him 24 points. With 2 rounds now for Josh getting no points, Ramon is now only 43 points behind.

Two weeks now to the next round.

[denill]

Hi there.

I thought I’d check in to let you know how things are going with the shoulder. I’ve been really busy getting treatment. First I was in Ipswich in England getting laser, magnetic and oxygen chamber treatment It was three times a day for three days but well worth it.
From there I came back to Belgium and had the weekend at home. I started doing some gym work Saturday and went to Namur for the GP on Sunday. I did my autograph session for sponsors and spoke a lot with my team because the guys have been a bit down since the crash. It was hard to watch my points lead go down and just not be out there racing because the track looked cool, so I went home and watched Superbikes on TV instead.
The first I knew of the results was when a journalist phoned me for a comment on the results.

Since the weekend I’ve been getting more movement into the shoulder and I’ve now started doing exercises in the swimming pool to get the movement back. I’ve also been going to Germany a lot to visit a naturopath to help with the blood flow and healing by getting acupuncture and massage. Yesterday I went to the hospital to see my surgeon Dr. Claes and bought a new magnetic healing system known as an ‘ortho pulse’ machine. I sleep with it and use it 14 hours a day!
I’m trying my best to be ready for Ireland but I won’t know how good I’ll be there until I see Dr. Claes for another scan this Monday.

I’ll keep you posted and thanks to everyone for your support over these tough times - trust me I won’t give up.

Cheers,

JC.
08.08.2007 | 11:30 |

[NordieBoy]

1 tough Lizzard :woohoo:

[Nicola W]

The man is a machine - He never gives up!

Good luck for Ireland Josh! Hope you're better by then! :niceone:

[Nicola W]

Not ready for Ireland. :(

Good luck for Donnington! :Punk: We'll be cheering you on!

[scott411]

Rumors out of Europe

Ramon (2nd in championship) hurt is hand in a Belgiam Champiobship Race last weekend

Seb Pourcel (3rd in Championship) hurt is knee in a french champion last weekend

both are not really bad injuries but will hamper them

also, will the english GP run, with the foot and mouth scare?????????????

[paturoa]

Does anyone know if Josh is riding this weekend at Northern Ireland?

Can't see it myself - broken bones take longer than this to mend.

[Danger]

No he is not riding this weekend. Radio Sport has bee quite good in keeping up to date with his progress.

[paturoa]

from Youthstream

Yamaha Motocross’ Joshua Coppins, who is currently leading the MX1 points standings, will miss also this round to be fitter for Donington, the penultimate round of the season. This weekend Suzuki’s Steve Ramon has a big chance to move up to the Championship lead, if he scores at least 44 points, while GPKR’s Sebastien Pourcel still lies third in the Championship, 40 points behind Ramon.

[paturoa]

All of the usual suspects at the top of Saturday timed practice with Ramon 3rd.

[scott411]

Press release forwarded on behalf of YRC news.



News - United Kingdom 23/08/2007

Joshua Coppins fit to defend his championship lead



Yamaha Motocross Team’s Joshua Coppins will make his return this weekend for round 14 of the MX1 world championship held at the Donington circuit in the UK. The 30 year old Kiwi has recovered from his shoulder injury to take up the defense of his 12 points lead over Belgian Steve Ramon. With 100 points up for grabs the championship will most likely be decided at the last round scheduled at Lierop (NL) the weekend straight after Donington.



A CT scan made last Tuesday confirmed that Coppins’ shoulder has healed very well, enabling him to compete again and providing the confidence to start riding his YZ450FM for the first time yesterday since his unfortunate crash at Loket on the 29th of June.

In the period off the bike Coppins made sure he retained his strength and fitness by following an extensive training program consisting out of swimming, cycling, mountain biking, running and general fitness training. In fact the yesterday’s riding exceeded his expectations; “I rode the bike four times yesterday and apart from a bit of pain it went really well. I’m 100% in terms of fitness and strength, just down on riding time. But in a way that is also a positive thing because I feel really fresh now. I have trained so hard for this season that at times I felt a bit tired, but now after a month off the bike I feel very excited and eager to jump on again.”



Coppins expects that the participation of Cairoli could make a positive difference, as Antonio’s debut track at Donington will be hard packed; “Antonio is riding incredibly well this year, so who knows what he might be able to do, the circuit will suit his aggressive style and ability. Yet I feel totally able to be more than a match to Ramon, I won’t say I can win in Donington, but I’ll be very competitive for sure.’

‘I feel great and the doctor confirmed that the healing of the bone is going very quickly at this stage of my recovery, I’m already in the UK and will be riding a lot again today. Tomorrow I’ll make my way to the track where I will work with my medical team to get ready for the race. I expect no restrictions in terms of strength, fitness or movement come Sunday, just a bit of pain maybe, but that can be sorted if needed!”



www.joshcoppins.com

[NordieBoy]

. :woohoo:

[Danger]

Good one Josh. We will be rooting for you. Just stay upright and unhurt!

[arj127]

what does he mean by that? Is Antonio competing in the mx1 class as well?

Good luck to Josh, hope he does well

and

GO BEN!

[Danger]

Antonio has wrapped up the MX2 and is going to race MX1 this weekend to try and help Josh in the points.

[paturoa]

woo hoo - I'm going to be glued to the PC when the racing is on. Go Josh.

[Danger]

Paturoa, can you give us any times or links to watch or listen to the race?

[DrewBroadley]

woo hoo - I'm going to be glued to the PC when the racing is on. Go Josh.

Links/url/times please :)

[Nicola W]

We would have been at Donnington (We normally go to every Brit GP) but for the organisers at this thought they'd charge children to watch :angry2: Which I find disgusting so we have boycotted it and will be shouting for josh on MediaZone instead.

http://www.mediazone.com/channel/motocross/motocross.jsp#Great%20Britain


Come on Josh!!! :first:

[Danger]

Thanks Nichola, will check it out.

[paturoa]

Josh qualified 10th just over 3 secs off the lead, with Ramon 5th fastest qual. So he got thru that OK.

[Danger]

Thats good news.

[Danger]

1st race MX1 Donnington and Josh is in 2nd place on lap 1.
Billy Mckenzie 1st Antonio Cairoli in 3rd.
Steve Ramon back in 12th.

[Danger]

Josh drops back to 4th, Kevin Strijbos moves up to 3rd, Cairoli in 2nd.

[Danger]

Steve Ramon moves up to 11th.

[Danger]

Cairoli has the fastest lap times 4 seconds quicker than Josh at this early stage.

[Danger]

Kevin Strijbos goes even quicker and passes Cairoli and moves into 2nd.
Josh drops down into 7th, Ramon up to 10th.

[k14]

Can Josh stay in there? He's dropped back a bit. Maybe he's just going to stick on Ramon and make sure he keeps him in check not really worrying where they both finish so long as its within a place or 2 of each other.

[Danger]

Cairoli pulls out an incredible 2.04 and regains 2nd place on lap 4!

[Danger]

Josh pulls out his fastest lap at 2.07 on lap 4.

[Danger]

Josh drops back to 8th, Ramon moves up to 9th!

[Danger]

Ramon is all over the back of Josh and is lapping faster.

[Danger]

Steve Ramon moves up to 7th, Josh drops back to 9th on lap 6. This is not good for Josh.

[Danger]

Josh is doing 2.09, Ramon is on 2.06.

[Danger]

Billy Mckenzie drops 6 places and MX2 World Champion Cairoli takes the lead on lap 7 in his first MX1 race!

[Danger]

Kevin Srijbos pulls out a 2.03 and takes the lead from Antonio Cairoli on lap 9!

[Danger]

Ken DeDyker gets past Steve Ramon, Ramon in 7th, Josh in 9th on lap 10!

[Danger]

Lap 11 and Josh looses another place to Sebastian Pourcel. Josh now in 10th, Ramon in 7th.

[Danger]

Lap 12 and this aint good, Steve Ramon moves up to 6th with a 2.06, Josh drops down to 11th with a 2.11 lap.

[Danger]

Lap 13 and Josh drops another place, Steve Ramon has his eye on the Championship.

[Danger]

Lap 14 and Steve Ramon still in 6th, and Josh drops another place to 14th! His points lead is slipping away.

[Danger]

Lap 15, Kevin Strijbos leads from Antonio Cairoli, Josh keeps 14th place.

[Danger]

Lap 16, 1st Kevin Strijbos, 2nd Antonio Cairolli, 3rd Mike Brown. Steve Ramon 6th, Josh back in 14th.

[Danger]

Ken deDyker gets past Mike Brown to take 3rd place.

[Danger]

Lap 18 and Josh moves up to 13th place, Ramon still in 6th and its just about over.

[Danger]

The race is over, the win goes to Kevin Strijbos, 2nd to Antonio Cairoli in his first MX1 race, Steve Ramon bites into Josh's points lead with a 6th place to Josh's 14th place. Josh is a minute and 8 seconds back from the leader. Ramon is 37 seconds back from the leader.

[Danger]

I don't think I can stay up another 2 hours for Josh's 2nd race, but it isn't looking to good for his Championship hopes. Hopefully he will get his 2nd wind after a month of the bike.
Tony Cooksley is up next in the Veterans after winning the first race. Go Tony!

[Danger]

By my reckoning Josh's points lead has been reduced to only 1 or 2 points.

[paturoa]

Not good news, JC didn't finish the 2nd race and only did one lap.

So Ramon now leads with 466 points and Josh is 2nd with 452 points. 14 points gap with one round left.

[Danger]

Wow, thats not good. I hope his shoulder has held togeather.

[Danger]

Josh finishes 18th for the day.

[Danger]

Antonio Cairoli wins race two and the overall in his first MX1 GP. Its going to be interesting to see who is faster at the MXoN between Antonio and Ryan Villopoto. Also to see if these guys can run with part time racer Ricky Carmichael.
James Stewart is out of the MXoN with a busted knee. RC should still be number 1 I would think, but who is number 2 fastest in the world right now? Ryan Villopoto or Antonio Cairoli? I can't wait!

[Nicola W]

It seemed Josh was just not ready enought for the race at Donnington :crybaby: Battling on through the pain...

Taken from his site:

Joshua Coppins has ridden through agonizing pain in defense of his MX1 world title aspirations at a spectacular Donington Park circuit, close to Derby.
The tough Factory Yamaha racer qualified in 10th spot on Saturday minimizing his laps on a jump filled track to save his shoulder for the two 35 minute + 2 Lap motos to come on Sunday.

Coppins’s lightening reactions saw him rocket to the hole-shot in race 1, however Scotsman, Billy McKenzie quickly snuck past as Coppins had to fend off a gaggle of riders biting at his heels. As the race wore on it was visible that the Kiwi was battling with pain as he gradually lost position after position. Coppins salvaged 14th spot but it was clear that he had pushed his pain threshold to the limit.

The second moto would not last long for the New Zealander as he was bunched in at the start and appeared in 20th position on lap one. Coppins completed 3 laps before retiring from the unbearable pain.

“I was pretty happy with the first moto considering the pain I had. For the first fifteen minutes I was quite good but then the pain settled in. My lines were not good as I was focused on the pain rather than on the riding. It’s not easy to go out and race like that. My family is here from NZ and I wanted to go and give 100% for them and my fans and I couldn’t and that is more frustrating than anything. I have worked so hard for this championship and not being able to fight for it is the worst thing of all. It is a hard pill for me to swallow right now. I’m filled with so many emotions. I hope that this coming week will bring more clarity as to what I will do in Lierop.” stated a distraught Coppins.

The final round of the FIM Motocross championship will take place in Lierop in a week’s time where Coppins will have a 14 point deficit over Belgian Steve Ramon. Having held the red leaders plate for 14 rounds of the 15 it is unclear whether the hard working Kiwi will be able to give it his best shot at the GP of the Netherlands.





I feel gutted for Josh - He deserves this title. He is still a champion in my eyes whatever happens! :first:


Here's a photo taken by my mate Oliver Lawman at the GP

[merv]

Being gutted started when his team didn't check his back brake hose after that rock incident, from what I can tell, leading to his nasty crash that broke the bone in the first place. Its certainly not looking good for his championship now - bugger!

[Danger]

Its going to be a tough week for Josh, he must be gutted. Sometimes these injury's just come right when you think all is lost. Lets hope he gets over this week and starts focusing on riding the best he can for the final race. Anything can happen, Ramon is going to think he has it in the bag. If Josh is determined, it could be a great come back.
Grit your teeth Josh and never give up!

[paturoa]

I refuse to get negative on this one with the 14 point gap, so I had a look at the earlier rounds

so check these facts out...

- JC beat Ramon by more than 14 points in 4 of the 10 rounds when he was fit.
- Ramon scored 35 or less points in 9 of the 14 rounds to date.
- Ramon hasn't scored more than 35 points in the last five rounds (10 motos).
- Ramon highest finish position in the last 10 motos (5 rounds) is 4th.
- Of the 28 motos to date Ramon has only been a top 3 finisher in 7 motos
- Of the 20 motos with JC fit, he has top 3 results in 17 of them

I'm guessing Ramon is shiting his pants and JC knows this stuff too.

[Danger]

Josh himself has said that he has sustained more damage to his shoulder and while Yamaha have him working on his rehab he is unlikely to start the final race on the rough Netherland circuit. At this point you also have to wonder how ready he can be for the MXoN. Perhaps if he can get some other racing under the belt before then his fitness will improve, but what will Yamaha want him to do over the next few months?

[paturoa]

.....he is unlikely to start the final race on the rough Netherland circuit.

....and more news - I had a look around the usual sites and found nothing.

[Danger]

I guess its wait and see. I'm sure Yamaha and Josh are doing all they can to be at the start but listening to Josh on Radio Sport earlier in the week it did not seem likely that he would be racing. The final decision will probably be made on the day.
I remember breaking some ribs the week before the last two rounds of the National MTB Cross Country Series back in 1998. I could hardly walk in the early part of the week or ride uphill at all, and it hurt just to breath. All I could do was push my bike to the top of the down hill sections and coast down the hills at Muriwai where the 2nd to last race was. I won that race by 40 seconds due to my quicker speed on those down hill sections in comparison to the 2nd rider who kept pace with me around the rest of the track. I hardly felt the pain in the ribs during the race.
The following week again I was very sore and could hardly move or breath but I drove down to Wellington on the Tuesday and shuffled around the track on Mt Victoria that first day, then started to ride it slowly from Wednesday. I was sleeping in my Mazda 323 hatchback lol until I met with some riders while training and slept on their couch. Sunday arrived and again I felt very little pain during the race and won to become Expert Senior Mens National Cross County Champion.
So anything is possible with the right mental attitude and determination. Lets hope Josh has what it takes.

[paturoa]

...... I hardly felt the pain in the ribs during the race......and again I felt very little pain during the race ...

So anything is possible with the right mental attitude and determination.

lol....and really good drugs?

[Danger]

What really helped me was some foul tasting black paste bought from a Chinese medicine man in Wellington. It was disgusting but that along with Arnica had more effect than anything else I tried, although I did take some Cataflam on the day as well (I hope that wasn't a banned drug for sports lol!)

[Danger]

As per the Katherine Prumm thread, it is confirmed that Josh is out for this Championship. Hard luck Josh, heres hoping for a great MXoN and a World title next year.

http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~29~id~153737.htm

A few more comments I guess and that will be the end of this thread. :bye:

[dammad1]

He must be so gutted!

[Danger]

OK it has snuck up on us and I thought that we still had a couple of months to go, but apparantly it is less than a month to the MXoN!
Should we be considering a rider to replace Josh if he is not ready and who would that rider be? Daryl Hurley? Someone else?

[Danger]

In fact it is only 3 weeks away!:shit:
How can Josh possibly be ready to take on the Worlds best in three weeks time? Is there a contingency plan? :scratch:

[k14]

Should we be considering a rider to replace Josh if he is not ready and who would that rider be? Daryl Hurley? Someone else?
I thought hurley was replaced by cooper cause he had an injury too?

[telliman]

if not one of the king brothers then scott columb!

[Danger]

I thought hurley was replaced by cooper cause he had an injury too?

Hurley injured his collar bone at the Tarawera 100 and it was apparantly a close call whether or not he or Cody should go and I think Cody got the nod because he had been at the MXoN the last two years when Hurls was injured and Cody was planing a trip to the US anyway. I still think that Hurls would have been the better option but I'm not that close to judge their form to be any authority.
Surely he must be the next rider to be called up or am I missing someone?

[arj127]

seems it will be Hurley that will be replacing Josh.

http://www.bikesportnz.com/articles/?p=1938#more-1938

[paturoa]

I was just reading the last few posts and thought I was gutted then I wondered how Josh feels.......

[oldguy]

Thats sad news about Josh, so close, within his grasp, gutted for him.
Reminds me of Arron Slight playing second fiddle to Carl Fogerty for so long and just couldn't quite get both hands on that WSB title.

[paturoa]

Reminds me of Arron Slight playing second fiddle to Carl Fogerty for so long and just couldn't quite get both hands on that WSB title.

Oh don't go there!!

After his operation he was getting back into it and got royaly screwed over when they announced his retirement (which was news to him at the time - a'holes).

How is the Buell? Have you sold the VTR yet?

[oldguy]

Oh don't go there!!

After his operation he was getting back into it and got royaly screwed over when they announced his retirement (which was news to him at the time - a'holes).

How is the Buell? Have you sold the VTR yet?

Been a bit slack lately, haven't even looked at it yet, to busy riding the Buell.

Real sad to hear he wont make the MXoN,

Go Katherine and Go Ben,

Ben still in with a chance isn't he:yes:

[Danger]

Well sad for Josh, but pleased to see DH is getting to do another MXoN. Go Kiwi's!

[Quicker_with_age]

I sure hope when Steve Ramon got up on that podium to accept the world championship trophy, He acknowleged the fact that it should have been Josh up there!!
Sounds like next season maybe his last and he will have to deal with Antonio Cairoli as aparently he is stepping up to the big class and that guy is damn fast!! Lets hope josh finally gets his world championship!!!


Ben still in with a chance isn't he

Not looking good im afraid, But its still possible. Go Ben!!!

[scott411]

in the end Ramon fninshed every round, he did not have to concede the title to Josh,

Josh deserved it yes he was easily the fastest overall, but to finish first you first must finish,

[Quicker_with_age]

Yes true but Ramon didnt even win one of the rounds!!!
Poor Josh.

[Danger]

I agree with Scott. Coulda woulda shoulda, ya don't win by crashing and injuring yourself. Same deal in the AMA with James Stewart.

[Quicker_with_age]

True but wasnt Josh's crash that gave him the injury caused by a stone jammed in his brakes? Not really something he could have prevented.......
Oh well these things happen I guess, Heres hoping for next year, He reminds me of Darryl King who never got a chance to win the thing although he came very close and certainly deserved to win. Thats Racing.

[arj127]

yeah Scottys right, but i dont think Ramon truly deserved that trophy. Coppins and a few others were way quicker than him all year, Phillipaerts was brilliant at a lot of rounds and in my view will win the trophy at some stage. Its a shame De Reuver didn't do better, hes a really cool guy with an excellent relaxed attitude. Maybe thats his downfall.
Guess my post before this all started ended up pretty close to what happened. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=40967

But if Cairoli does move up to MX1, Josh will certainly have his work cut out then, as Antonio is seriously quick and only knows one postion that he wants to finish in.

[dammad1]

Josh is no spring chicken, I think for him to win next year he will have to really step up his game.

[NordieBoy]

Step up?
Over 100pts clear with 3 rounds left?
Without injury he would have Stefan'd them.

[dino3310]

QUOTE=NordieBoy;1194119]Step up?
Over 100pts clear with 3 rounds left?
Without injury he would have Stefan'd them.[/QUOTE]

:yeah: he certainly showed his depth of talent

[dammad1]

That may be true, but he was hardly pushed by anyone in paticular. if caroli steps up, and with a few of the other guys that were just getting into the swing of things this season, I think he will find it alot harder next season.

[denill]

Date: 14 October 2007.
Press release:


Coppins podiums in thrilling Mettet starbiker.

New Zealander, Josh Coppins, has raced to a commendable third overall at the star studded Mettet starbiker in Belgium this weekend. In only his second ever Supermoto race, Coppins qualified 6th for a reasonable position on the starting grid. With Chambon crashing out of moto 1, Coppins was able to secure third spot behind former motocross rival Michael Pichon and MX legend Micky Dymond.



Coppins grabbed another good start in moto 2 but got caught up in the second corner losing valuable positions. He completed the first lap in 9th and had plenty of work cut out for him. ‘Lizzard’ put his head down and made his way past Breugelmans, Demaria and Troy Corser to finish in 5th, closely behind Frenchman Frederic Bolley.



“I really enjoyed this weekend.” smiled Coppins. “ The weather was perfect and I got faster every time I went out. I had no crashes and got the hang of it really fast. My YZ450F worked really well and THOR sent me out a cool leather suite so at least I looked the part!”



Coppins has a week of MX testing planned in Italy before heading to the UK for the infamous Western Beach race this coming weekend.

[denill]

Not an often seen action shot of Josh :2thumbsup

[Danger]

Good to see he is back on the bike.
I can't believe what a year of disapointment NZ have had this year sporting wise. In a year that had so much promising success on tap, New Zealand has fallen seriously short in my opinion. MXoN, MX1, AMA outdoors, America's Cup, Rugby World Cup, NZ Rugby League, we have fallen short in all of these this year.
While BT fell short of the AMA title he for sure put in the best performance of the year in my opinion, and probably had the most impressive results of the year, just that their was one better, and nothing more that he could do to over come that.
Heres hoping that Josh and BT can achieve next year what we were hoping for this year.

[NZsarge]

Not an often seen action shot of Josh :2thumbsup

Kewl photo, pity we don't see some motard racing on the box.

[denill]

Have you read - <a href=http://www.mxlarge.com/detail.php?classtodisplay=homepage&idtodisplay=914>THIS JOSH C INTERVIEW:</A>

[denill]

Josh is having fun: :woohoo:

Date: 22 October 2007.
Press release:

Second place for Coppins at Weston Beach Race

Josh Coppins has lined up against a field of over 1150 off road riders for his Weston Beach Race debut this past weekend. In his second to last event before returning home to NZ, the Kiwi battled it out with fellow Motocross rival, Steve Ramon, chasing the Belgian over the rutted and sandy Weston Beach dunes in what is considered the largest off road event in the UK.

“I didn’t know what to expect at this race.” admitted Coppins. “I have heard a lot about the Weston Beach race and now that I have one under my belt I’m going to be back for more. I rode a complete standard YZ450F 2008 model and was amazed how well the bike pulled and held up in the deep sand. We ran stock suspension and a standard fuel tank so I just had to stop more often to re-fuel which is obviously where I lost some time.”

Perfect weather conditions made the circuit somewhat easier on the competitors nonetheless the race was cut 30 mins short for safety reasons which saw Coppins follow home Steve Ramon in second place.

“I took it easy on the first lap and was around 20th position after the start. Mike Brown and Steve Ramon were long gone but then ‘Brownie’ cooked his clutch and after the first hour I was 2 minutes off of Steve. I got a rhythm going and closed down the gap to 50 seconds by the time the organisers red flagged the race so I was pumped with my riding and fitness.”

Coppins returns to NZ on Tuesday only to catch a connecting flight to Australia where he will take part in the International Oceania Motocross Championships in Barrabool on the 27-28 October.(www.oceaniamx.com)

Podium results:

1.Steve Ramon

2.Josh Coppins

3.Brad Anderson

[NordieBoy]

"I got a rhythm going and closed down the gap to 50 seconds by the time the organisers red flagged the race so I was pumped with my riding and fitness.”

The results sheet has Josh 3min back from Steve.

Not a bad first outing tho... :clap:

Sounds like a hard race.
54 people didn't make the 1st lap.
63 more didn't make lap 2.

The big news is Josh didn't injure himself :woohoo:

[denill]

Date: 28 October 2007.

Press Release:

Josh Coppins cleans up International Oceania MX in Barrabool.


The NZ vs Australia race format which sees the best Pro, Junior and Women riders from each country battle it out at the famous Barrabool circuit west of Melbourne, has seen Kiwi star Josh Coppins blitz all races at the annual event. The NZ team captain won both Pro races, the one-on-one Super Pole against former GP rival and guest American racer Ryan Hughs, and to add the icing on the cake, Coppins cleaned up the Pro feature race which had the 20 top scoring Pro Lites riders trying to making their mark against the 20 top Pro Open riders.


“I really enjoyed myself this weekend” smiled Coppins. “I set the fastest time in practice and qualifying on Saturday and stayed out of trouble on Sunday and managed to win all races. The track was fast and technical which I liked and we had good weather with some wind in the morning making it a bit dusty.”

Despite Coppins’s full house of wins, Team NZ were still not able to pry the trophy from a hungry Aussie team. “NZ did well in the Pro class and in the woman’s class with a great ride from Katherine Prumm but we really struggled in the Junior classes which I guess is where we lost out to Australia. I love doing this event and am going to stay on a little longer in Oz for a bit of a holiday before heading back home to Motueka.” added the factory Yamaha racer.


Overall results: Pro Open class.

Josh Coppins
Daryl Hurley
Ryan Hughs
Craig Anderson
Daniel Mc Coy.

VERY Unofficial Result is that they won: Australia 746 to NZ 550

[denill]

www.mcnews.com.au/

The Aussies Victorious at Oceania Motocross Championships
Australia have once again taken top honours over New Zealand in the 2007 International Oceania Motocross Championships held at the iconic Barrabool circuit near Geelong, Victoria over the weekend.

Over four thousand motocross fans in attendance were treated to some of the best racing ever seen on these shores as World Number three Josh Coppins spearheaded an unsuccessful Kiwi assault at the Oceania Trophy against a talented Aussie team that included a number of current and past national champs.

With four riders nominated to represent each country in both of the Pro classes, and three riders representing in the Woman’s and Junior classes, the final results would be decided not by the standout performances of the few but by the overall teams efforts. After the dust had settled Australia had triumphed over their trans-Tasman rivals with a combined score of 746 points over New Zealand’s 551 points.

In the premiere Pro Open (450cc) class Josh Coppins proved too strong for all challengers as he powered his way to victory in each of his races. Fellow Kiwi Daryl Hurley mounted a strong challenge and claimed the runner up spot ahead of fast American import Ryan Hughes, who added some high profile international flavour to the event. First Australian home was Honda’s Craig Anderson in fourth.

The Pro Lites (250cc) class provided some of the most dramatic action of the weekend as Luke George of NSW romped his way to victory in the opening race only to crash heavily in the final, giving the race win to Suzuki mounted New Zealand rider Luke Burkhart. One the final points were tallied it was Aussie team rider Lewis Stewart that claimed the overall win with two fourth place finishes, just one point ahead of Australian National Pro Lites Champion Jake Moss. The final step on the podium went to yet another Australian rider in Honda’s Cameron Taylor.

With the presence of Women’s World Champion Katherine Prumm who swept all three woman’s races in dominating fashion, the New Zealand Oceania trophy hopes were given a valuable boost. However with more depth in the Australian woman’s team, Prumm’s stellar performance only minimized the damage as Australian’s Kristy Gillespie and Ashlea Bates finished in second and third respectively.

Although not contributing to the overall class results, the final feature race of the day was the last chance for each nation to accumulate points towards the Oceania Trophy. The top 20 riders from both the Pro Lites and Pro Open classes were selected to lined up and do battle on the serpentine, jump filled track. Once more Coppins was untouchable and lead home Hurley and Hughes to wrap up his perfect days record, while Jake Moss fought through the dusty conditions to finish first over Cameron Taylor in second and Lewis Stewart in third.

In the Juniors event held on Saturday, Tye Simmonds (KTM) proved to be the best rider on the day cleaning up all heats, contributing to Australia’s first nail on the board, as the team made its way to victory on Sunday afternoon.

Suzuki Report

Team Shift Motul Suzuki rider, Daryl Hurley clinched second place in the 2007 International Oceania Motocross Championship at Barrabool (VIC), today, ahead of American racing hero and guest team mate, Ryan Hughes in third place.

Piloting the Team Shift Motul Suzuki prepared RM-Z450, US star rider Hughes made a strong start narrowly missing the holeshot in the opening 20-minute Pro Open moto and running in the top three with the race lead in sight.

As the current world number two, Josh Coppins, assumed the lead ahead of Craig Anderson, Hughes remained in touch in third until a small moment on the fourth lap saw him give Anderson some breathing space and the leading trio spread out but maintained position until the chequered flag.

Team Shift Motul Suzuki regular, Daryl Hurley made a slower start in the first Pro Open race, completing the opening lap in ninth place, but the former Australian Motocross Champion delivered a sizzling performance as he charged through the field and closed in on the leaders.

On lap seven, Hurley made a move to grab sixth spot and on the following lap passed Michael Addison and Daniel McCoy to claim fourth place and began reeling in fellow Suzuki rider, Hughes.

While Hurley continued to close the gap to Hughes, the New Zealander ran out of laps before the chequered flag and had to settle for fourth place.

The second Pro Open race got underway with an action packed opening lap that had Hurley duelling with Hughes for third place. Hughes won out and left Hurley to battle with slow starting Coppins.

On the second lap Hughes and Coppins had a coming together which dropped both riders down the order, elevating Hurley to third.

Hurley continued to charge forward and was running strongly in second before an error by Coppins (who had again stormed through to the front) gave him the race lead which he held for several laps. Hurley put up a good fight before his countryman again reclaimed top spot.

Meanwhile, on the other Team Shift Motul Suzuki, Hughes put in a brilliant fightback, ploughing through the pack to claim the final podium position behind Hurley.

Following recent dominant performances in New Zealand, Team Shift Motul Suzuki racer Luke Burkhart made his Australian return from injury in the Pro Lites class, however a first-corner crash in the opening race dropped him to the rear of the field and ruined his chance of a strong result.

The second Pro Lites moto had a completely new script with Burkhart featured strongly in third place on lap one, before assuming the race lead in the middle sector of the race.

Burkhart was in control and delivered a flawless performance, setting the fastest lap of the race and stretching a gap over his rivals until he greeted the chequered flag aboard the Suzuki RM-Z250 with more than five seconds to spare.

Rounding off the day was the Final Showdown that comprised the top 20 Pro Lites riders battling it out with the top 20 Pro Open riders for an all-in, 20-minute race.

As to be expected, World MX1 Championship contender, Coppins rode away from the pack and left his opponents to fight over the remaining placings.

American veteran, Hughes began well in fourth place while another slowish start saw Hurley end the first lap in seventh.

Hughes quickly climbed to second place, as Hurley began a gutsy ride in difficult dusty conditions to work his RM-Z450 through the field, eventually relegating Hughes to third place for both the moto and the overall event.

DARYL HURLEY - TEAM SHIFT MOTUL SUZUKI

"I thought I had the holeshot in that opening race, but I shifted into third too early and ended up nowhere, but I felt good out there and just picked my way through the field.

"I got the second fastest lap time in the moto with a low 2:18min, and that was in the middle of traffic and dust going everywhere.

"Even though I didn't get great starts, my speed was good overall today and I managed to get through and make passes in every race.

"To get second to Josh feels pretty good, especially in the second race. He nearly won the World Championship so I'm pretty happy to have been able to run with him and finish second to him, today."

RYAN HUGHES - TEAM SHIFT MOTUL SUZUKI GUEST RIDER
"Congratulations to Josh and Daryl for first and second today, they both rode fantastic races.

"I also have to thank Suzuki Australia for all their support and doing so much to set the bike up to suit me; they did a fantastic job and obviously had the RM-Z450 working really well.

"I've never raced in Australia before, but I've had so many great people help bring me out here to race this weekend, the track is great and the level of competition is so strong that I definitely want to come back and do this event again next year."

LUKE BURKHART - TEAM SHIFT MOTUL SUZUKI
"I got off to a awful start in the first race, but I'm really glad I was able to put together a good race in the second moto and turn the day around.

"It felt good to show people that I'm 100% fit again and how I'm riding at the moment."

JAY FOREMAN - TEAM SHIFT MOTUL SUZUKI TEAM MANAGER
"Daryl rode the best I've seen him race all year. It was good to see him back in form, riding hard and aggressively on the RM-Z450.

"Ryan is one of the legends of the sport, he's known as a tough competitor and it was great to have him out here as a guest with Team Shift Motul Suzuki.

"He got out there and went hard right from the word go and showed no fear; he completely lived up to his hard racing reputation and delivered a great performance for the fans here today."

[FlangMasterJ]

So New Zeland had the better riders but were severely out numbered?

[denill]

So New Zeland had the better riders but were severely out numbered?
You're not serious, eh. :blink:

Our Juniors got smashed by the young okkers - just as they did in Taupo last year. :argh: