TORDOFF WINS EMX EUROPEAN OPENER
 Britain's
Ricky Tordoff took his Team Anderson ATV Suzuki LT-R450 to
victory in the first round of the EMX European Motorcycle
Union Quad Cup at Bielstein in Germany on Sunday, taking a
win and a third place in the two races.
The hard and fast track clearly suited the British rider's
style and he took a start-to-finish win in the first race
ahead of Dutch Champion Joe Maessen. In the second race the
Suzuki rider fought to third place and maintained his pace
to take the overall from French champion Romain Couprie
Race 1: 1. Ricky Tordoff Suz GB, 2. Joe
Maessen Yam N, 3. John Mitchell Yam GB, 4. Romain Couprie
Yam F, 5. Jason Macbeth Honda GB, 6. Jeremy Warnia Suzuki
F. 7. Max Freund Yam D, 8. Leon Beda Yam GB, 9.Vregelaar Ten
W-Tec NL. 10. Tobias Lenz Yam D. 13 Paul Holmes Yam GB.
Race 2: 1. Couprie, 2. Mitchell, 3. Tordoff,
4. Maessen, 5. Macbeth, 6.Ten, 7. Beda, 8. Warnia 9 Philipp
Streuber Yam D, 10. Lens. 11. Holmes
Overall (Points after Round 1): 1. Tordoff
45, 2.Couprie 43, 3.Mitchell 42, 4. Maessen 40, 5. Macbeth
32, 6. Warnia 28, 7. Ten 27, 8. Beda 27, 9. Streuber 22, 10.Beda
27. 12.Holmes 18.
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