ALast Saturday, the sidecar classes were in action during the VMCF classic car race in Lille. Ultimately, it was Bjorn van den Heuij/Sten van den Heuij who took the day's victory in the sidecar inters class with two heat wins. With a second and third place in the heats, second place went to Ijen Kops/Robin Könst.
Winston Derksen/Sven van Dommelen joined the podium with a sixth and second place in the heats. The top five in the interclass was completed by Frank Mulders/Marc van Deutekom and Nick de Schepper/Wouter Direks. Championship leader Jarno van den Boomen/Nick Maas suffered a heavy fall at the start of the first heat, with Van den Boomen sustaining a serious knee injury. This seems to put an end to their title chances.
In the National class, Rik Senders/Pim Lambrechts managed to win both rounds, taking the day's victory ahead of the Belgian combination Jens Mans/Yari Ceulemans. Sem van Kruijsbergen/Davy van Kruijsbergen finished third, ahead of Jimmy Horijon/Jasey Vlot and Rob van Kruijsbergen/Dieter Prins (Bel).
The next race in the sidecar classes is on July 5 in Mill, Brabant.
First heat of the Lille Sidecar Nationals: 1. Senders/Lambrechts 21:32.396, 2. Mans (Bel)/Ceulemans (Bel), 3. van Kruijsbergen/van Kruijsbergen +20.053, 4. Van Kruijsbergen/Prins (Bel) +1:05.975, 5. Horijon/Vlot +1:08.049, 6. Kalinovský (Cze)/Padevet (Cze) +1:24.091, 7. Lenaerts (Bel)/Termeer +1 lap, 8. Vandamme (Bel)/Verburgh (Bel) +1 lap, 9. Reipen (Ger)/Schubert (Ger) +3 laps, 10. Gielkens/van Zandvoort +5 laps.
Second heat of the Lille Sidecar Nationals: 1. Senders/Lambrechts 21:11.070, 2. Mans (Bel)/Ceulemans (Bel) +10.429, 3. Horijon/Vlot +13.339, 4. van Kruijsbergen/van Kruijsbergen +21.183, 5. Kalinovský (Cze)/Padevet (Cze) +1:01.474, 6. van Kruijsbergen/Prins (Bel) +1:32.198, 7. Lenaerts (Bel)/Termeer +1 lap, 8. Gielkens (Bel)/van Zandvoort + 1 lap, 9. Reipen (Ger)/Schubert (Ger) +1 lap, 10. Vandamme (Bel)/Verburgh (Bel) +2 laps.
Day classification sidecar nationals: 1. Senders/Lambrechts, 2. Mans (Bel)/Ceulemans, 3. van Kruijsbergen/van Kruijsbergen, 4. Horijon/Vlot, 5. van Kruijsbergen/Prins (Bel), 6. Kalinovski (Cze)/Padevet (Cze), 7. Lenaerts (Bel)/Termeer, 8. Gielkens (Bel)/van Zantvoort, 9. Reipen (Ger)/Schubert (Ger), 10. Vandamme (Bel)/Verburgh (Bel).
First heat sidecar inters Lille: 1. van den Heuij/van den Heuij 21:16.217, 2. Kops/Könst +4.625, 3. Veldman/van den Berg +1:02.121, 4. Mulders/van Deutekom +1:05.503, 5. de Schepper (Bel)/Direks +1:16.207, 6. Derlsen/van Dommelen +1:40.770. 7. Bens/Bens +1 lap, 8. Reipen (Ger)/van Hamel (Bel) +1 lap, 9. Mulders/Meulenbroek +1 lap, 10. Genevasen (Bel)/Kuijpers +2 laps.
Second heat sidecar inters Lille: 1. van den Heuij/van den Heuij 20:40.678, 2. Derksen/van Dommelen +4.848, 3. Kops/Könst +5/672, 4. Mulders/van Deutekom +38.725, 5. De Schepper (Bel)/Direks +1:25.032, 6. Mulders/Meulenbroek +1:40.305, 7. Reipen (Ger)/van Hamel (Bel) +1 lap, 8. Bens/Bens +2 laps, 9. Veldman/van den Berg +3 laps.
Sidecar Inters Day Classification Lille: 1. van den Heuij/van den Heuij, 2. Kops/Könst, 3. Derksen/van Dommelen, 4. Mulders/van Deutekom, 5. de Schepper (Bel)/Direks, 6. Veldman/van den Berg, 7. Mulders/Meulenbroek, 8. Reipen (Ger)/van Hamel (Bel), 9. Bens/Bens, 10. Genevasen/Kuijpers.
Made by: Maycel de Bruijn
Photos: Caroline Kenis
