VLM Live: Grobben wins first round of Helchteren!
Lead starter Jens Van Meer almost seemed to cause a surprise in his very first series on the KTM. Van Meer managed to outrun his attackers, but an impressive Cedric Grobben put things in order after 4 rounds. The returning Limburger eventually won with a 2 second lead over Van Meer!
Behind the leaders, champion Kenny Janssens and Wouter Van Massenhoven completed a regular race. They finished third and fourth respectively, ahead of Kristof Salaets who also got off to a solid start in his first race of the season.
Both just starting in the top 10, Greg Smets and Jelle Grade fought their way to the front. De Smekke just held off Jelle for sixth place. Dieter Vromans steered his KTM to a nice overall pole in the morning. In the opening round, the Arendon native had to give up on the Austrian ex-MX2 champion Michael Kratzer. Dennis Wagemans came third after Vromans. Guest driver Roy Sillien went hasty after a great start and finished fifteenth.
The second Inters race is scheduled around 17:10 PM!
All results here
RACE 1
1. Cedric Grobben, 2. Jens Van Meer, 3. Kenny Janssens, 4. Wouter Van Massenhoven, 5. Kristof Salaets, 6. Greg Smets, 7. Jelle Grade, 8. Michael Kratzer, 9. Jerome Benonit, 1o. Dietger Damiaens
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