Sidecar team Belgium in pole position for the Sidecar Cross of Nations, team Netherlands only seventh!
The Red Stallions, the sidecar cross team from Belgium, has put itself in pole position for the sidecar cross of nations today in Slagelse, Denmark. This means that the two participating teams in three heats today can always arrive at the starting gate in 1st and 13th position.
The other top favorite, team Netherlands, fared less well. Only seventh place was achieved on the tough Danish sand track where the start will be crucial. As a result, team Netherlands may only choose a place at the bar in the heats in 7th and 19th.
Belgium did the best with only four penalty points. Group A team Vanluchene won their qualifying heat and thus only took 1 point. In the C group, Sanders/Haller managed to take third place after a spectacular battle with veterans Daiders/Daiders from Latvia, bringing the total penalty points to 4.
Fortunately, just like today, one result can be deleted because team Dierckens did not start in the B group because they already had bad luck in the parc-ferme!
So the Netherlands had a bad day. In group A, Bax/Stupelis were not the best at the start and after a number of laps the gearbox finally seized up and they dropped out.
So there is work to be done for team B, Willemsen/Bax in the subsequent qualifying heat. Willemsen then took the holeshot, it seemed, but when braking at the first corner, they went a little too far, causing the bucket wheel to hit the very loose sand on the outside of the track. That's why they ended up rolling over at the exit of the bend! At the very last moment, as if they were a fierce Danish Viking, they started a difficult catch-up race that was ultimately to no avail. In the last rounds of the heat, Willemsen/Bax also dropped out with bad luck!
In group C, Hermans/Musset fortunately managed to limit the damage to team Netherlands with the win and the score of only 1 point, which left them seventh in the overall qualifying standings.
Today, in three heats (1.group A-B, 2.group B-C, 3.group C-A), of which five of the six results per country will count, it will really be determined which nation can call itself the best sidecar cross country!
Total results qualifications Sidecarcross of Nations, Slagelse(DK)
PL. Nation Points
01.Belgium 4
02. Latvia 6
03. France 6
04. Great Britain 7
05. Switzerland 8
06. Italy 11
07.Netherlands 12
08. Czech Republic 13
09. Germany 13
10. Austria 13
11. Ireland 13
12.Denmark 19
Text: Emil Bilars
Photo: Luc VanderAa
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