Leijtens dominates during the first No Fear Energy Cup competition!
The first match for the No Fear Energy Cup took place in Gemert last Sunday. Eric Leijtens (photo) was supreme this day and won both heats. Second place went to Dylan van Veghel with two second place finishes in the heats. The last place on the podium went to Roel van Oort with a sixth and third place in the heats. Davey Janssen and Thomas Wijnhoven completed the top five.
First heat
The holeshot was for Jacky Tausch. However, he made a mistake in the first round and fell. Eric Leijtens took the lead on the first pass. He was followed by Bram van den Hoek, van Veghel, van Oort and Ronnie van Rooij. Leijtens quickly built up a lead and took the heat victory unchallenged. On the fifth lap, van Veghel passed van den Hoek to claim second place. The battle for fourth place in the heat was between van Rooij, van Oort, Janssen and Wijnhoven. It was Janssen who passed both van Rooij and van Oort halfway through the heat and crossed the finish line in fourth ahead of van Rooij and van Oort. Wijnhoven followed within a few seconds in seventh place.
Second heat
In the second heat it was Van Oort who was the best. In the first lap Leijtens took over the lead and immediately took the lead. Van Hoek crashed and saw his chances of a podium go up in smoke. Behind Leijtens, a battle for second place broke out between van Oort, Tausch and van Veghel. In the fourth lap, van Veghel passed Tausch and van Oort and drove away from both men. Leijtens could no longer be traced and won the heat ahead of Veghel. Van Oort kept Tausch behind him and crossed the finish line in third place. They were followed fifteen seconds by Wijnhoven who saw the checkered flag in fifth place.
First round No Fear Energy Cup Gemert
1. Leijtens, 2. van Veghel, 3. van den Hoek, 4. Janssen, 5. van Rooij, 6. van Oort, 7. Wijnhoven, 8 Cörvers, 9. van Kasteren, 10 Tausch.
Second round No Fear Energy Cup Gemert
1. Leijtens, 2. van Veghel, 3. van Oort, 4. Tausch, 5. Wijnhoven 6. Janssen, 7. van Rooij, 8. Cörvers, 9. van Kasteren, 10. van der Sanden.
Daily ranking No Fear Energy Cup Gemert (also gross standings)
1. Leijtens 120, 2. van Veghel 108, 3. van Oort 93, 4. Janssen 90, 5. Wijnhoven 86, 6. van Rooij 86, 7. Tausch 82, 8. Cörvers 78, 9. van Kasteren 74, 10 .de Bruyn 64
By: Maycel de Bruijn
Photo: mdbmxpics
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