Marc-Reiner Schmidt wins his 3rd Superbiker!
No fewer than 400 pilots from 26 different countries were present at the 33rd Mettet Superbiker. As always, the public at the biggest Supermoto event of the season could enjoy top competition over three days, both on and around the Namur track.
Late on Sunday afternoon, the long-awaited Superbiker final saw Germany's Marc-Reiner Schmidt triumph. He fought a sharp duel with the Frenchman Thomas Chareyre. The seven-time world champion in the discipline ultimately ended up just 3,5 seconds behind the winner. Behind it, Markus Class ensured the presence of a second German pilot on the Mettet podium. This is the 2nd Superbiker victory for Marc-Reiner Schmidt, 3rd overall.
The first Belgian in this Superbiker final is Romain Kaivers, he finished 10th. Kevin Viellevoye and Lionel Deridder are 13th and 15th respectively. In the Superquader category, Swiss Cédric Zbinden won ahead of Belgian Maxime Cluydts and Christian Mohring. In the Seniors the victory went to Eddy Seel.
"This event, the most important event of the year for the Circuit de Mettet, is made possible thanks to the contribution of an incredible number of people” said organizer Freddy Tacheny at the end of the day. “I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart the pilots, the Belgian Motorcycle Federation, the marshals, the medical directors, all RUMESM volunteers, the municipality of Mettet, the Walloon Region, the province of Namur and the local residents. and the sponsorship partners who support us and allow the holding and sustainability of an event like this. "
Results
SUPERBIKER
1 SCHMIDT MARC-REINER 27:43.853; 2 CHAREYRE THOMAS +3.520; 3 CLASS MARKUS +11.829; 4 HINTZ JANNIK +47.987; 5 TODD DAVEY +48.171; 6 BUNOD EMERICK +1:05.779; 7 BANHOLZER PETER +1:07.295; 8 BAERTSCHI YANNICK +1:08.692; 9 GATTINGER ROBERT +1:08.926; 10 KAIVERS ROMAIN +1:10.847; 11 VILHELMSEN SIMON +1:16.215; 12 MARIE LUCE AXEL +1:20.287; 13 VIELLEVOYE KEVIN +1:21.595; 14 CATHERINE YOURI +1:21.655; 15 KNIGHT LIONEL +1 rag; 16 DEITENBACH JAN +1 lap; 17 DECAIGNY NICOLAS +1 rag; 18 PAUL MICHAEL +1 lap; 19 BANHOLZER MAX +1 lap; 20 POPE OLIVER +1 rag; 21 GOTZL RANDY +1 rag; 22 CAPONE LOUCAS +1 lap; 23 TSCHUPP RAOUL +1 lap; 24 HAENGGELI JULIEN +1 cloth; 25 BOUILLON SEBASTIEN +1 rag; 26 GUSTAFSON HAMPUS +1 rag; 27 REQUIER ROMAIN +1 rag; 28 DUNCAN JAMIE +1 rag; 29 LONGHIN MARCO +1 lap; 30 ZANETTA ALEX +1 rag; 31 CONSTANTIN SIMON +1 rag; 32 VANDEBERG NILS +1 lap; 33 MURRAY SCOTT +1 lap; 34 CHARLIER NICHOLAS +1 rag; 35 CHECA DAVID +1 rag; 36 SZALAI TIMOTHE +2 laps; 37 SUCKER Stephan +2 laps; 38 MITCHELL ANDY +2 laps; 39 HILLIER DEAN +2 laps; 40 SHARP RICHARD +3 laps;
SUPERQUADER
1 ZBINDEN CEDRIC 22:41.470; 2 CLUYDTS MAXIME +9.257; 3 MOHRING CHRISTIAN +30.803: 4 MIKELS JEREMY +32.203: 5 ZELLER BEAT +45.215: 6 WOLBER ALFRED +47.884: 7 FORRER ROLF +48.046: 8 LUNDBACK NICLAS +59.271: 9 KIK BJORN +1:11.055: 10 CALOGERO MICHAEL +1: 22.113:…
JUNIOR SUPERBIKER
1 FINUCCI VALENTINO 5:57.835; 2 ULMAN JAN +0.621; 3 HEIMANN LEON +3.925; 4 MOSIN Yvan +4.549; 5 KRASNIQI MITJA +5.278; 6 MALDOFF LUCA +11.535; 7 GOURMET EVAN +15.341; 8 MANI JOEL +16.469; 9 CATORC GIANI +17.044; 10 JASPER JOSHUA +22.706; 11 HOLZINGER FLORIAN +33.592; 12 SEEL HARRY +33.712; 13 DENBY ASHLEY +35.985; 14 ROLIN TOM +37.042; 15 HOLZINGER MICHAEL +39.499;…
SENIOR SUPERBIKER
1 SEEL EDDY 18:56.705; 2 MITCHELL ANDY +7.479; 3 MOERI JARNO +13.940; 4 JUNG STEFFEN +32.310; 5 BELUFFI FABIANO +40.324; 6 WINTHER JENS +45.363; 7 BERTRAND CHRISTOPHE +45.542; 8 ALDEN MARCUS +57.834; 9 LEGREVE PASCAL +58.249; 10 DEPOORTER PHILIPPE +58.560;…
LEGENDS SUPERBIKER
1 TODD DAVEY; 2 FIORENTINO FRED; 3 WARD JEFF; 4 CHECA David; 5 ATKINS DARRYL; 6 GARCIA FRANKIE; 7 SALVADOR GILLES; 8 WUYTS LOUIS; 9 SEEL EDDY; 10 SUN CHUCK; 11 SIMEON MICHEL;…
PRESS BIKER
1 DORSIMONT Bernard – Moto 80 12:26.270; 2 BROCHURE Arnaud – MOTO 80 +2.160; 3 JASIOGNE Max – Moto Trends +29.912; 4 KIK Frank – Kik Quad +1 lap; 5 UTENS Yves – Mx Mag +1 lap; 6 LAHAYE Julien – Moto 80.be +2 laps; 7 DESSARS Cedric – SPORT MOTO BELGE +5 laps
You can find all results here.
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