Protempo Cup and National Championship title for Mulders/Van de Wiel
Frank Mulders/Aivar van de Wiel achieved overall victory in Meijel in both the Protempo Cup and the MON 24 MX NK sidecar inters. The duo came to the Vossenberg circuit with a small lead in both classifications and with two second places in the heats they kept their direct competitors Maurice Greup/Ronnie Meulenbroek and Stephan Weijers/Siebe van der Putten behind them. The match was won by Julian Veldman/Ondej Cermak who took the opportunity to get used to each other a bit more. In the national class the title went to Marcel van Wanrooij/Brian van Wanrooij. With a second and third place in the daily ranking of the nationals, they maintained a margin of 26 points over Nick de Schepper/Daniel van de Kerkhof to be crowned champions.
First heat
In a chaotic first lap, the holeshot was for Larris Hendrickx/Moreno Hoesen ahead of Mulders/van de Wiel, van Dijk/van der Putten and Weijers/van der Putten. A traffic jam soon occurred at the back and a little further on Mulders/van de Wiel got stuck. Weijers/van der Putten fell victim to this and rode behind Mulders van de Wiel and also fell far back. At the first passage it was Hendrickx/Hoesen in the lead ahead of van Dijk/van der Putten, van Berlo/Looijen, Greup/Meulenbroek and van Ravenstein/van Zwam. Greup/Meulenbroek moved to third place in the second round at the expense of Van Berlo/Looijen and it was Veldman/Cermak who now finished fifth. Van Berlo/Looijen also soon saw Veldman/Cermak pass them by and they were soon followed in their advance by Mulders/van de Wiel. Veldman/Cermak also quickly passed Van Dijk/Van der Putten to take the lead one lap later from Hendrickx/Hoesen, who also started a decline that brought them to sixth place in the heat. Mulders/Van de Wiel soon followed and took over second place. However, Veldman/Cermak had already closed the gap and rode to the heat victory ahead of Mulders/Van de Wiel. Van Dijk/van der Putten crossed the finish line in third place. Weijers van der Putten managed to get back to fourth place and Greup/Meulenbroek finished the round in fifth place.
Second heat
In the crowd in the first corner, Van Dijk/Van der Putten and Rene Stalman/Joep van Leuken were among those who fell behind. It was van Berlo/Looijen who were now the fastest ahead of Veldman/Cermak, Mulder/van de Wiel, Weijers/Van der Putten and Hendrickx/Hoesen. van Berlo/Luizen quickly had to give up some positions and quickly ended up in fifth place. Nothing changed in the other positions at the front. Veldman/Cermak took a lead over Mulders/van de Wiel and they again had a lead over Weijers/van de Wiel. Far behind it was Hendrickx/Hoesen who seemed to hold off Berlo/Looijen. However, two laps before the end things went wrong for Hendrickx/Hoesen. After what seemed like a serious crash, they were lucky and walked off the track independently. Veldman/Cermak again won the heat ahead of Mulders/van de Wiel. Weijers/Van der Putt now crossed the finish line in third place ahead of Van Berlo/Looijen. Van Dijk/van der Putten finished their catch-up in fifth place in the heat
Result first round Protempo Cup Meijel:
1. Veldman/Cermak, 2. Mulders/van de Wiel, 3. van Dijk/van der Putten, 4. Weijers/van der Putten, 5. Greup/Meulenbroek, 6. Hendrickx/Hoesen, 7. van Ravenstein/van Zwam , 8. van Berlo/Looijen, 9. Stalman/van Leuken, 10. Vos/Susebeek.
Result second round Protempo Cup Meijel:
1. Veldman/Cermak, 2. Mulders/van de Wiel, 3. Weijers/van der Putten, 4. van Berlo/Looijen, 5. van Dijk/van der Putten, 6. Greup/Meulenbroek, 7. de Schepper/van the Kerkhof, 8. Stalman/Leuken,
9. Vos/Susebeek, 10. van Ravenstein/van Zwam.
Day classification sidecar inters:
1. Veldman/Cemak 120, 2. Mulders/van de Wiel 108, 3. Weijers/van der Putten 97, 4. van Dijk/van der Putten 95, 5. Greup/Meulenbroek 88, 6. van Berlo/Looijen 86, 7. Stalman/van Leuken 78, 8. van Ravenstein/van Zwam 78, 9. Vos/Susebeek 74, 10. Hendrickx/Hoesen 74.
Day classification sidecar nationals:
1. de Schepper/van de Kerkhof 120, 2. Reipen/Di Giorgi 104, 3. van Wanrooij/van Wanrooij 104, 4. van Loosbroek/van Loosbroek 90, 5. Lenaerts/Lenaerts 86, 6. van den Heuij/van den Heuij 47, 7. Op 't Veld/Wesselink 45.
Final standings Protempo Cup 2019:
1. Mulders/van de Wiel 948, 2. Greup/Meulenbroek 905, 3. Weijers/van der Putten 894, 4. van Ravenstein/van Zwam 783, 5. van Dijk/van der Putten 731, 6. van Wanrooij/van Wanrooij 708, 7. de Schepper/van de Kerkhof 696, 8. Lenaerts/Lenaerts 600, 9. Boeijen/Bloemers 572.
Final ranking 24MX sidecar inters:
1. Mulders/van de Wiel 948, 2. Greup/Meulenbroek 916, 3. Weijers/van der Putten 849, 4. van Ravenstein/van Zwam 814, 5. van Dijk/van der Putten 733, 6. Boeijen/Bloemers 646 7. Stijnen/van Dijk 562, 8. van Berlo/Looijen 400, 9. Stalman/van Leuken 250, 10. Broens/Maas 174.
Final standings 24MX sidecar nationals 2019:
1. van Wanrooij/van Wanrooij 968, 2. de Schepper/van de Kerkhof 942, 3. Lenaerts/Lenaerts 852, 4. Senders/Senders 639, 5. van Loosbroek/van Loosbroek 605, 6. Grondman/Grondman 350, 7 Reipen/Di Giorgi 104, 8. Cornelis/Meeus 100, 9. van den Heuij/van den Heuij 90
By: Maycel de Bruijn
Photo: mdbmxpics
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