Puffet strengthens leading position IMBA MX-Open
Last weekend the second race in the IMBA MX Open class took place in Wisskirchen, Germany. As in France, the day's victory again went to the Belgian Matteo Puffet. With two heat victories and a second place, Puffet kept the British James Dodd behind him. Dood took second and third place twice in the heats. Jonas Salaerts rode to the lowest step of the podium with a fifth, fourth and second place. The best Dutchman was Ilja Rutten with a 24th, eighth and seventh place in the heats. Kristof van Vaerenbergh (Bel) achieved fifth place in the daily rankings.
In the championship standings, defending champion Puffet is again in the lead with a 49-point lead over Dodd. Behind this are the British Henry Williams, Salaets and van Vaerenbergh. The best Dutchman is again Rutten in seventh place.
This Sunday the third round of this championship will be held in Hummelo, Netherlands.
Results IMBA Open #2; Wisskirchen, D:
First heat:
1. Puffet (Bel) 16:42.212, 2 Dodd (GBR) +0.542, 3. van Vaerenbergh (Bel) +20.884, 4. Hughes (GBR) +21.357, 5. Salaets (Bel) +28,044, 6. Gosepath ( Dui) +30.227, 7. Baauw (Ned) +35.181, 8. Wewers (Ger) +36.335, 9. Proenen (Ger) +38.721, 10. Williams (GBR) +41.725, 12. Mayné (Bel) +1: 25.114, 16. Nieuwenhuizen (Ned) +1 lap, 17. Fleerackers (Bel) +1 lap, 21. van Loon (Ned) +1 lap, 24. Rutten +1 lap, 27 Rougraff (Bel) +1 lap, 35 .Vermeiren (Bel) +2 laps.
Second heat:
1. Williams (GBR) 20:06.173, 2. Puffet (Bel) +1.981, 3. Dodd (GBR) +3.787. 4. Salaets (Bel) +13.434, 5. Gosepath (Ger) +15.806, 6. van Vaerenbergh +19.777, 7. Hughes (GBR) +20.433, 8. Rutten (Ned) +21.934, 9. Wewers (Ger) + 23.335, 10. Proenen (Ger) +36.701, 14. Rougraff +1:01.528, 18. Fleerackers (Bel) +1:22.533, 26. Baauw (Ned) +1:45.999, 27. van Loon (Ned) +2 :03.970.
Third heat:
1. Puffet (Bel) 19:54.840. 2. Salaets (Bel) +7.476, 3. Dodd (GBR) +9.875, 4. Williams (GBR) +31.013, 5. Goldammer (Ger) +35.263, 6. Hughes (GBR) +43.488, 7. Rutten (Ned) ) +48.591, 8. van Vaerenbergh (Bel) +54.621, 9. Proenen (Ger) +56.035, 10. Gosepath (Ger) +56.624, 13. Rougraff (Bel) +1:22.097, 16. van Loon (Ned) +1:31.495, 23. Baauw (Ned) +1 lap. 24. Fleerackers (Bel) +1 rag,
Daily ranking:
1. Puffet (Bel) 174, 2. Dodd (GBR) 154, 3. Salaets (Bel) 146, 4. Williams (GBR) 142, 5. van Vaerenbergh (Bel) 132, 6. Hughes (GBR) 131, 7 Gosepath (Ger) 123, 8. Goldammer (Ger) 109, 9. Proenen (Ger) 109, 10. Wewers (Ger) 109, 11. Rutten (Ned) 97, 13. Baauw (Ned) 74, 14. Rougraff (Bel) 70, 19. Fleerackers (Bel) 64, 24. van Loon (Ned) 59, 31. Mayné (Bel) 34, Nieuwenhuizen (Ned) 25,
IMBA MX Open 2023 standings:
1. Puffet (Bel) 354, 2. Dodd (GBR) 305, 3. Williams (GBR) 297, 4. Salaets (Bel) 291, 5. van Vaerenbergh (Bel) 249, 6. Hughes (GBR) 224, 7 Rutten (Ned) 218, 8. Isler (Zwi) 179, 9. Preston (GBR) 158, 10. Farkas 157.
By: Maycel de Bruijn
Photo: Facebook
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