LAST ROUND OF TRIAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN ZELHEM

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1 UEM Press Release nr 145/2012 LAST ROUND OF TRIAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN ZELHEM Italian Francesco Cabrini and Dutch Marco Reit, both riding Italian Beta, have joined Matteo Grattarola in becoming European champions in the sixth and last round, held at Zelhem, Holland, near German borders. Another sunny day, after the wonderful weather which delighted the Youth and Women, who competed the day before, and the same restricted area, easily reachable by the public, offered to the riders a Trial very modern and spectacular. The already champion Matteo Grattarola had a goal: to equal the record made by Joan Pons in 1992, at the first UEM Trials Championship: six wins in six rounds. And he succeeded, though it was not easy to defend himself by a determined Spanish Pere Borrellas, who was leader at half competition and smelled perfume of final podium in the championship, if only he would have been able to keep that position. But in second lap, Grattarola recovered very well, going to take home his sixth win in a row. Borrellas slid to the second place and his rival for the podium, Italian Matteo Poli (Ossa), finishing in fifth place, kept the final third place by just one single point. On the third place of the podium, today Belgian Maxime Warengheim (Gas Gas), who preceded Daniele Maurino, Ossa, runner-up in the championship. A piece of cake for Italian Francesco Cabrini (Beta) to be crowned in the Junior class. It was sufficient to finish in thirteenth place, but without counting, he competed for winning. After the first lap. He was firmly the leader, but some little mistakes he did in the second part of the competition, encouraged his rivals. At last, in one point we found the three podium riders. The win went to Italian Pietro Petrangeli (Beta), one point behind Norwegian Sverre Lundvold (Gas Gas) and Cabrini were tied The former got the second place for the number of cleans. In the Junior Cup, behind Cabrini, nothing changed. Lundevold second and Petrangeli third.<br><br> Reit champion before starting in the Over 40 class, because the only one who could threaten his lead, Finnish Tommi Ahvala (Gas Gas), was not present. Reit honoured his fresh title with a superlative victory. In front of his public he cleaned the whole competition! Second his country mate John Van Veelen (Ossa), third in the final standing for the Cup and on third position of the rostrum, an other past star of the world championship, Belgian Dany Crosset (Gas Gas). One woman in front of other 12 men in the International class. But she is not simply a woman, she is the 2012 Women European champion, British Becky Cook, who dominated this class, scoring only 4 points in total. UEM Press Office U.E.M. PRESS OFFICE: Via Giulio Romano 18, Rome - ITALY Website: Contacts: uempress@gmail.com

2 TRIAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP EMN 40/6 1 Matteo Grattarola ITA FMI Gas Gas 20 2 Pere Borrellas Garcia SPA RFME Gas Gas 17 3 Maxim Warenghien BEL FMB Gas Gas 15 4 Daniele Maurino ITA FMI OSSA 13 5 Matteo Poli ITA FMI OSSA 11 6 Giacomo Saleri ITA FMI Beta 10 7 Gianluca Tournour ITA FMI Gas Gas 9 8 Jan Junklewitz GER DMSB Sherco 8 9 Martin Kroustek CZE ACCR Beta 7 10 Jonas Widschwendter AUT OAMTC Sherco 6 11 Christian Kregeloh GER DMSB OSSA 5 12 Markus Schutte GER DMSB Beta 4 13 Ewoud Lalkens NED KNMV Beta

3 125cc TRIAL JUNIOR EUROPEAN CUP EMN 43/6 1 Pietro Pietrangeli ITA FMI Beta 20 2 Lundevold Sverre NOR NMF Beta 17 3 Francesco Cabrini ITA FMI Beta 15 4 Martin Matejicek CZE ACCR Gas Gas 13 5 Iwan Roberts GBR ACU Beta 11 6 Michel Schulte GER DMSB Beta 10 7 Kevin Gallas GER DMSB Sherco 9 8 Randy Kerstjens NED KNMV Gas Gas 8 9 Bart Van den Oord NED KNMV Sherco 7 10 Marek Wunsch CZE ACCR Gas Gas 6 11 Gilles Molemans NED KNMV Gas Gas 5 12 Dave Hanraths NED KNMV Gas Gas 4 13 Felix Bauer GER DMSB Sherco 3 14 Tobias Johansson SWE SVEMO Sherco 2

4 TRIAL OVER 40 EUROPEAN CUP EMN 44/6 1 Marco Reit NED KNMV Beta 20 2 John Van Veelen NED KNMV OSSA 17 3 Dany Crosset BEL FMB Gas Gas 15 4 Rodney Heijmans NED KNMV OSSA 13 5 Walter Feltrinelli ITA FMI Beta 11 6 Lars Edvardsson SWE SVEMO Beta 10 7 Jens Buchberger GER DMSB Scorpa 9 8 Peter Mohr GER DMSB OSSA 8 9 Tomasz Hajduk POL PZM Sherco 7 10 Chris Van Huffel BEL FMB 6 11 Radek Stehno sr CZE ACCR Gas Gas 5 12 Carlo Fabbri ITA FMI Beta

5 Final Rankings Trial European Championship 1 Matteo Grattarola ITA FMI Gas Gas Matteo Poli ITA FMI OSSA 72 3 Garcia Pere Borrellas SPA RFME Gas Gas 71 4 Daniele Maurino ITA FMI OSSA 71 5 Giacomo Saleri ITA FMI Beta 58 6 Martin Kroustek CZE ACCR Beta 55 7 Gianluca Tournour ITA FMI Gas Gas 41 8 Cedric Tempier FRA FFM Sherco 34 9 Filippo Locca ITA FMI Beta Jonas Widschwendter AUT OSK Sherco 27 Trial Junior 125 cc. UEM Cup 1 Francesco Cabrini ITA FMI Beta Sverre Lundevold NOR NMF Beta 87 3 Pietro Pietrangeli ITA FMI Beta 84 4 Martin Matejicek CZE ACCR Gas Gas 60 5 Timo Myohanen FIN SML Beta 46 6 Carles de Caudemberg FRA FFM Beta 45 7 Steven Coquelin FRA FFM Gas Gas 35 8 Michel Schulte GER DMSB Beta 29 9 Marek Wunsch CZE ACCR Gas Gas Iwan Roberts GBR ACU Beta 22 Trial Over 40 UEM Cup 1 Marco Reit NED KNMV Beta John Van Veelen NED KNMV Beta 87 3 Valter Feltrinelli ITA FMI Beta 76 4 Peter Mohr GER DMSB OSSA 58 5 Tommi Ahvala FIN SML Gas Gas 57 6 Jens Buchberger GER DMSB Scorpa 42 7 Lars Edvardsson SWE SVEMO Beta 34 8 Tomasz Hajduk POL PZM Sherco 31 9 Torsten Schumann GER DMSB Beta Philippe Bontemps FRA FFM Gas Gas 25