2009 European Quadcross of Nations UEM Jauer, Germany September 26-27, 2009 Article & Video By: David Barnes

In Group B European Champion 2009, Paul Holmes (KTM),rode from start to finish at lead. Behind him Tobias Berstörm (KTM/Sweden) and Ingo Ten Vregelar (Yamaha/Netherlands) battled it out for second and third place. The top three was able to get a 30 second lead on the rest.

In Group C Jason MacBeth (Honda/Great-Britain) had an early lead. He passed Davy DeCuyper (W-Tec/Belgium) who had the best start. Adrian Mangieu took second place. The three drivers maintained their position throughout the entire session.

After the picturesque morning practice at 8 A.M. The teams prepared themselves for the first race, a race between Group A and B. The first direct confrontation between all the top drivers this years. The hot weather, the technical track and the enthusiastic crowd ensured an amazing race. Paul Winrow took the Holeshot, followed closely by Montalbini, Maessen and Couprie. Winrow lost the lead in the hectic first round. Winrow would not much later fall out with a broken rear axle.

#10 Romain Couprie (France) & #5 Paul Holmes (Great Britain) lined up side by side for the 1st Heat with Couprie dominating the race with Holmes taking the 2nd Spot, which was the only heat the two top European ATV MX racers would face off, and in Heat 2 Holmes would Win followed by Couprie scoring another win in Heat 3

It was again Romain Couprie who could claim the first place after a few laps. Behind him Paul Holmes was working his way through the pact until he landed on second place. Couprie would dominate the heat with a 5 seconde lead on Holmes, who was saving himself for his second race that day. Stefan Schreiber vigorously attacked his fellow KTM rider, Paul Holmes, for second place. Unfortunately, he was unable to claim it and ended up on third place.

Behind the podium there was a hard battle for fourth place. Jonathan Gil (KTM/Portugal) and Joe Maessen fought until the checkered place. Joe Maessen was able to overtake Jonathan Gil in the last round. Jan Vlaeymans had a bad start and dropped a few places in the first rounds. From then on, the Factory W-Tec driver overtook Justin Reid(Can-Am/ Ireland) and Nicola Montalbini to end up at a fifth place.