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Three Husqvarna riders finish in the top ten in the MX2 (Montevarchi (Italy))

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FAST LUPINO IN MONTEVARCHI (AR)
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Montevarchi (Italy) hosted the opening round of the International Italian Motocross Championship, where the three Husqvarna riders finished in the top ten in the MX2 class.

Alessandro Lupino showed amazing speed with his TC250 by setting the second fastest time in qualifying. In the only heat race of the MX2 Lupino went into first corner in third position and was able to take the lead in the next corner, which he held for one lap.

Then Lupino had to slow down because of arm pump, which dropped him back to third position until two laps from the finish when he was overtaken by Monticelli, therefore he ended the race in fourth place.

Also for Loic Larrieu who finished eighth it was a good race. Even though he had to ride almost the whole race without goggles because the glass was broken.

The American Ricky Dietrich from Team CH Racing, who participated in Montevarchi as preparation for the Enduro World Championship which starts at the end of March, had a great comeback. After starting in 21st position he finished in ninth place.

In the super final round where the best riders of MX1 and MX2 raced together, Lupino finished fourth in MX2 and ninth in the overall classification.
"I am pleased how my race went today” - said Lupino at the end of the race, I’m not yet 100% fit, but I hope to be physically ready by the end of March. I was able to improve the speed throughout the race, but I had problems because my forearms were hardened after the first few minutes. The bike is a lot better and we are still improving. "

In the Elite round Larrieu finished in sixth place in the MX2 classification and twentieth overall.
 
I'm surprised that Ricky Dietrich got the nod on the CH team when l thought Caselli had more experience in WEC/Europe?

Being a non-American, is this Husqvarna/BMW's way of marketing the brand better in the States using the potential of Dietrich?
 
OMG,
No.1 Ricky was available, (my opinion only) and I believe he needed a change of venue/series to reinvent himself. Marketing wise if they promo him it may boost sales/awareness,
but in my experience the US moto scene is very ego centric and to most folks here especially the SoCal crowd only our nats are of any value. (Note I am very open minded and constantly remind all the Ego centric haters that "Foreigners" have been winning US Nat series races and championships for years now and in our Nat MX/SX they make up @ 30% or even more of the top ten (OZ riders for the most part).)
Kurt is Kato to the core and I am sure he is under contract to KTM (and probably the best overall Offroad guy we(US) have today). If we see Caselli in the WEC again Im sure it will be under the Farioli tent.
Ricky has shown well in ISDE and has good showings in our WORCS, E-cross and other offroad series' including top 10s in our AMA Nat MX series and I believe he has bested Kurt on ocaission. RN
 
It's a pity US offroad riders don't value the WEC more but then again, the GNCC is lucrative or seen as lucrative from outside of US.

Australian offroad scene is pretty strong as well as MX but the SX is really struggling overall, our riders are always looking to ride OS....22mill people spread over a land mass eqv of the US and you can understand the expense.

I think you guys, at least GNCC followers, have had a taste of Australia's brightest offroad star in Toby Price, if you give this kid a chance in WEC and GNCC, he will be a gun internationally. Check him out riding the new KTM500 like it's a 125

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60-lYyMId-k
 
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