Ramon Wins As Desalle Is Injured

Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 Steve Ramon won two from three
motos on his works RM-Z450 to claim the fourth round of the Belgian
Championship at Tongeren. The former World Champion had
sufficiently recovered from his stretched right groin to compete at
the tricky circuit south of Hasselt and went 1-2-1 in the three
races.
There was less good news for current MX1 World Championship leader
Clement Desalle who collided with another rider over a jump and in
the ensuing crash he briefly dislocated his right shoulder.
Desalle will go for a scan tomorrow (Monday) but is hopeful of a
positive prognosis after the relatively short time the limb was
displaced compared to a similar injury picked up on the same
shoulder at Valkenswaard in Holland in 2010. The Belgian was able
to win the following race two weeks later in Portugal on that
occasion. The dislocation - and other small scrapes - occurred
after the 23 year old tangled with Jeremy Van Horebeek in the first
moto.
Despite a coating of rain on Saturday, Tongeren was in good shape
for racing and Ramon defeated GP peers Ken De Dycker, Davide
Guarneri and Shaun Simpson to the top step of the podium.
"The groin is getting better and today it was OK; no pain or
complaints and I made no mistakes with my riding," he said. "The
rain was pretty good for the dirt and the track was technical with
short-bumps and an 'old school' layout. I was feeling good and
confident and it showed in the motos."
Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 will head to Sweden this week for
the first of three Grands Prix in a row; Germany and Latvia forming
the rest of the busy trip.