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Swedish sweep for Andrea Adamo

Swedish sweep for Andrea Adamo

The Honda 150 European Championship riders tackled difficult conditions on day two at the Grand Prix of Sweden. A substantial amount of rain fell overnight, much to the dismay of some of the competitors, but the technical circuit made for some excellent racing that had the Swedish fans on their feet.

 

A good start was extremely important today, in order to ensure that vision would not be an issue, and Lynn Valk managed to acquire that. Valk claimed her second holeshot of the season and logged some noteworthy times early on. Andrea Adamo was lurking though, after taking a good start, and charged into the lead by the end of the first official lap. Adamo was faultless at the head of the field from that point on and eventually established a lead of twelve seconds by the chequered flag.

 

Chaos ensued behind Adamo, as Lynn Valk fell early on and could only salvage a sixth in the moto. Luis Outeiro, who suffered heartbreak in the first moto, claimed second at that point and then did more than enough to hold the position until the end of the race. What happened to Anton Nordstrom-Graaf? The Swedish star was moving forward, after starting in the lower half of the top ten, but fell at the halfway point and then had a substantial amount of work to do. Third was the position that he eventually secured at the chequered flag, which gave him second overall.

 

Rasmus Moen crossed the line in fourth yet again, which gave him third overall at his home Grand Prix. Toa Kishi did not quite manage to back up the fantastic result that he posted yesterday, as he limped to seventh, but that was still enough to tie on points with Moen in the overall classification. Moen claimed the final spot on the overall podium though, because he had the better result in the second moto.

 

After sweeping the Grand Prix of Sweden, Andrea Adamo is sat atop the series standings yet again. Anton Nordstrom-Graaf will enter the final round, which will be held in The Netherlands on the second weekend in September, just four points down.

 

Andrea Adamo

“I have had a perfect weekend. I have had two good starts and then great races too. I had a good feeling with my bike and on this track. I’m looking forward to the next round! Thanks to my family, friends, team and sponsors.”

 

Gordon Crockard

“Andrea Adamo put on a masterclass; he did not do anything wrong, rode very well and won the race convincingly. His closest challenger was Luis Outeiro, who got himself into second early on. Although Luis was not able to close the gap, Adamo was not pulling away either. Adamo had already established a good lead and did not need to pull away further though. It was good to see Luis get a podium after a difficult race yesterday.

 

“Anton Nordstrom-Graaf had difficulty this time around, as he rode half of the race with a flat front tyre. That mixed things up for the overall results. Rasmus Moen had the best race of his year and ended up in third on the podium, but part of me felt that Toa Kishi deserved to get on the podium. Those two tied on points, but Rasmus had a better result in the second race. I think that the results were correct. There was not too much drama, but conditions were very difficult. There were positive performances from all of the riders.”

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