LOKET (Czech Republic), 5 August 2012 – The fourth round of the UEM EMX250 championship took place today in Loket, one of the most beautiful natural tracks in Europe, where Mel Pocock obtained another overall victory. Tim Gajser and Maxime Desprey were second and third of the Czech round.

It was not an easy weekend for Monster Energy Yamaha’s Mel Pocock, who admitted that he found the track very demanding and it took him a while to adapt himself to the Czech ground. Yesterday the British rider was only able to finish second, but today he succeeded in leading the second race from the beginning. Pocock is very excited to ride in Matterley Basin for the fifth round round of the season because it will be the first time he will ride in front of his home crowd with the red plate on his Yamaha.

Second overall was KTM Silver Action’s Tim Gajser, who was third yesterday and second today. The current EMX125 leader was very excited about his performance today, especially because he could give chase to Pocock in the second race and at some point he was really close to overtake him. In two weeks time, Tim Gajser will travel to Matterley Basin to take part in the penultimate round of the UEM EMX125 championship, where he can be proclaimed European Champion.

NGS Junior’s Maxime Desprey took the holeshot of yesterday’s first race and dominated it completely crossing the finish line with almost ten seconds advantage over Pocock. However, today the French rider crashed in the beginning of race two when he was riding first and dropped down to tenth. In the end, Desprey crossed the finish line sixth and obtained the third overall position.

Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Jeremy Seewer had one of the most consistent weekends of the season and he finished fourth overall, four points behind Desprey. The Swiss rider did not have a good start yesterday, but he was able to cross the finish line in the fifth position. Today Seewer had a really good start and obtained a solid third place; he is still fourth in the point standings, but he is just one point behind Kras.

Jtech Racing’s Stefan Olsen missed the podium this weekend in Loket after finishing fourth and fifth and completed the top five of the Czech round. His teammate Alessandro Battig had another good weekend and he finished sixth overall and improved one position in the point standings of the EMX250 championship where he is now eighth, just four points behind Brian Bogers, who was only tenth this weekend.

Mike Kras did not have a good start yesterday and he was only sixteenth, but his fourth position today gave him the final seventh place. James Dunn was eighth overall and Jordan Lacan and Brian Bogers completed the top ten.

EMX250 Race 1 top ten: 1. Maxime Desprey (FRA, Kawasaki), 29:03.439; 2. Mel Pocock (GBR, Yamaha), +0:09.229; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, KTM), +0:26.586; 4. Stefan Kjer Olsen (DEN, Yamaha), +0:32.203; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:33.660; 6. Robin Kappel (FRA, KTM), +0:49.625; 7. Brent Van Doninck (BEL, KTM), +0:53.900; 8. Alessandro Battig (ITA, Yamaha), +0:56.582; 9. Jordan Lacan (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:58.380; 10. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, KTM), +1:01.880;

EMX250 Race 2 top ten: 1. Mel Pocock (GBR, Yamaha), 29:03.259; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, KTM), +0:01.446; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:03.587; 4. Mike Kras (NED, Suzuki), +0:08.156; 5. Stefan Kjer Olsen (DEN, Yamaha), +0:10.899; 6. Maxime Desprey (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:25.244; 7. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:33.993; 8. James Dunn (GBR, KTM), +0:34.935; 9. Alessandro Battig (ITA, Yamaha), +0:40.413; 10. Jordan Lacan (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:42.755;

EMX250 Overall top ten: 1. Mel Pocock (GBR, Yamaha), 47 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, KTM), 42 p.; 3. Maxime Desprey (FRA, Kawasaki), 40 p.; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), 36 p.; 5. Stefan Kjer Olsen (DEN, Yamaha), 34 p.; 6. Alessandro Battig (ITA, Yamaha), 25 p.; 7. Mike Kras (NED, Suzuki), 23 p.; 8. James Dunn (GBR, KTM), 23 p.; 9. Jordan Lacan (FRA, Kawasaki), 23 p.; 10. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 22 p.;

EMX250 Championship top ten: 1. Mel Pocock (GBR, Yamaha), 197 points; 2. Stefan Kjer Olsen (DEN, Yamaha), 158 p.; 3. Mike Kras (NED, Suzuki), 126 p.; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), 125 p.; 5. Tim Gajser (SLO, KTM), 110 p.; 6. Maxime Desprey (FRA, Kawasaki), 105 p.; 7. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 84 p.; 8. Alessandro Battig (ITA, Yamaha), 80 p.; 9. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, KTM), 73 p.; 10. Robin Kappel (FRA, KTM), 58 p.;

EMX250 Manufacturers: 1. Yamaha, 197 points; 2. Suzuki, 156 p.; 3. KTM, 148 p.; 4. Kawasaki, 122 p.; 5. Honda, 54 p.; 6. TM, 4 p.;

Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx
Photos of the whole Grand Prix available at here

CASINO BONVER GP OF CZECH REPUBLIC – QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1586
Type of ground: hard pack
Temperature: 34° C
Weather conditions: sunny
Crowd attendance: 23000

The Grand Prix will be broadcasted LIVE on MX-LIFE.TV and by clicking here you will obtain the full schedule and coverage of the Czech Grand Prix.

NEXT GP
The next round of the UEM EMX250 Championship will take place in two weeks time in Matterley Basin, Great Britain, during the MXGP Festival. It will be a unique opportunity to see ten different classes racing together in the same weekend, so if you don’t want to miss it, click here to buy your ticket and join the best motocross riders in the world at Matterley Basin from the 16th until the 19th August weekend.

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Photo: UEM EMX250 podium in Loket, Czech Republic

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