Wereld Kampioenschap S1 SuperMotard 2002
20 oktober: Cuneo - Italië

Van den Bosch took his fifth victory

French KTM rider Thierry Van den Bosch is still the king of the SuperMoto S1 World Championship, winning the Italian GP in Cuneo at the home Circuit. There were no problems during the semi-finals. VDB started out very well and let the other riders battle it out for the rest of the podium positions.
Eddy Seel (Husqvarna) followed VDB until the last lap when he crashed on the off road section. Leaving second place to Fabrice Guyot, giving VOR his team, a podium position for the first time. Third place went to Vertemati’s Gerard Delepine, and fourth place went to Italian star Max Manzo.
Boris Chambon crashed on lap 6 and did not continue with the race. Bolley and Kunzel did not qualify for the final, due to crashing in the last chance race.

An incredible 16000 people followed the races during the weekend in this very picturesque Italian town.

VDB "I'm very happy because I¹m closer to the Championship victory. In this GP, everything seems to be going well. I have won the semi- final and the final. KTM have done an excellent job."

Guyot "This second position is very important for me. I'm fast and I’m happy, doing the best I can for my team at this difficult moment for VOR".

Delepine "A podium position is a great result for me and for the Italian team Vertemati. I have been having some problems with the tires, but was able to control the bike through out the race. This has now opened the door for the Championship".

De uitslagen

1 VAN DEN BOSCH Thierry
2 DELEPINE Gerald
3 RUBIO William
4 GUYOT Fabrice
5 KINIGADNER Klaus
6 MANZO Max
7 SEEL Eddy
8 LAZZARINI Ivan
9 HAINBACH Jens
10 BLOT Stephane
11 CHAMBON Boris
12 KUNZEL Jorgen
13 FIORENTINO Frederic
14 THIEBAULT Alexandre
15 NICOLL Kurt
16 VERDEROSA Max
17 GIRAUDO Jerome
18 GAILLARD Jean-Marc
19 VORLICEK Peter
20 GODFROID Thierry
21 PAGE Sylvain
22 MAXWALD Hannes
23 MARIANI Lorenzo
24 GOZZINI David
25 BELTRAMI Massimo
26 BARTOLINI Andrea
27 BALDUCCI Fabio
28 WARTBICHLER Gerald
29 BERTRAND Christophe
30 SCHOLLAR Gerold
31 DELPORTE Nicolas
32 BOANO Jarno
33 ERMONDI Enzo
34 BOLLEY Frederic
35 MULLER Daniel
36 ULM Robert
37 FARIOLI Paolo
38 ARPA Miki