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Despite losing the lead Ellmers performance
on a relatively untried Ski was impressive and
was unchallenged in second and went on to
take her best result on the UIM-ABP tour.
Poret’s tumble saw her drop to fourth behind
Sofie Borgstrom but she regained the place to
secure third spot when Borgstrom also went
down momentarily, then hanging on to finish
ahead of her elder sister Jonna by just over a
second, with UIM-ABP debutant Krista Uzare
coming home in sixth.
A sensational second Moto produced two mo-
ments of high drama and was ultimately a tale
of two laps. Poret made a brilliant start from
P2 to lead from Ortendahl, but fell on lap two
to hand the lead to the defending world cham-
pion from Sweden.
Ortendahl then opened up a seemingly unas-
sailable leadwhen she fell at the start of the pe-
nultimate lap allowing Poret to retake the lead
and go on to take the win and overall victory.
Ortendahl recovered to finish in fourth and
take second overall, with New Zealander Ky-
lie Ellmers making up for a poor start to finish
third and take the final podium slot, her best
result on the UIM-ABP tour.
Jonna Borgstrom enjoyed one of her best re-
sults finishing second, Katriin Nilbe taking fifth
with Sofie Borgstrom coming home in sixth.
Estelle Poret capped a memorable 10 days in
Italy sealing her second Grand Prix title of the
season with victory inMoto2.
Second place overall went to defending cham-
pion and Moto1 winner Emma-Nellie Orten-
dahl despite only managing fourth, with Kylie
Ellmers’ second place sealing the remaining
podium place.
Ortendahl simply outclassed the field of 11 in
Ski Ladies to take her second win of the sea-
son in the openingMoto after a blistering start
from pole and was eight seconds clear by the
end of lap 1 and then simply disappeared into
the distance to run out a comfortable winner
by over a minute.
Despite picking up a place at the start Poret
had no answer to the exceptional pace of her
main rival and was comfortable in second for
the majority of the eight laps but then had to
stave off a late challenge from New Zealander
Kylie Ellmers, who continued her impressive
run of form, finishing third.
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