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AQUABIKE
In Ski GP1 Kevin Reiterer followed
up his P1 in qualifying delivering
a command performance in
Moto 1 to take his second win
of the season. Second place
went Gallipoli Grand Prix winner
Raphael Maurin with Quinten
Bossche following him home in
third.
Reiterer made no mistake at the
start and took full advantage of
starting from pole and was out
front and clear at the end of lap
one, extending his lead to seven
seconds a lap later.
Jeremy Poret made up a place
at the start and led the chase
for four laps when a big collision
at the first turn on lap 5 with
Bossche ended his race, Poret
and his damaged Ski towed off
the circuit, Bossche also losing
out and overtaken by Maurin.
The incident left Reiterer out
on his own and with over 20
seconds in hand by the end of
the penultimate lap was able to
cruise to the chequered flag.
Stian Schjetlein matched his best
result of the season moving up
two places to finish in fourth, with
Mickael Poret finishing in fifth
and leading home his brother
Morgan.
A second win of the weekend
gave the Austrian rider his first
Grand Prix win of the year. He
trailed Bossche throughout the
10 laps to the chequered flag,
but a 15 second post-race time
penalty handed out to Bossche
for not maintaining his line at
the start dropped him to second,
with Maurin coming home in
third and take the final step of
the Grand Prix podium.
The result gave Victory Team
their maiden Grand Prix title
and moved Reiterer 14 points
clear at the top of the world
championship standings ahead
of Maurin. Fourth place went to
Mickael Poret with Stian Schjetlein
in fifth ahead of Morgan Poret.
In Ski Ladies the surprises kept
coming with Krista Uzare opening
up a five point lead in the
championship standings after
The collisionwith Poret
proved costly for Quitnen
Bossche
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