Double podium for Team GB at 2021 Coupe De L’avenir – Rundown and Results

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While the senior Team GB riders were nailing a podium position in Italy at the Motocross of Nations, the Team GB youth team were also grabbing their own slide of podium pie at the Coupe De L’avenir in Belgium which is essentially the youth version of the MXON.

The 65 racers did a fantastic job and show things bode well for the future of our sport in the UK by finishing third over the weekend. Congrats to Robbie Daly, Alfie Geddes-Green and Olly Waters.

Although things didn’t go to plan for the 85’s team of Ryan Waggott, Charlie Richmond and Will Haddock, they never gave up finished 10th overall.

The Open class team of Tom Grimshaw, Sam Nunn and James Barker, put in a superb performance and secure a might fine second overall, just two points behind the winners.

At the end of the event Team GB finished fifth overall across the three different classes.

Team Manager Dave Garland said “2 podiums from 3……..I’d have taken that all day long!!

“3rd place for the 65s If I’m honest was the least they deserved, as they had the speed and skills to win so a podium was well deserved.

“The 85s were not a million miles off the pace of the top 10 but a bad qualification meant gating was difficult and mistakes were made whilst pushing hard but I can’t fault the commitment.

“The open class well and truly deserved a podium. We made a tactical decision to put Tom on gate pick 1 which made Sam and James’s job a lot harder but all 3 left everything on the track and I couldn’t have been happier with them.

“We are already making plans for 2022, the 50th anniversary of the event where we will be looking to podium all classes.”

Results

Open – Individual

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Tom GUYON	3	1	1	1
2	Tom GRIMSHAW	8	2	4	2
3	Rasmus HAKANSON	14	5	6	3
4	Dylan MARCHAND	20	6	9	5
5	Rainers ZUKS	21	4	5	12
6	Sam NUNN	22	8	8	6
7	Pihlak EGERT	25	9	7	9
8	Emil JÖNRUP	27	13	10	4
9	Sacha COENEN	29	17	2	10
10	Laban ALM	33	7	13	13
11	Mattéo PUFFET	36	18	11	7
12	Meico VETTIK	38	3	3	32
13	Joakim BØLVIKEN	41	21	12	8
14	Joël ELSENER	41	11	14	16
15	Sampo RAINIO	42	16	15	11
16	Toni GIORGESSI	47	12	20	15
17	Lucas COENEN	58	10	17	31
18	Rudolfs AUMEISTARS	59	14	24	21
19	Joni MAKELA	60	25	18	17
20	Mathias KJØRSTAD	61	22	21	18
21	Leander THUNSHELLE	63	35	–	28
22	Kasimir HINDERSSON	63	28	–	35
23	Bogdan KRAJEWSKI	64	34	16	14
24	Uldis FREIBERGS	65	19	27	19
25	Ben KENNEDY	66	15	31	20
26	Arthur STEFFEN	68	23	22	23
27	Aidan Mc DONAGH	69	20	19	30
28	Hugo BUCHELOT	73	26	25	22
29	Andreas CARRICO	74	24	26	24
30	Pedro RINO	77	29	23	25
31	James BARKER	85	31	28	26
32	Reece ROSS	87	30	30	27
33	Tristan UIGA	89	27	29	33
34	Hugo STIENNES	94	32	33	29
35	Alex ALMEIDA	99	33	32	34

Open Team Result

1. Sweden 48 pts
2. Great Britain 56 pts
3. France 60 pts
4. Belgium 74 pts
5. Switzerland 83 pts
6. Estonia 87 pts
7. Latvia 94 pts
8. Norway 130 pts
9. Finland 130 pts
10. Ireland 161 pts

85’s Individual

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Janis-Martins REISULIS	3	1	1	1
2	Tomass SAICANS	6	2	2	2
3	Aaro MENNA	10	3	3	4
4	Marius NORDBØ	18	8	5	5
5	Basile PIGOIS	21	4	11	6
6	Gyan DOENSEN	24	6	8	10
7	Dean GREGOIRE	27	12	7	8
8	Ian AMPOORTER	27	7	9	11
9	Cole Mc CULLOGH	29	10	6	13
10	Aaron KOWATSCH	34	27	4	3
11	Félix CARDINEAU	35	9	17	9
12	Sandro SOLS	44	24	13	7
13	Otto GUSTAVSSON	46	16	18	12
14	Ben Lucas BREMSER	47	5	10	32
15	Simo KOSKINEN	49	21	14	14
16	Jarne BERVOETS	49	14	20	15
17	Travis LEOK	51	11	16	24
18	Charlie RICHMOND	52	19	12	21
19	Liam BRUNEAU	53	13	21	19
20	Oliver MARTINSEN	57	15	24	18
21	Jan-Marten PAJU	61	29	15	17
22	Ryan OPPLIGER	61	17	22	22
23	Christian THUE	62	32	30	–
24	Jasper KÕIV	62	20	19	23
25	Will HADDOCK	63	33	–	30
26	Freddie BARTLETT	70	22	28	20
27	Antoine GALVAN	72	36	36	–
28	Jonas HANART	80	26	26	28
29	Eemil PESONEN	81	25	40	16
30	Jack MEARA	83	30	27	26
31	Markuss KOKINS	85	18	29	38
32	Marvin VÖKT	87	23	39	25
33	Dario ZANOLIN	91	31	31	29
34	Ryan WAGGOTT	93	28	38	27
35	Lenny GEISSELER	97	38	25	34
36	Lewis SPRATT	100	37	32	31
37	Douwe VAN MECHGELEN	100	40	23	37
38	Gonçaio CARDOSO	101	34	34	33
39	Dinis SOUSA	105	35	35	35
40	Guilherme ROCHA	112	39	37	36
41	Nathan DENUIT	113	41	33	39

85’s Team Result

1. Latvia 27 pts
2. France 69 pts
3. Finland 75 pts
4. Germany 97 pts
5. Belgium 99 pts
6. Norway 105 pts
7. Sweden 108 pts
8. Estonia 121 pts
9. Ireland 143 pts
10. Great Britain 170 pts

65’s Individual Result

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Léo DISS FENARD	3	2	1
2	Lucas LEOK	6	3	3
3	Sleny GOYER	7	1	6
4	Alfie GEDDES-GREEN	9	4	5
5	Robbie DALY	13	6	7
6	Karl TEESALU	13	5	8
7	Alfie HERRON	17	8	9
8	Olly WATERS	17	7	10
9	Raphaël MENNILO	20	9	11
10	Dante LANTZ	22	10	12
11	Eeka LAAKSONEN	24	11	13
12	Ollie HOLLAND	27	12	15
13	Viktor LEPPÄLÄ	28	26	2
14	Oliver JÖNSSON	28	14	14
15	Okko OLLILA	30	13	17
16	Enriko PEILMAN	33	29	4
17	Max LINDSTRÖM	33	17	16
18	Edijs PILECKIS	34	16	18
19	Clement DEWATTINES	34	15	19
20	Denijs BOGDANOVS	41	21	20
21	Torre VAN MECHGELEN	41	20	21
22	Kole NALLY	41	18	23
23	Guilherme GOMEZ	45	23	22
24	Miguel CARIADE	46	22	24
25	Joshua WEIGERT	48	19	29
26	Guilherme ALVEZ	49	24	25
27	Youness TAHERE	53	25	28
28	Leny RISTUCCIA	54	27	27
29	Diego BOGERS	56	30	26
30	Toms DANKERTS	58	28	30

65’s Team Result

1. France 19 pts
2. Estonia 23 pts
3. Great Britain 29 pts
4. Finland 56 pts
5. Ireland 62 pts
6. Sweden 66 pts
7. Belgium 94 pts
8. Latvia 103pts
9. Portugal 115 pts
10. Belgium 2 133 pts

Team Overall

1. France 148 pts
2. Sweden 222 pts
3. Latvia 224 pts
4. Estonia 231 pts
5. Great Britain 255 pts
6. Finland 261 pts
7. Belgium 267 pts
8. Ireland 366 pts
9. Belgium 2 524 pts
10. Portugal 540 pts