Team Suzuki's Ken De Dycker and Steve Ramon proved their pre-season preparation for their onslaught on the MX1 World Championship is perfectly on track by running 1-2 at the first round of the Dutch International motocross championship.
Kevin Strijbos and Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing teammate Sébastien Pourcel both entered the opening round of the Dutch Championship this weekend in Gemert.
Steve Ramon finished fourth overall at a cloudy but bright Gemert circuit for the opening round of the 2007 MX1 Dutch Championship yesterday after taking second and fifth places. The 27 year old steering the 2007-spec RM-Z450 chased German Max Nagl in the first moto of a race programme that occurred on a thick and rutted sandy terrain that had been coated by morning rain showers.