Hi everyone,

The team and I have come to Holland for the first round of the O.N.K. Dutch international championship at Gemert.

I went out for time training and felt pretty good. They changed the format slightly, only having 5 minutes for start practice, 10 minutes warm up and 15 minutes timed training. This made it harder to test both bikes, so we just stayed with the 06 bike.

In the first moto, I gated ok, and pulled through to third position, when the bike stopped. I had trouble starting the bike until I received some help, and finally we got it started. I was way back and finally pulled through till eighth. The clutch was slipping so that didn’t make it any easier.

In the second moto we decided to ride the second bike and it felt good. I got a bit better start than the first moto and got into second. I caught and passed the leader who was Jeffery Herlings and got in front. I then pulled away and finished with a 5sec lead.

Thanks everyone