Joan Cros and George Cherry are crowned Spanish SX Champions in Valladolid
Joan Cros and George Cherry are crowned Spanish SX Champions in Valladolid
The Parquesol SX Circuit was the venue, last Saturday, for the third and final round of the Spanish Supercross Championship. The two categories on the programme, SXOpen and SX50, were the stars of a spectacular night in Valladolid.
The absence of the provisional overall leader, Paulo Alberto, was going to be decisive in determining the name of the 2019 SXOpen champion. In the overall times from the Group 1 and Group 2 practice sessions, Carlos Fernández Macanás was the fastest, followed by Rubén Fernández and Brice Maylin. In the Group A session, Joan Cros beat the rest of the rivals, leaving Macanás and Maylin behind. In Group B, the fastest were Nil Bussot, Oriol Casas and Alejandro Campoy.
With a 1.8s margin, Cros took the win in Semi-final 1. Brice Maylin had to settle for second and Jorge Zaragoza third. In Semi-final 2, Rubén Fernández and Carlos Fernández Macanás put on a great battle and crossed the line just 0.080s apart. The Superfinal went to Zaragoza, who pulled away from everyone and saw the chequered flag before anyone else. Cros finished second, claiming the Spanish title, and Maylin closed out the top three. With these results, Joan Cros, Paulo Alberto and Carlos Fernández Macanás have been the best of this season in the SXOpen category.
Meanwhile, in the SX50 category, rider Carlos Martín stopped the clock with the best time, George Cherry was second and Pau Caudet third. Martín and Cherry held their positions in both heats and, as a result, Martín won and Cherry finished second, which was enough to take the title. In the first heat Eric Rubio finished third, and in the second Pau Caudet moved up to the final podium.
Congratulations to everyone.
Photographs: Sergi Cros
