Jordi Torres wins Moto2 at the CEV at Motorland

Today’s victory in the CEV at Motorland in Alcañiz went to Jordi Torres, the rider who took pole yesterday with a lap time well ahead of his closest rivals. Today he demonstrated that strong pace in the race, pulling almost 5 seconds clear of the next finisher, Román Ramos.

Jordi was very happy with the work done in testing last week and with what he achieved on his bike over this same weekend. Everything worked the way he wanted, which is why they were so much stronger. Above all, they worked on delaying the onset of chattering as much as possible and adapting his riding so that it had the smallest possible effects.

The rider from Motorrad Competición, Román, will enjoy an atmosphere of euphoria this afternoon celebrating this podium, something they had been chasing for some time and have finally achieved. Congratulations to him and, of course, to his team and to the Ariane project.

Third place went to Kenny Noyes, the American rider who was really struggling with his bike. The Suter was giving him many chattering problems, plus a engine vibration issue that transferred through the whole bike, often preventing him from even reading the letters on the pit board. This third place is not a victory, but getting back on the podium after three races finishing third while dealing with problems is an impressive achievement.

Santiago Hernández finished fourth, locked in a battle with Kenny that, through impatience, as he himself admitted after the race, denied him the chance to take the podium from Noyes.

Alejandro Mariñelarena, a rider who is trying to fight for this championship, did not qualify. Many problems with the setup here did not allow him to compete in the race, and he suffered a track excursion and two crashes.

Photo | Plusmoto.com (Alejandro Batán)