Genoa Show Time – The show it’s staged! In Genova, the American and European riders battled it out for the prestigious title of King of Genova and this time the fight was fiercer than ever, with the final podium, far from from any predictions. The new king of Genoa is Justin Brayton, the thirty-one year rider from Iowa, at his third participation, won the main event for the third time, and as in 2009 and 2012 he dominated the scene, under the eyes of the massive crowd, more than 15.000 people where on the stands of the local sports hall.
The European riders maked Brayton’s life hard, particularly Cedric Soubeyras and Valentin Guillod, who finished respectively, second and third in the Super Final. The American rider of the BTO KTM Photoshoot team, scored the hole-shot and gave the pace to the heat, gaining meters on the pursuers Guillod and Bonini, started behind him. With reckless driving that characterizes it, Dylan Ferrnadis brought his CLS Kawasaki in second position, trying a difficult pursuit, culminating in a nasty crash in the first section of waves, where the French was nosed. Then Brayton had smoothed the way to the final success, with Valentin Guillod (Yamaha) who took advantage of the misstep of Cooper Webb on the Yamaha Star Racing, to take second place, succumbed in the final to the brand mate Cedric Soubeyras, that was more comfortable on the technical Italian track. Best of the Italians, was Angelo Pellegrini who finished with his Suzuki in eighth place.
In the Lites class, hole shot for Nick Kouwenberg, that took a fantastic start with the Honda CRF 250 of the JTech team. Behind him was the Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe rider, Brian Hsu, followed by Francesco Muratori, also with Suzuki. The Dutch driver tried to escape but was reached and overtaken by Hsu, flying on the difficult track of Genova, towards winning the race and the title of the Lite, finishing ahead of Nick Kouvenberg and Francesco Muratori, that was also the best Italian rider.
The Italians rule in the main event of the 125cc class with Morgan Lesiardo that won the race with his TM, after a fantastic duel with the French KTM rider, Stephen Rubini. After four changes at the front, the Italian got the first position definitively, crossing the finish line in front of the rival, exploiting the skill in the more technical parts of the track. Third finished Nicola Bertuzzi, who completed the podium with his Silver Action Team KTM.
Raffaele Giuzio is the 2016 Champion of the 85cc class in Genova! The young KTM rider won the main event in the prestigious setting of the Genova Supercross, with an aggressive race, the rider from Varese has won in front of the two countrymen Capuzzo (Husqvarna) and Barcella (Suzuki), for a full Italian podium.