Tortelli extends motocross lead

Tortelli extends motocross lead

JP/afs

JAKARTA (JP): France's Sebastian Tortelli (left photo) sped
his way to his fifth straight world championship title when he
won the Indonesian Motocross in Yogyakarta yesterday.

The 21-year-old Italian made up for a first-heat defeat to
compatriot Frederic Vialle with a convincing win in the second to
collect a massive 37 points.

Vialle managed only second place overall, trailing just four
points, after finishing third in the second heat. The 19-year-old
rider deserved credit for his upset win over championship leader
Tortelli in the neck-to-neck first race.

Coming third was Paul Mullin of England with 32 points.

Tortelli got off to a disastrous start this season, crashing
out of the Italian leg in mid April. A week later, however, he
returned to his winning ways by sweeping the two races in the
Swiss leg in Payerne and the next three world championship rounds
in Spain, the Netherlands and Hungary. (amd)