Second win for Davies in EJC at Aragon
From the start Davies pushed hard in an attempt to break away and for a while it seemed that he might escape as Fenoll and Busch battled for second position, but the two chasers cleverly took advantage of Aragon's huge straight to slipstream back up to the leader.
Behind this group Miguel Aranda, the youngest rider in the series, gave it his all at his home round to set the fastest laps of the race and join the leading three whilst the USA's Brandon Kyee had pulled away from the battling quartet of Daniel Mettam, Sylvano De Aguiar, Daniel Teixeira and Amelie Demoulin. Normally great friends off the track, the New Zealander, South Africans and French female racer Demoulin showed true competitive spirit and gave the spectators a great show as they swapped positions and paint in a tough race long battle.
As the last lap neared, the four riders at the front were glued together with Busch, Davies and Aranda all having lead the race at some point. Approaching the hairpin for the final time Busch pulled out of the slipstream and looked to have passed both Fenoll and Davies for the lead, but the young Australian held him off on the brakes. Miguel Aranda tried to take advantage of this battle and pass Fenoll for third but was cleverly blocked by his fellow countryman through the following right hander and after 40 kilometers of racing the run to the line saw Davies take the win from Busch by 0.13 seconds, with Aranda losing out by an even smaller margin of 0.07 sec to Fenoll in the battle for the final podium place.
With only 0.4 sec covering the top four finishers it was another fantastic race for the young European Junior Cup riders. Matt Davies has now closed the gap to 7 points from championship leader Tom Busch, but with several of the other riders looking increasingly strong and half the season to go the championship is still wide open!
Results: 1. Matt Davies (AUS); 2. Tom Busch (GER); 3. Ruben Fenoll (ESP); 4. Miguel Aranda (ESP); 5. Brandon Kyee (USA); 6. Daniel Mettam (NZL); 7. Daniel Teixiera (RSA); 8. Sylvano De Aguiar (RSA); 9. Amelie Demoulin (FRA); 10. Loris Hunt (GBR); 11. Qays Hashmi (PAK); 12. Jean-Francois Demoulin (FRA);
Points: 1. Busch 65; 2. Davies 58; 3. Mettam 40; 4. Kyee 38; 5. Fenoll 25; 6. De Aguiar 24; etc.
