DQ Costs Meghan Rutledge the Lead
FIM Women's MX World champs
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Highlights from the Women's event.
It was an up and down weekend of racing for Kawasaki Australia's Meghan Rutledge at the 2nd round of the 2014 FIM Women's World MX Championship at Trentino, Italy on the weekend with a moto win and a race disqualification.
19 year old Meghan Rutledge from Picton, NSW was
literally on top of the world heading to Trentino, Italy for the 2nd round of
the FIM WMX Championship. After winning both both motos at the series opener in
Qatar, her KX250F took to the track in Italy wearing coveted red plates.
Rutledge managed to qualify in 2nd place setting
herself up for a good gate pick. In the first moto on Saturday, Meghan grabbed
the hole-shot and never looked back, leading the entire race to take the win.
Racing for the Bud Kawasaki Racing team,
Rutledge grabbed the hole-shot again in Sunday's race 2 and looked set for back
to back moto wins once again however she crashed mid-race behind a lapped
rider. Unfortunately a flag marshal assisted her remount which is against rules
and stripped her of any points she would have earned for the moto.
Rutledge ended up finishing the round in 9th
place and slipped to 3rd place overall in the championship standings, just 5
points shy of the new leader.
“I'm so happy with how I'm riding but so
disappointed with the disqualification." A disappointed Meghan Rutledge
commented. "I felt good all weekend but went down in a big way in the
second moto.
"I was trying to tell the flag marshal not
to assist me, I just wanted to roll down the hill to get started again but
there was definitely a language barrier in the way. He meant well but I was
disqualified so I'm very disappointed.
"You don't know how hungry I am to make up
for this at Valkenswaard," Rutledge added.
The 3rd of 6 rounds within the 2014 FIM Women’s
MX World Championship takes place in The Netherlands on May 4th.
Top Image: Meghan
Rutledge on her way to winning moto 1 in Italy
Credit: Supplied
