Supermoto’s fifth round results

The fifth round of the 2008 Supermoto Championship of Russia was held in Firsanovka (Zelenograd) on August 9-10.

The first race turned out to be unsuccessful for championship leader Alexander Ivanyutin due to his tire exploding as he was finishing the race. And as it later became known the spokes of the wheel had also broken. Then Sergei Ivanyutin’s tire exploded and so the two brothers made it to the finish on flat tires. Maxim Averkin came first, followed by Maxim Lebedev and Alexander Latyshev. Alexander and Sergei Ivanyutin ended up fifth and sixth respectively. The second race in the professional category began with a false start, which was definitely a bad sign for Maxim Averkin as he ran into Sergei Ivanyutin from the very beginning of the race. Sergei managed to gain ground whilst Maxim fell behind. In the second race Alexander Ivanyutin had problems with his bike again. This time they had to do with the exhaust system. Maxim Averkin’s tire exploded. As a result, Alexander Ivanyutin managed to finish first, and Averkin never made it to the finish in the second race. Based on the results of the first two races Alexander Ivanyutin is the deserving winner.

Everything went smoothly and without surprises in the hobby class. Though the beginning of the second race was quite intriguing as the only woman, Anastasia Loginova, was in the lead. However, she was gradually forced to third place.

2008 Supermoto Championship of Russia results (Round 5)


1. #7 Alexander Ivanyutin – 40 (15+25) points
2. #12 Alexander Latyshev – 40 (20+20) points
3. #2 Maxim Lebedev - 40 (22+18) points
4. #3 Sergei Ivanyutin – 38 (16+22) points
5. #16 Alexander Skryabin – 34 (18+16) points
6. #5 Yury Gavrosh – 28 (13+15) points
7. #25 Sergei Denisov – 28 (14+14) points
8. #11 Maxim Averkin – 25 (25+0) points

Esta Group Cup (Round 5)


1. #7 Dmitry Shupranov- 47 (22+25) points
2. #50 Artyom Teslenko – 47 (25+22) points
3. #13 Anastasia Loginova - 40 (20+20) points
4. #4 Alexei Galkin - 33 (15+18) points
5. #99 Igor Avdeev – 33 (18+15) points
6. #11 Alexander Samoilov - 30 (14+16) points
7. #37 Alexander Tarasov - 30 (16+14) points
8. #9 Sergei Muravyov - 26 (13+13) points
9. #8 Pavel Kondratov - 23 (11+12) points
10. #46 Stanislav Karavaev - 23 (12+11) points
11.#69 Sergei Yegorov - 10 (0+10) points

As we reported earlier, the first round of the 2008 Supermoto Championship of Russia was held at the Grebnoy Canal in Moscow on May 24-25, the second – in Firsanovka on June 14-15, the third – again in Firsanovka on June 28-29 and the fourth – in Ulyanovsk on July 19-20. Supermoto is one of the brightest motorcycling events that both the beginners and professional riders can easily afford themselves. As a kind of sports supermoto first appeared in the USA, and quickly became popular among European motorcyclists due to its simplicity. It was a matter of a short period of time that local amateur races turned into real championships in Europe and other countries, and even on the international level.

The World Supermoto Championship dates back to the year 2002. It appeared in Russia in 2005. In 2007, supermoto was officially recognized and listed in the State Sports register. The National Russian Motorcycle Federation and the PE and Sports Federal Agency of Russia approved a calendar of events for 2008 and had it included in the general calendar for this year.

Supermoto is a relatively young category of bikes that dates back to the early 1970s in America. A supermoto motorbike was built based on the basis of motocross or enduro bike with smaller-diameter wheels and street tires. It is a universal bike that can be used both for general use and unusual conditions surviving jumps over street curbs, stairs etc. This dual nature of a supermoto makes it possible to always stay on the road and be absolutely controllable in side-slips. The bike’s universal characteristics are all due to its design. On the one hand it inherited a long-stroke suspension from a motocross bike, and on the other, it is an extremely lightweight one-cylinder machine slightly over 100 kg and with a powerful engine of up to 600 cc. At the same time, a supermoto is smaller than motocross bike with exceptionally powerful engines. So, the above mentioned characteristics make a supermoto a perfect private means of transport to be used in the city, and, equally can be used in bright sport events. This discipline brings together two types of races – circuit and off-road. The first one is used for accelerating to the maximum speed levels and the second one – for demonstrating off-road capabilities.

The sixth round of the 2008 Supermoto Championship of Russia will take place in Firsanovka again on August 23-23, and the seventh, the final one, is scheduled for September 13-14 and will be held at the Grebnoy Kanal.