Ken De Dycker scored his first overall win of the 2011 season at the opening round of the Dutch Motocross Championship in Gemert, North Brabant, close to famous GP tracks Lierop and Valkenswaard. True to form the 26-year old Belgian dominated all day long by qualifying fastest by more than two seconds and claiming two undisputed wins.

Due to the mild and damp weather conditions leading up to the event the traditional Dutch sand track was demanding and deep as only you can imagine in Holland. Working his way to the front from a fourth placed start in moto one, Keeno made spectacular passes before claiming the lead on the second lap. Ken was consistent and fast and never seemed bothered with the deep ruts and tricky holes. After nearly 35 minutes of racing De Dycker had pulled a gap of over 36 seconds on second placed Kevin Strijbos.

It was Verhoeven who claimed the holeshot in race two, but the 5.000 strong crowd saw De Dycker quickly gaining control of the race, then he focused on his lines to eventually take the win again.

Ken De Dycker: "My starts were not up to par today, but all in all it was a pretty good day. Everyone knows I like my sand tracks, still even I have to admit Gemert was pretty gnarly today! Whatever I tried there was no way of getting around smoothly. The second moto was definitely the best. In each race I tried to produce some killer laps first, and then I wanted to keep a nice rhythm which was tough to keep up because of the backmarkers. I still made some silly mistakes here and there, suffered some sore arms although that’s what you’re bound to encounter in these pre-season races. In terms of bike-setup, I’m quite pleased with where we are at now, we just need some more testing with the suspension. "

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