By Chimay Open Trophy, BeNeLux (Belgium-Netherlands-Luxembourg) Supersport races re-cap.
Performance Racing Achterhoek team-mates, full-time IRRC riders, Ilja Caljouw and Mauro Poncini emerged victorious last week.
Team Schleizer Dreieck’s Gary Johnson secured a podium finish whilst one of the most distinctive bikes taking to Circuit de Chimay, was Colin Tyldesley’s great sounding KTM RC 990 R Track machine.
Both podium finishers last Sunday, Jaimy Deleersnyder and Antoine Laloi are currently the prime BeNeLux Supersport title fighters.
2024, 2025 series titles went the way of Jef Van Calster and IRRC Sportbike front-runner, Manx Grand Prix winner Jamie Williams.
Next rounds of this Championship (clash with IRRC Horice, Frohburger Dreieck events), which combines closed roads venues, purpose-built circuits action, commence at Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet (8th-9th August) and Assen (final series round – 18th-20th September – intertwined with opening BSB Showdown round).
2026 Chimay Open Trophy – BeNeLux Trophy Supersport race results, displayed below:
Race 1:
1st – Ilja Caljouw (Netherlands)
2nd – Antoine Laloi (Belgium)
3rd – Gary Johnson (England, best lap time of race – 1.43.755)
4th – Mauro Poncini (Switzerland)
5th – Mike Mace (England)
6th – Kevin Rigot (France)
7th – Mathieu Rieder (France)
8th – Robert Rohde (Germany)
9th – Stephane Bednarek (France)
10th – Kevin Duc (France)
11th – Jonathan Lesceux (Belgium)
12th – Thierry Vanhollebeke (Belgium)
13th – Gregory Botty (Belgium)
14th – Morgan Govignon (France)
15th – Eddy Takkenkamp (Netherlands)
16th – Jerome Varlet (Belgium)
17th – Alexandre Bigot (France)
18th – Hanco Adriaanse (Netherlands)
19th – Brian Fuidge (England)
20th – Jaimy Deleersnyder (Belgium)
21st – Stephane Demalsy (Belgium)
22nd – Lucas Germano (Belgium)
23rd – Robin Letelu (France)
24th – Peter Lionel (France)
25th – Aurelien Ragot (Belgium)
Did not finish – Colin Tyldesley (Netherlands)
Did not finish – Sebastien Frotscher (Germany)
Race 2:
1st – Mauro Poncini (Switzerland, best lap time of race – 1.42.618)
2nd – Antoine Laloi (Belgium)
3rd – Jaimy Deleersnyder (Belgium)
4th – Kevin Rigot (France)
5th – Mathieu Rieder (France)
6th – Jerome Varlet (Belgium)
7th – Thierry Vanhollebeke (Belgium)
8th – Robert Rohde (Germany)
9th – Morgan Govignon (France)
10th – Jonathan Lesceux (Belgium)
11th – Stephane Demalsy (Belgium)
12th – Gregory Botty (Belgium)
13th – Kevin Duc (France)
14th – Brian Fuidge (England)
15th – Eddy Takkenkamp (Belgium)
16th – Alexandre Bigot (France)
17th – Hanco Adriaanse (Netherlands)
18th – Colin Tyldesley (Netherlands)
19th – Robin Letelu (France)
20th – Lucas Germano (Belgium)
21st – Aurelien Ragot (Belgium)
Did not finish – Mike Mace (England)
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Jan Vavra
