In addition to hosting IRRC rounds, Circuit De Chimay, Frohburger Dreieck, Horice and the Hengelo based Varsselring will host this year Belgian Twin Trophy Road Race Challenge races.
Established amongst Europe’s most famous active roads courses, they traditionally provide keenly contested competition and expect no different in 2024.
The current Belgian Twin Trophy Champion is Sander Claessen whilst Belgian Twin Trophy Road Race Challenge honours went last year to Toufik Bijenhof, fastest Dutch Super Twin exponent at Chimay and Horice.
2024 Belgian Twin Trophy Road Race Challenge calendar (Super Twin lap record holder near circuit name):
11th-12th May: Hengelo – IRRC Varsselring
(Andrea Majola – 1.56.927 – 2021 – Paton 650 S1R)
18th-19th May: Horice – 300 Curves of Gustav Havel
(Marek Cerveny – 2.21.609 – 2023 – Aprilia RS 660)
27th-28th July: Chimay – IRRC Open Trophy
(Pierre Yves Bian – 1.46.613 – 2021 – Paton 650 S1R)
14th-15th September: Frohburg – IRRC Frohburger Dreieck
(Pierre Yves Bian – 1.44.015 – 2019 – Paton 650 S1R)
Last season’s top ten finishers in the Twin Trophy Road Race Challenge, reads as follows:
(Final points total located near racers name)
1st – Toufik Bijenhof (Netherlands) – 125
2nd – Yannick Jacops (Belgium) – 96
3rd – Ondrej Bulvas (Czech Republic) – 45
4th – Jan Herzog (Czech Republic) – 43
5th – Jacques Borremans (Belgium) – 43
6th – Christian Hirsch (Austria) – 35
7th – Tomas Beranek (Czech Republic) – 24
8th – Lorenz Rotharmel (Germany) – 23
9th – Stuart Fitton (England) – 21
10th – Bart Crauwels (Belgium) – 11
Photo credit: Nick Wheeler
Words by Jan Vavra