Triumph takes third place at Donington |
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| Monday, 29 June 2009 16:32 | |||
 Team ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing scored a great result in Triumph's home round as Garry McCoy put on great performance to take the first podium for the brand in modern era. This represents a historic result for the English manufacturer in their second World Supersport season. McCoy got a good start and took fourth place, a position the Australian maintained until halfway into the race when he managed to overtake Sofuoglu (Honda). He then developed a substantial advantage and finished on the podium in third. Nannelli performed admirably as he finished eighth, although he fell to twentieth place after the first lap. He did however pull off a great recovery and after six laps Nannelli was already eleventh. He then engaged in a duel with Veneman (Honda), Pitt (Honda), Vizziello e Dell’Omo (Honda) for the sixth place. The tyres on the Daytona 675 eventually wore off in the final part of the race and the Italian passed the chequered flag in eighth, place thus improving upon the Misano result. After yesterday’s results, McCoy is now in ninth in place in the riders' standings, while Nannelli remains fifteenth. GARRY McCOY | Triumph Daytona 675 | 3rd : "It feels great to be the first rider to score a podium result with a Triumph. I've been collaborating with the English manufacturer for two seasons now, but with Giuliano Rovelli's team only since the last round. We didn't start the season on the right foot but now we're score great results. I knew that sooner or later I would ride a great race. I have to thank the entire team for a good job done on the machine which is getting better and better. Now we broke the ice but there is still a long way to go in the championship". GIULIANO ROVELLI - TEAM MANAGER: "We scored a great result after setting up a great team who worked hard on this project. Garry did the rest today but everybody did a great job. This is the first podium for Triumph but it's a first for me as well and it's really an indescribable feeling. I asked Garry to finish the race before the others because I had a plane to catch and he almost made it...".
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