Release date: 03/07/2010 |    

There was a sense of deja vu as the French say over the Estoril showground this lunchtime as Roger Yves Bost and Jovis de Ravel added another 6000 Euro to the kitty they had begun on Friday. Today's Prove Mercedes Benz was not pure speed but a two phase contest in which Frank Rothenburger had been deceptively kind with the first part. 21 of the 35 starters made it to the timed section. But in this rails fell rather more frequently especially once Roger, tenth to go, set an almost unbelievable second phase time of 29.61 which all the others then had to catch. He had left absolutely no room for improvement and nobody managed to get close to that time but trying did ensure some notable casualties. All conquering AD Norson and Alvaro de Miranda were one, Daniel Deusser and Vonka A were another. In fact there were only eight double clears and next best was Marco Kutcher and Monaco winner Gut Neuenhofs Lea. Harrie Smolders went one better than last night to take third on Exquis Powerfee.