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LS Motors-Honda riders Clément Desalle and Dennis Verbruggen will be gunning for strong results this weekend in Agueda, Portugal for the fifth round of the FIM Motocross World championship. The technical track about 80 km south of Porto –easy to identify because of the typical red soil- has been a regular in the GP series for the last six years. Both Belgians travel to Portugal encouraged by their pace in the opening round of their domestic series on Friday. The 19-year old Desalle claimed the overall podium in Beervelde behind De Dycker and Philippaerts, Team mate Verbruggen was 8th overall and second MX2 mounted rider behind Joël Roelants. On Sunday Clément ‘Panda’ Desalle also scored excellent second and third place finishes during the Flanders Trophy in Tongeren.
Clément Desalle: "I reallly like Agueda because the dirt is so special and the layout of the track is interesting as well. I had some strong races in the Belgian Championship and in Tongeren so I know my speed is fine. For Agueda I will be aiming to be be more consistent than during the previous GP’s because at this level you really can’t afford to make mistakes, even when they are small ones!
