Thierry Van Den Bosch has won the opening round of the 2010 FIM World Supermoto Championship at Castelletto di Branduzzo, Italy over the weekend.

Van Den Bosch rounded off an almost perfect weekend by taking victory in two of the three races held. After clocking the fastest time and winning the Superpole, the PMR H2O Aprilia Racing rider only just missed out on winning the final race. The first and second heats saw the Frenchman on his A game dominationg from the start to the flag each time.

747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory team of Davide Gozzini and Thomas Chareyre’s made up the podium

Gozzinitook two hard fought second places and even troubled Van Den Bosch in heat one putting tons of pressure on the eventual winner. The final heat was another story as Gozzini went on to take victory from Van Den Bosch.

Thomas Chareyre made it to the podium despite a broken front brake in heat two from half race onwards. The youngster sealed his debut GP on TM with trio of third place finishes.

Husqvarna CH Racing’s Adrien Chareyre lost a battle with his brother Thomas in the final heat and could not do better than fourth overall at the end of a tough weekend due to grip issues.

Motoracing’s Bernd Hiemer was fifth overall. A crash and then a tangle with Adrien Chareyre cost the German a good finish in moto two.

With the final moto starting on a slightly wet track after a light rain shower, Lazzarini made a wrong tyre choice (rain on the front and slick on the back while almost everyone was on slick) and dropped down to 13th in the race and eighth overall.

S1 Race 1 top ten:
1. Thierry van den Bosch (FRA, Aprilia), 20:24.977
2. Davide Gozzini (ITA, TM), +0:00.224
3. Thomas Chareyre (FRA, TM), +0:08.218
4. Bernd Hiemer (GER, KTM), +0:08.462
5. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA, Honda), +0:15.885
6. Giovanni Bussei (ITA, Honda), +0:17.945
7. Adrien Chareyre (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:19.758
8. Mauno Hermunen (FIN, Husqvarna), +0:25.639
9. Elia Sammartin (ITA, Honda), +0:30.941
10. Eddy Seel (BEL, Suzuki), +0:35.034

S1 Race 2 top ten:
1. Thierry van den Bosch (FRA, Aprilia), 20:26.029
2. Davide Gozzini (ITA, TM), +0:02.083
3. Thomas Chareyre (FRA, TM), +0:02.482
4. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA, Honda), +0:13.150
5. Giovanni Bussei (ITA, Honda), +0:17.452
6. Mauno Hermunen (FIN, Husqvarna), +0:17.949
7. Adrien Chareyre (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:24.357
8. Elia Sammartin (ITA, Honda), +0:25.948
9. Bernd Hiemer (GER, KTM), +0:28.911
10. Christian Ravaglia (ITA, Aprilia), +0:34.920

S1 Race 3 top ten: 1. Davide Gozzini (ITA, TM), 20:28.563
2. Thierry van den Bosch (FRA, Aprilia), +0:01.150
3. Thomas Chareyre (FRA, TM), +0:06.048
4. Adrien Chareyre (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:06.863
5. Bernd Hiemer (GER, KTM), +0:14.488
6. Giovanni Bussei (ITA, Honda), +0:17.717
7. Mauno Hermunen (FIN, Husqvarna), +0:18.920
8. Christian Ravaglia (ITA, Aprilia), +0:32.589
9. Fabio Balducci (ITA, Suzuki), +0:34.750
10. Gérald Delepine (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:35.942

S1 Overall top ten:
1. Thierry van den Bosch (FRA, Aprilia), 72 points
2. Davide Gozzini (ITA, TM), 69 p.
3. Thomas Chareyre (FRA, TM), 60 p.
4. Adrien Chareyre (FRA, Husqvarna), 46 p.
5. Bernd Hiemer (GER, KTM), 46 p.
6. Giovanni Bussei (ITA, Honda), 46 p.
7. Mauno Hermunen (FIN, Husqvarna), 42 p.
8. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA, Honda), 42 p.
9. Elia Sammartin (ITA, Honda), 32 p.
10. Fabio Balducci (ITA, Suzuki), 30 p.

S1 Championship top ten:
1. Thierry van den Bosch (FRA, Aprilia), 72 points
2. Davide Gozzini (ITA, TM), 69 p.
3. Thomas Chareyre (FRA, TM), 60 p.
4. Bernd Hiemer (GER, KTM), 46 p.
5. Adrien Chareyre (FRA, Husqvarna), 46 p.
6. Giovanni Bussei (ITA, Honda), 46 p.
7. Ivan Lazzarini (ITA, Honda), 42 p.
8. Mauno Hermunen (FIN, Husqvarna), 42 p.
9. Elia Sammartin (ITA, Honda), 32 p.
10. Fabio Balducci (ITA, Suzuki), 30 p.

S1 Manufacturers:
1. Aprilia, 72 points
2. TM, 69 p.
3. Honda, 49 p.
4. Husqvarna, 47 p.
5. KTM, 46 p.
6. Suzuki, 33 p.
7. Kawasaki, 21 p.
8. Yamaha, 9 p.