STOCK AND COPPINS VICTORIOUS AS 2025 YZ BLU CRU SUPERFINALE CONCLUDES IN UDDEVALLA.
The 2025 Yamaha YZ BLU CRU FIM Europe Cup SuperFinale concluded in Uddevalla, Sweden, on Sunday with a thrilling finale as Nixon Coppins and Drew Stock secured victories in the YZ85 and YZ125 classes respectively.
The day got underway with the YZ125 race and it was a frenetic affair, with Bertram Thorius taking the holeshot ahead of Hayden Statt, Drew Stock and polesitter Storm Maymann.
Thorius had built a lead of over a second by the end of the first lap, with Statt and Stock lying second and third until Statt crashed out on the second lap, folding the front and rejoining in fourth position.
Further drama would strike on lap five, as race leader Thorius crashed out of the lead. Remounting in fifth, the Danish rider was seven seconds behind new leader Stock. A determined Thorius pushed hard to bring the gap down, halving it by the end of lap eight before finding himself on Stock’s tail on lap nine. Re-taking the lead, Thorius found that Stock wasn’t going to let him get away. Putting up a fight, the British rider pushed hard to stay with Thorius, with an exciting battle ensuing which saw the leading duo touch at least once as the race came to its conclusion. The pressure was on, and after the coming together, Thorius tried to get away but another crash from the lead put pay to his victory chances with three laps to go.
Meanwhile, after his earlier crash, Statt had moved back into the podium positions and was promoted to second following Thorius’ second crash. Again undeterred, Thorius tried to regain second place but Statt put up a fight to hold on for a British 1-2 with Thorius crossing the line third overall.
Maymann, from Denmark, took fourth ahead of Spaniards Alejandro Torres and Jose Luis Moreno, who had been in podium contention until falling in the latter stages.
British Lucas Moncrieff was seventh ahead of Szymon Masarczyk from Poland and Kay Zijlstra from the Netherlands. Israeli Tal Ovadia rounded out the top ten.
Drew Stock – YZ125, 1st
“I was definitely under pressure! I got quite a bit of arm pump, I couldn’t hold on. I tried to shake it off but I couldn’t. I nipped up the inside at the start, came out in second. My goal was to win, I was doubting myself a bit, but I pushed, I didn’t know if I could hold on in those last few laps but I just kept pushing.”
YZ125 Race – Classification: 1. Drew Stock (GBR, Yamaha), 30:49.058; 2. Hayden Statt (GBR, Yamaha), +0:01.231; 3. Bertram Thorius (DEN, Yamaha), +0:01.686; 4. Storm Maymann (DEN, Yamaha), +0:14.157; 5. Alejandro Torres (ESP, Yamaha), +0:25.440; 6. José Luis Moreno (ESP, Yamaha), +0:34.586; 7. Lucas Moncrieff (GBR, Yamaha), +0:41.382; 8. Szymon Masarczyk (POL, Yamaha), +0:52.132; 9. Kay Zijlstra (NED, Yamaha), +1:13.936; 10. Tal Ovadia (ISR, Yamaha), +1:22.767
There was little drama in the YZ85 class, as polesitter Nixon Coppins’ put in an almost flawless race for a dominant win. Narrowly missing the holeshot didn’t hamper the Yamaha Motor UK entered New Zealander, who took the lead in the first few turns and built an impressive 16 second lead by the time of the chequered flag.
After taking the holeshot, Dutch up-and-comer Thijs van den Bogaard held on to second place, while Denmark’s Willads Gordon chased down Spain’s Ivan Vidal to steal the final podium spot in the closing stages of the race.
Nael Lehmann of Switzerland finished fifth ahead of Austria’s Maurice Heidegger with Slovenian Leo Gasjer, Danish Lucas Taylor, Finnish Miska Laine and Dutch Brett Kastelijn completing the top ten.
Stock and Coppins, together with YZ65 winner Tymon Andrzejewski will now be offered the chance to head to the United States for the YZ BLU CRU Cup World SuperFinale which takes place alongside the prestigious Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations at Ironman Raceway, 3-5 October. The top three from each category, plus two wildcards, will also be invited to the BLU CRU Masterclass later this year to fight it out for Yamaha Motor Europe support next season.
Nixon Coppins – YZ85, 1st
“I got a good start and was really happy with that, and then I managed to reel off the laps. I haven’t had many wins this year, so it’s nice to finally get one! Dad won here 20 years ago, and he was telling me on the way here, so it’s nice to be able to do that too!”
YZ85 Race – Classification: 1. Nixon Coppins (NZL, Yamaha), 21:06.889; 2. Thijs van den Bogaard (NED, Yamaha), +0:17.595; 3. Willads Gordon (DEN, Yamaha), +0:19.375; 4. Ivan Vidal (ESP, Yamaha), +0:26.163; 5. Nael Lehmann (SUI, Yamaha), +0:45.279; 6. Maurice Heidegger (AUT, Yamaha), +0:57.660; 7. Leo Gajser (SLO, Yamaha), +1:00.062; 8. Lucas Taylor (DEN, Yamaha), +1:08.675; 9. Miska Laine (FIN, Yamaha), +1:08.897; 10. Brett Kastelijn (NED, Yamaha), +1:23.452
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