2015 European Junior Cup

2015 European Junior Cup
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The 2015 European Junior Cup was the fifth season of the European Junior Cup. It was contested over eight rounds, starting on 12 April at Motorland Aragón and ending on 4 October at Magny Cours. Starting in 2015 there was a "Women's European Cup" for female riders aged between 14 and 23 years. The upper age limit was also increased to 21 for males.

With five victories, Spanish rider Javier Orellana claimed the championship title with a round to spare,^[1] ultimately finishing fifty-six points clear of his next closest competitor, Paolo Grassia of Italy. Grassia prevailed in a three-rider contest for the runner-up position at the final round at Magny-Cours; his fifth-place finish saw him take the position by three points from France's Guillaume Raymond. Both riders finished on the podium three times, but did not claim a victory. Italian duo Emanuele Pusceddu and Giuseppe De Gruttola each won on home soil at Imola and Misano, while Spain's Xavi Pinsach won on a one-off appearance at Jerez.

Six wins from the eight races was enough for New Zealand's Avalon Biddle to win the Women's European Cup – again with a round to spare^[1] – by fifty-four points ahead of Anastassia Kovalenko. The only other rider to win was Hungarian rider Viktória Kis, who won back-to-back races at Assen and Imola.

Entry list

No.	Rider	Rounds
3	Sam Wilford	All
4	Romain Lecarpentier	8
5	Braeden Ortt	3–5
8	Mika Pérez	All
9	Laura Rodriguez	1, 4–8
10	Felix Nässi	7
11	Riccardo Picciuto	All
12	Byron Bester	7
13	Mario Luján	1
14	Theo Clerc	8
15	Alfonso Coppola	All
18	Themba Khumalo	3–7
19	Charlie Oakland	4
20	Dorren Loureiro	All
21	Avalon Biddle	All
22	Joan Uviña	7
24	Said Dahan	1
26	Viktória Kis	1–6, 8
27	Guillaume Raymond	All
30	Alberto Nicoletti	3
31	Renzo Ferreira	8
34	Daniel Drayton	All
35	Stefan Hill	All
38	Hannes Soomer	1–7
45	Dimitris Karakostas	All
46	Connall Courtney	8
51	Matteo Ciprietti	All
52	Troy Bezuidenhout	All
53	Illán Fernández	1–5
54	Harun Çabuk	All
55	Karlo Slager	1–2
56	Quentin Koers	2
58	Emanuele Pusceddu	1–4, 6–8
59	Dorian Laville	All
69	Joshua Harland	1–4, 6–8
72	Bálint Kovács	7
73	Tomás Cassano	All
74	Jaimie van Sikkelerus	All
77	Bryan Castan	8
80	Xavi Pinsach	7
81	Antoine Chapeau	8
84	Paolo Grassia	All
85	Pedro Nuno	5
95	Giuseppe De Gruttola	All
96	Javier Orellana	All
97	Nikos Karakostas	1–4, 6–8
99	Anastassia Kovalenko	All

Race calendar and results

Round	Country	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider
1	Spain	Motorland Aragón	12 April	Mika Pérez	Matteo Ciprietti	Javier Orellana
2	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen	19 April	Hannes Soomer	Dorian Laville	Javier Orellana
3	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	10 May	Emanuele Pusceddu	Emanuele Pusceddu	Emanuele Pusceddu
4	United Kingdom	Donington Park	24 May	Mika Pérez	Javier Orellana	Javier Orellana
5	Portugal	Algarve International Circuit	7 June	Sam Wilford	Pedro Nuno	Javier Orellana
6	Italy	Misano Circuit	21 June	Javier Orellana	Mika Pérez	Giuseppe De Gruttola
7	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	20 September	Xavi Pinsach	Emanuele Pusceddu	Xavi Pinsach
8	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	4 October	Guillaume Raymond	Alfonso Coppola	Javier Orellana

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Pos. Rider ARA ASS IMO DON POR MIS JER MAG Pts 1 Javier Orellana 1 1 3 1 1 Ret 3 1 157 2 Paolo Grassia 2 8 2 3 20 4 4 5 101 3 Guillaume Raymond 7 4 5 2 4 3 Ret 3 98 4 Emanuele Pusceddu 3 3 1 Ret Ret 2 4 90 5 Dorian Laville 10 5 6 4 7 6 Ret 2 79 6 Giuseppe De Gruttola 11 10 4 Ret Ret 1 5 Ret 60 7 Hannes Soomer 5 2 Ret 10 5 5 DNS 59 8 Sam Wilford Ret 14 10 5 2 12 7 10 58 9 Alfonso Coppola 9 11 8 7 8 2 DNS Ret 57 10 Harun Çabuk Ret 16 9 11 9 7 6 8 46 11 Matteo Ciprietti 6 6 Ret 9 Ret Ret 8 9 42 12 Stefan Hill 14 12 12 12 10 Ret 9 7 36 13 Illán Fernández 8 Ret 7 8 6 35 14 Dorren Loureiro 24 9 Ret 6 12 9 Ret Ret 28 15 Xavi Pinsach 1 25 16 Troy Bezuidenhout 17 15 14 15 11 10 10 12 25 17 Jaimie van Sikkelerus 12 13 Ret 13 13 11 14 11 25 18 Mika Pérez 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 23 19 Joshua Harland 16 7 11 Ret 8 DNS Ret 22 20 Pedro Nuno 3 16 21 Tomás Cassano Ret 17 13 16 15 13 11 16 12 22 Themba Khumalo Ret 18 14 14 12 8 23 Avalon Biddle 13 24 Ret 19 16 15 19 19 4 24 Romain Lecarpentier 13 3 25 Byron Bester 13 3 26 Bryan Castan 14 2 27 Braeden Ortt 16 14 Ret 2 28 Dimitris Karakostas 18 18 15 21 19 16 16 15 2 29 Daniel Drayton 19 20 17 17 18 17 15 Ret 1 30 Said Dahan 15 1 Theo Clerc 17 0 Felix Nässi 17 0 Riccardo Picciuto 20 25 Ret 23 17 Ret 18 23 0 Antoine Chapeau 18 0 Nikos Karakostas 23 22 20 24 18 20 20 0 Alberto Nicoletti 18 0 Laura Rodriguez 22 25 22 19 22 21 0 Viktória Kis Ret 21 19 22 21 Ret Ret 0 Quentin Koers 19 0 Anastassia Kovalenko 21 23 Ret 26 23 20 23 24 0 Charlie Oakland 20 0 Bálint Kovács 21 0 Renzo Ferreira 22 0 Karlo Slager Ret Ret 0 Connall Courtney Ret 0 Mario Luján Ret 0 Joan Uviña DNS 0 Pos Rider ARA ASS IMO DON POR MIS JER MAG Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Women's European Cup

Pos.	Rider	ARA	ASS	IMO	DON	POR	MIS	JER	MAG	Pts
1	Avalon Biddle	13	24	Ret	19	16	15	19	19	166
2	Anastassia Kovalenko	21	23	Ret	26	23	20	23	24	112
3	Laura Rodriguez	22			25	22	19	22	21	105
4	Viktória Kis	Ret	21	19	22	21	Ret		Ret	86
5	Charlie Oakland				20					20
Pos	Rider	ARA	ASS	IMO	DON	POR	MIS	JER	MAG	Pts

References

1. "Pinsach wins on EJC debut at Jerez as Orellana claims the title". Superbike World Championship (Dorna Sports). 20 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

External links

• Official website