The way the Euro point system works, this tied the two titles contenders going in to Sunday's final race.
"Again on Sunday, we both didn't lose a point" states the main webmaster for MartijnScherpen.com, "And in the main, I picked lane 1 - with Arnoud in 2. The pressure was on! But I got the best gate start for me of the entire weekend and snapped hard. I had a little bit of trouble coming over the 2nd jump and slipped a little in the first turn, which messed up my momentum for the 2nd straight. I didn't see Arnoud in front of me, so I thought he must be somewhere close. But he wasn't. In the last turn I saw that he crashed on the first straightaway. My Dutch teammate Roy van den Berg won the main again, but I wound up with the most points and overall title. Now I finally can call myself the 2009 European Champion!"
With the Dutch National Team and their Redline Flight bikes dominating the entire Euro Champ series all through 2009; outnumbering all others in practically every single main event - and now a No.1 European title, REDLINE bikes couldn't be more pleased. We congratulate Martijn, as well as the entire "Orange Crush" for an incredible season of racing!
Top 3 in the overall ranking foor 2009 Euro Champ Series:
1. Martijn Scherpen ~ NETHERLANDS/REDLINE
2. Arnoud Dubois BEL
3. Roy van den Berg ~ NETHERLANDS/REDLINE
REDLINE's MARTIJN SCHERPEN (NL) TAKE NO.1 EURO TITLE. By Press release.
Jul 22, 2009
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The ten year drought for a Dutch-owned No.1 Euro title was ended recently at the Euro Championship finals, held on a tight indoor track in Denmark. And with pure consistency for the final two points races of the series, Scherpen did exactly what was needed: "Coming into this event," Scherpen explained, "I was leading by just a mere 3 points in front of Belguim's Arnoud Dubois. On Saturday I won all my motos and so did he. We both didn't lose a point until the final. In the main event, I had a pretty bad gate and got shut down by Hamon straight out of the gate, but I managed to finish in 5th while Arnoud finished 3rd." 
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