France at the Top
2013 MXoEN & WMXoEN
www.motocrossmx1.com By Youthstream | 21 Apr 2013
CASTELNAU DE LEVIS (France), 21 April 2013 – With cloudy skies shadowing the track of Castelnau de Levis, the riders of Team France became their home crowd’s sunlight defeating fourteen other nations to claim the Motocross of European Nations victory in 2013.
RACE 1 (EMX85)
In the 85cc race one Team France’s Ludovic Bompar and Calvin Fonvieille were
first to the corner with Team Czech Republics Jakub Teresak in third. Bompar
was quick to break away from the field, leading the race unchallenged from
start to finish, meanwhile Teresak was determined to take over the second
position from Fonvieille. After a good pass Teresak managed to secure second
place forcing Fonvieille to settle for third followed by Team France ‘B’s
Julien Roussaly in fourth and Team Italy’s Filippo Grigoletto in fifth.
EMX 85cc Race 1 top ten: 1. Ludovic Bompar (FRA, KTM), 25:05.709; 2.
Jakub Teresak (CZE, KTM), +0:07.931; 3. Calvin Fonvieille (FRA, KTM), +0:35.290; 4. Julien
Roussaly (FRAB, KTM), +0:45.688; 5. Filippo Grigoletto (ITA, KTM), +1:01.388;
6. Cyril Genot (BEL, Yamaha), +1:11.565; 7. Danne Karlsson (SWE, KTM),
+1:16.671; 8. Luka Milec (SLO, Suzuki), +1:24.140; 9. Christian Simonsson (SWE,
KTM), +1:26.328; 10. Jan Pancar (SLO, Yamaha), +1:27.297.
RACE 2 (EMX250/125)
EMX 250/125 race one saw Belgian Damon Graulus get off to great start, despite
taking the early lead, making a run away was not going to be easy as he found
himself under pressure from the Dutchman Brian Bogers. Bogers threw everything
he could at Graulus in attempt to obtain the lead, but Graulus was always quick
to respond, remaining calm and strong. After an extreme attempt to take the
lead from Graulus, Bogers began to fade and soon found himself under attack by
Frenchman Benoit Paturel and Italian Samuele Bernardini. The trio engaged in a
fierce battle for the second position, but all three were soon to be passed by
the qualifying race winner Kalle Olsson, who had come from a bad start to fight
all the way up to the second place. Coming across the finish in first was Team
Belgium’s Damon Graulus followed by Team Sweden’s Kalle Olsson, Team France’s
Benoit Paturel, Team Italy’s Samuele Bernardini with Team Netherlands rider
Brian Bogers rounding out the top five.
EMX 250/125cc Race 1 top ten: 1. Damon Graulus (BEL, KTM), 29:27.678; 2.
Kalle Olsson (SWE, Honda), +0:09.608; 3. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM),
+0:20.584; 4. Peter Irt (SLO, Suzuki), +0:30.756; 5. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM),
+0:34.655; 6. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:36.777; 7. Riccardo Righi
(ITA, KTM), +0:38.167; 8. Anton Lundgren (SWE, KTM), +0:55.084; 9. Tomasz
Wysocki (POL, KTM), +0:56.135; 10. Andriy Burenko (UKR, Suzuki), +0:56.623;
RACE 3 (EMX85)
85cc Race two saw Team France’s wonder boys Ludovic Bompar and Calvin
Fonvieille get off to yet again great starts. Bompar continued to prove his
unmatchable speed, running away for the second time today with the lead.
Meanwhile Fonvieille had competition in the form of Gabirele Oteri and Filippo
Grigoletto, who were both charging hard representing Team Italy. The Italian
duo, Oteri and Grigoletto, both eventually managed to get around the Frenchman
Fonvieille, who was then under attack by Team Czech Republic’s Jakub Terasak.
In the end, with a huge amount of support from the crowd, Fonvieille managed to
hold off Terasak for the fourth position, forcing Terasak to settle for fifth.
EMX 85cc Race 2 top ten: 1. Ludovic Bompar (FRA, KTM), 25:14.861; 2.
Gabriele Oteri (ITA, TM), +0:17.020; 3. Filippo Grigoletto (ITA, KTM),
+0:24.837; 4. Calvin Fonvieille (FRA, KTM), +0:30.004; 5. Jakub Teresak (CZE,
KTM), +0:30.962; 6. Danne Karlsson (SWE, KTM), +0:44.135; 7. Julien Roussaly
(FRAB, KTM), +0:50.448; 8. Cyril Genot (BEL, Yamaha), +1:01.786; 9. Mickael
Lamarque (FRAB, KTM), +1:02.427; 10. Patryk Zdunek (POL, Suzuki), +1:03.101
RACE 4 (EMX250/125)
RACE 4 (EMX250/125)
In EMX 250/125 Race two Dutchman Brian Bogers snatched up the holeshot leading
Polish Tomasz Wysocki and Slovenian Peter Irt around the first turn. Wysocki
and Irt engaged in a battle for the second place position allowing Bogers some
breathing space out front, but the duo, Wysocki and Irt, had bigger problems as
the front runners from the first race, Damon Graulus, Samuele Bernardini and
Benoit Paturel, began emerging from their average starts into the top five.
Peter Irt fought hard to remain inside the top three but eventually lost out to
the determined Samuele Bernardini and crowd favourite Frenchman Benoit Paturel.
EMX 250/125cc Race 2 top ten: 1. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 29:14.425; 2.
Damon Graulus (BEL, KTM), +0:02.405; 3. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM),
+0:07.459; 4. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:07.977; 5. Peter Irt (SLO,
Suzuki), +0:19.483; 6. Kalle Olsson (SWE, Honda), +0:21.004; 7. Anton Lundgren
(SWE, KTM), +0:36.583; 8. Tomasz Wysocki (POL, KTM), +0:46.399; 9. Andriy
Burenko (UKR, Suzuki), +0:50.165; 10. Henri Giraud (FRAB, KTM), +0:52.756;
After the final calculation of MXoEN team points, Team France tops the podium
with riders, forcing last year’s winning nation, Team Italy, to settle for
second followed by Team Sweden in third.
2013 MXoEN top ten Classification: 1. France (34pt); 2. Italy (34pt); 3.
Sweden (45pt); 4. Belgium (65pt); 5. Czech Republic (71pt); 6. France B (83pt);
7. Slovenia (88pt); 8. The Netherlands (90pt); 9. Ukraine (107pt); 10. France C
(125pt).
WOMEN MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS
Team France (Livia Lancelot and Justine Charroux) take the first ever Women’s
Motocross of European Nations victory with a dominant Livia Lancelot winning
two from two races and team mate Justine Charroux also putting in two strong
fourth place finishes, securing the overall all for Team France in front of
their home nation.
Team Germany stood proudly on the second step of the podium with both German
riders Stephanie Laier and Larissa Picoto consistently finishing two times
inside the top five.
Meanwhile Team Italy faced a day of ups and downs with Chiara Fontanesi taking
second place in the second race but unfortunately was disqualified in race one
for short cutting after a mistake put her off the track. While Fontanesi’s
disqualification was a big blow to Team Italy’s chances of claiming the WMXoEN
title, Francessca Nocera took home a fifth and an eighth place finish allowing
them enough points to secure third overall.
WMX Race 1 top ten: 1. Livia Lancelot (FRA, Kawasaki), 24:47.406; 2.
Stephanie Laier (GER, Kawasaki), +0:28.275; 3. larissa Picoto (GER, Suzuki),
+0:49.427; 4. Justine
Charroux (FRA, Yamaha), +1:06.633; 5. Francesca Nocera (ITA, Suzuki),
+1:19.727; 6. Marianne Veenstra (NED, KTM), +1:24.964; 7. Elien De
Winter (BEL, KTM), +1:29.947; 8. Sara Pettersson (SWE, KTM), +1:30.523; 9.
Joanna Miller (POL, KTM), +1:35.504; 10. Gabriela Seisdedos (ESP, Kawasaki)
WMX Race 2 top ten: 1. Livia Lancelot (FRA, Kawasaki), 24:42.322; 2.
Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:02.844; 3. Stephanie Laier (GER, Kawasaki),
+0:03.569; 4. Justine Charroux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:48.671; 5. larissa Picoto
(GER, Suzuki), +1:09.651; 6. Marianne Veenstra (NED, KTM), +1:14.308; 7. Joanna
Miller (POL, KTM), +1:20.974; 8. Francesca Nocera (ITA, Suzuki), +1:25.469; 9.
Sara Pettersson (SWE, KTM), +1:28.160; 10. Britt van der Wekken (NED, Honda)
2013 WMXoEN top ten Classification: 1. France (6pt); 2. Germany (8pt);
3. Italy (15pt); 4. Venezuela (20pt); 5. Belgium (22pt) 6. Sweden (30pt); 7.
France B (43pt); 8. Spain (48pt); 9. France C (49pt); 10. Luthuania (54pt)
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Photos of the whole event are available here
MXoEN and Women Motocross of Nations - QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1780m
Type of ground: hard pack
Temperature: 15° C
Weather conditions: cloudy
Crowd attendance: 5000
