for grabs in the final rounds, he
could do it, as he currently has
470.
"To go 1-1 this weekend, with
the world championship, it is the
perfect weekend," he stated on
Sunday. "I will remember this
forever."
Davies' injured right arm was
giving him grief at Magny Cours.
His bike was not the package he
needed it to be to take anything
more than a battling second-
place hold-up of Rea in race two,
for half the race at least.
Fourth on Saturday was an-
other important result for Davies,
as with the championship fight
now definitely over, he has to
try to hang onto second place
overall, through Argentina and
finally Qatar.
He battled hard in race one,
on a less cooperative bike than
Sunday's, and finished fifth.
Importantly he was two places
ahead of Michael van der Mark
(Pata Yamaha WorldSBK) on
Saturday and one podium place
ahead of him on Sunday.
Rea, Davies and van der Mark
made up the race-two podium,
with Rea, Sykes and a resurgent
top independent rider, Xavi Fores
(Barni Racing) the race-one trio.
In the championship fight, with
Rea untouchable now, the new
world champion has 470 points,
Davies has 335, van der Mark
309, Sykes 273 and Melandri
250.
WorldSSP
Jules Cluzel (NRT Yamaha) was
taken out of proceedings last
race weekend in Portugal by
Sandro Cortese (Kallio Racing
Yamaha) but this weekend, in
front of a partisan French crowd,
Cluzel won by 1.7 seconds, after
IN
THE
WIND
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Markus Reiterberger will be the last
person to win a Stock1000 title, as
the championship closes down.
