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IAbove) W inner Vladi~ir Kavinov leeds runner-up Neil Hudson.IAbove right! Guennady Moiseev finished third; still leads in the point standings. IBelow) Britain's Neil Hudson finished second. World Championship 250cc MXSeries· Round eight Kavinov hammers France By Jaek Burniele AHUN , FRANCE,jULY2 The French 250cc Motocross GP at Ahun wit nessed the return of KTM'sVladimir Kavino to his 1977 world title runner-up from. Th resilient little Russian chalked up two convincin wins on his way to overall top slot ahead of Britain's constantly improving Neil Hudson (Mai) and reigning champion Guen nady Moiseev. 10 .. . Thick dust enshrouded the steep. / rocky track and created dangerous riding conditions , contributing direc- , tly to the pile-ups which marred the first lap of each moto . The patriotic crowd erupted as Frenchman Daniel Pean (Ma i) sprang into an initial lead from Kavinov and Hudson. All three had escaped an horrific crash mid -way int o the first lap. Kavinov and Hudson charged past Pean at the end of lap two and simply rode away from their pursuers, relatively unhampered by the dust. Torleif Hansen (Kaw) and Moiseev completed the first lap lying seventh and eighth, but Hansen left the Russian and hustled through to fourth place behind Harry Everts (Bul ). Hansen crashed heavily trying to get on terms with the 1975 World Champion, who was himself sidelined with a rear tire puncture two laps later. Hakan Carlqvist (Hus) then pushed through impressively into third place, while Moiseev edged out the colorful :" ... ".':' .i . t .. t. ..~ : ~ . .... ~ ". . .. • • Torao Suzuki (Mon) on a fast downhill plunge, and passed Pean before setting out after the flying Swede. Carlqvist eventually relinquished third spot to the Russian on the half hour, and five minutes later was cruell forced out by a rear tire puncture. Kavinov had opened up 16 secon over Hudson at the fini sh , wit Mo isee v a further half m inu te i arrears , seven seconds ahead of th ga llant. Pean. West German Hans Maisch (Ma led mo to two from Kavinov , Eve and Hansen , but the big Swed crashed the Kawasaki in a narrow, stoney gully 300 yards after the star and brought almost the entire field t a complete halt. Raymond Boven (Mon) and Hanse retired on the spot, while the luckl Hooper , Dutch' Champion Arn Loday (Hus) , Carqvist and MaJiti restarted at the back. Everts moved int o second place an looked likely to threaten Maisch , bu fell on lap four. Hudson was foun and fended off Moiseev effectively u til he spun the Maico climbing a rock incline on to the finishing straight an dropped to eighth place. H;e re~~un ,