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washed out a front wheel; luckily,
I didn't lose too much time and
again managed to close it back
down to Romain. We had a bit of
bar-banging with the pass, but
I knew on this track you had to
make a statement."
In MX2, the crowd got to see
one of its own come away a win-
ner. Red Bull KTM's Tom Vialle
won both MX2 motos to take
the overall victory, while another
Frenchman, Maxime Renaux,
kept the crowd entertained by
coming up through the pack in
both motos.
The Yamaha rider, Renaux,
ended up going 4-2 for his effort,
but it wasn't enough to beat Red
Bull KTM's Mattia Guadagnini
of Italy for second place, so the
Yamaha rider had to settle for
third overall.
Renaux, however, still enjoys
a comfortable lead over Belgian
Yamaha rider Jago Geerts (5-4,
fifth overall in France) in the MX2
Championship by a whopping 91
points. Guadagnini is third in the
championship, just four points
behind Geerts. Despite having
the most wins in the class, Vialle
still sits fourth in the champion-
ship, 21 points behind Guadag-
nini.
"A really nice day," said winner
Vialle. "It's the first time I've won
the French GP and it's amazing
to ride in front of the public. Last
year we didn't have many fans
at the races, so this was very
nice. I had a bit more pressure
than a 'normal' GP today, but I
managed to do good. The starts
were really important. The track
was sketchy, and I don't think
this was my best GP in terms of
riding, but I'm really happy to win
both motos again."
CN
MXGP
1. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 2-1
2. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 1-2
3. Tim Gajser (Hon) 6-3
4. Jeremy Seewer (Yam) 3-6
5. Tony Cairoli (KTM) 5-4
MX2
1. Tom Vialle (KTM) 1-1
2. Mattia Guadagnini (KTM) 2-3
3. Maxime Renaux (Yam) 4-2
4. Jed Beaton (Hus) 3-6
5. Jago Geerts (Yam) 5-4
Frenchman Tom Vialle swept the MX2
class in front of his home crowd.
