Musquin Sweeps Paris Supercross
T
he Paris Supercross returned during the off-season
schedule, and a host of heavy hitters made the trek to
compete in France for the Parisian Supercross crown. After
six main events, having three-moto formats for the SX1 and
SX2 classes, it was Marvin Musquin and Kyle Peters earning
the respective King and Prince of Paris crowns.
The Paris promoters pulled out all the stops this year as the
race was headlined by fan-favorites, including Chad Reed,
Antonio Cairoli and Romain Febvre. A handful of other Ameri-
can notables lined up as well, including overseas veteran
Justin Brayton, Justin Bogle, Alex Martin, Josh Hill and Ryan
Sipes. The SX2 class featured newly crowned MX2 World
Champion Maxime Renaux, along with AMA Arenacross
Champion Kyle Peters and AMA privateer Kevin Moranz.
This year's course featured a fast layout, and interestingly,
did not include a whoop section. Racing was close which
pleased the sold-out crowd inside Paris la Defense Arena.
Musquin put on a clinic in front of his home fans, leading
every lap of in all three main events. Musquin went unde-
IN
THE
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The Paris
Supercross returned
with a one-night
affair with three
main events.
PHOTO:
STEPHAN LEGRANDE
Musquin (25), Romain Febvre (3),
Brayton (10), Chad Reed (22) and
Antonio Cairoli (22) fight for the
holeshot.
PHOTO: P. HAUDIQUERT