in resurgent form at the start of
the first WorldSSP race of the
weekend. His luck would run out
in the races, however.
Lorenzo Baldassarri (Evan
Bros Yamaha) scored his third
straight win in WorldSSP by
holding off another Yamaha rider
Glenn van Straalen (EAB) in
race one, after what were a final
12 laps of often tough action in
the front. Championship leader
Dominique Aegerter (Ten Kate
Yamaha) was eventually third but
was down the order for some
time.
The Kawasaki Puccetti Rac-
ing duo of Can Oncu and Yari
Montella were fourth and fifth,
respectively, in a red-flagged
race that saw Bahatthin Sofuoglu
(MV Agusta Reparto Corse) and
Kyle Smith (VFT Yamaha) collide.
Sofuoglu lay prone trackside,
bringing out the red flags and
the race being called, with full
points, after 12 laps.
One-time convincing leader
Caricasulo had sudden a techni-
cal issue while leading and had
to retire.
Niki Tuuli (MV Agusta Reparto
Corse) was sixth and best MV
Agusta rider.
Aegerter was well down the
early Race Two order but he
would come back to win in bi-
zarre circumstances. First, early
leader Caricasulo was passed by
Baldassarri, and then the Ducati
man ran off and crashed when
he tried to get back to the front
under braking.
Then, with Aegerter showing
amazing powers of recovery to
get ahead of Baldassarri to lead,
a final-lap showdown beckoned.
"Balda" tried to cut back inside
Aegerter on the brakes at turn
13, but only succeeded in losing
the front. He got going again to
finish fifth.
Aegerter took an unlikely clear
win, with determined hometown
hero Jules Cluzel (GMT 94)
second and Bulega third. An-
other home rider Valentin Debise
(GMT94) placed fourth, celebrat-
ing like it was a win.
Oncu took sixth place with a
completely loose and broken
seat unit after he was rammed
from behind.
From a narrowing gap to an
extended one again, Aegerter
leads Balda by 19 points, 286-
287. Bulega is third with 168.
Gordon Ritchie
WorldSBK
Race One
1. Alvaro Bautista (Duc)
2. Scott Redding (BMW)
3. Axel Bassani (Duc)
4. Alex Lowes (Kaw)
5. Garrett Gerloff (Yam)
Superpole
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yam)
2. Alvaro Bautista (Duc)
3. Jonathan Rea (Kaw)
4. Alex Lowes (Kaw)
5. Scott Redding (BMW)
Race Two
1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yam)
2. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Duc)
3. Axel Bassani (Duc)
4. Alex Lowes (Kaw)
5. Scott Redding (BMW)
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Dominque Aegerter leads home hero Jules Cluzel in race two. Cluzel used
the weekend to announce his retirement at the end of the season.
