but the first race wasn't so easy.
I couldn't get that comfortable
because it was slippery, and the
second one was way better. The
fans were amazing. We came
here to win and we did it."
Renaux claimed a race win
and the individual MX Open
overall victory. The Yamaha rider
stalked the early leader in race
two and managed to take over
the highest-placing MX2 rider.
He improved on that in race
three, MX2 and MX Open, taking
second overall and first 250.
Vialle certainly felt at home in
front of the French fans.
"I had a great weekend, and I
was happy to be back," said the
two-time MX2 World Champion,
Vialle. "Ernee is a track I really
like. I won the qualifying race,
locked up the day's win. Febvre
has now been part of four win
-
ning French teams (2015-2017
and 2023).
Vialle played his part in the
French trio as he piloted his
KTM 250 SX-F to the MX2 over-
all win. The KTM rider who now
races the American Supercross
and Motocross circuits, finished
eighth in race one, making him
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TRIUMPH LAUNCH
On Saturday evening, Triumph
unveiled its new 250cc moto-
cross bike, the TX250F. This
marked the first reveal of the bike
with full Monster Energy Team
Graphics and allowed spectators
to view the machine up close.
The Monster Energy Triumph
Factory Racing Team is set to
contest in the MX2 and AMA 250
series in 2024.
2024 MXoN
On Saturday morning, promoters
announced the 2024 Edition of the
Monster Energy FIM Motocross of
Nations is set to be held in Matter-
ley Basin, Great Britain. The venue
has hosted previously in 2006
with the victory of Team USA and
more recently in 2017 when Team
France won its fourth consecutive
Motocross of Nations.
Briefly...
France's Romain Febvre (4)
battled Spain's Jorge Prado for
the win in race one.
