Webb, Vialle
Crowned
at Paris
Supercross
T
he 40th running of the Paris
Supercross took place over
the November 16-17 weekend
inside La Defense Arena in Paris,
France, the same stadium that
held the Summer Olympics just
a few months ago. In front of a
sold-out crowd, Cooper Webb and
Tom Vialle earned the crowns of
the King and Prince of Paris.
SX1
Jett Lawrence entered the arena
as the defending champion and
sported the red number-one
plate. The Australian came out
swinging on Saturday with the
fastest lap in the Superpole
qualifier, thanks to a massive
quad line in the main rhythm sec-
tion. He proceeded to dominate
the opening race of the night
and took the win in main one
with ease. Race two looked like
another Lawrence repeat, but
the Honda rider tangled with a
lapped rider with one minute left
on the clock. The fall damaged
his bike and forced him out of
the race with a DNF. This incident
proved crucial, as Cooper Webb
passed for the lead and took
the win in the second race. The
American rider and former AMA
Champion had his hands full
with fellow American Malcolm
Stewart, as the two stayed close
for most of the three mains.
Lawrence later rebounded
and won the final main of the
night but finished fifth on the
night with 1-13-1 scores. Webb's
consistency (3-1-2) saw him tie
in points with Stewart (2-2-3), but
the tiebreaker went to Webb due
to his second-moto win.
France's own Dylan Ferrandis
earned a trio of fourth-place
finishes to round out the podium
in third.
Sunday's night two was all Law
-
rence. The defending champ knew
he needed to make up ground on
Webb and Stewart in the overall
rankings and did what he could by
sweeping all three gate drops.
Webb didn't make things
easy, as he put up a fight in the
opening laps. The Yamaha rider
managed his points gap with 2-2-
3 finishes, putting two markers
between himself and Stewart by
the end of the night and earning
WIND
IN THE
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Cooper Webb was the overall
winner of the Paris Supercross
and was crowned King of Paris.
Cooper Webb, Malcolm Stewart and Jett Lawrence made up the SX1 podium.
