VOL. 51 ISSUE 46 NOVEMBER 18, 2014 P29
TOMAC CROWNED KING OF LILLE
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EICO Honda's Eli Tomac
dominated this year's Bercy
Supercross, which actually took
place at Lille, in the north of
France, due to renovations to the
traditional venue in Bercy. At the
end of two days of racing, Tomac
won everything he lined up for,
including the two main events,
continuing the control the Ameri-
cans have held over the event for
the last six years.
JGR/Toyota/Yamaha's Jus-
tin Barcia was second in both
mains, while Honda-mounted
Malcolm Stewart, who struggled
with arm-pump, finished third
overall, giving the Americans the
team win.
Despite the move to a new
venue, 43,000 spectators came
to the Pierre Mauroy Stadium to
watch.
This year's track was bigger
than the one held in the Bercy
Arena, and Tomac was able to
really open up his factory 450
Honda—which was shipped from
the U.S. Meanwhile, Barcia was
much stronger on Sunday after
making a few minor engine-set-
ting adjustments.
The top non-American rider
was Frenchman Fabien Izoird
who placed fourth overall ahead
of Josh Hill and Weston Peick.
Christophe Pourcel had strong
finishes on Saturday, with a sec-
ond in the first race, but a crash
on Sunday slowed the French-
man's pace.
Justin Brayton was the only
rider to lead a lap other than
Tomac, and the BTO Sports rid-
er led two laps of Sunday's main
before crashing out of conten-
tion. Brayton also finished sec-
ond in one of Saturday's races,
but dropped out of the top 10
overall with his DNF on Sunday.
Shan Moore
Eli Tomac
celebrated wins in
every way possible
at the 2014 Bercy
Supercross,
which took place
this year in Lille,
France.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
PASCAL
HAUDIQUERT
