MOTOCROSS
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS
SEPTEMBER 26-27, 2015
ERNEE CIRCUIT / ERNEE, FRANCE
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the perfect representation of
just how close these two na-
tions were, when after three long
motos, filled with intense battles,
they were separated by just one
tiny second. Of course none
of the ecstatic French crowd
cared too much about that, as
they, once again, fired up their
various noise-making devices,
and headed over to the podium
to catch sight of their heroes re-
ceiving the Chamberlain Trophy.
"Today was my favorite type
of racing," Barcia said. "It was
aggressive and clean, and I like
nervous crowd knowing that if he
passed Paulin in front of him, the
Chamberlain Trophy would be
heading back across the Atlan-
tic. The gap was too big though,
and Paulin crossed the line first,
cueing amazing celebrations
both on and off the track. As
the riders hugged each other,
popping champagne, security
whisked them off to the podium
just before the swarming masses
reached them.
The official margin of vic-
tory was two points, but actu-
ally it was even closer than that
because Webb was just one
second behind Paulin at the
checkered flag. It was almost
were on the move, knocking
off positions and closing in on
the vulnerable Paulin. It was the
rookie, Webb, who was actually
the faster of the two, passing
Barcia who was quite happy
to let the youngster attack at
his own pace. Moments after
though, Webb stalled his bike,
wasting what turned out to be
a crucial couple of seconds as
he kick-started it back to life.
Barcia still continued to charge
and eventually made it up to
third, passing Paulin and Evengy
Bobryshev and closing right up
on a resurgent Ben Townley.
Webb tried his hardest to make
up for that minor error, with the
Marvin Musquin played a big role in
Team France's victory.
