FEBVRE FIGHTS FOR ST. JEAN D'ANGELY WIN
T
he MXGP class just keeps
getting better and better, and
while its now looking tough for
Red Bull KTM's Antonio Cairoli to
win his ninth world title, the battle
between Yamaha's Romain Feb-
vre and Honda rider Tim Gajser
is making awesome viewing, as
was the case at round 10 of the
FIM Motocross World Champi-
onship in Saint Jean D'Angely,
France, June 4-5.
In the first race, Gajser swiftly
moved into third behind Cai-
roli and Febvre and we had all
the makings of a classic race.
Unfortunately the eight-time
champ doesn't seem to be able
to match the raw speed of his
young challengers and soon
Gajser made a move on Cairoli
before setting his sights on Feb-
vre. It wasn't long before Febvre
fell by the wayside but rather
than crumble, this seemed to
inspire the Yamaha rider into ac-
tion and he began tracking what
the Honda rookie was doing.
As time ran out, it was down to
the last corner of the last lap as
Febvre dove up the inside. All he
needed was a bit of traction and
the win was his, however, his
rear tire spun out and he fin-
ished second by 0.6 seconds.
Race two was almost a
reverse of the first as it was
Gajser who got the early lead,
with Febvre slipping in behind
him. It was disaster for Cairoli,
though, as he ended up at the
bottom of the first-turn pileup
and could only come back to
seventh. Meanwhile, up front,
it was Febvre who made a move
on Gajser, again, sending the
locals into rapture. However just
as Febvre stalked Gajser, now
it was Gajser's turn. But unlike
race one, he was never really
able to mount a serious chal-
lenge and eventually allowed
Febvre to cruise to an important
win. Evgeny Bobryshev didn't
IN
THE
WIND
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Romain Febvre kept his championship hopes alive
with a hard-fought win in his home country.
