ROAD RACE
FIM WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 11 / OCTOBER 2, 2016
CIRCUIT DE NEVERS MAGNY-COURS / MAGNY-COURS, FRANCE
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get a result even with Sofuoglu
out, to be the only rider after
Magny-Cours who could topple
the Turkish giant in this racing
class.
The Swiss former Moto2 run-
ner overcame his latest technical
woes from practice and finished
fifth, now heading to Jerez in
Spain with a 42-point deficit to
make up. CN
Race One
1. Chaz Davies (Duc)
2. Michael van der Mark (Hon)
3. Tom Sykes (Kaw)
the French crowd went wild.
Only half a second from the win,
Ayrton Badovini (Gemar Balloons
team Lorini Honda) put his CBR
on the podium.
Fourth was 17-years young
ESS rider—who only does the
European rounds in the class-
within-class—Axel Bassani (San
Carlo team Italia Kawasaki).
That made it four different bikes
inside the top four places.
In the championship fight,
such was Sofuoglu's pre-race
lead that his own teammate
Randy Krummenacher had to
It was a proper fight for the
win after Sofuoglu had gone out,
with Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta
Reparto Corse) finally winning
again after a tough year plagued
by bad luck and problems. He
had to give it all, as the Lausitz-
ring sensation, Finland's Niki
Tuuli (Kallio Racing Yamaha)
was back again, and leading
until the final lap when Cluzel
outfoxed and outpaced him. And
Karel Abraham and the
Milwaukee BMW finished with a
pair of lowly 16ths.
