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then grabbed the holeshot in
the SX1 Finale (main event) and
was never headed. Wilson's
teammate Zach Osborne kept
Musquin honest throughout the
main event on his way to sec-
ond place on his 450 (which
he won't be racing full-time in
the U.S. until outdoors in May),
while Wilson was third and Seely
was fourth, after recovering from
a first-turn fall. Behind them
came a slew of fast Frenchman,
with Cedric Soubeyras, Fabien
Izoird, Jordi Tixier, Thomas
Ramette, Xavier Boog, Nicolas
Aubin, and Charles Lefrancois
rounding out the top 11. Geico
Honda's RJ Hampshire was 12th.
On night two, Superpole win-
ner Musquin managed to win the
first Sprint race over Osborne,
Wilson and Seely, but Seely took
Musquin down in the second
Sprint race after a race-long
battle between the two.
However, once again, in the
SX Finale, Musquin got the
holeshot, and although Seely
pressured him early, Musquin
eventually pulled away to a
comfortable margin and took
the win over Seely, Wilson
and Osborne, who had a ter-
rible start in the last race of the
weekend. Fifth on night two
went to Geico Honda's Jeremy
Martin, who injured his wrist and
had to sit out the first night, but
improved steadily on night two
with a finish outside the top 10
in the first Sprint, ninth in the
second Sprint, and then fifth in
the finale.
For the second year in a row,
Musquin was officially crowned
the King of Paris, with Seely and
Wilson rounding out the podium.
Osborne finished just off the
podium in fourth overall.
In the Team Classification,
which pits France against the
USA, France took the victory
with 102 points to the USA's
116. And in the Prince of Paris
competition (the 250cc class),
Suzuki-mounted Yannis Irsuti
took the crown with a 1-3 score
on the two nights, with Thomas
Do (Honda, 2-2) finishing sec-
ond overall and American Tyler
Bowers (Kawasaki, 4-1) taking
third.
Steve Cox
OVERALL
1. Marvin Musquin (KTM)
2. Cole Seely (Hon)
3. Dean Wilson (Hus)
4. Zach Osborne (Hus)
5. Cedric Soubeyras (Suz)
6. Fabien Izoird (Hon)
7. Jordi Tixier (KTM)
8. RJ Hampshire (Hon)
9. Nicolas Aubin (Suz)
10. Adrien Escoffier (Hus)
Dean Wilson
continues
to impress,
tying Seely on
points.
Tyler Bowers
won the
second night
in SX2.
