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2011 FIM MX1 / MX2 World Motocross Championship
Round 05 St Jean d'Angely – France
Bobryshev Breaches Top Five At French MXGP |
In front of 32,000 spectators Steven Frossard
claimed the first MX1 victory of his career under
hot and bright conditions at St Jean D’Angely for
the Grand Prix of France. Honda World Motocross
Team’s Evgeny Bobryshev was the top CRF450R
runner at the fifth round of fifteen in the FIM
Motocross World Championship with a decent fifth
position across a rough and rutty track that offered varying degrees of grip.
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Evgeny Bobryshev |
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Evgeny Bobryshev |
The venue that will host the 65th Motocross of
Nations in September still welcomed a hefty
attendance with the French public enjoying the
intense breaks of sunshine. In spite of a violent
rain storm on Saturday night the French dirt was
reasonably dry, but pretty bumpy and caused the
Grand Prix elite to count the cost of their mistakes.
Bobryshev again led the four-rider Honda
collective in the premier class and sixth
position in the first race of 35 minutes and 2
laps was bettered by fifth place in the second
sprint. The Russian formation-flew with team-mate
Rui Goncalves in second and third spots for more
than half of the second moto and although the
heat caused the American GP ‘podiumee’ to tire in
the closing stages his consistent riding in the
mid top ten helped towards a decent points haul.
In sixth place overall was LS Honda’s Ken De
Dycker who recovered from a bad start in the
first moto to rally his way to fifth. The tall
Belgian was not quite as efficient in the second
outing and collected eighth, but the meeting was
still a positive step forward for the former GP winner.
Eighth position in the final ranking and the
third CRF450R in the top ten belonged to
Goncalves who experienced contrasting motos. A
glitch with his ‘starting device’ meant the
Portuguese had to dismount and reset the forks
only seconds before the launch of the first race
and disrupted his getaway. After a long trawl to
fourteenth, Goncalves chased Bobryshev in the
second affair and looked comfortable in the
leading pack. Finally he was able to take
advantage of the Russian’s fatigue on the last
lap and crossed the line in a creditable fourth.
After reaching the heights of second position for
a segment of the qualification heat, Shaun
Simpson did his best on Sunday for thirteenth and twelfth (thirteenth overall).
In MX2 Swian Zanoni was pushing back to fitness
after the hand injury sustained in the USA and
used the Grand Prix motos to record twenty-fourth
place on both occasions. A worthy mention must go
to Pulse DB Racing Honda’s Elliot Banks-Browne
who took the CRF250R to twelfth position overall.
A bright start and ninth place in the first moto
was the highlight of the Briton’s wild-card
appearance and represented the highest
classification for the motorcycle in the category this season.
In the world championship standings Bobryshev and
Goncalves are sixth and seventh with De Dycker in
twelfth and Simpson in fifteenth. Grands Prix in
Portugal (at Agueda) and Spain (La Bañeza) will
take place in the next two weeks as a busy period
of the calendar will keep the riders and team occupied until the end of July.
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Ken DeDycker |
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Rui Goncalves |
Evgeny Bobryshev (Honda World Motocross)
Race Result: 6th/5th Championship position: 6th
“Many times my second race is always better than
the first and I don’t know why. The track here
has always been very difficult for me; it is not
my kind of track. Those banked corners where I
cannot slide are very tricky. Many ruts with big
bumps. I had a good start in the first race but
could not really find my speed and I nearly had
the holeshot in the second and tried to stay with
Desalle. Near the end the sunshine got me. I was
sweating from everywhere and was counting down
the laps when Rui passed me. This is where I have
gained some experience and we must look forward now and do our best again.”
Rui Goncalves (Honda World Motocross)
Race Result: 14th/4th Championship position: 7th
“Two different races for me because of two
different starts. I messed the first moto up. My
fork clip went off just as the fifteen second
board went up. I had to jump off the bike and put
it back on and then there was just five seconds
so I couldn’t focus and missed the gate. It was
an awful start. I wasn’t feeling 100% with the
lines and not riding my best. I couldn’t do
better than fourteenth. The second race was
definitely different. I could ride the pace at
the front and when I’m there I can hold the
speed; it must seem like a different rider to you
guys! The track was not easy for passing, but I
still managed a move on Bobryshev on the last
lap. Fourth was OK and now the home GP is around the corner.”
Ken De Dycker (LS Honda Racing)
Race Result: 5th/8th Championship position: 12th
“I’m quite happy. The starts weren’t great, but I
felt much better than before out there. I passed
so many people and found a good rhythm, even if
the first race was better than the second. We
have improved the bike in the last week and
hopefully we can get closer to the front guys.”
Shaun Simpson (LS Honda Racing)
Race Result: 13th//12th Championship position: 15th
“I think yesterday my speed was OK and I showed
with a start I can be near the front, perhaps not
with the leaders, but certainly best of the rest.
The second moto was rough as hell, I was tired
and I didn’t really know what was happening I
wasn’t that much slower than Bobryshev, Rui and
Cairoli as I could see that I was holding the
distance to them. Two bad starts today. In the
first moto I was running in eighth and had some
pressure from behind. The track wasn’t easy, the
roost was pretty bad. I did the best I could as
always and there have been worse days so far. I
can build on this next week and then again for
Spain. I want to get in the top ten, then the top
eight and see if I can go further. If we can
improve the bike a bit more then I can get those
starts and prove what I’m capable of.”
Swian Zanoni (Honda Brazil)
Race Result: 24th/24th Championship position: -
“I haven’t ridden because of my hand injury and
on this track with the steep hills and jumps it
was hard going. I gave it my best out there and
I’m quite happy with how I felt in the motos.”
Roger Harvey, Off-road Manager, Honda Motor Europe:
“It was a good weekend for Honda and with the
schedule we set ourselves things are going more
or less to plan. It would have been great if
Evgeny and Rui could have finished second and
third like they were running in that second moto
but it was still a good enough set of results.
Ken De Dycker was also very combative in fighting
back from a bad start. It was good to see.”
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2011 FIM MX1 / MX2 World Motocross Championship
Round 05 France
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MX1 - Race 1 Result
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FROSSARD, STEVEN / FRA / Yamaha |
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CAIROLI, ANTONIO / ITA / KTM |
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PHILIPPAERTS, DAVID / ITA / Yamaha |
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BOOG, XAVIER / FRA / Kawasaki |
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DE DYCKER, KEN / BEL / Honda |
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BOBRYSHEV, EVGENY / RUS / Honda |
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NAGL, MAXIMILIAN / GER / KTM |
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TOWNLEY, BENJAMIN / NZL / Kawasaki |
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STRIJBOS, KEVIN / BEL / Suzuki |
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LEOK, TANEL / EST / TM |
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DESALLE, CLEMENT / BEL / Suzuki |
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RAMON, STEVE / BEL / Suzuki |
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SIMPSON, SHAUN / GBR / Honda |
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GONCALVES, RUI / POR / Honda |
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BARRAGAN, JONATHAN / ESP / Kawasaki |
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MX1 - Race 2 Result
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DESALLE, CLEMENT / BEL / Suzuki |
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FROSSARD, STEVEN / FRA / Yamaha |
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CAIROLI, ANTONIO / ITA / KTM |
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GONCALVES, RUI / POR / Honda |
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BOBRYSHEV, EVGENY / RUS / Honda |
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BARRAGAN, JONATHAN / ESP / Kawasaki |
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BOOG, XAVIER / FRA / Kawasaki |
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DE DYCKER, KEN / BEL / Honda |
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NAGL, MAXIMILIAN / GER / KT |
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LEOK, TANEL / EST / TM |
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STRIJBOS, KEVIN / BEL / Suzuki |
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SIMPSON, SHAUN / GBR / Honda |
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BOISSIERE, ANTHONY / FRA / Yamaha |
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ARANDA, GREGORY / FRA / Kawasaki |
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MONNI, MANUEL / ITA / Honda |
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MX2 - Race 1 Result
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ROCZEN, KEN / GER / KTM |
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PAULIN, GAUTIER / FRA / Yamaha |
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OSBORNE, ZACHARY / USA / Yamaha |
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SEARLE, TOMMY / GBR / Kawasaki |
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TONUS, ARNAUD / SUI / Yamaha |
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AUBIN, NICOLAS / FRA / KTM |
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HERLINGS, JEFFREY / NED / KTM |
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ROELANTS, JOEL / BEL / KTM |
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BANKS-BROWNE, ELLIOTT / GBR / Honda |
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KULLAS, HARRI / FIN / Yamaha |
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NICHOLLS, JAKE / GBR / KTM |
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TIXIER, JORDI / FRA / KTM |
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COLDENHOFF, GLENN / NED / Yamaha |
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BUTRON OLIVA, ANTONIO JOSE / ESP / KTM |
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RAUCHENECKER, PASCAL / AUT / KTM |
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MX2 - Race 2 Result
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SEARLE, TOMMY / GBR / Kawasaki |
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HERLINGS, JEFFREY / NED / KTM |
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OSBORNE, ZACHARY / USA / Yamaha |
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PAULIN, GAUTIER / FRA / Yamaha |
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AUBIN, NICOLAS / FRA / KTM |
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ANSTIE, MAX / GBR / Kawasaki |
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TONUS, ARNAUD / SUI / Yamaha |
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CHARLIER, CHRISTOPHE / FRA / Yamaha |
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KULLAS, HARRI / FIN / Yamaha |
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ROELANTS, JOEL / BEL / KTM |
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ROCZEN, KEN / GER / KTM |
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TRIEST, NICK / BEL / KTM |
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NICHOLLS, JAKE / GBR / KTM |
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LUPINO, ALESSANDRO / ITA / Husqvarna |
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COLDENHOFF, GLENN / NED / Yamaha |
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