Couprie and Parent Blaise to victory
By Dick Law on 16th Feb 07
RACING a 450 Yamaha, Blaise Parent and his partner Romain Couprie stormed to a convincing win at the weekend's Le Touquet Quaduro and in so doing successfully defended the title they won last year.
But it could have been all so different as British pairing Paul Winrow (pictured left) and Willie Waggott led for a long time in the first hour. However, once again mechanical problems robbed Winrow of the second win he wants so much.
LE TOUQUET QUADURO
Le Touquet, FRANCE
Top 20 finishers: 1 Blaise Parent/ Romain Couprie (F - Yamaha), 2 Vincent Pichon/ Gregory Lassaigne (F - Yamaha), 3 Matthieu Ternynck/ Clement Jay (F - Yamaha), 4 Pascal Rochereau/ Jean-Michel Gazon (F - Yamaha), 5 Jose Gomes (F - KTM), 6 Rimi Lemaire/ Raymond Haesaert (F - WTEC), 7 Axel Dutrie/ Cyril Debouck (F - Yamaha), 8 John Mitchell (GB - WTEC), 9 Yoann Hermant/ Anthony Hermant (F - Yamaha), 10 Michel Trannin (F - Yamaha), 11 Pierre Lenglet (F - Yamaha), 12 Julien Hartout/ Jerome Bricheux (F - Yamaha), 13 Wilmelmus Van Der Laan (NL - VLS), 14 Jerome Fournier/ Wtienne Legendre (F - Yamaha), 15 Guy Meertens/ Stephane Piron (B - Yamaha), 16 Jason MacBeth (GB - Honda), 17 Thimothee Hieff/ Phillippe Vanpavenaeyge (B - Yamaha), 18 Camille Haesaert (F - WTEC), 19 Benoit Liefooghe/ Antoine Liefooghe (F - Yamaha). 20 Benoit Liefooghe/ Antoine Liefooghe (F - Yamaha).
Other British finishers: 58 Stefan Murphy/ Paul Holmes (Honda),... 83 Paul Winrow/ Will Waggott (Honda),... 122 Andrew Stevens/ Craig Polden (Honda),... 140 Stewart Gubbins/ Chris Murphy (Yamaha),... 159 Andrew Bone (Yamaha),... 178 Nathan Stevens/ Neil Reid (Honda),... 205 Paul Taylor (Kawasaki),... 296 Clint Eagle/ Juergen Mohr (KTM),... 327 Chris Allen/ Chris Cook (Honda).
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, February 16, 2007