Marc Bourgeois tops Trefle Lozerien Day One
By Press Release on 10th Jun 18
Yamahas Marc Bourgeois has set the pace on the opening day of racing at round three of the World Enduro Super Series Trefle Lozerien AMV in France.
Bourgeois led home a Yamaha-mounted French 1-2-3 with teammate Loic Larrieu placing second and Emmanuel Albepart ending day one of Frances most important Classic Enduro in third.
With 600 competitors confirmed for the 32nd edition of the Trefle Lozerien AMV, the three-day race began early this morning, Friday. A long day awaited riders with 200 kilometres of trails and five unique special tests to contest.
Despite some threatening rain clouds, the weather held strong and all were treated to a sunny day in the saddle.At the head of the field the action was hot and hectic from the off as Frances grass track specialists looked to establish dominance over the main WESS contenders.
On the opening test it was Bourgeois who jumped to the top of the rankings, setting the fastest time over Sherco Factory Racings Junior rider Theo Espinasse (FRA) and 2007 winner Emmanuel Albepart (Yamaha).
Following a crash on test one, Larrieu fought back to set the fastest time on stage two and then again on the fifth and final test of the day. But it wouldnt be enough to steal the opening day win away from his team manager.
Bourgeois, showing experience counts in these grassy conditions, backed his performance up with the fastest time in stage three to take a near six-second lead heading into day two.
Ending his day just one-second behind Larrieu, Albepart ensured the battle for the top three positions remains tight. Putting in one of the days most impressive performances, Espinasse was on top form to provisionally lead the Junior category with fourth outright.
Former world champion and 2015 Trefle Lozerien AMV winner Gas Gas Factory Racings Johnny Aubert (FRA) completes the top five.
Eighth overall at the end of day one and 20 seconds behind Bourgeois, Red Bull KTM Factory Racings Nathan Watson (GB) is currently the best placed WESS regular, while Josep Garcia (KTM - ESP) is 10th.
Ending day one 12 seconds behind Garcia, WESS championship leader Jonny Walker (KTM - GB) sits 11th.
Marc Bourgeois (Yamaha - FRA): Today was a great way to start the race. I think I surprised myself to end it as the fastest rider because I dont ride every day due to my commitments as a team manager.
However, experience can count a lot in these conditions and I knew what I was capable of and pushed to that limit. Weve two more days to go so Im not going to get too excited yet. With this being a WESS round there are so many great riders here and Im sure the speed will increase over the next few days.
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