Tomac King of Paris-Lille
By Team TMX on 17th Nov 14
American Eli Tomac will probably remember forever his first visit in North of France, as he won everything at the Paris-Lille Supercross to become the first 'King of Paris-Lille'. The Americans dominated the event as Justin Barcia and Malcom Stewart finished second and third, giving the U.S. riders a clean sweep of the podium.
Riders and spectators alike showed enthusiasm for the new venue, as the Paris-Bercy Supercross moved to Lille while Bercy is renovated. And 43,000 spectators came to the Pierre Mauroy Stadium to watch some of the World's best SX riders in action.
Eli Tomac had a lot of fun on the bigger track, riding his factory 450 Honda shipped from US. Tomac was the fastest rider in all the practice sessions, took the Superpole and then winner of all the races – to say he dominated his rivals is an understatement.
Justin Barcia was much stronger on Sunday than on Saturday - beating Malcom Stewart to finish runner up behind Tomac. The French riders were unable to race for a win with veteran supercross rider Fabien Izoird putting in a good show to take fourth-place overall, between Stewart, Josh Hill and Weston Peick.
French pilot Christophe Pourcel took a second-place in the first race on Saturday, but wasn't so strong on Sunday after a crash. Dylan Ferrandis was the hero of the fans on Sunday, as he came back in the last race from last-place to fourth! This last race was not the best one for Jordi Tixier, who was unable to enter after his bike failed to start.
Dominating the SX2 class, Maxime Desprey won the four SX2 races of the weekend for his comeback to Supercross. Second is Thomas Do, and third was young British ace, Ben Watson.
King of Paris Lille: 1.Tomac (USA, Honda), 4 pts ; 2.Barcia (USA, Yamaha), 15 ; 3.Stewart (USA, Honda), 16 ; 4.Izoird (FRA, Honda), 26 ; 5.Hill (USA, Kawasaki), 28 ; 6.Peick (USA, Yamaha), 28 ; 7.Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), 28 ; 8.Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), 29 ; 9.Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), 35 ; 10.Soubeyras (FRA, Kawasaki), 35
Classification inter nations: 1.USA, 13 pts ; 2.France, 39 pts Prince of Paris Lille: 1.Desprey (Kawasaki), 4 pts ; 2.Do (Honda), 9 ; 3.Watson (GBR, KTM), 18 ; 4.Sallefranque (Honda), 18 ; 5.Fegli (Kawasaki), 24 ; 6.Aubin (Suzuki), 25 ; 7.Irsuti (Yamaha), 26 ; 8.Roptin (KTM), 33 ; 9.Lozzi (Kawasaki), 37 ; 10.Marronne (Suzuki), 39
