The 2017 FIAT Professional MXGP of France started with the second races of European Championship EMX250 and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing. Once both races results were tallied Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s Mathys Boisrame and Creymert Racing’s Kevin Horgmo (photo2) were the best European Championship riders.
EMSX250
In what started as a field of 77 EMX250 riders (photo1) ended up with one winner, Frenchman Mathys Boisrame. Boisrame shined in front of his home crowd when he led every lap of race one on his way to the win.
The #172 almost did the same in race two but was denied by his Honda Redmoto teammate Alberto Forato. Forato passed Boisrame on the very last lap to take the race 2 win after starting in eighth and working his way forward. Forato’s 12th in race one and win in race 2 put him 3rd overall.
Splitting the two Hondas was Sakhar Racing KTM’s Jago Geerts who went 2nd in race 1 after he made passes from 5th. In race 2 he battled up front again but unlike race one he started 2nd but then would drop a position to Forato on the last lap and finish 3rd.
Team VHR’s Pierre Goupillon had a great start in race 1 and held second for 5 laps when on the 6th he was passed by Geerts. Race 2 he was 7th on lap 1 then made his way up one spot before dropping and eventually finishing 10th earning him 4th overall.
EMX125
Creymert Racing’s Kevin Horgmo is one of the 71 riders who entered the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing class during the FIAT Professional MXGP of France but he is the only one to stand atop the podium. Horgmo started Race 1 strong but soon fell out of the lead. In an impressive and unlikely fashion Horgmo came back from his fall to win race 1 and he then followed it up with a second in race 2 to earn the overall, his first ever.
Italian Gianluca Facchetti made a mistake in race one as well but would instead finish third. Fachetti rebounded in race 2 though as he worked his way from fourth and on lap 5 into the lead where he finished out the race. However the 3-1 wasn’t enough to beat out Horgmo’s 1-2.
BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Brian Strubhart Moreau had the points lead coming into his home race in France and he will leave with it also. With 3rd overall from 5-3 results he is only 10 points ahead of Horgmo with 128 points vs. Horgmo’s 118.
Another French rider, Tom Guyon put his #270 TM in fourth overall after having consistent finishes, a 7th and a 6th. Following Guyon and taking the final top five spot was Andrea Zanotti who finished 6th and 10th.
Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/359
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