With a total of nine events ‰ÛÒ and fourteen racing nights ‰ÛÒ and
110000 spectators from Lavaur (first round in June) to Grenoble (last round in December), Jean Luc and Thierry Fouchet reached
their goal and built a serious SX series. Some French kids ‰ÛÒ such as Benjamin Coisy, Fabien Izoird or the Pourcel brothers ‰ÛÒ
improved their SX level in this series and will probably get many other trophies in the future.
Crowned champion in the 125 class before this last round, Benjamin Coisy ‰ÛÒ who will move to the US in two weeks and race the
125 West Coast Championship ‰ÛÒ was unlucky during the first night, as he broke his rear brake in the main event and was forced
to retire.
Fabien Izoird won the main, followed by Christophe Pourcel who lost time with a poor start ‰ÛÒ he was using a 125 against 250 four
stroke ‰ÛÒ and a crash‰Û_. Coisy took his revenge on Saturday, winning the last main event of the season; he got another holeshot
and led the race, but just behind him Izoird never gave up and finished only four seconds behind him. Third was Pourcel, who
made a mistake in the whoops section and lost too much time to contest the win to Coisy‰Û_ Despite the fact that he missed the
beginning of the series Christophe finished third in the standings, behind Benjamin Coisy and Fabien Izoird.
In the Open class Pascal Leuret secured the title during the first night; he got the holeshot and led the entire race,
followed by Alexandre Rouis and Cyrille Coulon now racing on a Suzuki. Stephan Demartis lost his last chances to be crowned
with a fifth position behind Spaniard Manuel Rivas. On Saturday Leuret ended the season with another win, leading the race from
the first to the last corner. Coulon got another podium; second in the first lap and then third after a mistake, he finally
passed Pierrick Paget ( now racing for Yamaha France) in the penultimate lap; fourth was Manuel Rivas and fifth Alexandre Rouis.
Only eleventh, Stephan Demartis was unlucky; he broke his handle bar during his qualifying race, had a bad position on the grid
and made a mistake during the main event. He finishes the SX Tour in second behind Leuret; third was Rouis.
Main Photo:
Open Class: Pascal Leuret (champion) in the middle, Stephan Demartis
(second) on the left and Alexandre Rouis (third) on the right, with Thierry and Jean Luc Fouchet (promotors of the series)
Photo Credit: Mediacross
125 Class
First night:
1.Fabien Izoird (FRA, KTM)
2. Christophe Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki)
3. Julien Mercadier (FRA, Yamaha)
4. Mickael Ferry (SWI, Yamaha)
5. Brice Izzo (FRA, Yamaha)
6. Khounsith Vongsana (FRA, Kawasaki)
7. Ars̬ne Torres (FRA, Honda)
8. Matt̩o Bonini (ITA, Honda)
9. Lukas Weil (GBR; Honda)
10. Angelo Pellegrini (ITA, Suzuki)
Saturday Night
1.Benjamin Coisy (FRA, Honda)
2. Izoird
3. Pourcel
4. Mercadier
5. Bonini
6. Ferry
7. Vongsana
8. Loic Rombaut (FRA, Kawasaki)
9. Timothy Roux (FRA, Yamaha)
10. Torres
Final Standings
SX Tour 125 (including foreigners)
1.Coisy, 308 pts
2. Izoird, 215
3. C.Pourcel, 172
4. Renet (FRA, Yamaha),136
5. Lesage (FRA, Yamaha), 127
Final Standings French Championship:
1.Coisy, 310 pts
2. Izoird, 218
3. C.Pourcel 177;
4. Renet, 142
5. Mercadier, 137
Open Class.
Friday Night:
1.Pascal Leuret (FRA, Honda)
2. Alexandre Rouis (FRA, Yamaha)
3. Cyrille Coulon (FRA, Suzuki)
4. Manuel Rivas (SPA, Honda)
5. Stephan Demartis (FRA, Yamaha)
6. Pierrick Paget (FRA, Yamaha)
7. Frederic Vialle (FRA, Yamaha)
8. Tony Begue (FRA, Yamaha)
9. Julien Vanni (FRA, Honda)
10. Cedric Mannevy (FRA, Yamaha)
Saturday Night:
1.Leuret
2. Coulon
3. Paget
4. Rivas
5. Rouis
6. Mannevy
7. Vialle
8. Vanni
9. Begue
10. Jer̫me Hemery (FRA, Kawasaki)
Final Standings SX Tour (including foreigners):
1.Leuret, 279 pts
2. Demartis, 223
3. Rouis, 181
4. Coulon, 156
5. Paget, 135
Final Standings French Championship:
1.Leuret 305 pts
2. Demartis, 247
3. Rouis, 225
4. Coulon, 180;
5. Begue, 120
