Among more than ten favourites for final victory, Suzuki Endurance Racing Team made a nearly trouble-free race and won the 74th Bol d‰ÛªOr, The fourth and penultimate round of the 2010 Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship, with a fourteen laps gap.
Vincent Philippe, Guillaume Dietrich and Freddy Foray were battling against the Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone all night long before opening the gap early in the morning.
The best private teams did not miss the opportunity to put in a great result as most of the favourites and official teams had more difficulties than expected.
The Kawasaki Bolliger Team Switzerland of Horst Saiger, Patric Muff and Roman Stamm finished in second place, fourteen laps behind the SERT. Bolliger therefore keeps the provisional Qtel FIM Endurance World Championship leadership, with a nine points advantage over the SERT.
The Yamaha Folch Endurance ridden by Jordi Almeida, Pedro Vallcaneras and Jose Manuel Luis Rita took the third place only one lap behind the Kawasaki Bolliger.
The Suzuki RAC 41 City Bike is still doing great (4th at 2009 Bol d‰ÛªOr and 3rd at the 24 Hours of Le Mans). Gregg Black, Olivier Depoorter and Mathieu Gines finished fourth ahead of Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone, who lost some time after a crash in the morning. The Yamaha 94, who arrived at Bol d‰ÛªOr with new Michelin tyres after having started the season with some Bridgestone, has proven once again the value of its team and its riders, David Checa, Kenny Foray and Greg Junod.
In the EWC class, the Yamaha BK Maco Moto and the Suzuki RT Moto Virus finished in sixth and seventh position (but ninth and tenth overall). BK Maco Moto scored the first points of the season and RT Moto Virus is moving up to the provisional championship third place.
Hence, they were outdistanced under the chequered flag by two Superstock machines. Sixth overall, the Yamaha Biker‰Ûªs Day of Gregory FastrÌ©, Raymond Schouten and Marc Fisette took the class victory after a very regular race.
They managed to hold back the Yamaha LTG 57 of Kevin Denis, Bastien Mackels and David Perret, who finished eighth and second Superstock bike. Biker‰Ûªs Day managed to put some pressure over the Team X-One, who were promised a class victory before they crashed. Unfortunately, gremlins did not help the Italian Yamaha X-One as their engine broke down in the antepenultimate lap. The third Superstock position went to the Suzuki Endurance Moto 45 of FrÌ©dÌ©ric Bernon, Julien Diguet and Alexandre Lagrive, who stayed in an ambush all race long.
In the Open class, the Metiss JLC and its double triangle front end proved its track efficiency. The Metiss finished in seventh place and only Open machine classified.
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