Positions frozen in the lead

The night was cool with 7 degrees at 1:30 am, but the tension did not cool down in the pits … The five leading machines consolidated their positions while timid twists complicate the task of the pursuers.

Thanks to the night, the tension does not cool down in the pits … Dominique Meliand nevertheless keeps a cool head: "there is still a long way to go", believes the boss of SERT who sticks to a simple strategy:"try to hold on, not to move, we are not quite at the halfway point, we will see at that moment !"

The constant advance of the Suzuki n ° 1 over the Yamaha 94 of the GMT confirms it, but nothing is gained yet for the third place of the n ° 2…

At the start of the night, the Kawasaki n ° 11 is always on the lookout. Bad luck for the Honda n ° 5: a battery failure literally cutting off the ignition will force Philippe Dobe to reach the pits with a stroller from the Estoril curve, thus seeing all hope of a good ranking fly away….

Fall of the R1 n ° 41 of the Deletang team in the hands of Yan Lussiana, stunned, who brings the bike back to the pits after a medical examination. Fractured pelvis, Yan was admitted to hospital.

The Chevalier Sergeï was in the Deletang team’s stand at the time of the return to the stand of Yan Lussianna, who came from Groland to see a sponsor and incidentally "to take the temperature"within a team during an endurance race … The contact looks good with Deletang but fortunately, his faithful monk Marcus was there to hold him back because the Grolandaise majesty had the firm intention of replacing Yan Lussiana incognito hurt! "But it’s dark, no one will see me! I prick a leather, we take out the motorcycle and gaaazzz !"

At 2h37 the Yamaha n ° 33 of Decibels Endurance returns to the pits because a light has come on … Temperature? Pressure? She started again but stopped a few laps later for the same reason. This time, the mechanics open the radiator to check the cooling circuit.

The first 5 places remain fixed at halfway but the night continues its devastation: Suzuki n ° 7 falls at 3:05 am and retires…

A little later, the abandonment of the crew of the R1 n ° 99 of Biker’s Days Acropolis gave free rein to the Suzuki n ° 72 of the Junior Team which placed comfortably at the head of the Stocksports in front of the Yamaha n ° 57 of the team. Moto LTG. The 72 climbs in the scratch classification to finally reach 6th place at dawn…

Eric MICHEL and Marcus HIMSELF

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