Bol d’Or – Bol d’Or 2012 – 3:00 p.m .: Kawasaki wins the Bol d’Or! –

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Bol d’Or 2012 – 3:00 p.m .: Kawasaki wins the Bol d’Or !

Bol d'Or - Bol d'Or 2012 - 3:00 p.m .: Kawasaki wins the Bol d'Or! -

Until the last moment, the 76th Bol d’Or this weekend at Magny-Cours was particularly difficult on the nerves! The Kawasaki n ° 11 gave everything to maintain its small minute lead and won with a master’s hand, with a flat front tire, ahead of the Suzuki GSX-R n ° 1 and the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART, which goes up ‘extreme accuracy …

Until the last moment, the 76th Bol d’Or this weekend at Magny-Cours was particularly difficult on the nerves! The Kawasaki n ° 11 gave everything to maintain its small minute lead and won with a master’s hand, with a flat front tire, ahead of the Suzuki GSX-R n ° 1 and the Yamaha n ° 7 of the YART, which goes up extreme accuracy on the third step at the expense of the Yamaha n ° 94 of the GMT !

The Greens, who had never won at Magny-Cours, return to victory at the Bol d’Or, which has not happened to them since 1997 !

At 13:25, the SERT had played one of its last cards by throwing Fabien Foret in pursuit of the "Green Diamond n ° 11", jealously guarded by Julien da Costa who was spinning like a ball in 1’45.794 despite the track conditions delicate.

A few minutes later, the leader of the Supersport world championship pulled straight into the gravel in Adelaide and started again without falling, but gave Julien da Costa the opportunity to increase the Kawasaki’s advantage by ten seconds to almost an hour from arrival.

On the Yamaha n ° 94, Christophe Guyot’s team did not have the leisure to "manage their podium" by driving around 1’50 with six laps behind the leaders, because the Yamaha had to be kept at a distance. n ° 7, fourth a lap later but which rose quickly: 30 minutes from the finish, David Checa was passed by Igor Jerman and curiously did not seem able to keep up with the pace imposed by the Slovenian rider.

In Superstock, the battle also raged until the last moment between the Kawasaki n ° 24 of 3D Endurance Moto Center which ended up winning masterfully in front of the BMW S1000RR n ° 13 and the Suzuki n ° 67 Starteam . The three motorcycles are respectively ranked 6th, 7th and 8th scratch ahead of the Honda n ° 77 TT Legends 9th.

At 13:45, Gregory Leblanc set off again on the handlebars of Kawasaki n ° 11 while Fabien Foret whipped the official GSX-R n ° 1 in 1’44.937 and that 30 laps later, Valentin Debise seemed to give him the answer by immediately lining up a lap in 1’44.569 !

One hour from the finish, Gregory Leblanc still did not let go and turned in 1’43.871, determined not to let the Suzuki fill its 55 seconds delay. !

Three quarters of an hour from the finish, a small downpour appeared in certain areas of the circuit, risking upset the crews’ route plans: the Kawasaki n ° 11 stopped quickly to put on rain tires and Julien da Costa would leave immediately !

At 2:22 pm, Fabien Foret was the victim of another straight ahead at the corner of Adelaide, obviously because of a dribbling problem. 34 minutes from the finish, he returned to the pit at 2:25 p.m. and let Anthony Delhalle start again after putting on an intermediate at the back… 

30 minutes from the finish, 5 short seconds separated the Yamaha n ° 94, third, from its Austrian colleague n ° 7 fourth … The Austrian R1 in the hands of Igor Jerman was turning 3 seconds faster than David Checa on the French: 1’44 against 1’47…

"We are a little disappointed but we were not unworthy", estimated Fabien Foret 20 minutes from the end of this Bol d’Or 2012, which the SERT team played almost entirely with two pilots…

Bol d’Or 2012 final classification

  1. 11 SRC KAWASAKI (EWC)
  2. 1 S.E.R.T. (EWC)
  3. 7 MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA (EWC)
  4. 94 YAMAHA – GMT 94 – MICHELIN (EWC)
  5. 4 YAMALUBE FOLCH ENDURANCE (EWC)
  6. 24 _3D ENDURANCE MOTO CENTER (SST)
  7. 13 PENZ13-KRAFTWERK-HERPIGNY (SST)
  8. 67 STARTEAM 67 (SST)
  9. 77 HONDA TT LEGENDS (EWC)
  10. 9 DGSPORT HEROCK (SST)
  11. 68 ATOMIC MOTOSPORT (SST)
  12. 18 TEAM 18 FIREFIGHTERS (EWC)
  13. 66 RACING TEAM SARAZIN (SST)
  14. 33 LOUIT MOTO 33 (SST)
  15. 211 DUNLOP MOTORS EVENTS (EWC)
  16. 2 TEAM R2CL (EWC)
  17. 15 SH TECHNOLOGY – SCRUBS (EWC)
  18. 76 MOTO AIN RACING TEAM (SST)
  19. 411 MCS RACING – IPONE (SST)
  20. 55 NATIONAL MOTORCYCLES (EWC)
  21. 37 SPACE MOTO (EWC)
  22. 6 APRILIA LE MANS 2 ROUES (SST)
  23. 333 VILTAÏS RACING DIVISION (SST)
  24. 50 MOTORS EVENTS AMT (SST)
  25. 75 LEMAN RACING (EWC)
  26. 81 BI-MECA RACING TEAM (SST)
  27. 34 _24 RACING + LESMOTARDS.COM (SST)
  28. 42 MAX AND YANN RACING TEAM (EWC)
  29. 114 ACTIVE SPORT MOTORCYCLES 14 (SST)
  30. 64 ACRO RACING TEAM (SST)
  31. 85 TEAM RACING 85 (SST)
  32. 63 AZ MOTO EXPERT (SST)
  33. 46 FLEMBBO DIJAMANT SERBIA (EWC)
  34. 60 TEAM RACING + OÜI FM (SST)
  35. 74 TEAM ACR 74 (SST)
  36. 224 YD RACGIN CG MOTOS (SST)
  37. 27 TRT 27 City Bike (EWC)
  38. 69 ECURIE CHRONO SPORT (SST)
  39. 38 TMS RACING (SST)
  40. 666 SRET 666 (EWC)
  41. 31 MOTORACINGPARTS ENDURANCE (SST)

Drop out

  • 8 BOLLIGER TEAM SWITZERLAND
  • 14 MACO RACING
  • 16 TEAM RAFFIN MOTORCYCLES
  • 20 TEAM FMA INSURANCE
  • 41 RAC 41 YAM AVENUE IPONE
  • 44 NO LIMITS MOTOR TEAM
  • 48 TSV VOLPKE BY SCHUBERT
  • 57 DL MOTO RACING
  • 65 MOTOBOX KREMER BY SHELL
  • 72 JUNIOR TEAM LMS SUZUKI
  • 84 TATI TEAM
  • 99 BMW MOTORRAD FRANCE THEVENT
  • 110 AM MOTO RACING COMPETITION
  • 141 RACING POS

THE MOTORCYCLE JOURNAL DU NET – Photos Julien PATALONE

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