Published On: 13 augustus 2023
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DThe 43rd edition of the 12 Heures de la Chinelle, in Franchimont, ended this Sunday afternoon with the victory for the Sherco of Antoine Magain and his teammates Jeremy Sydow and Julien Roussaly.

Antoine Magain returned to the 12 Heures de la Chinelle this year with the aim of adding a second victory to his personal best after his first success in 2019. He took his Sherco factory teammates Jeremy Sydow and Julien Roussaly to the legendary endurance event. event. The trio got the job done with flying colors and it was a perfect weekend for the number 71 Sherco. He was the fastest rider on the timed laps, leading the race from start to finish and pulling away from the KTM of Dietger Damiaens, who was joined by Mattéo Puffet and the Frenchman Nicolas Dercourt.

Battery failure for the KTM No. 5 with Dietger Damiaens.

For a long time, Hugues Dedobbeleer's KTM n°5 was the only one able to benefit from the slightest slip by the leading Sherco, until a faulty battery at the start of the last hour forced him to withdraw, leaving the field completely open. lie in front of the Sherco of Magain. After the finish, the race management imposed a one-lap penalty on the team for driving outside the permitted zones, but this penalty had no effect on the final ranking.

A victory for the trio Derycke, Vausort and Steuve at the Nationals.

HotMotorbike's GasGas, with Gauthier Lillo, Lucas Adam and Benjamin Doneux, completed the podium. They finished 3 laps behind the leading Sherco, on the same lap as the KTM of Cédric Cremer, Tanguy Gabriel and Roel Geurts.

By midnight on Saturday, 84 teams had started on the esplanade in Franchimont.

Photos: Kristie Labie

The results

1 INT MAGAIN – SYDOW – ROUSSALY – 75  trs
2 INT DAMIAENS – PUFFET – DERCOURT – 74  trs
3 INT LILLO – ADAM – DONEUX – 72  trs
4 INT CREMER – GABRIEL – GEURTS- 72  trs
5 INT LOUIS – VUKCE – MARY – 71  trs
6 INT ROUGR – GLOVE – BRUISE – 68  trs
7 INT MINIQ – VANDE – MAYNE – 68  trs
8 GEN MEMBERS – DEBRO – BOTRO – 66  trs
9 INT GERVO – VOLRA – THE GOOD – 66  trs
10 NAT DERYC – VAUSO – STEUV – 64  trs
11 OPEN ROME - BIEVE - MAROI - 64  trs
12 NAT LAGAM – SERVA – DETAI – 64  trs
13 INT LEJEU – SCHAD – THEUN – 64  trs
14 INT FIORE – VANDE – BOUIL – 64  trs
15 NAT HIEFF – FAUCO – MORON – 63  trs
16 NAT VAN D – ERNOU – PAZDZ – 63  trs
17 NAT TRICO – JASPA – HORNS – 63  trs
18 NAT CHAMP – DUMON – FORDJ – 63  trs
19 NAT ROBER – ROBER – ROBER – 63  trs
20 NAT NARROW – RORIV – ALLEG – 62  trs
21 NAT GALAN – SENTE – DASCO – 62  trs
22 GEN DANSE – PHRASE – EVELE – DEPRE 62  trs
23 PLAY DE.TE – FAVRE – NAKAB – 61  trs
24 OPEN TAVER – NEIRY – VOETS – SCHUL 61  trs
25 OPEN ROELE - ROELE - DISMISSED - ALEXA 61  trs
26 GEN DESPO – HAVEL – LEMOI – HALLE 60  trs
27 OPEN DENIS – MOUTO – MOUTO – 60  trs
28 OPEN DETIN – PIERA – CAMUS – PIERA 60  trs
29 NAT CHARL – TURN – HOTTE – 60  trs
30 INT WALK - DRIVE - DOWN - 59  trs
31 OPEN FRANC – BEGAU – BOGER – COUSINS 58  trs
32 GEN ODY A – MARYN – MICHE – MARYN 58  trs
33 GEN BESAN – REMY – BRONZE – ANTHO 58  trs
34 NAT VERAC – CADET – ENGLE – 58  trs
35 NAT FOHAL – BRICH – ITTEL – 58  trs
36 OPEN VANCR – VAN C – NARROW – BRIDGE 57  trs
37 OPEN LEAD – LEAD – HILL – 57  trs
38 PLAY MEMBERS – BOGAE – BOTRO – 57  trs
39 OPEN GRAUX – LAERE – LEBRU – 57  trs
40 GEN CLAMPS – KINIF – VAN H – SPANISH 57  trs
41 NAT BARNY – BARNY – BARNY – 57  trs
42 INT BAUGN – BAUGN – BAUGN – 56  trs
43 PLAY WOOL - WOOL - JACQU - 56  trs
44 NAT CLARI - GODEA - CLAUD - 56  trs
45 OPEN HORN – AELAS – LELEU – 56  trs
46 OPEN TOMBU – RUTTE – ENGLE – LEBON 55  trs
47 OPEN WOOL - LAMB - DENIS - 55  trs
48 NAT LALOU – LEONA – DACHE – 55  trs
49 OPEN POULA – NEIRY – DUMON – 55  trs
50 OPEN BUSIN – PHILI – GREEN – 54  trs
51 NAT BRIGHT – GREAT – THOROUGH – 54  trs
52 OPEN GREEN – JACQU – PONSA – 54  trs
53 OPEN CHARL – LEVEQ – WILMA – 54  trs
54 NAT VANDE – RONVA – DUMON – 53  trs
55 OPEN GRAND – TONOL – MARCH – 53  trs
56 NAT LOCK - LOCK - LOCK - 53  trs
57 OPEN LANDS – DAUVI – MEMBERS – 52  trs
58 NAT BAES – BAES – SINGING – 52  trs
59 OPEN DEVER – MARTI – SIMON – 52  trs
60 OPEN ZIMME – BLOND – CATRA – BENON 52  trs
61 OPEN SAEYS – HOEBR – POULA – 51  trs
62 OPEN BOUTY – HERNO – DARVI – 51  trs
63 OPEN CHARN – WEAK – P?RIG – ANCH 50  trs
64 GEN BLAIS – LECLE – LAGRA – BELLE 50  trs
65 GEN JADIN – MIGLI – COLLI – BILLY 49  trs
66 PLAY PERSY – MEURI – PHRASE – 49  trs
67 OPEN OGER – OGER – GIERL – GIERL 48  trs
68 OPEN DUJAR – PIRON – DEGRA – 47  trs
69 OPEN STRUZ – VLEMI – VINE – COLLA 47  trs
70 GEN TOUSS – VIROU – MONJO – LIBER 46  trs
71 NAT YEARS – YEARS – YEARS – 45  trs
72 OPEN MAGIS – MAGIS – MASS – 45  trs
73 OPEN ARNOU – LEBOU – DENIS – 44  trs
74 NAT AERTS – COUTU – SAERE – 44  trs
75 OPEN SIBIL – GUEUR – PIROD – 41  trs
76 GEN SILENCE – LOUIS – KEFER – BIETL 40  trs
77 OPEN JACQU – JACQU – JACQU – 40  trs
78 INT LAMBI – DENIL – FONDU – 39  trs
79 GEN JANSS – MINET – PAS S – BENOI 24  trs
80 OPEN PERSON – PERSON – PAUWE – 21  trs
81 GEN DELAD – BERTI – DESCH – HUBER 18  trs
82 OPEN SOMETHING - SOMETHING - - 14  trs
83 GEN VAN D – ANSAR – – 13  trs
84 OPEN LAMBE – LAMBE – BLAIS – BIERL 12  trs