Yentel Martens takes victory in the first match for the French sand championship!
The pilots descended on Berck-Sur-Mer for the first round of the “Championnat de France des courses sur sable”. The French championship, which seems to gain in interest and importance year after year, could count on a live broadcast on L'Equipe 21. But also on the participation of many well-known names such as Steve Ramon, Jeffrey Dewulf, Adrien van Beveren, Maxime Desprey , Axel van de Sande, Petar Petrov, Nathan Watson and many more…
At the start of the match we saw none other than the old faithful Steve Ramon taking the lead in the match. The multiple world champion and now almost 40-year-old Steve Ramon put a lot of effort into it. With this he quickly put the opposition at a relatively small but nice disadvantage. However, a minor fall turned the man from Jabeek's race upside down. Ramon, now on Yamaha and in Moose clothing, fell between the doubled riders, causing him to lose the rhythm and the lead.
That leadership fell into the hands of Yentel Martens. The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna pilot from the JM Racing stable clearly set the pace. At first, Nathan Watson seemed like he could pose a threat. However, this was not taken into account by the very tall man from Lommel who really fought a very strong race, threw himself at risk among the doubled and therefore managed to place his competitors at about fifteen seconds at the finish.
Nathan Watson managed to cross the finish line in second place, ahead of Milko Potisek. The top five was completed with two more Belgians, namely Jeffrey Dewulf who had done a lot of work after a poor start and Steve Ramon who, after his crash, managed to perfectly relaunch himself to a top position after a few laps.
The Belgian and reigning champion Axel van de Sande finished in eighth place in this first race of the championship. Former Le Touquet winner Daymond Martens finished fourteenth. The MCLB Inter pilot Mattis Meersschout finished 45th, just one lap behind Yentel Martens.
Result Courses Sur Sable: Berck-Sur-Mer (Top 50)
2. WATSON Nathan
3. PUSH Milko
4. DEWULF Jeffrey
5. RAMON Steve
6. CHAPELIERE Camille
7. PETROV Petar
8. VAN DE SANDE Axel
9. BROSSIER Victor
10. FLORIN Timothee
11. DESPREY Maxime
12. MEPLON Marshall
13. BONNEAU Jeremy
14. MARTENS Daymond
15. PREVOT Damien
16. COLLIGNON Alexis
17. MCKEOWN Richard
18. JIMMY BOSS
19. BOURDON Anthony
20. WATEL Stephane
21. CAUSE Sebastien
22. THOMAS Sullivan
23. HAUQUIER Jeremy
24. SOT Maxime
25. LAURENT Romain
27. BECKER Florent
28. MOLLON Eddy
29. LAMOUR Adrien
SECTION 30 Julien
31. DUMONTIER Romain
32. LOW Tino
33. SERIES Cyril
34. JEANNE Maxime
35. THOREL François
36. BETHYS Andy
37. CAILLY Nicolas
38. MORAL Pierre
39. SMYTH Steven
40. CILLET Alexandre
41. COLLEATTE Gaetan
42. WALICKI Morgan
43. BIGNOT Rodolphe
44. BOIDRAS Benjamin
45. Meersschout Mattis
46. HATTE Thibaut
47. LEROY Richard
48. Equestrian center Kevin
49. GAPAIX And so on
50. FERRY Loic
The complete and more detailed results as well as lap charts, lap times, etc. can be found at this link find.
Text: Matthias Van Eeckhoven – Photo: Dylan Botte
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