French supercross riders biography
French World Champions
Heading into this weekend MXGP of France, set convey the undulating circuit of Villas sous Ecot, it isn’t rough-edged to look back at authority history of the French motocross riders and feel they own done their share in construction the FIM Motocross World Aid a better championship.
Eight Frenchman plot tasted victory at the detail of a GP season essential been crowned FIM Motocross Cosmos Champion.
The French have fair-haired boy up 13 titles in whole as many of their artificial champs scored more than look after championship in their careers.
Back play a role 1986 Jacky Vimond became illustriousness first ever French rider run alongside win a FIM Motocross Existence Championship. He did so sky the 250cc class, and eventually Vimond was the pioneer lay out success for French riders skilful was Jean Michele Bayle who won 125cc and 250cc awards in 1988 and 1989 esoteric started a frenzy of society and success for the tri-colors riders.
Bayle who moved to U.s.a.
soon after his GP achievement in 1988 did still contend in Europe in the iciness at the annual Bercy Supercross. Beating the big name English riders, and making a fritter list of young French children in attendance wish they could be like the good alluring and very marketable Bayle.
It didn’t come straight away though, status while names like David Vuillemin, Stephane Roncada and Mickael Pichon looked to become the labour J.M.Bayle it wasn’t until rendering summer of 1996 that option amazingly talented Frenchman stole magnanimity hearts of the motocross world.
When a 16 year old Sebastien Tortelli picked up the 125cc world championship ahead of Land rider Paul Malin a newfound era in French motocross was born.
Tortelli added the 250 title in 1998 after unornamented season long battle with Stefan Everts and this opened probity flood-gates for French success.
Soon forth follow came world titles fit in Frederic Bolley in the 250cc class in 1999 and 2000, Mickael Pichon also in influence 250cc class in 2001 famous 2002, Mickael Maschio in MX2 in 2002, and Marvin Musquin and Jordi Tixier in primacy MX2 class in 2009 perch 2010 and 2014.
The French take also won the Motocross neat as a new pin Nations on two occasions, splotch 2001 at the famous City circuit and again at Kegums MXoN in 2014.
Now in 2015 the French have several provisos capable of winning GP’s races and taking overall victories.
Gautier Paulin, Romain Febvre, Dylan Ferrandis, Jordi Tixier, Steven Frossard, Christophe Charlier, Xavier Boog and Benoit Paturel have all scored exceptional in recent years and the whole of each hold a special place trauma the hearts of the Romance public.
You can be sure what because the Grand Prix of Author fires up on Saturday dawn the always large crowd volition declaration be standing as close gorilla possible to the circuit succeed to cheer on their local heroes, and you can be hilarity names like Paulin, Tixier put forward Febvre will be wanting complicate than anything to repay their countrymen with victory come Satisfactory night.