France Enduro Championship
Round 2 - 21st/22nd June 
Return to Scaer

After 4 years of absence, Brittany is back in the French Enduro Championship Calendar. After successfully organizing 3 rounds in 2002, 2004 and 2010, the town of Scaer and it's motorcycle club, the Green Moto Scaer, are hard at work preparing for the 2nd round of the 2014 Championship on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June.

Claude Postic, longtime president of Scaer Moto Verte, talks about his plans: "We are a very lively and active club. With our team of volunteers, we have already organized several French Championship rounds and we regularly organize your own series. We are all passionate, and despite 24 years of the club, we are not yet worn out and count in our ranks of volunteers of all generations. For this event we wanted to make the race very accessible for spectators. The 2 Km special test will be very close to the town of Scaer and with 3 specials it's will be the most spectacular, Safety will also be a priority. The 70 km lap - weaved around a single check - will be wearing, especially in the first loop where the riders will find a lot of stones in a wooded and hilly course. "

Profile of the route:
3 laps to go for the Elites, 2 rounds for the national
-Check - Paddock - Downtown Scaer (GPS - 3 ° 42'16 .8 W / 48 ° 01'30 .0 N)
-Liaison: 5-6 minutes.
Special-1 (GPS - 3 ° 42'38 .7 W / 48 ° 00'40 .7 N): Special in variety and technical line between undergrowth and career. Duration: 9 minutes
-Liaison: 1 hour 10 min.
-CH1 - Paddock
-Liaison: 5 min.
-Special 2 (GPS - 3 ° 43'45 .2 W / 48 ° 01'03 .2 N): Special banded / field. Duration: 6 minutes
-Liaison: 45 min
Special 3-(GPS - 41'44 .5 W 3/48 ° 01'46 .5 N): Special Joint banded typed extreme with some scree and passages trunks. Duration: 6 minutes

Paddock talk

There will be a good entry of 330 registered riders including a large Elite class ensuring that - despite the absence of an injured Antoine Meo - it will once again a grand spectacle.

E1, Christophe Nambotin (KTM) leads the way with an 8 points lead ahead of Marc Bourgeois (Yamaha). but the leader of the championship, - who also dominates the World championship - should be wary of the runner up who made his life so difficult in Uzerche where he finished the day just 3 seconds behind Nambotin. Anthony Boissiere (Sherco Moto Pulsion) is level on points with Bourgeois and he could also prove to be a difficult customer if he finds his rhythm early in the day.

Category E2 will suffer from the absence of KTM rider Antoine Meo, who was seriously injured during the Grand Prix of Finland. Pela Renet will be the odds on favourite to win the classification. However, Julien Gauthier (Sherco Moto Pulsion) will be back and recovered from the shoulder injury which kept him out of the opening round. The other man in form is Romain Dumontier. 3rd overall, the Yamaha rider will keen to play his part..

E3, The battle between Jeremy Joly (KTM) and Matthias Bellino (Husqvarna) will continue. Joly will be defending his 6 points lead - 
since Uzerche, the two men have faced off at the World championship in Finland and it is the Husqvarna rider who got the best results. Also rely on Antoine Basset (GasGas) and Manu Albepart (Beta) to animate this category.

The Junior category is poised on a knife's edge. The top six drivers have only 4 points separating them .so Jérémy Carpentier (EC2M-Honda) in 6th, is still very close to the leader Jérémy Mirror (EEAT-Yamaha), Theo Bazerque (Sherco Academy) failed to capitalize on his victory Saturday in Uzerche and occupies the fourth place in the standings on equal points with Sylvain Fournier (Sherco Academy). Before them is Anthony Geslin (EEAT-Yamaha) in third position and Mika Barnes (KTM) second. 

Finally, the girls Champion Geraldine Fournel (Sherco Academy) began his season in the best possible way by winning both days in the opening round but she sustained a knee injury in Finland  The situation could benefit her closest competitors Juliette Berrez (Yamaha) or Samantha Tichet (Motorcycle Club Lozérien).