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Brad Freeman - On Day 1 the weather warm and sunny. The first test was a grassy MX track near Civeyrat, only 7 km west from Brioude. Jaromir Romancik set the fastest time in the E2 class 3 seconds ahead of 2015 champion Tom Sagar (Sherco). Jamie Lewis was 5th, Round 1 winner Brad Freeman (Colwyn Bay KTM) led the Junior E2 class. Jane Daniels was half a minute faster than the second placed woman Audrey Rossat. Test 2 in Verneuges was the extreme about 23 km southwest of the paddock. It was defined by rocks and a big jump that challenged the field. Brad Freeman accepted the challenge and he moved up the leader board into the overall lead. With a good lead Jane Daniels could afford to back off. The final test of the lap was the enduro test near Brenat, about 12 km southwest from Broiude. At the end of the first lap Brad Freeman led in the Jumior E2/3 class from an improving Nicolas Pellegrinelli. James Dent was 14th, Tom Ellwood 15th, Jake Gowan 16th and Fraser Flockhart 17th. In the Junior E1 class Anthony Geslin held a one second lead over Quentin Delhaye de Maulde. Jake Subachus was 9th. Luke Flack 15th, Luke Fletcher 24th, Hayden Maller 25th and Cameron Young 26th. In the Senior E2 Jaromir Romancik maintained his 3 second lead over Tom Sagar. Kevin Murray was 17th. Frazer Norrie was 10th in the Senior E1 class. Antoine Basset led Maurizio Micheluz in the E3 class and Sebastian Krywult was the best Veteran. Paul Armstrong was 20th. In the Under 20s. Jean-Baptiste Nicolot held 9 seconds over Valérian Debaud and Jordan Ridgway was 20th. On lap 2 Tom Sagar lost time on his 2nd Extreme test and he dropped back to 3rd behind Jaromir Romancik and Romain Dumontier. Jamie Lewis retired. Jamie broke his neck last year and he has been suffering with problems all week. Tom Ellwood also retired when a rock took out his clutch hose. Brad Freeman extended his lead in the E2/3 class by over a minute ahead of Nicolas Pellegrinelli. James Dent improved by 5 places into 9th. In the Vets Paul Armstrong retired. The Women finished on 2 laps with Jane Daniels winning the day by 2 minute and 45 seconds from Audrey Rossat. Marita Nyqvist was 3rd.
Once again Tom Sagar got faster when the other riders got tired and he won the Senior E2 class. Romain Dumontier. was runner up and Jaromir Romancik slipped back to 3rd.Murray was 15th. E3 Antoine Basset. Maurizio Micheluz and Pierre Vissac. Vets Sebastian Krywult Werner Muller and Martin Gottvald. Day 2. A band of rain swept across the Auvergne region of south central France in the early hours of Sunday morning drenching the course. Given the treacherous conditions the organisers ensured that the compulsory body armour rule was strictly observed before the riders could start. The change in the ground made little difference to Brad Freeman who set the fastest time on his first test of the day. He was only 10 seconds (over 6 minutes) slower than on Day 1. The wet conditions suited James Dent who started the 2nd day in 7th. Tom Ellwood plus clutch were 11th, Frazer Flockhart 12th and Jake Gowan 13th. Jeromir Romancik was only one second off Brad Freeman's time to head the E2 class - 8 seconds up on Tom Sagar in 4th. Matteo Pavoni headed the Under 20s with an much improved Jordan Ridgway in 11th. Brad Freeman led all day and he went into the final test with a another overall win within his grasp but he clipped a tree with his shoulder and crashed passing the lead to French rider Antoine Basset in the E3 class. Brad was runner up and he held his lead in the Championship. The Czech rider Jaromir Romancik was 3rd ahead of reigning champion Tom Sagar and Romain Dumontier was 5th
French riders also dominated the Junior-E1 class with Quentin Delhaye de Maulde, Anthony Geslin and David Abgall filing the podium. British rider Jane Daniels took her fourth victory in a row in the women-class. It was a disappointing day for the reigning veteran champion Werner Müller: He could not start his bike in the morning and he was forced to watch Poland's Sebastian Krywolt take the lead in the championship. James Dent, Tom Ellwood and Fraser Flockhart all picked up valuable Junior E2/3 points by finishing 6th, 10th and 14th respectively. In the Junior E1 class Jake Subachus was 8th, Luke Flack 14th, Hayden Maller 20th and Luke Fletcher 21st. In the Under 20s Jordan Ridgway was 16th and Alex Walton was 23rd. Frazer Norrie finished 10th in the Senior E1 and Kevin Murray was 12th in the Senior E2s. Jake Gowan crashed and retired with a knee injury. The series continues with Round 3 on July 30th /31st in Ogre / Latvia and Round 4 on October 28th /29th Harfsen / Netherlands Find the live-timing on the internet-page of the club: www.motoclubbrioude.fr/
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At the end of the
first day Brad Freeman was the overall winner ahead of Nicolas Pellegrinelli
by 45 seconds in the Junior E2/3 class. James
Dent was 8th, Fraser Flockhart 14th and Jake Gowan 15th. In the Junior E1
class the top 3 were Anthony Geslin. Quentin Delhaye de Maulde and David
Abgrall. Jacob Subachus was 8th. Luke Flack 11th, Luke Fletcher 20th, Hayden
Maller 21st and Cameron Young 23rd, Jean-Baptiste Nicolot was the
quickest Under 20. Matteo Pavoni was runner up and Thibaut was 3rd. Jordan
Ridgway had a great last lap moving up from 20th into 15th and Alex Walton was 24th in a very competitive field.
Romain Boucardey topped the E1s. 2nd was Jérémy Carpentier and 3rd was Jonathan
Rosse. Frazer Norrie was 9th. 
French rider Jeremy Carpentier won the E1-class. The last year's Junior
champion came home in front of Switzerland's Jonathan Rosse and fellow
frenchman Romain Boucardey..
