Kiwis in Paris:

Posted: Fri 04 Oct 2002

France's Bercy Supercross, Paris, on November 8-10 will be a sort of SXdesNations, with three teams doing battle. One with riders from the U.S., one with riders from France and one with riders from the rest of the world, That Team includes Ben Townley and maybe Josh Coppins, our two most prominent Kiwi MXrs.

Team USA will consist of Mike Brown (Kaw), Steve Lamson (Suz), Brock Sellards (Yam), Travis Preston (Hon), Nick Wey (Yam), David Pingree (KTM), Matt Walker (Kaw), Ivan Tedesco (Yam), Chris Gosselaar (Hon), Billy Lanilovich (KTM), Josh Hansen (Yam) and Damon Huffman. Sean Hamblin (Suz) is still a question mark. Reserve riders are Ryan Morais (Suz), Justin Buckelew (Kaw), Andrew Short (Suz) and Travis Elliott.

Team "Reste du Monde" comprises South African Grant Langston (KTM), Kiwi Ben Townley (KTM), Aussie Craig Andersson (Yam), South African Tyla Rattray (KTM), Portuguese Joakim Rodriguès (KTM), Aussie Michael Byrne (Hon), Spaniard Edgar Torronteras (Yam), Swiss Marc Ristori (Hon), Canadian Jean-Sébastien Roy (Hon), Estonian Tanel Leok (KTM), South African Wyatt Avis (Suz) and Italian Davide Degli Espoti (Suz).
As for Kiwi Josh Coppins, Steve Ramon, Patrick Caps, Brett Metcalfe and Akira Narita, all remain question marks.

Team France is made up of Mickael Maschio (Kaw), Steve Boniface (KTM), Thierry Bethys (Hon), Rodrig Thain (Yam), Serge Guidetty (Yam), Stéphane Demartis (Yam), Pascal Leuret (KTM), Antoine Letellier (Yam), Raphael Beaudouin (Suz) and Christophe Martin (Suz).