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Josh Coppins has raced to victory at the Valence International aboard his Factory Rinaldi Yamaha making it his second consecutive of the season. The Kiwi posted a consistent 3-3-1 to notch up the overall on a very rough and one-lined track due to heavy overnight rain.
Coppins was happy with his performance over the three heat format and stamped his authority on the final moto by passing rivals Philippaerts and Strijbos in the first two laps. “Lizzard” controlled the race until the end to take the checkered flag.
“The track was pretty tricky with the rain we had last night. I missed the first practice and only went out for the timed qualifying which explains why I had a little arm pump and struggled a bit. My objective today was to have three good starts and three consistent races which I achieved. I took it pretty easy in the first two races because the track was pretty dangerous – very one-lined, rough, rutty and slippery. For the final moto I knew if I pushed a bit harder I could win and take the overall. I have been a little bit spoilt in New Zealand and down in Italy where the tracks have been just about perfect and today was the first time that I have had to ride in mud and tricky conditions,” commented Coppins.
Coppins will return to his base in Belgium for a few days before packing his bags for the Hawkstone Park MX International next weekend.
Moto one results
1 101 NAGL Max, 2 211 MACKENZIE Billy, 3 6 COPPINS Joshua, 4 19 PHILIPPERTS David, 5 77 VERHOEVEN Bas, 6 2 STRIJBOS Kevin, 7 23 AUBIN Nicolas, 8 14 DE-REUVER Marc, 9 32 VANNI Julien, 10 90 POURCEL Sébastien, 11 16 RATTRAY Tyla, 12 18 ALLIER Thomas, 13 24 RENET Pierre-Alexandra, 14 22 BOISSIERE Anthony, 15 5 LEOK Tanel,
Moto two results
19 PHILIPPERTS David, 2 2 STRIJBOS Kevin, 3 6 COPPINS Joshua, 4 24 RENET Pierre-Alexandre, 5 101 NAGL Max, 6 16 RATTRAY Tyla, 7 29 BILL Julien, 8 22 BOISSIERE Anthony, 9 18 ALLIER Thomas, 10 21 FROSSARD Steven, 11 34 SIMPSON Shaun, 12 124 CHURCH Tom, 13 47 LEURET Pascal, 14 90 POURCEL Sébastien, 15 14 DE-REUVER Marc,
Moto three results
1 6 COPPINS Joshua, 2 19 PHILIPPERTS David, 3 2 STRIJBOS Kevin, 4 101 NAGL Max, 5 16 RATTRAY Tyla, 6 29 BILL Julien, 7 23 AUBIN Nicolas, 8 90 POURCEL Sébastien, 9 32 VANNI Julien, 10 211 MACKENZIE Billy, 11 21 FROSSARD Steven, 12 75 VAN-DAELE Marvin, 13 144 SWANEPOEL Gareth, 14 124 CHURCH Tom, 15 47 LEURET Pascal 25:58.361
Overall results Valence International
1 6 COPPINS Joshua 20 20 25 65, 2 19 PHILIPPERTS David 18 25 22 65, 3 101 NAGL Max 25 16 18 59, 4 2 STRIJBOS Kevin 15 22 20 57, 5 16 RATTRAY Tyla 10 15 16 41, 6 211 MACKENZIE Billy 22 - 11 33, 7 90 POURCEL Sébastien 11 7 13 31, 8 29 BILL Julien - 14 15 29, 9 23 AUBIN Nicolas 14 - 14 28, 10 24 RENET Pierre-Alexandre 8 18 - 26, 11 22 BOISSIERE Anthony 7 13 5 25, 12 32 VANNI Julien 12 - 12 24, 13 21 FROSSARD Steven - 11 10 21, 14 18 ALLIER Thomas 9 12 - 21, 15 14 DE-REUVER Marc 13 6 - 19
