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Perfect racing conditions atCrossodromo des Lajestoday for the fourth andfinal round of the EMX85and EMX65 European Moto-cross Championships of theSouth-West Zone.

EMX85 ccFirst race of the EMX85 saw a beautiful battle for the first position, two French ridersbeing the main focus of the race: Brian Moreau Strubhart (Kawasaki) and ThibaultBenistant (Husqvarna). At first it was the Husqvarna rider who took the leadership ofthe race but he was not able to hold on Strubhart who made the pass and went on towin the race. Italian Kevin Cristino on KTM finished in third place.The second race of the EMX85 was run under the same script, with Strubhart and Be-nistant struggling for the first two positions, while Tom Guyon on TM managed toscrape a third place for a full French podium in the second race and on the overall.In the final standings of the EMX85 South-West zone the French domination is out-standing, with three French riders in the top 3: Brian Moreau Strubhart first, ThibaultBenistant second and Tom Guyon third.

EMX65 ccThe EMX65 races were both a Spanish affair, with Edgar Canet on KTM leading all therace in front of Adria Monne Viles, also on KTM. These riders finished first and secondwhile third place was secured by Raul Sanchez Rodriguez, on KTM, too.Second race of the EMX65 was thrilling as all the three riders who finished on the po-dium in the first race managed to switch position with one another: Rodriguez fini-shed first but had to settle for second overall as Canet scored 22 points with hissecond place and finished on the first position in the overall. Adria Monne Viles fini-

EMX65 and 85cc SW Zone Championshipin Fernao Joanes (Portugal)

Brian Moreau Strubhart

Press Releaseshed third for the second race, but also third for the overall. Final standings of the EMX65 South-West zone sees the Spanish Edgar Canet ontop of the standings before French rider Florian Miot. The winner of the last race,Raul Rodriguez is third in the Championship.The final race of the 2015 EMX85 and EMX65 will be in Kegums (Latvia) on the12th of July.

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PRESS RELEASE nr. 158-2015 - June 28th 2015FOR MORE INFORMATION: Fiammetta La Guidara

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