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THE PORET BROTHERS
JEREMY ANDMICKAEL
LOCKOUT THE TOP SPOTS
IN SKI GP1
SKI GP1
Defending champion Jeremy Poret started his
title defence with overall victory, but it was the
young Belgian rider Quinten Bossche who stole
the headlines with a brilliant win inMoto 2 on his
UIM-ABP debut.
Victory for Jeremy Poret in Moto1 was sealed
almost immediately after a brilliant start gave the
champion the upper hand. Starting form P3, he
got the jump on pole-sitter Raphael Maurin and
Stian Schjetlein and never looked back, leading
from start-to-finish to run out the winner by a
narrowmargin after a late charge by Schjetlein.
With Poret out front the chase was initially led
by Maurin, but his challenge eventually faded,
droppingbackandhisracecomingtoapremature
end on lap 6. Schjetlein and Quinten Bossche
traded places mid race with Schjetlein winning
the battle and then setting about chasing down
the race leader, closing the gap considerably but
running out of laps and settling for second place.
Bossche’s third place completed a memorable
day for the youngster, with Mickael Poret
overcoming a back injury to take fourth ahead of
Daniel Svae Andersen andMorgan Poret.
In the second Moto Poret looked to be on target
for a second win after storming to the front from
pole position, but was chased down and passed
by Bossche on lap 3 who then disappeared off
into the distance to take his maiden win on the
tour by 26.28s and take second overall.
Despite pressure from older brother Mickael,
Jeremy Poret held out to take second place and
theGrand Prix victory, with Stian Schjetlein filling
the final podium slot after finishing in fourth
ahead of Morgan Poret and Raphael Maurin.
In round 2 Mickael Poret celebrated his first
Moto win in over a year and a first Grand Prix
title since lifting his first world championship in
2010 following the dramatic disqualification of
Quinten Bossche inMoto 2.
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n° 4November | 2017