It's Just' Fab' for Izoird and Brayton
By TMX Archives on 3rd Dec 09
JUSTIN Brayton collected his second regal' title of the winter on Saturday evening as he added the Genoa crown to the Bercy title he won last month and the Italian organisers even managed to hand him the trophy in the arena!
The oldest Supercross event in Europe had its reputation tarnished this year as withdrawals weakened the line-up. Indeed the second half of the small field was woefully weak, but at the sharp end Europe fronted up just about the best challenge it could hope to offer as Gregory Aranda made a surprise comeback to at least keep the Joe Gibbs Yamahas of Brayton and Josh Grant honest for a few laps, while Fabien Izoird kept his cool to retain his European Supercross title.
EUROPEAN SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 5 (Final) – Palafiera, Genoa, ITALY
OVERALL: 1 Justin Brayton (US - Yamaha) 1-2, 2 Josh Grant (USA - Yamaha) 6-1, 3 Greg Aranda (F - Kawasaki) 2-3, 4 Manuel Rivas (E - Kawasaki) 4-4, 5 Fabien Izoird (F - Suzuki) 3-5, 6 Cyrille Coulon (F - Suzuki) 5-6, 7 Christophe Martin (F - Husqvarna) 7-7, 8 Stephane Demartis (F - Honda) 8-8, 9 Mickael Musquin (F - Kawasaki) 9-9, 10 Khounsith Vongsana (F - Suzuki 250F) 12-10, 11 Johan Marillier (F - Kawasaki 250F) 11-11, 12 Paulo Alberto (P - Suzuki 250F) 10-12.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 5 rounds: 1 Fabien Izoird 110 points (CHAMPION), 2 Greg Aranda 106, 3 Christophe Martin 73, 4 Coulon 67, 5 Julien Vanni (F - Honda) 47, 6 Cedric Soubeyras (F - Honda) 46, 7 Rivas 45, 8 Pascal Leuret (F - Honda) 34, 9 Josse Sallefranque (F - Honda) 34, 10 Brayton 27,...
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009
Justin Brayton takes a birds-eye view of the Palafiera stadium on his way to overall victory.