Tom Vialle and Cooper Webb took wins in the 250 and 450 classes respectively at the Paris Supercross. After six races over the weekend, Webb is the new King of Paris, while Vialle is the 2024 Prince of Paris.
Racing was great both days and the public was excited to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the event – born in March 1984 – and to see two new stars winning the Supercross.
Jett Lawrence, the 2023 King of Paris, was again the most successful SX1 rider this year, winning five of the six races but he couldn’t repeat his overall success to do a DNF in one race on Saturday. Consistency was the key, and with six podium results Cooper Webb did the job perfectly to finally win Paris after several attempts for a decade.
Winning all the races on Sunday, Jett Lawrence finally got onto the final podium, but in third place behind Cooper Webb and Malcom Stewart. Both were tight in the points before the second day of racing, but Cooper (2/2/3 on Sunday) did the job to keep a little advantage – 3 points – over Malcom (3/4/2) to put his name on the trophy. Hunter Lawrence finished fourth overall, followed by Dylan Ferrandis – who retired in the last race after a crash at the start – Gregory Aranda and Jordi Tixier.
Despite a bad result in one of the three SX2 races on Saturday, Tom Vialle was finally able to reduce the gap with his rivals and to win the overall for his second appearance at Paris. Runner up behind Jo Shimoda in the first race he won the two other rounds to come back tight in the points with Anthony Bourdon, winning the overall with four race wins. As Jo Shimoda retired in the second race due to technical issue, the 41th Supercross of Paris ended with a French podium : Tom Vialle, Anthony Bourdon and Maxime Desprey.