Eli Tomac and Ken Roczen had some good battles at the 39th Supercross of Paris, and finally it was Ken who lifted the ‘King of Paris’ trophy as he won all three races on Sunday. It was the first time in Paris for the Honda rider. And fellow newbie Matt Moss who won the ‘Prince of Paris’ title in the SX2 class.
Once more the public was there this year to celebrate the main European Supercross, and a total of 40,000 spectators went to Paris la Defense Arena to cheer their heroes. Eli Tomac and Ken Roczen. battled both nights for the win: Eli won the first round on Saturday, but Ken replied by winning the three races on Sunday. It was a perfect night for him, as he didn’t make any mistakes to beat Eli in the three races. Ge won in front of Eli Tomac (2/2/2), Justin Brayton (5/3/3), Marvin Musquin (2/5/4) and Cooper Webb (4/4/5). Ken is the 2022 King of Paris and USA won the team award.
In the SX2 class, Chros Blose won the three races on Saturday but on Sunday it was his teammate Matt Moss who got great starts to win the overall classification. Blose was unfortunate with a crash at the second start and another in the main event. Second today was Jace Owen (8/2/2, followed by Brice Maylin (3/5/4) and Cullin Park (2/3/9) who lost his chances due to a crash in the last moto. Moss is the new Prince of Paris, with Jace Owen and Chris Blose on the podium.
Next year the Paris Supercross will celebrate it’s 40th birthday, and Larivière Organisation has one year to prepare the event who will be organised on November 18th and 19th.
Prince of Paris: 1.Matt Moss (AUS, Kawasaki), 96pts ; 2.Jace Owen (USA, Honda), 91 ; 3.Chris Blose (USA, Kawasaki), 84 ; 4.Cullin Park (USA, Honda), 73 ; 5.Brice Maylin (FRA, GasGas), 66 ; 6.Yannis Irsuti (FRA, Kawasaki), 66 ; 7.Julien Lebeau (FRA, Kawasaki), 55 ; 8.Lucas Imbert (FRA, Yamaha), 46 ; 9.Quentin Prugnières (FRA, Kawasaki), 45 ; 10.Thomas Do (FRA, Honda), 37 ; etc….
King of Paris: 1.Ken Roczen (ALL, Honda), 9pts ; 2.Eli Tomac (USA, Yamaha), 11 ; 3.Justin Brayton (USA, Honda), 24 ; 4.Cooper Webb (USA, KTM), 26 ; 5.Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 28 ; 6.Cédric Soubeyras (FRA, Honda), 34 ; 7.Greg Aranda (FRA, KTM), 45 ; 8.Anthony Bourdon (FRA, Yamaha), 54 ; 9.Julien Roussaly (FRA, Yamaha), 56 ; 10.Maxime Desprey (FRA, Yamaha), 59 ; etc….
Ken Roczen is King of Paris 2022
Podium of King of Paris : Tomac, Roczen, Brayton
Matt Moss, Prince de Paris
Le podium of Prince de Paris : Chris Blose, Matt Moss and Jace Owen