FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship Livia Lancelot is France’s finest
SAINT JEAN D’ANGELY (France), 01 June 2014 – The French crowd never lacks enthusiasm, they are some of the most passionate fans in the world and thanks to French legend Livia Lancelot this was bought to full fruition this morning as the talented beauty took a pair of awe inspiring wins this weekend to win round four of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship in dominating style.
In race one yesterday afternoon, Team One One Four’s Livia Lancelot took the holeshot and checked out, looking at home on the circuit of St. Jean d’Angely to win race one eleven seconds clear of Yamaha MX Fonta Racing’s Chiara Fontanesi. Coming home in third, Te
With the drop of the gate for WMX race two, Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Meghan Rutledge seemed to be the most hungry for a good start flying out of the gate to take the holeshot ahead of the fan favorite Team One One Four’s Livia Lancelot. The early season red plate holder was in the prime position to show one of the biggest motocrossing nations, France, what she’s got although having race one winner Lancelot hot on her heels was never going to be an easy feat.
After pushing hard on the first three laps, Rutledge gave and inch and Lancelot took a mile a couple of corners before pit lane to take over the lead. Upon doing so the crowd went wild, chain saws were screaming, horns were blowing as Lancelot went on to win her second race of the weekend for a perfect score. As for Rutledge, the Australian talent kept Lancelot honest the entire race with lapped traffic obstructing what could have been a magnificent last lap challenge for the lead. Nevertheless, the effort of the Bud Racing Kawasaki rider was inspiring as she finished less than one second behind the hometown hero for second.
Meanwhile the fight for third between Team Dragon 
Rounding out the top five, a whopping thirty seconds back from Laier in fourth, Hitachi Construction Machinery UK KTM’s Natalie Kane couldn’t come to grips with the track here in St. Jean d’Angely, meaning she would have to be happy with a fifth and a sixth this weekend for fifth overall.
With the combination of results from both races, French fans were stoked to listen to their national anthem which was played thanks to the wins of their female motocross star Team One One Four’s Livia Lancelot. Rounding out the podium Yamaha MX Fonta Racing’s Chiara Fontanesi put together a second and a third for second while Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Meghan Rutledge rounded out the top three with a second and a fourth.
WMX Race 1 top ten: 1. Livia Lancelot (FRA, Kawasaki), 25:19.118; 2. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:10.819; 3. Stephanie Laier (GER, Suzuki), +0:12.018; 4. Meghan Kat Rutledge (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:13.961; 5. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), +0:24.987; 6. Natalie Kane (IRL, KTM), +1:12.754; 7. Justine Charroux (FRA, Yamaha), +1:16.126; 8. Anne Borchers (GER, Suzuki), +1:21.583; 9. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +1:26.054; 10. Marianne Veenstra (NED, Husqvarna), +1:38.354.
WMX Race 2 top ten: 1. Livia Lancelot (FRA, Kawasaki), 25:56.591; 2. Meghan Kat Rutledge (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:00.987; 3. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:23.701; 4. Stephanie Laier (GER, Suzuki), +0:26.485; 5. Natalie Kane (IRL, KTM), +0:56.921; 6. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), +1:03.893; 7. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +1:31.576; 8. Gabriela Seisdedos (ESP, Kawasaki), +1:36.800; 9. Francesca Nocera (ITA, Suzuki), +1:39.675; 10. Anne Borchers (GER, Suzuki), +1:40.754.
WMX Overall top ten: 1. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KAW), 50 points; 2. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, YAM), 42 p.; 3. Meghan Kat Rutledge (AUS, KAW), 40 p.; 4. Stephanie Laier (GER, SUZ), 38 p.; 5. Natalie Kane (IRL, KTM), 31 p.; 6. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, SUZ), 31 p.; 7. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 26 p.; 8. Anne Borchers (GER, SUZ), 24 p.; 9. Justine Charroux (FRA, YAM), 23 p.; 10. Marianne Veenstra (NED, HUS), 21 p.
WMX World Championship Classification Top Ten: 1. Chiara Fontanesi (ITA, YAM), 163 points; 2. Meghan Kat Rutledge (AUS, KAW), 159 p.; 3. Natalie Kane (IRL, KTM), 151 p.; 4. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KAW), 149 p.; 5. Stephanie Laier (GER, SUZ), 142 p.; 6. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 119 p.; 7. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, SUZ), 116 p.; 8. Marianne Veenstra (NED, HUS), 96 p.; 9. Anne Borchers (GER, SUZ), 92 p.; 10. Francesca Nocera (ITA, SUZ), 88 p.
WMX Manufacturer: 1. Kawasaki, 188 points; 2. Yamaha, 168 p.; 3. KTM, 151 p.; 4. Suzuki, 142 p.; 5. Husqvarna, 96 p.; 6. Honda, 33 p.
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