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00:00Blocker Racing here, lining up now behind the gate.
00:02SX2, as they take their position behind the gate,
00:05Luke Clout was up here a few moments ago
00:07talking to Jason Thomas and I.
00:09And JT, Fly Racing, Luke Clout, three wins,
00:14had a four so far.
00:15He's only had a second outside of that.
00:17Looking very relaxed, sounding very relaxed as well.
00:19And more crucially, just more than happy to be here as well.
00:22Yeah, and I think he's kind of figured things out a bit.
00:25He spoke a lot about just trying to reacclimate to a 250
00:28after two years of not riding one.
00:30And I would say his results have indicated that.
00:34He's continued to get better and changing his lines,
00:38changing his entry angles on approach, just being on the 250.
00:40So the starts have really been kind of the biggest asset he's had.
00:46You see Bardon has gone to the gate right next to him.
00:49We'll see if that changes anything.
00:50But Clout has really controlled the inside.
00:52I don't see anything necessarily changing
00:54unless Bardon can kind of continue that momentum.
00:58He had a weight in that race one.
01:00So obviously coming in then to race two.
01:02So far, Luke Clout has had a second and three wins.
01:04Anthony Bardon as the 15-second board goes up,
01:06has had a win two and three seconds.
01:09They are the two main contenders.
01:11Not too far out of it is Calvin Fonbier,
01:13a third, a fourth, and two thirds.
01:15So as the five-second board turns,
01:17we're getting ready to go racing once again here in Paris.
01:20Gates about the drop.
01:21Good reaction there from the Bud Racing Kawasaki
01:23and the Honda alongside him as well.
01:24But once again, like it was in race one,
01:27Calvin Fonbier getting a flying start.
01:28Joel Pietro to his outside.
01:31Oh, Clout's down.
01:32Luke Clout gets tagged.
01:34Coming out of the first turn.
01:35He goes down.
01:36Jake Cannon there, the lead Kawasaki,
01:38in that third place.
01:39But look at this.
01:40Riders going down.
01:41Luke Clout, one of those,
01:42looking down.
01:43Has he got gear lever damage
01:45or maybe foot peg damage?
01:46I was about to say,
01:47holding a nice tight line through there.
01:49And hopefully he's okay.
01:51But has this just blown his Prince of Paris chances?
01:53Because Bourdon is now in, what,
01:55fifth position, fourth,
01:56as he gets towards the end of the waves, potentially?
01:59Yes, as he nudges up the inside of Jake Cannon.
02:02But how disastrous is that
02:04for our points leader at the moment?
02:07As soon as I say,
02:08I don't see anything changing.
02:09He makes his first big mistake.
02:10We really didn't have a clear look
02:12at kind of how that went.
02:13Seemed like he was okay up the inside
02:15as it's been all weekend.
02:16And then he was not okay very quickly.
02:19So this is how it changes then.
02:21Bourdon, as it stands right now,
02:22will go on 12 points.
02:23Clout will be seven behind as it is right now.
02:26So he's going to have to dig in deep
02:27just to try and marginalize
02:29or minimize that gap
02:30and get it back to at least level pegging.
02:33But has he gone into the work area there for work?
02:36I can't quite see, but I don't think so.
02:38He's down on the back straight.
02:39So he's still out on track,
02:41but he's got a massive gap to make.
02:44And it's only a five minute plus one lap race.
02:47And the problem is,
02:48Anthony Bourdon, yes, he's second,
02:49as Jake Cannon has found his way back past.
02:51But the Frenchman goes back by
02:53the Bud Racing Kawasaki rider,
02:54shows him an elbow into the sand section.
02:57Bourdon has been so consistent,
02:58hasn't he?
02:59A win in three seconds so far.
03:01You would imagine that he's at least
03:03going to get back to second position
03:04and maybe even go and take the win
03:06because Saad Soleimani,
03:07who leads from Jean-Pietra
03:08and Dorian Cott of France
03:10with Cannonball, Bourdon Finn.
03:12Yeah, and Bourdon is already
03:14maybe going to get a move made right here.
03:17You would think he was far enough back
03:19off the start to have seen
03:20Kvot go down.
03:21So he might be very aware
03:23of the situation.
03:24And he right now just knows
03:25I need to win this race
03:26and let the rest of the ball wear a mask.
03:28Yeah, he found his way past Cannon
03:29and Pietra.
03:30And now the inside of Dorian Cott
03:31moves into second position.
03:33A very productive lap
03:34for the 945 Honda Motor Blues
03:36SR Motor Rider.
03:38Where is Luke Cloud?
03:39He is in 14th place at the moment
03:41still with a mountain,
03:42a monumental mountain to climb.
03:44Over the finish line now
03:45for Luke Cloud.
03:47Let JT look outside of the window
03:48towards the whoops to see.
03:49Oh, he's having to roll
03:50through those whoops there.
03:51So he's obviously got issues.
03:53Was it the shifter maybe?
03:54Maybe the shifter's broke off
03:55and he's stuck in gear potentially.
03:57He's looking down.
03:58And it looks like he,
03:59yeah, he's still looking down there
04:00as we look out of our window.
04:02Golden rule number one
04:03don't normally do that.
04:04But he is a points leader.
04:06And he lost a position
04:07in the whoops that time around.
04:08He just got up to 13th.
04:09I think it's become Lamarck
04:11that banners way by
04:12into that 14th place.
04:13So a disastrous race this
04:14then for Luke Cloud.
04:16As Saad Suleimani
04:17leads the way on the TM.
04:18Anthony Bourdain
04:19trying to make Haywire the sun shines.
04:21He is right there in second position
04:23closing in on the Moroccan.
04:26But this is good for Saad Suleimani
04:27leading, but not for much longer
04:29because a bit of an elbow
04:31to the ribs there by Bourdain.
04:33And it's Bourdain
04:33who now leads on lap four.
04:36Yeah, I mean, this is
04:37dream come true
04:38for Bourdain here.
04:40He had been great.
04:41He was still very much
04:43in question who was
04:43going to win this thing.
04:44But it has been blown
04:45wide open now with that.
04:46Not only the crash from Cloud,
04:48but I would say that
04:48the bike damage is even
04:50more impactful
04:51because in this field
04:53if he could turn
04:54his normal lap times
04:55he would be able
04:55to move forward
04:56really quickly
04:56maybe back into the top five
04:58but not now.
04:59Not with the inability
05:00to really push forward.
05:02Yeah, disastrous.
05:03First couple of
05:04well, first corner
05:05wasn't it for Luke Cloud.
05:06He was looking down
05:07as he picked himself up.
05:08He was looking down
05:08again a lap ago.
05:09He's having to roll
05:10through the whoop section
05:10which is not ideal at all.
05:14And that is going to
05:15leave him with a massive
05:16mountain to climb now
05:17because Anthony Bourdain
05:18here, he is going to be
05:20moving from
05:21seven points
05:23to eight points
05:24having gone
05:25one and three seconds.
05:27He's looking at
05:27his second win
05:28of the weekend.
05:30Luke Cloud,
05:31he'd gone
05:32two and three ones.
05:34that put him on five
05:35but all of a sudden
05:3614 points
05:38that's going to stick him
05:39on 19.
05:40He's got to be stuck
05:41in second gear
05:42just watching
05:43kind of the way
05:44he's attacking the racetrack.
05:45He can't put the whoops
05:46at all
05:47but other sections
05:48he seems like
05:48he can attack
05:49through the corners.
05:50So, certainly
05:51something that's going to keep
05:53there's no way
05:53he's getting back
05:54into the top ten.
05:54So, it's either a broken
05:55or a bent gear shift
05:56lever.
05:59Anyway, Bourdain leads
06:00Suleimani second
06:01Pietra third
06:02Hugo Manzato
06:04is fourth
06:05that's him
06:05number 27
06:06coming towards us now
06:07and Calvin Fondiel
06:08is next
06:09in fifth position
06:10on the KTM.
06:12Dorian Cock
06:13has faded to six
06:13Julian LeBeau seven
06:14but Luke Cloud
06:17knows that
06:1714 points
06:18is better than 15 points
06:19if he doesn't finish
06:20this race
06:21or even 16
06:21potentially
06:22but even still
06:24that's that massive
06:25dent
06:27to his chances here
06:30Bonvier
06:30looking to get up
06:31the inside
06:32of Manzato here
06:33not going to make
06:34the pass stick there
06:35how loose that dirt
06:36is now in that turn.
06:37Yeah, just
06:37and it's so difficult
06:39to judge traction
06:40you know
06:40you're high RPM
06:41trying to exit the point
06:42of the rear
06:42stepping out
06:43as Bonvier
06:43makes the pass here.
06:45Yeah, shuts him off
06:46on the exit as well
06:47just to make sure
06:48Bonvier now
06:48up in the fourth place
06:49Manzato down to fifth
06:50but it's Bourdain
06:51who leads comfortably
06:52and there's going to be
06:53a situation
06:54maybe
06:54as we go into
06:55the final lap
06:56will he even
06:57lap Luke Clout
06:59just because of the
07:00handicap that the
07:01Australian is on
07:02at the moment
07:02because of that
07:03problem with the
07:04gear shift
07:05He's five seconds
07:07a lap quicker
07:08so you would think
07:09if he's even
07:10anywhere near him
07:11he'll close him down
07:12Just looking
07:13White Flag
07:14is about to go out
07:15White Flag is already
07:16out this time
07:17even though the time
07:18is up
07:18so final corner
07:20then for Anthony Bourdain
07:21he's going to take
07:22his second win
07:23of the weekend
07:23throws a big whip
07:25lights the candles
07:26as he takes
07:27a comfortable win
07:28in race two
07:30here today
07:32and he takes control
07:34of the Prince of Paris
07:36classification
07:37in the process
07:40going to be a popular
07:42change of position
07:43with the home crowd
07:44Suleimani taking his
07:46second place finish
07:47his best result
07:48of the weekend
07:49so far
07:50and then
07:54Jewel Pietra
07:55a third place finish
07:57for the young Frenchman
07:59for the second time
08:00this weekend
08:01and then we'll have
08:03Fonvier
08:04and Hugo Manzato
08:06Luke Clout
08:07circulates
08:08and crosses the line
08:09now
08:10in 13th place
08:11we'll do the
08:16results in a moment
08:17but
08:20here's how it finished
08:22Anthony Bourdain
08:23Saad Suleimani
08:24Jewel Pietra
08:25Calvin Fonvier
08:25Hugo Manzato
08:26and then we had
08:27Lebo Bonifacio
08:28Dorian Koch
08:29Paul Bloy of Germany
08:30and Cyril Elsner
08:31of Switzerland
08:32Jake Cannon
08:33down there in 15th
08:34so not sure what happened
08:35to him because he was
08:35in the mix
08:36certainly when Bourdain
08:37was in there
08:38and
08:38will we see the
08:40general classification
08:40as it stands right now
08:42Bud Racing
08:43absolutely came apart
08:44there
08:45in race two
08:46we'll get the
08:46Milwaukee hole shot
08:47here
08:48and
08:48yeah
08:50yeah
08:51yeah
08:51yeah
08:52yeah
08:52yeah
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