Today in Castelnau de Levis, France, defending MX3 World Champion Yves Demaria finished runner-up in the first moto and was leading the second race until a rear wheel problem forced his retirement, giving an eighth place finish overall.

It was an eventful day for the Jacky Martens-led team. Demaria made several mistakes and had to rise from twentieth position to earn second in the first MX3 outing of the season. He was then foiled by bad luck later in the afternoon as countryman Julien Vanni claimed the overall victory.

Sven Breugelmans was leading Moto1 from Marco Dorsch until his chain broke. The Belgian then took fourth in the later sprint. Julien Bill had been
fighting against illness all weekend. Registering a temperature of almost 40 degrees the youngster collided with Andrea Bartolini and DNF-ed. He then finished fifth behind his team-mate in Moto2.

Results:

MX3 Race 1:

1 DORSCH Marco YAMAHA
2 DEMARIA Yves KTM
3 VANNI Julien HONDA
4 KADLECEK Michal YAMAHA
5 LOZANO Alvaro KTM
6 BETHYS Thierry HONDA
7 GODRIE Christof HONDA
8 COMPAGNONE Felice KTM
9 SALVINI Alex SUZUKI
10 ODDENINO Enrico SUZUKI
36 BREUGELMAS Sven KTM
37 Bill Julien KTM

MX3 Race 2:

1 VANNI Julien HONDA
2 KADLECEK Michal YAMAHA
3 BARTOLINI Andrea YAMAHA
4 BREUGELMANS Sven KTM
5 BILL Julien KTM
6 DORSCH Marco YAMAHA
7 CHERUBINI Luca SUZUKI
8 ODDENINO Enrico SUZUKI
9 GODRIE Christof HONDA
10 COMPAGNONE Felice KTM
32 DEMARIA Yves KTM

MX3 Overall:

1 VANNI Julien 45
2 KADLECEK Michal 40
3 DORSCH Marco 40
4 GODRIE Christof 26
5 LOZANO Alvaro 25
6 ODDENINO Enrico 24
7 COMPAGNONE Felice 24
8 DEMARIA Yves 22
9 BARTOLINI Andrea 20
10 CHERUBINI Luca 20
11 BREUGELMANS Sven 18
12 BILL Julien 16