Race Report: Paris-Bercy Sunday
Sunday, October 30, 2011 | 4:35 PM
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PrintGoing into the third and final night of the 29th annual Bercy Supercross only two riders had a shot at the very prestigious King of Bercy title—GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac and privateer Kyle Chisholm. Entering the last night with identical scores of three, whoever crossed the finish line first would be the King of Bercy.
First up though were the elimination races followed by the Superpole and then, finally, the main event for all the marbles.
In the Superpole it was Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer who came through with the fastest one-lap of the night, taking home the 1,000 Euros for his efforts. In the elimination races it was GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia, who had some bad luck all weekend (some his own doing, some not), who dominated those three 3-lap sprint races where the riders in the back of the field were kicked out.
Barcia dominated the field en route to the win on Sunday.
Photo: Sarah Gutierrez
The interesting thing about those is that Suzuki’s Mike Alessi hit the gate in the second race which caused a chain reaction with a bunch of riders including Tomac and Chisholm. Both riders weren’t able to make it through the third race and seeing as how the elimination races determined your gate position for the final, it was going to be interesting for both of those riders.
When it came time to choose the gate for the main, Tomac took the sixth gate from the inside and Chisholm choose the very inside gate—but in the second row. It was an interesting look at a couple of different strategies by the two riders.
And when the gate dropped, we saw whose gate picked worked and whose didn’t. Chisholm was able to sneak around the inside and come out pretty good while Tomac had to fight through the pack. Out front though was Barcia and he was checking out. Weimer wasn’t far behind but for fifteen laps, Barcia was the man here. He avenged his previous two DNF’s with a convincing win on Sunday. Weimer wasn’t that far back in second and Chisholm got by Alessi for third.
Tomac finished second overall at Bercy.
Photo: Sarah Gutierrez
The fastest man in practice, Nick Wey, went down on the first lap and DNF’d which ruined his chances for a third OA on the weekend. Also going down seconds later was French hero Gregory Aranda. Both Kawasaki riders called it a night after that.
It was Barcia winning the main event but Kyle Chisholm won the King of Bercy title with consistent 2-1-3 finishes. Tomac eventually ended up in fifth for second overall and Weimer, with his 3-DNF-2 rides, claiming third.
The 2011 King of Bercy, Kyle Chisholm.
Photo: Sarah Gutierrez
Sunday Results:
1. Justin Barcia
2. Jake Weimer
3. Kyle Chisholm
4. Mike Alessi
5. Eli Tomac
6. Tommy Searle
7. Fabien Izoird
8. Nicolas Aubin
9. Cedric Soubeyras
10. Cyrille Coulon
11. Matteo Bonini
12. Christophe Martin
13. Arnaud Tonus
14. Gregory Aranda
15. Nick Wey
King of Bercy Overall Results:
1. Kyle Chisholm - 2-1-3 = 6 pts
2. Eli Tomac - 1-2-5 = 8 pts
3. Jake Weimer - 3-11-2 = 16 pts
4. Mike Alessi - 4-8-4 = 16 pts
5.Cedric Soubeyras - 7-5-9 = 19 pts
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Barcia had the potential to completely dominate this whole weekend!! Congrats to KC on the title though!!
A $500 check? Are you effing kidding me? Wow I hate our sport.
well son of a gun....another win for the POS YAMMY
@rcx1 calm your tits bro it was from the super pole thing where i think he got 2nd? idk but the winner gets $1000.
Those kawasaki's suck im mean look how many of them crashed.
Stoked with Nick weys performance
Great that Motoconcepts got some advertising this weekend! From Chisholm's jersey! He is not even riding for Motoconcepts but wore a left over jersey while Motoconcepts golden boy didn't do squat. LMFAO!!! Chizzy shows up with his wife and Dad as a pit crew, borrows a stock bike, bolts on his suspension and puts a pipe on and wins this thing! F'ng classic! Doing it old school... Smart move Motoconcepts, you just got schooled by your former rider, with his Dad wrenching, on a bone stock borrowed bike! JGR, please sign this guy!
Maybe Tony Alessi should ask Gary Chisholm for some advice!
Great job and congrats to team #11!
Well put @topofthebox! that should wake somebody up!! Motoconcepts will regret signing mike.
And remember, they are in Europe. So it was $1000 (Euros) for the superpole which is about $1400 for the superpole, still nothing in comparison to stick and ball sports, but they made in a lap or whatever what I make in a week.
WHAT !! No photo anywhere of 5th overall Cedric Soubeyras ??
Good ride by Matt Boni pulling out 11th overall.
@mxbrian15: excellent lol
So does anyone know how much the winner takes home in $? I know he won the pole or whatever it was and earned $500 but how much did chisolm take home for the title?
nice ride Chisholm.
I thought he was already signed with JGR.
Barcia flying the finger...Love it!..The French fans tossing trash..oh..and crepes...Croissants,..some tasty cheese and fruit,...wee weee ...pee pee....WWW.PLAGUEMX.COM..OH,...BTW..check our site for
gear and our new hoodies in stock next week,...just in time for the east coast chill. Later!
Agreed @ topofthebox!
His pass for 1st on Sat night was a bit questionable putting Alessi into the boards but overall great showing, on a stock bike!!! Not a huge Alessi fan either but thought he did real well considering!! And Wey with the fast lap and a win on Sat!Should be an interesting 2012 SX season.... Can't wait. Ugh, two months....
@slarveson.. Remember some yrs ago the winner gets 50k... So it's either the same or more... That's excluding the start money all US riders get... A couple of yrs back it could vary from 10k to 25k per night...
@ Dideirlots and no Im not gona type the rest out. Are you sure about the winings?
That's what I recall reading some yrs back on some french magasine... Knowing the event is french so, I reckon they should not be inventing too much BS...
Put it this way... Ever since the inception of Bercy... riders from the US get good $$ to ride over there... Stanton has mentioned on several occasion he would earn 2-3 times by riding overseas then what he got from Honda and personal sponsors.. And if my memory is correct even MC said that riding a couple of events outside the US made some good money..
Of course, riders such as RV, Dungey, Stewie etc... Those earning millions, Bercy is just spare change.. Why bother to come over?
Yeah I knew they got start money and all I just was not sure what the purse money was.
The puse money is kinda weak anymore I thought? There used to be outlaw races with 5K to 10K purses divided between the 500, 250 and 125 classes that was good change in the 70's.
I think that check is showin metric dollars. It probably converts to about a million dollars, just like the Monster Cup. Or maybe the French took the taxes out prior to signing the check. Or maybe thats a French comma instead of a pierod. The most I ever got for a holeshot was a pair of goggles,