Sébastien Petit concludes in Limonest

Sébastien Petit, who had to retire after testing at Turckheim last weekend, arrived at Limonest with great motivation. Wishing to end the season in style to claim second place on the podium, the Alsatian wants to get the upper hand on Lionel Régal. However, the Lyonnais, already Champion of France since Chamrousse, had not lost a bit of motivation. “ At the end of the season, I feel really good in the car. After my eighth victory, I would like to add a ninth “, said the French Champion on the evening of the Turckheim race. But this time, he was beaten by Sébastien Petit.

Lionel Régal having been French Champion for three weeks, the suspense lay above all in the allocation of the last two places on the podium. Before the race, Cyrille Frantz was in second position, ahead of Nicolas Schatz and Sébastien Petit. During the first climb, it was Lionel Régal who set the best time, ahead of Nicolas Schatz by six tenths and Sébastien Petit by almost two seconds. In the second section, Schatz erases Régal's time and takes the lead in the scratch ranking, ahead of the French Champion and Sébastien Petit. The latter can, however, benefit from a competitive car thanks to the efforts made by his team since Turckheim.

During the last climb, Sébastien Petit won, beating Schatz's time by almost four tenths. With his time, Petit won the scratch classification, took the third victory of the season and took the opportunity to take second place in the general classification of the French Championship. He beats Cyrille Frantz to the post and drops Nicolas Schatz to fourth place. The epilogue of the French Mountain Championship season offers a surprising outcome but it is still Lionel Régal who dominates the discipline. To surprise him, you will have to come back to 2010.