Against all odds… falls and deaths. While he is living a complicated season in the Supersport world championship, the Montluçonnais Jules Cluzel (32) has found a smile again this Saturday, October 2, 2021. And for good reason, he won in the first of the two races of the week -end in Portimao (Portugal), theater of the tenth of the twelve stages of the year. He hadn’t won for two years and his victory in San Juan in 2019. An eternity for a driver… eternally combative.
The context
Even after the various falls suffered this season, the last of which at the beginning of September had caused him a concussion … Or even after the fatal accident of the Spaniard Berta Vinales last weekend in Jérez … Jules Cluzel (Team GMT- 94) did not give up. To finally be able to meet them.
The race
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Starting in pole position on the Algarve circuit, after a magnificent qualifying session in the morning this Saturday, during which he had broken the lap record, the license holder of the Moto Club de Montluçon then managed his effort well.
Always present in the top quartet throughout the event, he took over the lead for good in the fifteenth and final lap. To never let go. He was ahead of the Spaniard Gonzalez (2nd) by less than half a second and the Swiss Aegerter (3rd) at the finish. The latter remains a solid leader in the general classification, while Cluzel gains a rank and climbs up to fifth … Hoping that he will put it back on Sunday noon, still in Portugal, during race-2.
– Course-1 (this Saturday, October 2).? 1. Cluzel ?; 2. Gonzalez, at 0’389 ?; 3. Aegerter, at 0’565 ?; 4. De Rosa, at 0’669 ?; 5. Tuuli, at 1’099 …
– Course-2 (this Sunday, October 3).? Departure at 1:30 p.m.
– General classification.? 1. Aegerter (343 pts); 2. Odendaal (275 pts) ?; 3. Gonzalez (236 pts) ?; 4. Oettl (224 pts) ?; 5. Cluzel (171 pts)
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Motorcycle: recovered from his injuries, the Montluçonnais Jules Cluzel declared fit to ride [25/09/2021]
Text: Luc Barre
Photos: Mateusz Jagielski
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