Following a very good fight, the Brazilian Eric Granado won ahead of Ricky Cardus, Hector Garzo, David Sanchis, Lukas Tulovic and Steven Odendaal.
The first line included Eric Granado, Hector Garzo and Ricky Cardus. On the second were David Sanchez, Steven Odendaal and Dimas Ekky. Corentin Perolari on the TransFiormers started from the fourth row. Paul Dufour and Philippe Le Gallo, first and second in Superstock, started from seventh.
Hector Garzo was the fastest to set off on his Mistral Tech 3, ahead of Ricky Cardus, Steven Odendaal, Eric Granado, David Sanchis and Corentin Perolari. Paul Dufour was seventeenth ahead of Philippe Le Gallo.
Garzo and Cardus were breaking away slightly, while Odendaal was trying to keep in touch. Marc Luna fell without gravity on the second Mistral. Xavier Cardelus also fell. The race was stopped at the red flag.
A new start was given for 12 laps, with the original grid positions. Garzo took command ahead of Cardus, Granado, Tulovic, Sanchis and Odendaal. Perolari had not left. Dufour was riding in thirteenth position, and Le Gallo in fifteenth.
At halfway, Garzo, Cardus and Granado were 3 seconds ahead of Sanchis, Tulovic and Odendaal. Cardus took the lead ahead of Granado and Garzo. The American Jason Uribe fell without seriousness. Dimas Ekky then fell.
Granado took first position two laps from the end, then restarted between Dufour thirteenth and Le Gallo fifteenth.
Cardus and Granado opened up a gap of 1.2 on Garzo. Eric Granado won ahead of Ricky Cardus, Hector Garzo, David Sanchis, Lukas Tulovic and Steven Odendaal. Paul Dufour finished thirteenth and Philippe Le Gallo fifteenth, first and second in Superstock.
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