EWC, Bol d'Or, 1st hour (16 p.m.): Gino Rea surprise leader with the Polish Wojcik Racing Team

At the end of qualifying, the Yamaha Austria Racing Team with Loris Baz, Marvin Fritz and Niccolò Canepa, preceded Webike SRC Kawasaki France with Jérémy Guarnoni, Erwan Nigon and David Checa, followed by the Japanese team FCC TSR Honda France with Josh Hook, Freddy Foray and Mike di Meglio, the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team with Ilya Mikhalchik, Julian Puffe and Kenny Foray, the ERC Endurance Team with Mathieu Gines, Julien da Costa and Louis Rossi on BMW, the Suzuki Endurance Racing Team with Vincent Philippe, Etienne Masson and Gregg Black, and Tati Team Beaujolais Racing with Alan Techer, Kevin Denis and Julien Enjolras.

In Superstock, Team 33 Coyote Louit Moto preceded Moto Ain. In this Superstock category, Team 33 Coyote Louit Moto (Kawasaki) with Enzo Boulom, Christian Gamarino and Kevin Manfredi beat Moto Ain (Yamaha) with Roberto Rolfo, Robin Mulhauser and Hugo Clère

The summary of the qualifications in video:

As the departure approached, the weather was quite gloomy:

The start took place on a wet track and Gregg Black (SERT) took the lead ahead of Erwan Nigon (Kawasaki), Freddy Foray (Honda) and Niccolò Canepa (YART). Gregg Black, Freddy Foray and Erwan Nigon opened up a small gap in front of Niccolò Canepa and Gino Rea.

Freddy Foray took first position ahead of Briton Gino Rea, Erwan Nigon, Gregg Black and Niccolo Canepa. Camille Hédelin, sixth, was 10 seconds behind at the end of the third lap.

Gino Rea, riding a Yamaha for the Polish Wojcik Racing Team with Christoffer Bergman and Axel Maurin, attacked Freddy Foray to take the lead from him. He achieved his goal during the sixth round. Foray, Canepa and Nigon remained in his wake.

Gino Rea, Freddy Foray and Niccolò Canepa grouped together opened a gap of 8 seconds on Erwan Nigon and 14 on Gregg Black. No falls were recorded.

In Superstock, the Kawasaki of Team 33 Coyote Louit Moto was well ahead with Kevin Manfredi, seventh overall at 19 seconds. At the end of the eleventh lap, Manfredi was two seconds behind the Suzuki of Gregg Black.

After 16 laps, Rea was ahead of Canepa and Foray in the fight by 10 seconds, Nigon by 23, Manfredi, Baggi and Uramoto by 31. Uramoto stopped at the pit of the Suzuki 71 entered by Juan-Éric Gomez and the Japanese Kagayama, to adjust the suspension settings that are unsuitable for the wet track. Gregg Black and the SERT Suzuki were eighth, 36 seconds behind.

Freddy Foray and his Honda took second position from Niccolò Canepa's Yamaha. The first to fall without gravity was Julien Leyninger with the Yamaha LRC Endurance.

At the end of the 22nd lap, Gino Rea returned to his pit for the first refueling, and Christoffer Bergman took over from him on the Polish team's Yamaha. Three machines fell shortly after, while Canepa took first place ahead of Freddy Foray, Erwan Nigon, Camille Hédelin and Gregg Black.

The Safety Car neutralized the race due to the oil lost by the MotoBox Kremer n°65 which had just crashed with two other machines. Many took the opportunity to pass through the stands. Sébastien Suchet brought the Kawasaki Bolliger back to the Box in his stroller.

First-hour ranking:

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