UAE DESERT CHALLENGE - FINAL RESULTS

CYRIL WINS HIS FIFTH UAE DESERT CHALLENGE

Given a clear path to victory when his KTM team-mate, Marc Coma, plunged from contention 24 hours earlier with clutch failure, Despres won the open bikes title by 14mins 14 secs from Chilean rider Francisco Lopez.

RESULTS FOR Bikes, Open
1. Cyril Despres (F) KTM Rally Replica/690 19:22:51
2. Francisco Lopez (RCH) KTM Rally Replica/690 19:37:31
3. James West (GB) KTM 690/690 20:09:10
4. Alain Duclos (F) KTM/690 20:31:40
5. Jordi Viladoms (E) KTM Rally Replica/690 20:32:27
6. Miran Stanovnik (SLO) KTM Rally Replica/690 20:49:08
7. Tim Trenker (D) KTM 0/660 20:53:52
8. Paul Rivet (F) KTM LC4/660 21:04:01
9. Jakub Przygonski (PL) KTM Rally Replica/690 21:08:50
10. Jacek Czachor (PL) KTM/450 21:29:27

Bikes, 450cc
1. Sean Gaugain (ZAF) Honda CRF 450 X/450 20:39:16
2. Alan Roberts (AUS) Honda CFR 450 X/450 21:23:51
3. Helder Rodrigues (P) Honda CRF 450 X /450 21:51:05
4. Simon Pavey (AUS) Honda CRF 450 X/450 22:11:46
5. Sean Linton (GB) Honda CRF 450 X/450 22:17:52
6. Khalid Al Falasi (UAE) Honda CRF 450 X/450 22:31:02
7. Jason Sockett (GB) Honda CRF 450 X/450 24:14:17
8. Ludovic Delmar (F) Honda CRF 450 X/450 24:20:29
9. David De Souza (GB) KTM 450 EXC/450 26:08:40
10. Matthew Lee (GB) Honda CRF 450 X /450 26:31:53