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Written by Andrew Jones
The abused, tired bikes have been put away. The tyre smoke has wafted out to the Côte d’Azur, the beer has all been drunk and the comedy Sesame Street outfits are now at the dry cleaners. Our favourite race series in the whole entire world ? the Sultans of Sprint Challenge ? is done and dusted for another année. Who won the Grand Prixes" Who lost" Who went just for the booze and amazing French beaches" Read on, dear sprint fans. Read on…

Hosted at the Dandy Riders Festival in France?s St Raphaël on the French Riviera, show organiser Sébastien Laurence reports that the conditions were pretty much perfect for throwing things down the bitumen at great speeds. Great temps, great grip and a clearly great location added up to what was clearly the highlight of the 2018 season. And from what we hear, 2,500 enthusiastic and beautifully tanned race spectators also agreed.
But of course, this was pretty serious business for the race entrants. Being the last sprint in the season, the stakes were high; when you have six months to fix broken bikes, wouldn?t you give it the full beans for the chance to win" But the cut throat attitude no doubt lost a little of its edge thanks to the fancy pants surroundings. Who could be too serious in a location like this"

The No.8 Yamaha Motor x Workhorse Speed Shop Team enlisted several good riders this season ? like Nicolo Canepa in Monza or Jens Kuck in Leonberg ? but for the fin...