Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s Romain Febvre has won round eight of the FIM Motocross World Championship at Villars sous Ecot in France, much to the delight of his home crowd in his first-career MXGP overall.

Febvre won the overall with second in the opening moto and a win in the second, sealing him the round victory ahead of Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev and world champion Antonio Cairoli (Red Bull KTM), who won the opening moto.

It was an incredible event for Australian Dean Ferris (Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing) with 4-4 finishes for fifth overall, behind red plate holder Max Nagl (Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing). Nagl’s teammate Todd Waters was 10th with 12-13 results.

Meanwhile in MX2, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings bounced back from his brief dip in results to claim his first double victory since his home grand prix in Valkenswaard a month ago. He won the overall ahead of Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser and Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s world champion Jordi Tixier.

Round winner for the Women’s Motocross World Championship was won by world champion Kiara Fontanesi, leading home Nancy Van De Ven and Australian revelation Madison Brown on the overall podium.

Round five of the European Championship EMX125 was swept clean by KTM Factory Juniors’ Josiah Natzke, the talented Kiwi who was able to claim his first overall win of the season.

2015 MXGP World Championship
Round eight – Villars sous Ecot, France

MXGP overall results:
1. Romain Febvre 47
2. Evgeny Bobryshev 40
3. Antonio Cairoli 39
4. Maximilian Nagl 37
5. Dean Ferris (AUS) 36
6. Glenn Coldenhoff 28
7. Jeremy Van Horebeek 28
8. Ken de Dycker 26
9. Shaun Simpson 24
10. Todd Waters (AUS) 17

MXGP championship standings:
1. Maximilian Nagl 332
2. Antonio Cairoli 313
3. Clement Desalle 291
4. Romain Febvre 282
5. Gautier Paulin 252
6. Evgeny Bobryshev 247
7. Shaun Simpson 169
8. Todd Waters (AUS) 138
9. Glenn Coldenhoff 134
10. Ken de Dycker 133
15. Dean Ferris (AUS) 101

MX2 overall results:
1. Jeffrey Herlings 50
2. Tim Gajser 40
3. Jordi Tixier 40
4. Pauls Jonass 32
5. Valentin Guillod 30
6. Aleksandr Tonkov 29
7. Petar Petrov 29
8. Jeremy Seewer 26
9. Max Anstie 25
10. Vsevolod Brylyakov 20

MX2 championship standings:
1. Jeffrey Herlings 358
2. Valentin Guillod 246
3. Pauls Jonass 245
4. Jordi Tixier 229
5. Aleksandr Tonkov 218
6. Tim Gajser 209
7. Jeremy Seewer 208
8. Dylan Ferrandis 205
9. Julien Lieber 184
10. Max Anstie 183

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