Roczen King of Bercy | Matt Moss Prince of Paris

Paris Supercross 2022

Ken Roczen has been crowned the King of Bercy 2022 over the weekend, winning the final SX1 event from Eli Tomac to cement his place in the history books with Yarrive Konsky’s Fire Power Honda team.

Roczen prevailed over Tomac and team-mate Braytona, who rounded out the overall podium, but it was a tightly fought affair between Roczen and Tomac

For Roczen, the event started in a superb fashion as he dominated the ‘Super Pole’ session at the beginning of the program. Roczen came alive in the second sprint, after taking third in the first moto, as he ran down the race leader and sprinted away with the win aboard his CRF450R.

Roczen then carried that speed into the main event – progressing from fifth on lap one to second place at the finish line. A 2-1-2 scoresheet from night one had him second overall just two points down on leader Eli Tomac.

Ken Roczen – P1

“What a way to end my first weekend at the Paris Supercross! I gelled with my CRF450R from the very start of the weekend and felt great, even when the track got chewed up at the end there. Thanks to all of the fans for coming out this weekend!”

Justin Brayton – P3

“I want to keep coming back to Paris! I love it here. The track was really challenging tonight and this was a world-class field, so I am stoked to be on the podium. Thanks to everyone in my corner for helping me get on the box!”

Justin Brayton was second in the first sprint and shooting for a similar result in the second moto, but a crash in turn one derailed his momentum. Brayton clawed his way back to seventh place in that and then secured fourth in the main event, after progressing from sixth on lap one, leaving him third heading into Sunday.

By comparison Sunday was a clean sweep by Roczen, the German going 1-1-1 to Tomac’s 3-2-2.

There was even more excitement for the Aussies in the SX2 class, with Matt Moss crowned the Prince of Bercy, claiming a triple win on his way to the overall victory, leaving Jace Owen and team-mate Chris Blose to complete the podium.

It was a slower start to the weekend for Moss, with Chris Blose dominating Saturday. However it turned around on Sunday with Moss going 3-3-3, where Blose collected no points in the final.

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Matt Moss

“This feeling is why I race you can’t beat it. It was great, but I just want to make a special mention to Bayden Blanchette, if it wasn’t for you mate, I wouldn’t be in the position I am. So I am forever grateful for you believing in me from the start, you’ve had two years of having to put up with me, but thank you mate, there needs to be more people like you in our sport. So this is for you, I love everything you’ve done for me.”

Jace Owen was consistent, but not quite consistent enough to claim the win, settling for runner-up.

The long running event saw a stellar turn-out too, with 40,000 fans packing into Paris’s La Defense Arena for the 39th running of the event on Sunday alone.

SX1 Final Results

King of Paris 2022 Results

SX2 Final Results

Prince of Paris 2022 Results