New Zealand's Josh Coppins ended the world championship motocross season with a podium finish at today's French Grand Prix in Ernee.
Coppins, 26, took third place for the second time since returning from career-threatening injury earlier this year.
It saw him finish 12th overall in the championship.
His CAS Honda CR250R was again
the first two-stroke bike home in a field dominated by four-strokes.
The race was again dominated by Belgium's Stefan Everts who had already secured this world title to take his tally of wins to seven, an all-time record.
Coppins contested second with Honda rider, Denmark's Brian Jorgensen on a CRF450R, as five-times world champion Joel Smets of Belgium slipped to seventh place.
Final championship points:
Stefan Everts (Belgium) Yamaha 275 1, Joel Smets (Belgium) KTM 235 2, Mickael Pichon (France) Suzuki 188 3, Brian Jorgensen (Denmark) Honda 176 4, Kenneth Gundersen (Norway) Kawasaki 150 5, Andrew McFarlane (Australia) Kawasaki 141 6, Marnicq Bervoets (Belgium) Yamaha 131 7, Claudio Federici (Italy) Yamaha 127 8, Kevin Strijbos (Belgium) Suzuki 121 9, Yoshitaka Atsuta (Japan) CAS Honda 117 10.
Also: Josh Coppins (New Zealand) CAS Honda 100 12.
- NZPA
