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XTERRA France Champs Next Weekend

The XTERRA France Championship in Xonrupt is set for July 11 and the best XTERRA racers in Europe will be there, including the top 5 men and women in the Euro Tour standings.

Franky Batelier (pictured) is shooting for his seventh straight XTERRA win in Europe (he was 4-for-4 last year and has won the first two in 2010) but will have Nico Lebrun and Olivier Marceau to contend with.  Here’s a look at the field:

Belgium – Yeray Luxem
Germany – Felix Schumann, Ronnie Dietz
Great Britain – Jim McConnel, Tim McDowell, Graham Wadsworth, Asa Shaw, Llewellyn Holmes
France – Franky Batelier, Nico Lebrun, Fabien Combaluzier, Olivier Marceau, Jordan Rouyer, Benoit Augueux, Simon Billeau, Nicolas Becker, Nicolas Aumont, Cedric Lassonde, Anthony Lavenu, Maxime Queguiner, Franck Borgia.
Netherlands – Lars Van der Eerden
South Africa – Lieuwe Boonstra
Spain – Ricard Calmet
Switzerland – Othmar Bruegger
USA – Adam Wirth

Renata Bucher (pictured), who is having a fantastic season with wins in Saipan, Portugal, Texas, and Virginia, heads the women’s field and will face off against the likes of Sibylle Matter, Marion Lorblanchet and Carina Wasle. 

Austria – Carina Wasle
France – Marion Lorblanchet, Myriam Guillot, Julie Arnaud
Germany – Maud Golsteyn
Great Britain – Emma Smith, Darrelle Parker
Switzerland – Renata Bucher, Sibylle Matter, Claudia Hossmann

Below is a look at the top 10 in the XTERRA European Tour after two events.  The series includes six races, and pros count their top four scores.  After France, the XTERRA Czech and Germany Championships are on back to back weekends Aug. 7 & Aug. 14, followed by the inaugural XTERRA Switzerland Championship on September 11.