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France national speedway team

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France
AssociationFrench Motorcycle Federation
Fédération Française de Motocyclisme
FIM codeFFM
Nation colourBlue, White and Red
SWC Wins0
Best result
Speedway of Nations (5th, 2021)

The France national speedway team is one of the nations who compete in international motorcycle speedway and is controlled by the French Motorcycling Federation.

History

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The French speedway team were latecomers to the Speedway World Team Cup, missing the first three decades of the event before competing for the first time during the 1991 Speedway World Team Cup, finishing fourth in Group D (the fourth tier of the competition).[1]

The team was one of the weaker nations and struggled to compete against the established nations. From 2001 (when the compeititon was rebranded as the Speedway World Cup) to 2011, France either failed to qualify for the second stage or did not enter a team due to the lack of competititive riders.[2] The team began to improve their world ranking and reappeared in qualifying in 2012 and then nine years later in 2021, competing in the Speedway of Nations they reached their first major final.

Major world finals

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Speedway of Nations

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Year Venue Standings (Pts) Riders Pts
2021 England
Manchester
National Speedway Stadium
1. United Kingdom Great Britain (64+6+5)
2. Poland Poland (74+4)
3. Denmark Denmark (68+3)
4. Australia Australia (49)
5. France France (47)
6. Latvia Latvia (42)
7. Sweden Sweden (30)
David Bellego 34
Dimitri Bergé 13
Steven Goret 0

International caps (as of 2022)

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Since the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix era, international caps earned by riders is largely restricted to international competitions, whereas previously test matches between two teams were a regular occurrence. This means that the number of caps earned by a rider has decreased in the modern era.[3]

Rider Caps
Barraud, Jeremy 1
Bellego, David
Bergé, Dimitri
Bergé, Philippe 3
Boun, Thierry
Cigana, Christian
De Biasi, Richard
Dubernaud, Christophe
Dubernaud, Jordan
Georgese, Jerome
Goret, Steven
Ianotto, Christian
Muratet, Xavier
Ochocki, David
Ostyn, Fabrice
Stella, Gaetan
Trésarrieu, Mathias
Trésarrieu, Mathieu 2
Trésarrieu, Sebastien 2
Trésarrieu, Stéphane 7

References

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  1. ^ "1991 World Team Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

See also

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