Karting Circuit de la Roche Glun hosts the opening round of the France Championship Supermoto Prestige and SuperQuad June 11-12.
Top Supermoto French pilots meet this season in a single category Prestige, like the World Supermoto.

June 5 2011: (courtesy www.pouces17.net)

New Riders and New Rules for 2011:
Nearly 150 Supermoto pilots, including some of the Superquaders are due on June 11 and 12 at La Roche-de-Glun near Valence (Drôme), where the Moto Club de Lyon and the Rhône hosts the first race of the 2011 French Supermoto Championship season at the International karting circuit.

Important innovation this year: the drivers of the old categories S1 and S2 are grouped in one capacity class (350cc to 750cc) and the pattern of race is revamped: the first 32 qualified set the starting grid while the 32 riders following alignment by category. The rest will meet in Promotion. No rule changes planned for the Superquaders.  

Top Challengers:
Prestige Class promises to be particularly lively with the consolidation of the best riders. Many are able to claim victory and will be challenging from the first race.

Sylvain Bidart (Honda Luc'1) will defend his titles (2008, 2009 and 2010) and its status as French number 1. No doubt, "Professor" Stéphane BLOT and "Lupo" Boris Chambon (world champion 2005), meeting this season under the same canopy and new colors (Team Suzuki Blot), will talk about their experience of the race.

If these big names are expected in pole position, they should be wary of drivers of the rising generation. Alexis MARIE-LUCE (S3 Champion 2009), which runs this year in the World, will bring his KTM 747 Motorsport Team at the opening of the championship of France. It will regain its former rival Thomas Verscheure S3 (S3 champion France 2008) on TM (Team MHRM) this season. We should also mention Adrian GOGUET (S2 ​​Champion 2008) the team also MHRM TM, returning to competition after a year blighted by injury in 2010. But Damien CHANSEAUD, Waren BOUGARD Alexander PRECOP, so many drivers that can spice up their sleeves to come ...

We also note the presence of American Ryan Kearns, current leader of the 450 class in Supermoto USA Championship, who will run on the 2 early French tests.
One can only regret the absence in early season two talented drivers: GRELIER Aurélien (S1 Vice-Champion 2010) and William FLANDIN (champion de France S2 2010), both still convalescing after injury during the Indoor Tours last March.

The show will also go into S3 category, that of young talent supermoto, the handlebars 250 4T. It will include such GUERIN Frédéric (Luc'1 Honda Team), defending champion, but current championship leader in American Supermoto Lites classes. He will face opponents from last year: Jonathan BRIGHT, Emmanuel GROUND, Maxime Lacour ...