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American Robie
Peterson made history this past weekend in La
Bresse, France
when he won his first-ever Hillclimb World Championship. The win
brought the total of Peterson family World Championships to six,
making Robie and his father Kerry the first father/son World Champs
in the sport. “It’s just an incredible experience,” said the new
world champ. “I watched my dad race over 20 years ago at places like
the Widowmaker in Utah,
and always dreamed about this day.”
“I’m really proud of Robie,” said five-time champ Kerry Peterson.
“He rode really well and was one of only 12 riders to make it over
the top.”
Peterson topped
France’s Stephane Pierrel during the
two-day event which was witnessed by more than 12,000 spectators.
Last year’s World Champ, American Jason Smith, was third.
“This was a great
event and the hill was a lot different than the one we competed on
last year in DeCazaville,
France,” said Smith.
Peterson and
Smith also led Team
USA to victory in the team
competition, hillclimb’s version of the Motocross des Nations.

Robie Peterson -
World Champion!
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INDIVIDUAL
1. Robie
Peterson - USA
2.
Stéphane Pierrel
- France
3. Jason
Smith -
USA
4. Xavier
Boutiton
- France
5. Franck
Claudel -
France
6. Bret
Peterson -
USA
7. Herve
Poirot -
France
8. Damien
Antoine - France
9. Don
Beer -
USA
10. Brian
Peterson -
USA
14. Ryan
Dicks -
USA
15. Jeff
Thomas -
USA |
TEAM
1.
USA
2.
France
3.
Estonia
4.
Switzerland
5.
Holland
6.
Germany
7.
Poland
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Stéphane, Robie and Jason let loose with the bubbly! |