Sylvain Guintoli dislocates shoulder, but will try to race in Moscow

Besides riding motocross bikes, cycling is also another sport that riders use to train, while motocross incidents are more common - even riding a bicycle, riders can sustain injuries, like when former World champion Troy Bayliss was thrown from his pushbike after hitting a manhole in Montecarlo, back in 2008.

Just days before the Moscow round Sylvain Guintoil fell from his bicycle and dislocated his right shoulder and also sustained cartilage damage.

According to the press release Guintoli will be at Moscow with his team and there the rider, his team and the doctors of the Clinica Mobile will assess his conditions decide whether or not he is fit to participate in the races.

Guintoli lost the lead in the WSBK standings to Tom Sykes during the Imola round, when the Frenchman suffered a DNF in race 1 due to a technical issue on his Aprilia and in race 2 took a third place, while the Kawasaki rider took two victories.

“Last Sunday I had a bicycle accident and dislocated my collarbone. After many thoughts, I took the decision to ride in Moscow. It is going to be a very hard challenge and a very painful weekend but my aim is to fight for the Championship,” said the Aprilia rider.

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Hot Brits that stormed the silver screen

Some actresses remain seductively British, despite sweeping to stardom in Hollywood and beyond. Here’s our pick of five such stars from 60 years of cinema.

Keira Knightley – British understatement

Kohl-ringed eyes and a sweet smile, rather than overt sexuality and classical beauty, saw this British actress rise to fame in the early years of the new millennium. Her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 production of Pride and Prejudice cemented her quintessential English-ness. 

Catherine Zeta-Jones – From Wales with love

Zeta-Jones is known as much for being Welsh, and for marrying Michael Douglas, as she is for her screen roles, full lips and hourglass figure. She first came to fame through the British TV series, The Darling Buds of May, and has since starred in films ranging from The Mask of Zorro to America’s Sweethearts. 

Julie Christie – Sixties chic

For a brief period, Julie Christie epitomised London life in the Swinging Sixties, with her hippie-ish good looks and long – often tousled – blond hair. But perhaps the hippie dream was more than a passing fad for the Oscar-winning actress who, at the end of the 1970s, moved from Hollywood back to the UK… to live on a farm in Wales. 

Liz Taylor – Cool as they come

Yes, Dame Elizabeth Taylor had American parents, but she was born in Hampstead Garden Surburb in 1932 – and a more English area is hard to find. In our opinion, the violet-eyed beauty was also one of the most quintessentially ‘British’ of all actresses. Just listen to her clear-cut voice: as hard as diamonds. 

Audrey Hepburn – Elfin grace 

Another British actress born abroad (in Belgium, in 1929), Hepburn was the daughter of a wealthy English banker and a Dutch baroness. Privately educated in London, Hepburn later attended ballet school in the same city – giving her the grace of movement that so much characterised, along with her elfin face, her on-screen image.

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WRC : Hanninen and Bouffier: Hyundai’s test drivers / Hanninen et Bouffier, pilotes d’essais Hyundai

After recruiting Finn Juho Hanninen, Hyundai Motorsport has now taken on Frenchman Bryan Bouffier, 34, to share the testing of the i20 WRC which will make its debut on the 2014 Rallye Monte-Carlo.

Après le Finlandais Juho Hanninen, Hyundai Motorsport a confirmé le Français Bryan Bouffier (34 ans) comme pilote de développement de l’i20 WRC qui débutera officiellement au Rallye Monte-Carlo 2014.

We had a long chat with Bryan after the Ypres Rallye, but he kept the secret like a true professional!

After working as test driver at Peugeot Sport until December 2012, the Frenchman has been recruited by Hyundai Motorsport to develop the new i20 WRC, a job that will no doubt keep him very busy this summer.

The son of a former amateur rally driver, he made his debut in the 1990s before winning the Volant Peugeot in 2002. His reward was a works drive for Peugeot Sport in the following year’s French Rally Championship.

In 2007, he campaigned a 207 S2000 in Poland for the French make’s importer and won three straight Polish titles before returning home to claim the French title in 2010.

In 2011, Bryan found funding for a limited IRC programme and won the Rallye Monte-Carlo thanks to a judicious tyre choice for the snowy Vercors Mountains stages. This year saw him win another classic event, the Tour de Corse, again in a Peugeot.

Bryan’s entire career to date has been with PSA Peugeot-Citroën. He is fast and consistent, while his good feedback contributed to the development of the Peugeot 207 S2000 and Peugeot 208 R2. Michel Nandan, who today runs Hyundai Motorsport, worked with Bryan at Peugeot and has called on his services to work on the i20 WRC alongside Juho Hanninen.

Au dernier Rallye d’Ypres, nous avions discuté longuement avec Bryan qui avait bien gardé le secret ! En vrai pro…

Pilote d’essais chez Peugeot Sport jusqu’en décembre dernier, Bryan Bouffier a été recruté par Hyundai Motorsport pour développer la nouvelle i20 WRC et il devrait être très occupé cet été.

Fils de Philippe, ancien rallyman amateur, Bryan a débuté au volant à la fin des années 90 avant de remporter le Volant Peugeot 2002, ce qui lui a valu d’être nommé pilote officiel Peugeot Sport l’année suivante en Championnat de France des Rallyes.

En 2007, il s’est exilé en Pologne pour piloter la 207 S2000 engagée par l’importateur Peugeot. Bryan a décroché trois titres polonais consécutifs avant de revenir dans l’Hexagone en 2010 et d’être sacré Champion de France.

En 2011, Bryan parvient à monter un mini-programme IRC et remporte le Rallye Monte-Carlo grâce à un excellent choix de pneumatiques sur les spéciales enneigées du Vercors. Cette année, il a remporté un autre monument du rallye, le Tour de Corse, toujours sur une Peugeot.

Bryan a fait toute sa carrière dans le Groupe PSA Peugeot-Citroën. Rapide, régulier et d’un très bon « feedback », il a aussi contribué au développement de la Peugeot 207 S2000 ou encore de la Peugeot 208 R2. Michel Nandan, aujourd’hui patron de Hyundai Motorsport, qui avait connu Bryan chez Peugeot, a donc fait appel au Drômois pour développer l’i20 WRC aux côtés de Juho Hanninen.

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