What happened on the run leg?<\/strong><\/h2>\nMidway on the final lap, and Bergere pulled out a breakaway with Kiwi Tayler Reid and Portugal\u2019s Ricardo Batista, allowing the Frenchman to hit the 5km in the lead.<\/p>\n
But mere seconds behind was the spectre of run-speed specialist, Wilde, who was quickly in the lead\u2026 but Bergere alongside teammate Le Corre, who had had a solid race throughout, was not going to let a potential first win of 2023 get away that easily.<\/p>\n
The three traded places over the two-lap run, but it would come down to the final few hundred metres of the final lap, as the French duo pulled ahead of Wilde.<\/p>\n
As they turned for the final corner, it was anyone\u2019s guess who would triumph but by the tape, it was Le Corre who took the title, and with it his first career WTCS victory.<\/p>\n
Bergere ran in for silver, Wilde bronze and Vila\u00e7a fourth.<\/p>\n
With one final race at the Grand Final in Pontevedra to go, Wilde leads the standings.<\/p>\n
Top image credit:<\/strong> Getty Images<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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