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2012 was a monumental year for another reason, as Florent’s SMK World Championship winning streak was finally put to a halt. After a rocky start with an early elimination in the [[Time Trial]] tournament, Florent was unable to close the gap towards his all-time SMK rival, UK Champion [[Sami]], who became World Champion for the first time at the event. Although this was a huge disappointment for Florent, there were also personal accompishments worth celebrating, most notably his success in sustaining the GP gold medal streak he started 6 years ago, leading to his 7th consecutive gold medal for that mode.

2012 was a monumental year for another reason, as Florent’s SMK World Championship winning streak was finally put to a halt. After a rocky start with an early elimination in the [[Time Trial]] tournament, Florent was unable to close the gap towards his all-time SMK rival, UK Champion [[Sami]], who became World Champion for the first time at the event. Although this was a huge disappointment for Florent, there were also personal accompishments worth celebrating, most notably his success in sustaining the GP gold medal streak he started 6 years ago, leading to his 7th consecutive gold medal for that mode.

Unlike his main rival [[Sami]], Florent participated in the warm-up [[NTSC]] time trial tournament, organized one day prior to the start of the [[PAL]] competition. He got eliminated before the final, after bravely attempting several LB's on [[MC2]] and failing one of them. After a promising start of the PAL time trial tournament, Florent was eliminated in the quarter finals due to two crashes on [[GV3]].

Unlike his main rival [[Sami]], Florent participated in the warm-up [[NTSC]] [[Time Trial]] tournament, organized one day prior to the start of the [[PAL]] competition. He got eliminated before the final, after bravely attempting several LB's on [[MC2]] and failing one of them. Florent enjoyed a promising start of the [[PAL]] [[Time Trial]] tournament, delivering one of the finest times ever driven at a Championship 1-try event, with a stunning sub 56" time on [[CI1]]. Shortly after desaster struck, as Florent was eliminated in the quarter finals due to two crashes on [[GV3]]. With [[Sami]] going on to obtain the gold medal, there was immediately a substantial gap to cross for Florent. Luck for Florent was not picking up, as in the MR tournament elimination phase he got the toughest bracket possible, with both [[Karel]] and [[Sami]] crossing his road to the final. Just like in the two previous years, his match with  [[Karel]], this time in the quarter final, went all the way to the wire. In the deciding match on MC4, Florent pulled off a cunning backwards red in the first hairpin, stopping the Dutchman from progressing any further. Florent's was struggling to find form in his semi final clash with [[Sami]] and suffered a 9-4 loss against the rampant UK Champion. Florent did claim the bronze medal in the little final of MR, cruising to a 9-1 win versus the the surprise package of the CDM, the young prodigy[[Conor Wood]].

== Championship Medal Collection ==

== Championship Medal Collection ==