Fresh from his yellow card, Selestino Ravutaumada finishes off a cracking move.
Gibert puts the ball out to the right wing - it's deemed to have been flat - and the Fijian wing combines with number eight Hacjivah Dayimani to go over.
The pass drifted forward but the officials are happy, clearly thinking that it was initially back.
This has been a very lively start in the Welsh capital.
Converted try: Cardiff 7-3 Racing 92published at 7 mins
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Bowen try, Sheedy con
Great response by Cardiff.
Callum Sheedy dinks a grubber past the Racing defence - which is missing Ravutaumada on their right flank - and livewire wing Tom Bowen wins the race to the ball.
Terrific finish and it's matched by Sheedy's conversion from the left touchline.
Lawrence to lead chargepublished at 15:14 GMT 10 January
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Cardiff v Racing 92 (15:15 GMT)
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Legendary Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau has suffered yet another injury blow for Cardiff.
He scored against Ospreys on New Year's Day but is set to be sidelined for several weeks with a calf problem, which means he is a serious doubt for the start of the Six Nations.
Sadly, Cardiff have got used to being without Faletau.
Alun Lawrence starts this afternoon and will look to continue an impressive season.
The dependable back-rower tops the URC for carries (136) and tackles made (129).
Lawrence is wonderfully unflashy and if Cardiff need some stardust then Taine Basham could provide it.
The flanker has not played since the round one defeat at Stade Francais and needs to grasp his chance after Dan Thomas' impressive performances.
Basham, who signed from Dragons last summer, is an explosive ball carrier and will look to make a big impact.
The Challenge Cup features 18 sides split into three groups, with the top four progressing to the last 16.
This is the second game of the weekend in Pool Three after Stade Francais beat Exeter 27-25 in an absolute cracker in Paris.
The Chiefs went 22-0 up, then the Parisians came back to lead 24-22, Henry Slade struck a drop goal to make it 25-22 in the closing stages only for Leo Barre to respond with a penalty in the 76th minute.
Stade Francais claimed five points, Exeter just the one.
Cardiff sit fourth in the table and have a two-point lead over Racing 92.
That means a victory would, unless the French side claim a pair of bonuses, put them on the brink of qualification.
An Ulster win against Cheetahs in the Netherlands tomorrow would secure a last-16 spot for Cardiff with a round to spare.
However, the Blue and Blacks would still head to Exeter with home advantage to play for.
But we're getting ahead of ourselves, let's just see how things unfold over the next few hours.
Cardiff's Challenge Cup historypublished at 15:10 GMT 10 January
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Cardiff v Racing 92 (15:15 GMT)
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Cardiff won the Challenge Cup in 2010 when they beat a star-studded Toulon and in 2018 they won a thriller against Gloucester to lift the trophy for the second time.
That classic was in Bilbao, which will host both finals again on 22 and 23 May.
Cardiff would love to go back to the San Mames Stadium for a bid to earn a hat-trick of titles in the second-tier tournament.
"There’s some history there, with the finals being held in Bilbao and what we’ve done in the past, so that’s in the background," said coach Corniel van Zyl.“But Europe always has a different flavour compared to the URC. It puts you in a different mindset and allows us to focus on ourselves rather than the other regions, which is refreshing."
Cardiff can not afford to slip up this afternoon to leave themselves with work to do in Exeter next weekend.
James Hook Former Wales fly-half on BBC Radio Wales
How nice it is to have a nice Saturday afternoon kick-off.
Racing have a huge pack, they’ve made some changes and it’s interesting to see French’s approach to a European cup, and it’s the same story of which French team will turn up today?
Livewire Bowen gets chance to impresspublished at 15:06 GMT 10 January
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Cardiff v Racing 92 (15:15 GMT)
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Cardiff have rung the changes from the URC derbies and among those who return is wing Tom Bowen.
Arguably he was harshly overlooked in the festive period after a superb start to the season, although in fairness he is up against Josh Adams and Mason Grady.
The Wales Under-20s speedster crossed for five tries in the first block of the URC, including a hat-trick at Munster, and also scored in the dramatic win against Ulster.
Cardiff will look for Bowen, who had been set to play in the SRC last weekend only for a game at Aberavon to be postponed, and his fast feet to cause Racing problems.
The same applies for fit-again wing Iwan Stephens, who also possesses serious pace.