A touch of Fross
By Alex Hodgkinson on 8th Jul 11
It was doubles day for KTMs Ken Roczen (MX2) and Yamahas Steven Frossard (MX1) at a gnarly Uddevalla, Sweden, on Sunday as Brit Tommy Searle saw his MX2 title hopes dealt a severe blow and KTMs reigning World Champion Toni Cairoli took over the MX1 red plate from a battered Clement.
Desalle – the French ace still suffering the after effects of a big crash he incurred while testing last week. Max Anstie was the top Brit in Sweden as he rebounded from recent setbacks to clinch fourth on the day, but Searle, Jake Nicholls and Shaun Simpson only had a single score each and the Dixon duo of Arnaud Tonus and Zach Osborne played catch-up all day.
MX1 CLASS
The MX1 opener was a knockabout affair!
Cairoli was expecting to exploit Desalle's problems, but it was the Italian, who had to chase from the opening lap.
"I was second but I didn't expect Rui (Goncalves) to go in so tight at the next turn,” he said but he braked really hard at the next turn.
"I braked too hard and the front wheel slipped away. A lot of riders hit me and I was lucky not to get hurt.
"I was dead last when I got up and the clutch lever was broken.”
But in typical Cairoli style he stormed through to fifth by the finish, the most vital overtake coming on lap 14 when he made a hard pass on Desalle, shrugging it off later with the words: "It was only like what he does to me all the time.”
The red plate was now Cairoli's and he further extended his lead in race two. But a new challenge is now on the horizon in the shape of Frossard.
Having recorded his first GP win at Uddevalla in MX2 last year, the Frenchman simply sat behind Evgeny Bobryshev for 35-minutes of the opening race before forcing the pace. The Russian admitted: "There was nothing I could do about it!
"Frossard was riding two seconds a lap faster than me at that stage of the race.”
It was the same story in race two as Cairoli tried to hang on to the flying Yamaha.
"I was pushing to stay with him, but he was just too strong today,” he admitted.
Shaun Simpson was again out of luck. He was holding a solid 12th in the first race until the water pumpwas damaged in a collision with Guarneri.
The Honda-mounted Scot was 16th in race two, while Alfie Smith earned full marks for effort but no points on the outpaced Aprilia twin.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE T+MX JULY 8
WORLD MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 8 – Uddevalla, SWEDEN
1 Steven Frossard (F - Monster Rinaldi Yamaha) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS - Honda World) 22 + 18 = 40
3 Toni Cairoli (I - Red Bull Teka KTM) 16 + 22 = 38
4 Ken De Dycker (B - LS Honda) 18 + 15 = 33
5 Steve Ramon (B - Rockstar Suzuki) 15 + 16 = 31
6 Xavier Boog (F - KRT Kawasaki) 20 + 10 = 30
7 Clement Desalle (B - Rockstar Suzuki) 13 + 14 = 27
8 David Philippaerts (I - Monster Rinaldi Yam) 6 + 20 = 26
9 Rui Goncalves (P - Honda World) 12 + 13 = 25
10 Max Nagl (D - Red Bull Teka KTM) 14 + 11 = 25
11 Kevin Strijbos (B - Delta Suzuki) 9+9=18, 12 Anthony Boissiere (F - Rockstar Suzuki) 10+6=16, 13 Marcus Schiffer (D - Suzuki Europe) 8+7=15, 14 Jonathan Barragan (E - KRT Kawasaki) 0+12=12, 15 Greg Aranda (F - Rockstar Bud Kawasaki) 11+0=11, 16 Davide Guarneri (I - Rockstar Bud LMT Kaw) 0+8=8, 17 Carlos Campano (E - Andalucia Yamaha) 5+3=8, 18 Tanel Leok (EW - Bonver TM) 7+0=7, 19 Matthias Walkner (A - BGR KTM) 2+4=6, 20 Shaun SIMPSON (GB - LS Honda) 0+5=5, 21 Loic Leonce (F - BGR KTM) 4+1=5, 22 Remi Nyegaard (N - Yamaha) 3+0=3, 23 Kim Lindstrom (S - Yamaha) 0+2=2, 24 Ivo Steinbergs (LV - Ist Tisco Kawasaki) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Frossard, 2 Bobryshev, 3 Boog, 4 De Dycker, 5 Cairoli, 6 Ramon, 7 Nagl, 8 Desalle, 9 Goncalves, 10 Aranda, 11 Boissiere, 12 Strijbos, 13 Schiffer, 14 Tanel Leok, 15 Philippaerts, 16 Campano, 17 Leonce, 18 Nyegaard, 19 Walkner, 20 Steinbergs.
RACE TWO: 1 Frossard, 2 Cairoli, 3 Philippaerts, 4 Bobryshev, 5 Ramon, 6 De Dycker, 7 Desalle, 8 Goncalves, 9 Barragan, 10 Nagl, 11 Boog, 12 Strijbos, 13 Guarneri, 14 Schiffer, 15 Boissiere, 16 SIMPSON, 17 Walkner, 18 Campano, 19 Lindstrom, 20 Leonce.
SERIES STANDINGS after 8 (of 15) rounds: 1 Cairoli 322 points, 2 Desalle 312, 3 Frossard 300, 4 Nagl 250, 5 Bobryshev 244, 6 Philippaerts 225, 7 Goncalves 217, 8 Boog 191, 9 Ramon 180, 10 Barragan 176, 11 De Dycker 170, 12 Strijbos 161, 13 Tanel Leok 140, 14 Boissiere 112, 15 Guarneri 94, 16 SIMPSON 94, 17 Campano 44, 18 Aranda 41, 19 Schiffer 41, 20 DOUGAN 26,... 28 BARR 8,...
NEXT ROUND: July 10 – Teutschenthal, GERMANY.
WORLD MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 8 – Uddevalla, SWEDEN
1 Ken Roczen (D - Red Bull Teka KTM) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Jeff Herli ngs (NL - Red Bull Teka KTM) 20 + 22 = 42
3 Gautier Paulin (F - Monster Rinaldi Yam) 22 + 20 = 42
4 Max ANSTIE (GB - CLS Monster PC Kaw) 18 + 16 = 34
5 Christophe Charlier (F - Monster Gariboldi Yam) 14 + 14 = 28
6 Arnaud Tonus (CH - Bike-It Cosworth Yam) 15 + 13 = 28
7 Jeremy Van Horebeek (B - Red Bull Teka KTM) 16 + 12 = 28
8 Nico Aubin (F - HDI KTM) 12 + 15 = 27
9 Zach Osborne (USA - Bike-It Cosworth Yam) 10 + 11 = 21
10 Valentin Teillet (F - Suzuki Europe MX2) 11 + 9 = 20
11 Tommy SEARLE (GB - CLS Monster PC Kaw) 0+18=18, 12 Harri Kullas (SF - Monster Gariboldi Yam) 5+10=15, 13 Petar Petrov (BG - Van Beers Yamaha) 7+7=14, 14 Alessandro Lupino (I - Ricci Husqvarna) 9+5=14, 15 Jake NICHOLLS (GB - HMP Red Bull KTM) 13+0=13, 16 Nick Triest (B - Diga KTM) 6+6=12, 17 Jordi Tixier (F - JM Nestaan KTM) 0+8=8, 18 Michael Leib (USA - Ricci Husqvarna) 8+0=8, 19 Matiss Karro (LV - Route77 MVR-D Honda) 0+4=4, 20 Julien Lieber (B - Lieber KTM) 1+3=4, 21 Mike Kras (NL - Beursfoon Suzuki) 3+1=4, 22 Nikolaj Larsen (DK - KTM) 4+0=4, 23 Filip Bengtsson (S - KTM) 0+2=2, 24 Even Heibye (N - KTM) 2+0=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Roczen, 2 Paulin, 3 Herlings, 4 ANSTIE, 5 Van Horebeek, 6 Tonus, 7 Charlier, 8 NICHOLLS, 9 Aubin, 10 Teillet, 11 Osborne, 12 Lupino, 13 Leib, 14 Petrov, 15 Triest, 16 Kullas, 17 Larsen, 18 Kras, 19 Heibye, 20 Lieber.
RACE TWO: 1 Roczen, 2 Herlings, 3 Paulin, 4 SEARLE, 5 ANSTIE, 6 Aubin, 7 Charlier, 8 Tonus, 9 Van Horebeek, 10 Osborne, 11 Kullas, 12 Teillet, 13 Tixier, 14 Petrov, 15 Triest, 16 Lupino, 17 Karro, 18 Lieber, 19 Bengtsson, 20 Kras.
SERIES STANDINGS after 8 (of 15) rounds: 1 Roczen 351 points, 2 Herlings 337, 3 SEARLE 286, 4 Paulin 276, 5 Osborne 234, 6 Tonus 225, 7 ANSTIE 201, 8 Kullas 179, 9 Aubin 178, 10 Roelants 166, 11 Charlier 158, 12 Lupino 93, 13 Tixier 91, 14 Coldenhoff 90, 15 Triest 68, 16 NICHOLLS 66, 17 Petrov 64, 18 Butron 62, 19 Van Horebeek 59, 20 Rauchenecker 55,... 28 BANKS-BROWNE 17,...
NEXT ROUND: July 10 – Teutschenthal, GERMANY.
