Cairoli storms back to victory in Sweden
By Infront Moto Racing on 4th Jul 10
UDDEVALLA (SWEDEN), 4 July 2010 MX1 Championship leader Antonio Cairoli marked his comeback to victory in Sweden courtesy of two moto wins right before the start of the FIM Motocross World Championship's summer break. In the MX2 class instead the event marked Steven Frossard's maiden victory after a battle with Ken Roczen in both heats.
Clement Desalle took two second places for second overall ahead of team mateSteve Ramon, putting together two solid moto's and finishing ahead of EvgenyBobryshev.
In the MX2 class Jeffrey Herlings took second on the podiumwhile Gautier Paulin completed the top three at his first podium appearance of2010. Roczen instead won the final heat but a technical problem ruled him out ofheat one when he was chasing Frossard for first.
In the EMX 125 classJordi Tixier came back to victory and reinforced his Championship lead. TheSwedish podium was completed by Stefan Olsen and Samuele Bernardini.
MX1
Taking victorynumber four of 2010, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1's Cairoli walked away fromSweden with an extended Championship lead. The Italian, who won both heats, isnow 67 points ahead of Desalle whom he passed for the lead of moto two afterhaving dominated the opening moto.
The Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1Team completed the overall podium and now looks forward to their home Grand Prixin Lommel, Belgium, coming up next on the August 1 weekend.
Desalle wassecond overall and collected his fifth consecutive podium. The winner of thelast GP in Latvia recovered to second in the opening moto and was again secondin the final moto, which he was leading until a hard charging Cairoli moved pasthim and pulled away.
Ramon mounted on the third step of the podium aftera solid final moto. The Belgian, who missed this GP last year due to a neckinjury, was close to Desalle towards the end of the heat but decided to settlefor an eventual safe third. In moto one instead Ramon was fourth.
Onceagain CAS Honda's Bobryshev missed his first podium by a bunch of points. TheRussian already came close to the podium in Latvia and today took another fourthoverall after he made a mistake in the final moto, when he tried to move pastDesalle for second. He was an eventual fourth in the second moto and fifth inthe first one.
Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross' Philippaerts completedthe top five. After a good third place in the opening moto, the Italian had abad start to moto two and struggled to recover.
Nagl was sixth ahead ofBoog while Söderström was the best placed home rider with 14th overall.Boissiere was 15th in the standings but a head concussion following a secondmoto crash ruled him out of the final heat.
17th was Guarneri who crashedin both moto's after taking good starts.
MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. AntonioCairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:45.425; ; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:04.040; 3.David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:06.051; 4. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki),+0:07.916; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:30.542; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER,KTM), +0:32.808; 7. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Honda), +1:00.576; 8. Kevin Strijbos(BEL, Suzuki), +1:01.791; 9. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:03.015; 10. AnthonyBoissiere (FRA, TM), +1:17.633;
MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli(ITA, KTM), 39:13.172; ; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:02.543; 3. SteveRamon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:04.460; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:12.697; 5.Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:13.589; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM),+0:23.023; 7. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:32.242; 8. David Philippaerts(ITA, Yamaha), +0:50.995; 9. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), +0:53.035; 10. RuiGonçalves (POR, KTM), +1:01.965;
MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli(ITA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 44 p.; 3. Steve Ramon(BEL, Suzuki), 38 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 34 p.; 5. DavidPhilippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 33 p.; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 30 p.; 7.Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 28 p.; 8. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 27 p.; 9.Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Honda), 23 p.; 10. Rui Gonçalves (POR, KTM), 20p.;
MX1 Championship top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 434 points;2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 367 p.; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha),331 p.; 4. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 315 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 306p.; 6. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 276 p.; 7. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 269p.; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 223 p.; 9. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), 219p.; 10. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), 196 p.;
MX1 Manufacturers: 1. KTM,463 points; 2. Suzuki, 417 p.; 3. Yamaha, 384 p.; 4. Honda, 323 p.; 5. Kawasaki,303 p.; 6. Aprilia, 148 p.; 7. TM, 145 p.; 8. CCM, 11 p.; 9. Husqvarna, 4p.;
MX2
Kawasaki CLS'sFrossard interrupted KTM's winning streak in the MX2 class as he took his firstever Grand Prix victory at Uddevalla. The French made up for a disappointingqualifying heat yesterday –he tangled with Roczen at the opening lap andcrashed- with two solid performances today. Frossard moved past Simpson andHerlings in heat one to lead until the chequered flag while he let Roczen by inthe second moto and took second. The German troubled Frossard also in theopening heat, making mistakes but always coming back to the Frenchman's tail;eventually a mechanical problem ruled him out with just two laps to go. Now theFrench has equalled runner up Roczen in the Championship standings with a totalof 355 points.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2's Herlings was a positivesecond on the podium in Uddevalla, where he had never raced a Grand Prix before.The Dutch, who won in Kegums last weekend, was handed second by Roczen in theopening moto and rounded off the day with a fourth place in the final moto.
With Roczen having pulled away from runner up Frossard, the second motowas added drama by Paulin's recovery in the final laps. The French worked hisway to the first 2010 podium by passing both Musquin and Herlings in the finalsix laps. Combining a third place in moto two and a fifth in moto one, theFrench earned the overall podium.
After taking third in the openingmoto, Kawasaki CLS' Van Horebeek was troubled by pain to his neck due to lastweekend's injury. The Belgian could do no better than sixth in the second motoand dropped down to fourth overall.
Championship leader Musquin of RedBull KTM Factory Racing MX2 was a bitter fifth overall, combining a fourth and afifth place in the heats. Musquin struggled with bad starts but his main rivalin the Championship Roczen still scored lass points than him due to his dnf inmoto one.
American Leib took his best result of the season with ninthoverall right ahead of Simpson. The British was leading race one when he waspassed by Frossard and crashed.
Kullas took 11th leading a Yamaha triocompleted by Lupino and Charlier, with the latter being disappointed with hisriding after he almost won yesterday's qualifying.
A broken rear wheelhampered Teillet's ambitions of winning race two, which he started in the topthree but ended with a dnf.
A crash at the opening lap and a brokenexhaust also spelled an early end to Tonus' last moto.
MX2 Race 1 topten: 1. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 40:30.167; ; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED,KTM), +0:15.059; 3. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:19.256; 4. MarvinMusquin (FRA, KTM), +0:24.680; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:26.994; 6.Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), +0:38.253; 7. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), +0:47.162;8. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:56.185; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:57.897;10. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +1:02.637;
MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1.Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 39:28.824; ; 2. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki),+0:04.424; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:12.277; 4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED,KTM), +0:16.510; 5. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), +0:18.213; 6. Jeremy van Horebeek(BEL, Kawasaki), +0:49.514; 7. Michael Leib (USA, Kawasaki), +0:56.939; 8. JoelRoelants (BEL, KTM), +1:02.272; 9. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), +1:14.005; 10.Matiss Karro (LAT, Suzuki), +1:16.545;
MX2 Overall top ten: 1. StevenFrossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 47 points; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 40 p.; 3.Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 36 p.; 4. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 35p.; 5. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 34 p.; 6. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 26 p.; 7.Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 26 p.; 8. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 25 p.; 9.Michael Leib (USA, Kawasaki), 22 p.; 10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 22p.;
MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 438 points;2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 355 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 355 p.;4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 326 p.; 5. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 275 p.;6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 268 p.; 7. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 244p.; 8. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), 243 p.; 9. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 240 p.;10. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), 203 p.;
MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 482points; 2. Suzuki, 379 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 363 p.; 4. Yamaha, 346 p.; 5. Honda, 80p.; 6. TM, 18 p.;