Orange Crush
By Alex Hodgkinson on 19th Apr 13
The orange roadshow rolled on last Sunday, as KTM aces Toni Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings blasted to another set of doubles at Arco di Trento, Italy.
But Brit Tommy Searle's confidence took a tremendous boost when he stormed through the field from last to sixth in race two.
Searle's cumulative race time from turn two was even faster than Toni Cairoli, after he had been cannoned out of second place by Clement Desalle.
Jake Nicholls lost his podium chances in MX2 at the same turn, when he ran into Australian Dean Ferris.
A massive crowd – double the normal attendance for Italy as German, Swiss and Austrian fans boosted the ranks – lined the switchback gravel track above Lake Garda.
And Cairoli – for once – performed on his home turf.
"I knew after yesterday that the starts were vital, and fortunately today I took two holeshots.
"From there it was plain-sailing,” the champion admitted after career victory number 57, to equal Joel Smets, with only Stefan Everts now on more wins.
Neither win was a runaway and Searle's season took a turn for the better as he slipped into second each time.
Sadly the Brit wasn't able to maintain it to the finish in either moto.
He said: "I feel like I can ride their pace for the first few laps but then I take bad lines and tense up.
"That's what happened in race one. There are five of us up front and once they have got past, I can stay with them again.”
Having chased home Paulin, Desalle and De Dycker, Tommy again gated second in race two but his hopes of staying there were over at turn two.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX APRIL 19
WORLD MX1 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 – Arco di Trento, ITALY
1 Antonio Cairoli (I - Red Bull KTM) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Ken De Dycker (B - Red Bull KTM) 18 + 22 = 40
3 Gautier Paulin (F - KRT Kawasaki) 22 + 18 = 40
4 Clement Desalle (B - Rockstar Suzuki) 20 + 13 = 33
5 Kevin Strijbos (B - Rockstar Suzuki) 15 + 16 = 31
6 Tommy SEARLE (GB - CLS Monster PC Kaw) 16 + 15 = 31
7 Max Nagl (D - Honda World) 10 + 20 = 30
8 Xavier Boog (F - Ice1 KTM) 13 + 14 = 27
9 Jeremy Van Horebeek (B - KRT Kawasaki) 14 + 11 = 25
10 Jonathan Barragan (E - STR KTM) 8 + 12 = 20
11 Matiss Karro (LAT - STR KTM) 9+10=19, 12 Shaun SIMPSON (GB - Ricci TM) 12+7=19, 13 Rui Goncalves (P - Ice1 KTM) 7+9=16, 14 David Philippaerts (I - Gariboldi Honda) 6+6=12, 15 Davide Guarneri (I - Marchetti KTM) 11+0=11, 16 Tanel Leok (EST - Route77 Honda) 0+8=8, 17 Nikolaj Larsen (DK - Honda) 5+3=8, 18 Augusts Justs (LAT - Latvia Elksni Honda) 3+4=7, 19 Santtu Tiainen (SF - Honda) 4+2=6, 20 Jason DOUGAN (GB - Route77 Honda) 0+5=5, 21 Mikola Paschynskyi (UKR - KTM) 2+0=2, 22 Fabio Ferrari (I - Honda) 0+1=1, 23 Stefano Dami (I - Yamaha) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Cairoli, 2 Paulin, 3 Desalle, 4 De Dycker, 5 SEARLE, 6 Strijbos, 7 Van Horebeek, 8 Boog, 9 SIMPSON, 10 Guarneri, 11 Nagl, 12 Karro, 13 Barragan, 14 Goncalves, 15 Philippaerts, 16 Larsen, 17 Tiainen, 18 Justs, 19 Paschynskyi, 20 Dami.
RACE TWO: 1 Cairoli, 2 De Dycker, 3 Nagl, 4 Paulin, 5 Strijbos, 6 SEARLE, 7 Boog, 8 Desalle, 9 Barragan, 10 Van Horebeek, 11 Karro, 12 Goncalves, 13 Leok, 14 SIMPSON, 15 Philippaerts, 16 DOUGAN, 17 Justs, 18 Larsen, 19 Tiainen, 20 Ferrari.
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 18) rounds: 1 Cairoli 192 points, 2 De Dycker 155, 3 Desalle 149, 4 Paulin 148, 5 Strijbos 120, 6 SEARLE 118, 7 Goncalves 89, 8 Bobryshev 87, 9 Boog 83, 10 Nagl 75, 11 Leok 69, 12 Philippaerts 61, 13 Roelants 58, 14 SIMPSON 54, 15 Guarneri 52, 16 Van Horebeek 49, 17 Frossard 47, 18 Barragan 44, 19 Karro 29, 20 Justs 26,... 22 DOUGAN 9, 23 WATSON 6,... 29 LAW 4,...
NEXT ROUND: April 21 – Sevlievo, BULGARIA.
WORLD MX2 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 – Arco di Trento, ITALY
1 Jeffrey Herlings (NL - Red Bull KTM) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Jordi Tixier (F - Red Bull KTM) 22 + 18 = 40
3 Jose Butron (E - Silver Action KTM) 15 + 22 = 37
4 Christophe Charlier (F - Monster Energy Yam) 20 + 16 = 36
5 Glenn Coldenhoff (NL - Standing Construct KTM) 16 + 15 = 31
6 Dylan Ferrandis (F - Rockstar BUD Kawasaki) 13 + 13 = 26
7 Max ANSTIE (GB - Rockstar Suzuki) 14 + 12 = 26
8 Dean Ferris (AUS - Monster Energy Yamaha) 0 + 20 = 20
9 Jeremy Seewer (CH - Suzuki) 9 + 11 = 20
10 Alessandro Lupino (I - CLS Monster PC Kaw) 5 + 14 = 19
11 Mel POCOCK (GB - Monster Energy Yamaha) 11+8=19, 12 Jake NICHOLLS (GB - Wilvo Nestaan JM KTM) 18+0=18, 13 Maxime Desprey (F - Monster Energy Yamaha) 6+10=16, 14 Harri Kullas (SF - Gariboldi Honda) 10+4=14, 15 Pascal Rauchenecker (A - Standing Construct KTM) 7+6=13, 16 Stefan-Kjer Olsen (DK - Jtech ESTA Honda) 8+5=13, 17 Petar Petrov (BUL - Kemea Reytec Yamaha) 12+0=12, 18 Even Heibye (N - Scott KTM) 3+7=10, 19 Julien Lieber (B - Rockstar Suzuki) 0+9=9, 20 Ivo Monticelli (I - Ricci TM) 2+3=5, 21 Tim Gajser (SLO - KTM) 4+0=4, 22 Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS - Honda) 1+2=3, 23 Benoit Paturel (F - Husqvarna) 0+1=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Herlings, 2 Tixier, 3 Charlier, 4 NICHOLLS, 5 Coldenhoff, 6 Butron, 7 ANSTIE, 8 Ferrandis, 9 Petrov, 10 POCOCK, 11 Kullas, 12 Seewer, 13 Olsen, 14 Rauchenecker, 15 Desprey, 16 Lupino, 17 Gajser, 18 Heibye, 19 Monticelli, 20 Brylyakov.
RACE TWO: 1 Herlings, 2 Butron, 3 Ferris, 4 Tixier, 5 Charlier, 6 Coldenhoff, 7 Lupino, 8 Ferrandis, 9 ANSTIE, 10 Seewer, 11 Desprey, 12 Lieber, 13 POCOCK, 14 Heibye, 15 Rauchenecker, 16 Olsen, 17 Kullas, 18 Monticelli, 19 Brylyakov, 20 Paturel.
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 18) rounds: 1 Herlings 200 points, 2 Tixier 141, 3 Coldenhoff 128, 4 Butron 111, 5 Charlier 107, 6 Febvre 98, 7 ANSTIE 98, 8 Ferris 89, 9 NICHOLLS 82, 10 POCOCK 77, 11 Lupino 76, 12 Lieber 71, 13 Petrov 61, 14 Ferrandis 50, 15 Rauchenecker 47, 16 Olsen 46, 17 Kullas 38, 18 Desprey 36, 19 Tonkov 34, 20 BANKS-BROWNE 31,... 33 DUNN 1,...
NEXT ROUND: April 21 – Sevlievo, BULGARIA.
EUROPEAN 125cc (2T) MX CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 1 – Arco di Trento, ITALY
1 Pauls Jonass (LAT - KTM) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Anton Lundgren (S - KTM) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Calvin Vlaanderen (NL - KTM) 20 + 18 = 38
4 Frederik Van Der Vlist (NL - Yamaha) 16 + 20 = 36
5 Riccardo Righi (I - KTM) 18 + 13 = 31
6 Nicolas Dercourt (F - Yamaha) 15 + 15 = 30
7 Henry Jacobi (D - KTM) 13 + 14 = 27
8 Ivan Baranov (RUS - KTM) 9 + 16 = 25
9 Kade Tinkler (CAN - Suzuki) 14 + 11 = 25
10 Lorenzo Ravera (I - KTM) 11 + 10 = 21
16 Michael ECCLES (GB - KTM) 8 + 0 = 8
RACE ONE: 1 Jonass, 2 Lundgren, 3 Vlaanderen, 4 Righi, 5 Van Der Vlist, 6 Dercourt, 7 Tinkler, 8 Jacobi, 9 Ivan Petrov (BUL - KTM), 10 Ravera,... 13 ECCLES,...
RACE TWO: 1 Jonass, 2 Lundgren, 3 Van Der Vlist, 4 Vlaanderen, 5 Baranov, 6 Dercourt, 7 Jacobi, 8 Righi, 9 Dani Houzet (F - KTM), 10 Tinkler, 11 Ravera,...
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 8) rounds: As Overall above.
NEXT ROUND: April 20/21 – Agueda, PORTUGAL.
