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 mate Steve Ramon, putting together two solid moto’s and finishing ahead of Evgeny Bobryshev.
In the MX2 class Jeffrey Herlings took second on the podium while Gautier Paulin completed the top three at his first podium appearance of 2010. Roczen instead won the final heat but a technical problem ruled him out of heat one when he was chasing Frossard for first.
In the EMX 125 class Jordi Tixier came back to victory and reinforced his Championship lead. The Swedish podium was completed by Stefan Olsen and Samuele Bernardini.
MX1
Taking victory number four of 2010, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1’s Cairoli walked away from Sweden with an extended Championship lead. The Italian, who won both heats, is now 67 points ahead of Desalle whom he passed for the lead of moto two after having dominated the opening moto.
The Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1 Team completed the overall podium and now looks forward to their home Grand Prix in Lommel, Belgium, coming up next on the August 1 weekend.
Desalle was second overall and collected his fifth consecutive podium. The winner of the last GP in Latvia recovered to second in the opening moto and was again second in the final moto, which he was leading until a hard charging Cairoli moved past him and pulled away.
Ramon mounted on the third step of the podium after a solid final moto. The Belgian, who missed this GP last year due to a neck injury, was close to Desalle towards the end of the heat but decided to settle for an eventual safe third. In moto one instead Ramon was fourth.
Once again CAS Honda’s Bobryshev missed his first podium by a bunch of points. The Russian already came close to the podium in Latvia and today took another fourth overall after he made a mistake in the final moto, when he tried to move past Desalle for second. He was an eventual fourth in the second moto and fifth in the first one.
Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross’ Philippaerts completed the top five. After a good third place in the opening moto, the Italian had a bad start to moto two and struggled to recover.
Nagl was sixth ahead of Boog while Söderström was the best placed home rider with 14th overall. Boissiere was 15th in the standings but a head concussion following a second moto crash ruled him out of the final heat.
17th was Guarneri who crashed in both moto’s after taking good starts.
MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (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. Anthony Boissiere (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. Steve Ramon (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. Rui Gonçalves (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. David Philippaerts (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), 20 p.;
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), 306 p.; 6. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 276 p.; 7. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 269 p.; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 223 p.; 9. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), 219 p.; 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, 4 p.;
Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery
MX2
Kawasaki CLS’s Frossard interrupted KTM’s winning streak in the MX2 class as he took his first ever Grand Prix victory at Uddevalla. The French made up for a disappointing qualifying heat yesterday –he tangled with Roczen at the opening lap and crashed- with two solid performances today. Frossard moved past Simpson and Herlings in heat one to lead until the chequered flag while he let Roczen by in the second moto and took second. The German troubled Frossard also in the opening 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 the French has equalled runner up Roczen in the Championship standings with a total of 355 points.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Herlings was a positive second 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 the opening 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 moto was added drama by Paulin’s recovery in the final laps. The French worked his way to the first 2010 podium by passing both Musquin and Herlings in the final six laps. Combining a third place in moto two and a fifth in moto one, the French earned the overall podium.
After taking third in the opening moto, Kawasaki CLS’ Van Horebeek was troubled by pain to his neck due to last weekend’s injury. The Belgian could do no better than sixth in the second moto and dropped down to fourth overall.
Championship leader Musquin of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2 was a bitter fifth overall, combining a fourth and a fifth place in the heats. Musquin struggled with bad starts but his main rival in the Championship Roczen still scored lass points than him due to his dnf in moto one.
American Leib took his best result of the season with ninth overall right ahead of Simpson. The British was leading race one when he was passed by Frossard and crashed.
Kullas took 11th leading a Yamaha trio completed by Lupino and Charlier, with the latter being disappointed with his riding after he almost won yesterday’s qualifying.
A broken rear wheel hampered Teillet’s ambitions of winning race two, which he started in the top three but ended with a dnf.
A crash at the opening lap and a broken exhaust also spelled an early end to Tonus’ last moto.
MX2 Race 1 top ten: 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. Marvin Musquin (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. Joel Roelants (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. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 47 points; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 40 p.; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 36 p.; 4. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 35 p.; 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), 22 p.;
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), 244 p.; 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, 482 points; 2. Suzuki, 379 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 363 p.; 4. Yamaha, 346 p.; 5. Honda, 80 p.; 6. TM, 18 p.;
Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery
EMX 125
After missing out on victory in Germany for his first time this year, EMX 125 Championship leader Tixier marked his comeback to victory this weekend by taking both moto’s of the Swedish round. Consistency helped young gun Olsen in taking his first season’s podium, with the Danish finishing twice third. Italian Bernardini mounted on his first podium of the season after he took second in moto one and sixth in moto two. The latter is now third in the Championship behind Lafont – fifth overall today.
GP OF SWEDEN – QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1513 mt
Type of ground: mix sand and hard pack
Temperature: 19° C
Weather conditions: rainy in the morning, cloudy for the rest of the day
Crowd attendance: 22000
As the whole FIM Motocross World Championship, this Grand Prix and the FIM Women’s World Championship Race 2 will be broadcast live and delayed. Click here to see schedule and coverage online.
NEXT GP
Completing a series of three consecutive GP’s, the FIM Motocross World Championship now enters its summer break with the action resuming in Lommel, Belgium, on the August 1 weekend in occasion of the GP of Limburg. The FIM Veterans’ World Cup will also restart at Lommel while the EMX 125 will continue at Loket, Czech Republic, on the August 8 weekend.
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Photo: Cairoli dominated the Swedish GP
