Red Bull Motocross of Nations Sunday: Moto 1 and Moto 2



Ryan Villopoto on his way to a first moto win.

There's a very short list of riders who have won a moto aboard a small-bore bike in the history of the Motocross of Nations, and you can now add Team USA's Ryan Villopoto to the list, as he dominated the first moto, which combined the MX1 and MX2 riders. Equally impressive was Ricky Carmichael's ride from the back of the pack after a first lap tangle, to come home in third behind Aussie Chad Reed.






















1 Ryan Villopoto USA/Kawasaki
2 Chad Reed Australia/Yamaha
3 Ricky Carmichael USA/Suzuki
4 Sebastien Pourcel France/Kawasaki
5 Jonathan Barragan Spain/KTM
6 David Phillipaerts Italy/KTM
7 Tanel Leok Estonia/Kawasaki
8 Steve Ramon Belgium/Suzuki
9 Tommy Searle Great Britain/KTM
10 Nicolas Aubin France/Yamaha

If you thought Villopoto's first moto win was amazing, then his performance in the second was jaw-dropping. He doubled up, taking another moto win.

This time around it was Tim Ferry's turn to charge through the pack, after a first lap incident left him far behind. He made a great comeback, finishing fourth behind Belgium's Ken De Dycker, and KTM-mounted Tommy Searle from Great Britain.






















1 Ryan Villopoto USA/Kawasaki
2 Ken De Dycker Belgium/Honda
3 Tommy Searle Great Britain/KTM
4 Tim Ferry USA/Kawasaki
5 Pierre Renet France/Honda
6 Nicolas Aubin France/Yamaha
7 Carlos Campano Spain/Yamaha
8 Yoshitaka Atsuta Japan/Honda
9 Martin Barr Ireland/Yamaha
10 Jeremy van Horebeek Belgium/KTM

We'll have much more extensive coverage tonight, but click the photo above for a wallpaper-sized shot of this year's hero of the Motocross of Nations, Ryan Villopoto.

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