Rockstar
Energy Suzuki World MX1's Clement Desalle posted a perfect scorecard of
1-1 on his works RM-Z450 for his third overall victory of the season at
a sunny Agueda circuit for the Grand Prix of Portugal and the sixth
round of 15 in the FIM Motocross World Championship.
Thirteen
thousand spectators entered the tight and compact circuit south of
Porto and were able to see the Belgian defeat Antonio Cairoli and Evgeny
Bobryshev by controlling two exciting 35 minute a 2 lap motos.
After
recording his third pole position of the season with a confident
success in Saturday's qualification heat, Desalle tackled arguably the
roughest and most technically difficult terrain of the year so far in
confident fashion.
Under
sunny skies the 22 year old led the first moto from start to finish in
spite of pressure from Steven Frossard and then Cairoli in the closing
stages. In the second, he had to be patient for seven of 21 laps to draw
up to the machines of Bobryshev and Goncalves but was soon facing an
empty track. Once more, Cairoli was the pursuer in the final laps but
Desalle dealt admirably with the pressure to record his sixth moto
triumph from 12 in 2011 (four more than his nearest rival).
Steve
Ramon slipped off his machine entering the waves section in the first
moto and pulled his left groin. Bearing the discomfort for the second
sprint the former World Champion was able to complete a steady 40-minute
trek for fifth place and eighth overall.
Desalle
has now led the MX1 series standings for the last three rounds and for
five of the six to-date and he was able to stretch his lead over Cairoli
from six to 12 points. Ramon is 11th and nine points from brand-mate
Kevin Strijbos and the top 10.
The
final event of three back-to-back races will take place next weekend as
Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 make the relatively short journey
across the border to La Baneza for the Grand Prix of Spain.
Clement Desalle:
"It
was good to win and I'm happy with the result but I'm not that pleased
with some mistakes I made. Tony was getting close to me both times but I
stayed focussed and didn't want to crash. I wasn't tense and I knew
what speed I could do. It was good to get more experience of being at
the front and learning from the pressure! I had to pass Rui and
Bobryshev in the second moto but I took my time because I didn't want to
have to take any risks. I looked for opportunities and there wasn't
many because the track was very rough and stony. I am still leading the
Championship, but we will think about this more at the end of the
season!"
Steve Ramon:
"One
bad race and one not so bad. In the first moto my start was OK but in
the waves section around the back I made a mistake. I was going on the
outside to get some speed to do the first double but somebody came up
the inside and just blocked the face of the jump. I went sideways and it
was a big one. I stretched my groin and it was pretty painful. The
second moto was better but the track was really tricky. Nagl went down
in front of me and so did Philippaerts. You had to be really focussed. I
tried to close to gap to Bobryshev in front but I started to get
stomach cramps near the end. I don't know why; maybe because of the
impact from the earlier crash. It was tough to handle and that was it
for today. I did my best. The track next week will be completely new for
me. I haven't even seen a picture so it will be interesting."
MX1 Moto1: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 40:08.979;
2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:00.347; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA,
Yamaha), +0:21.563; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:27.953; 5.
Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:33.869; 6. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda),
+0:35.561; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), +0:37.354; 8. Maximilian Nagl
(GER, KTM), +0:39.820; 9. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki), +0:46.508;
10. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +1:13.168; 15. Steve Ramon (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), -1 lap(s).
MX1 Moto2: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 40:31.329;
2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:01.614; 3. Rui Goncalves (POR,
Honda), +0:23.597; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:31.453; 5. Steve Ramon (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), +0:36.322;
6. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda), +0:47.326; 7. Steven Frossard (FRA,
Yamaha), +0:54.066; 8. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), +1:01.305; 9.
Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:08.465; 10. Tanel Leok (EST, TM),
+1:12.200;
MX1 Overall result: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 50 points;
2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 44 p.; 3. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda),
36 p.; 4. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 34 p.; 5. Steven Frossard (FRA,
Yamaha), 34 p.; 6. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda), 30 p.; 7. Xavier Boog
(FRA, Kawasaki), 28 p.; 8. Steve Ramon (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 22 p.; 9. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), 22 p.; 10. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 21 p.
MX1 World Championship standings: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 249 points;
2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 237 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA,
Yamaha), 213 p.; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 192 p.; 5. Evgeny
Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 177 p.; 6. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 167 p.;
7. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 161 p.; 8. Xavier Boog (FRA,
Kawasaki), 137 p.; 9. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 136 p.; 10.
Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 134 p.; 11. Steve Ramon (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1) 125 p.
6/12/2011 3:35pm
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