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Philippaerts Unlucky to Take 8th at Home GP

























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Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's David Philippaerts can consider
himself unfortunate to end his home Grand Prix with only 8th position
after an eventful afternoon at Mantova for the second round of fifteen
in the 2010 FIM MX-GP World Championship. The Italian was leading the
first moto at the Grand Prix of Lombardia until a crash, which was then
followed by an excellent recovery and finally thwarted by a damaged
exhaust. He took 2nd place in the following outing. Yamaha Monster
Energy Ricci Motocross Team's Ken De Dycker had a consistent day for 4th
overall and his best finish yet on the YZ450FM.



The weekend began positively with Philippaerts among the fastest
riders as the track rapidly began to change, chop and cut-up due to the
intense period of activity thanks to the presence of two support
classes; the opening rounds of the 125cc European Championship and
Veteran's World Cup (won by champion and Yamaha rider Mats Nilsson). The
25 year old enjoyed an entertaining battle with Tony Cairoli and Max
Nagl in the Heat race to earn the first Pole Position for the
rear-slanting innovative 2010 YZ450FM and put the distinctive black and
green motorcycle into the Grand Prix gate first.



Philippaerts comfortably fronted the pack in Moto1 for two laps across
the rippled and treacherous terrain until catching a bump awkwardly at
speed that pitched him onto the floor. Dazed, he remounted in 12th and
began an emphatic charge to fly to 5th. With several laps to go the
silencer on his exhaust broke free and robbed his machine of power. The
2008 world champion coasted across the finish but was penalised by a
minute for failing noise control and classified 19th. Philippaerts again
started well in Moto2 and rode a lonely 35 minutes and 2 laps behind
winner Tony Cairoli and ahead of Max Nagl.














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In contrast to the fine race had by Philippaerts on Saturday De Dycker
suffered two falls in the Qualification Heat that left him ruing 19th
place in the gate for the motos. The Belgian shook off the limitation
from the line to slot into top ten contention and rise steadily to 4th
and 5th positions for his best showing yet in Monster Energy colours.



De Dycker is 4th in the world championship standings and Philippaerts
is five points behind in 5th. The MX-GP FIM World Championship will now
pause for a break after two events in succession. The Grand Prix of the
Netherlands will run on April 25th at Valkenswaard.



In other news Spaniard Carlos Campano leads the MX3 World Championship
on his YZ450F after winning the opening round in Portugal last week and
finishing fourth in France today.


David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 8th:


"The first moto was terrible. I had a big crash when I caught a bump
at speed and the bike pushed me off. I hit my head on the ground and was
dazed for a few moments. The bike was damaged and got worse as I went
on. I made some good positions but five laps from the end the silencer
broke; I did not feel safe even making the jumps. The second moto was
good. I was in second and Nagl was quick at the beginning. I watched my
lap-times on the board. Cairoli was too far to catch but I was pleased
overall because I know I am fit and the bike is working very well. The
track had a lot of ruts and bumps and was dangerous so I am pleased to
come away feeling healthy. I will go to Belgium now for some training.
Valkenswaard is next and I am fast there. Last year I should have done
well but physically I was not 100%. This time I want better than a top
five."


Ken De Dycker, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 4th:


"I am pretty happy because yesterday was a nightmare. I felt better in
the morning but I still had to work so hard on the bike and I really
pushed to get those results. I feel that we can work from what we have
achieved here and get better for Valkenswaard. The track got much drier
and was a real mix of hard and soft bumps; it had everything."









Crowd: 19,000



Weather: Changeable








2010 GP of Lombardia 11/04/2010




Race 1 - 19 Laps



































































































































































































Pos.Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1Clement DesalleSuzukiBEL40'13.247
2Antonio CairoliKTMITA0'04.718
3Maximilian NaglKTMGER0'14.321
4Ken De DyckerYamahaBEL0'13.063
5Sébastien PourcelKawasakiFRA0'29.853
6Jimmy AlbertsonHondaUSA0'33.123
7Xavier BoogKawasakiFRA0'35.055
8Jonathan BarraganKawasakiESP0'37.764
9Tanel LeokHondaEST0'43.058
10Steve RamonSuzukiBEL0'54.348
11Manuel MonniYamahaITA1'11.842
12Marc De ReuverSuzukiNED1'19.344
13Davide GuarneriHondaITA1'23.471
14Evgeny BobryshevHondaRUS1'24.100
15Gareth SwanepoelHondaRSA1'47.012
16Tom SoderstromYamahaSWE1'51.102
19David PhilippaertsYamahaITA2'39.451






Race 2 - 19 Laps














































































































































































Pos.Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1Antonio CairoliKTMITA39'50.854
2David PhilippaertsYamahaITA0'08.843
3Maximilian NaglKTMGER0'17.627
4Clement DesalleSuzukiBEL0'32.466
5Ken De DyckerYamahaBEL0'39.633
6Xavier BoogKawasakiFRA0'41.226
7Steve RamonSuzukiBEL0'48.453
8Jonathan BarraganKawasakiESP0'55.507
9Evgeny BobryshevHondaRUS0'58.109
10Anthony BoissièreTMFRA1'00.706
11Joshua CoppinsApriliaNZL1'01.396
12Kevin StrijbosSuzukiBEL1'02.494
13Jimmy AlbertsonHondaUSA1'03.223
14Gareth SwanepoelHondaRSA1'10.054
15Manuel MonniYamahaITA1'13.328





Rider Standings 11/04/2010


























































































































Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points
1.Antonio CairoliKTMITA88
2.Maximilian
Nagl
KTMGER87
3.Clement DesalleSuzukiBEL79
4.Ken De DyckerYamahaBEL65
5.David PhilippaertsYamahaITA60
6.Steve RamonSuzukiBEL59
7.Jonathan
Barragan
KawasakiESP56
8.Xavier BoogKawasakiFRA54
9.Sébastien
Pourcel
KawasakiFRA37
10.Joshua CoppinsApriliaNZL37
11.Davide
Guarneri
HondaITA32
12.Manuel
Monni
YamahaITA31
13.Gareth SwanepoelHondaRSA31
14.Tanel
Leok
HondaEST30
15.Jimmy AlbertsonHondaUSA29
20.Tom
Soderstrom
YamahaSWE8






Manufacturer Standings11/04/2010

















































Pos. Manufacturer Points
1.KTM97
2.Suzuki83
3.Yamaha76
4.Kawasaki64
5.Honda47
6.Aprilia37
7.TM21
8.CCM7

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