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Philippaerts wins soaked Italian Championship opener



The heavens fell at Ponte e Egola near Florence for the first round of
the Italian Motocross Championship ‘Internazionali d’Italia’ but
Monster Energy Yamaha’s David Philippaerts battled through the mud to
record his second victory in a week. The 2008 MX1-GP World Champion
collected results of 1st and 3rd in two difficult motos for the overall
triumph in a race format that saw the MX1 and MX2-GP machines competing
together.

The first round of four in the national
series witnessed Monster Energy Yamaha at full strength and Steven
Frossard shone again on the works YZ450FM to place second overall with
finishes of 5th and 2nd.

“I am happy to win again and it was not
an easy day,” said Philippaerts. “Even though the track was difficult I
feel comfortable riding in these conditions. I had a small crash in the
second moto but I recovered very well and closed a six second gap to
Cairoli in two laps. Again I feel that my starts could be better but I
was with the leaders both times out of the gate so there is not much
work to do there.”


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