Tony Cairoli Scores A Double In Belgium

Maser (Treviso), 18 June, 2012 -Tony Cairoliwon theBelgian Grand Prixin theMX1 class,which was held on Sunday, June 17 on theBastognecircuit inWallonia. This win counts as the eighth test in the 2012 World Championship series. A gutsy and determined Cairoli won the race his way, clearly dominating both heats, thus handing theSidi Sportcolors another enormous satisfaction. The five-time World Champion is sending out a strong message to all his adversaries by winning inBelgium, home of his number one rival Clemente Desalle, who was second today in the final standings of the grand prix after coming in third in both races.

The track was new to everyone, but the number-one world motocross rider had no problems.Tony Cairoli was riding his KTM wearing his inseparableSidi Crossfire boots. In the first heat he dominated from the very start, coming in ahead of Frenchman Gautier Paulin (Kawasaki) and Belgian Clement Desalle (Suzuki). In the second heat the rider from Messina beat Frenchman Christophe Pourcel (Kawasaki), Belgians Clement Desalle (Suzuki), and Kevin Stijbos (KTM) and Russian Evgeny Bobryshev (Honda).

The General Classification for the World Series is at the halfway mark after eight out of the sixteen scheduled races, and Tony Cairoli is way out in front with 345 points, a good lead on the second placed rider,Clement Desalle with 298 points.After them Christophe Pourcel is in third place with 292 points and Gautier Paulin is fourth with 289 points.

“I'm happy I won in Belgium, which is kind of like my second home and the birthplace of this sport; it meant a lot to me to make it to the highest step of the podium in this race,"explains Cairoli.“Well, I did it and in addition to the victory I gained some important points for the classification. I knew it would be important to get a good start and I managed to do so. In the first heat everything went according to plan. I took off in the lead and went long on my adversaries so that I could control the advantage. In the second heat I caught up, being careful not to make any errors. Then once I was ahead I managed to gain a slight advantage over Desalle and administer the race to the finish line.”