Good day for US riders in Italy

Just spotted this report. All 3 US boys in top 10. Very stereotypical Italian track. looks a beautifull place up there in the hills. looking at laptimes on official site theyre all going the same speed. Could be anyones race. Hoping Jimmy Albertson gets a good send off.







David Philippaerts and Ken Roczen won the final qualification of 2010, but there were a host of surprises ... from riders still looking for contracts !



With both MX1 and MX2 title already decided there was a degree of final GP blues at Fermo, but the awesome hillside track, sunshine for most of the day and the prospect of a stunning GP tomorrow kept everybody on their toes.

Roczen was never able to escape from Marvin Musquin in the MX2 race but there was little movement on the leaderboard. In their wake the battles were on, Zach Osborne advancing to 8th before the gap to 7th was just too big and Michael Leib proving what he is capable of by taking a stocker from 14th to 9th.



Jake Nicholls was a steady 13th and Matiss Karro 17th but Shaun Simpson had to come back from nearly last following a second lap incident and Mel Pocock also dipped out on the top 20.



Philippaerts had looked strong all day in MX1, throwing the factory Yamaha around with abandon on the massive jumps and he simply steamrollered qualfication, possibly spurred on by the fact that Clement Desalle, 21 points away in the table, was struggling after his Lierop crashes.



Toni Cairoli was a subdued 4th as Sebastien Pourcel and Nico Aubin sought to improve their value in the transfer market. Another to exceed his usual form was Jimmy Albertson in 9th.



MX1 QUALIFICATION



1 David Philippaerts (Monster Rinaldi Yamaha)

2 Sebastien Pourcel (KRT Kawasaki)

3 Nico Aubin (Bud Rockstar Kawasaki)

4 Toni Cairoli (Red Bull KTM)

5 Steve Ramon (Rockstar Teka Suzuki)

6 Davide Guarneri (LS Honda)

7 Max Nagl (Red Bull KTM)

8 Clement Desalle (Rockstar Teka Suzuki)

9 Jimmy Albertson (Martin Honda)

10 Xavier Boog (KRT Kawasaki)

11 Josh Coppins (Aprilia)

12 Rui Goncalves (Red Bull KTM)

13 Greg Aranda (Bud Rockstar Kawasaki)

14 Carlos Campano (Andalucia Yamaha)

15 Tanel Leok (LS Honda)

16 Manuel Monni (3C Yamaha)

17 Cedric Soubeyras (Sarholz KTM)

18 Ken De Dycker (Monster Ricci Yamaha)

19 Matthias Bellino (HDI KTM)

20 Jonathan Barragan (KRT Kawasaki)





MX2 QUALIFICATION



1 Ken Roczen (Teka Suzuki)

2 Marvin Musquin (Red Bull KTM)

3 Jeremy Van Horebeek (CLS Pro Circuit Kawasaki)

4 Steven Frossard (CLS Pro Circuit Kawasaki)

5 Gautier Paulin (Monster Rinaldi Yamaha)

6 Arnaud Tonus (Teka Suzuki)

7 Valentin Teillet (HDI KTM)

8 Zach Osborne (Bike It Cosworth Yamaha)

9 Michael Leib (Bud Rockstar Kawasaki)

10 Alessandro Lupino (Monster Ricci Yamaha)

11 Joel Roelants (JM Nestaan KTM)

12 Christophe Charlier (Monster Gariboldi Yamaha)

13 Jake Nicholls (HM Plant Red Bull KTM UK)

14 Harri Kullas (Monster Gariboldi Yamaha)

15 Nikolaj Larsen (SRS Honda)

16 Glenn Coldenhoff (Jumbo TvE Yamaha)

17 Matiss Karro (MVR-D Suzuki)

18 Dennis Verbrüggen (JM Nestaan KTM)

19 Giacomo Del Segato (Suzuki)

20 Nick Triest (Shineray KTM)

22 Shaun Simpson (Red Bull KTM)

26 Mel Pocock (Bike It Cosworth Yamaha)

32 Sean Mitchell (MVR-D Suzuki)

33 Alex Eriksson (HM Plant Red Bull KTM UK)