Press Release

Roczen takes first season’s win as Cairoli continues successful streak





 LOMMEL
(BELGIUM),
1 August 2010 – Antonio Cairoli dominated both heats in the
Limburg GP obtaining his fifth overall victory of the season and also
being the fastest on yesterday’s qualifying race. In MX2 it was Ken
Roczen who went out victorious and it has been his so expected first
Gran Prix win of the season.


Max Nagl struggled a little bit on
the Belgian track but he succeeded in being on the second step of the
podium after his third and second place on today’s races. Third was
home rider Clement Desalle who finished third and fourth in the heats.


Ken Roczen did not win both heats but his first and second places made
him win his first GP of the season. Second of the MX2 class was race
two winner Jeffrey Herlings and third was current Championship leader
Marvin Musquin.


Belgian Pascal Bal won his home round in Lommel and his victory has
left the FIM Veterans World Cup to be decided on the last round in
Lierop. Second was red plate holder Mats Nilsson and third was Erwin
Hendrickx.

MX1


Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1’s Cairoli was back at the top of the
podium and proved that Lommel is like his second home GP – as mentioned
in the back of his racing pants through the patch “I also live in
Lommel”. The Italian dominated both heats from beginning to end
choosing the best lines of a track which is known as one the roughest
of the Championship. Cairoli has now increased the advantage in the
Championship with second classified Desalle being now 79 points behind
the leader.


The second step of the podium was for his Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
MX1 teammate Nagl who recovered his confidence after a long time
absence from the podium due to his collarbone injury from the French
GP. The German took both holeshots of today’s races and although he
managed to follow Cairoli’s lines and kept himself steady at the top,
he admitted that he was riding on the edge.


For third classified Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1’s Desalle it was
not the weekend he had expected, as he wanted to show his Belgian fans
why he is second in the standings of the Championship. Once again the
Belgian starred in a tight battle with Philippaerts both in heat one
and two, with Desalle passing the Italian in both occasions to finish
third and fourth.


Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross’ Philippaerts could not keep the rhythm
of his rivals and after starting third in both heats he could only
finish fourth and fifth. However, he could have had the possibility of
being on the podium if he had not crashed during the second race, but
he had to settle down for a fourth position overall.


Fifth classified was LS Motors Honda’s Leok who missed the podium due
to his numerous mistakes in race one, where he could only be 13. During
the second moto he moved up from ninth to second showing everybody his
speed and potential on the sand.


Belgian De Dycker was just sixth overall in his home GP, where last
year succeeded in winning the race, and his compatriot Ramon finished
eighth in a race where he experienced many ups and downs. Ramon was
fighting for the top three in both races but Lommel’s ruts made him
crash twice losing all his chances for being on his home GP podium.


Gonçalves had to work really hard to finish seventh. The Portuguese did
not have really good starts but recovered in both heats to take sixth
and seventh.


Bobryshev was not lucky in Belgium this weekend and finished eleventh
overall. The Russian was involved in a tumble in the start of the first
race but pushed really hard to reach the tenth position. However, he
made a mistake and dropped back to an eventual 12th. On the second moto
he did not have a good start either and could only finish ninth.

Japanese Yu Hirata finished 31st but he is looking forward to being
back next weekend on the Bonver Grand Prix of Czech Republic in Loket.


Kawasaki Racing was unlucky this weekend not having Boog on today’s
races due to his left leg injury during yesterday’s qualifying race,
Pourcel could finish neither of the heats and Barragan was 14th on his
first race after his long absence.


MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 41:00.981; ; 2.
Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:12.951; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL,
Suzuki), +0:24.246; 4. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:34.721; 5.
Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:41.527; 6. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM),
+1:10.355; 7. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), +1:22.494; 8. Gareth
Swanepoel (RSA, Honda), +1:24.510; 9. Joshua Coppins (NZL, Aprilia),
+1:25.710; 10. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +1:39.053;


MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:59.056; ; 2.
Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), +0:34.683; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM),
+0:40.531; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:54.689; 5. Ken de
Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), +1:10.895; 6. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha),
+1:15.116; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), +1:18.419; 8. Joshua Coppins
(NZL, Aprilia), +1:27.807; 9. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +1:30.103;
10. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Honda), +1:32.359;


MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 50 points; 2.
Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 42 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 38
p.; 4. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 33 p.; 5. Tanel Leok (EST,
Honda), 30 p.; 6. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 30 p.; 7. Rui Goncalves
(POR, KTM), 29 p.; 8. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 26 p.; 9. Joshua
Coppins (NZL, Aprilia), 25 p.; 10. Gareth Swanepoel (RSA, Honda), 24
p.;


MX1 Championship top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 484 points; 2.
Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 405 p.; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA,
Yamaha), 364 p.; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 348 p.; 5. Steve Ramon
(BEL, Suzuki), 341 p.; 6. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 299 p.; 7.
Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 276 p.; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), 249
p.; 9. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 244 p.; 10. Davide Guarneri (ITA,
Honda), 213 p.;


MX1 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 513 points; 2. Suzuki, 455 p.; 3. Yamaha,
418 p.; 4. Honda, 358 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 318 p.; 6. Aprilia, 173 p.; 7.
TM, 145 p.; 8. CCM, 11 p.; 9. Husqvarna, 4 p.;

Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx

Photos available at
www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery


MX2


Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2’s Roczen succeeded in winning his first GP
of the season and in showing his skills on the sand of Lommel. He
overtook five riders in the first race to take the lead and open a
consistent gap from his pursuers. After the day’s first win, Roczen
settled for second in the final heat. The German rider could not hide
his happiness after winning the GP as he has been very close to the
victory many times but misfortune has always been his biggest rival. At
the moment he is still second in the Championship but he is 78 points
behind red plate holder Musquin and 23 points ahead of third classified
Frossard.


Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Herlings had a bittersweet ending
with the second position obtained in one of his favourite sandy tracks.
The Dutch led the first race for a couple of laps but a mistake in one
of the deep ruts in the Lommel track made him lose the lead and could
only finish third. However, the second race was dominated by the sand
specialist, riding safely up to the checked flag and being able to
clinch the second step of the podium.


The rostrum was completed by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Musquin
who struggled more than what he expected, and despite his usual
outstanding starts on his KTM machine, he could not keep the rhythm of
the frontrunners. He is still on the top of the MX2 standings but he
will have to focus on next weekend’s race in Loket, a track which has
never brought him good results –a broken foot in 2008 and a technical
problem in 2009- if he wants to reinforce his leadership.


Nestaan JM Racing KTM’s Roelants finished fourth in his home Grand Prix
with a fourth and fifth position in the races, which he got after two
solid recoveries.


Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross’ Paulin completed the top five with a
seventh and a fourth place and moved up two positions in the standings
of the Championship. The French will now arrive eleventh at the next
Grand Prix. Kullas finished right after Paulin and was tied in points
with seventh placed Simpson.


Frossard finished eighth after winning his maiden GP in Sweden. The
French rider knew that it would not be an easy weekend for him as he
could not score any points in last year’s GP. On the other hand, his
teammate Van Horebeek finished ninth overall.


MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 40:03.130; ; 2. Marvin
Musquin (FRA, KTM), +0:15.298; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM),
+0:32.719; 4. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:37.586; 5. Shaun Simpson
(GBR, KTM), +0:49.812; 6. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), +1:01.090; 7.
Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +1:16.896; 8. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki),
+1:30.922; 9. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), +1:40.112; 10.
Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:54.227;


MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 41:49.178; ; 2. Ken
Roczen (GER, Suzuki), +0:07.430; 3. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM),
+0:17.879; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:28.301; 5. Joel Roelants
(BEL, KTM), +0:37.546; 6. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), +0:44.946; 7.
Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +1:10.698; 8. Steven Frossard (FRA,
Kawasaki), +1:24.977; 9. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki),
+1:37.362; 10. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), +1:48.602;


MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 47 points; 2. Jeffrey
Herlings (NED, KTM), 45 p.; 3. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 42 p.; 4.
Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 32
p.; 6. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), 30 p.; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM),
30 p.; 8. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 24 p.; 9. Jeremy van
Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 24 p.; 10. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), 23 p.;



MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 480 points; 2.
Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 402 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki),
379 p.; 4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 371 p.; 5. Shaun Simpson (GBR,
KTM), 298 p.; 6. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 290 p.; 7. Joel Roelants
(BEL, KTM), 274 p.; 8. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 268 p.; 9.
Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), 266 p.; 10. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), 233
p.;


MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 529 points; 2. Suzuki, 426 p.; 3. Kawasaki,
388 p.; 4. Yamaha, 379 p.; 5. Honda, 92 p.; 6. TM, 18 p.;

Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx

Photos available at
www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery


VETERANS


Home rider Bal took victory in Lommel winning the first race on
Saturday and finishing second in the final race. Second was red plate
holder Nilsson, who could have gone out with the World Cup if he had
not crashed in yesterday’s first race – he won today’s second race.
Completing the podium was sand specialist Hendrickx.



GP OF LIMBURG – QUICK FACTS



Circuit length: 1640 mt

Type of ground: sand

Temperature: 19° C

Weather: changeable, in between cloudy and sunny

Crowd attendance: 23500


As the whole FIM Motocross World Championship, this Grand Prix and the
FIM Women’s World Championship Race 2 will be broadcast live and
delayed. Click here to see schedule and coverage online.


NEXT GP



There is no break in the FIM Motocross World Championship and next
weekend races continue in the Bonver Grand Prix of the Czech Republich
in Loket, where riders will find a total different track and they will
have to adapt quickly to the hard pack. Loket will also host the
penultimate round of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship while
the FIM Veterans’ World Cup will resume in Lierop, The Netherlands, on
the September 5 weekend – the event marking the series’ end.


LINKS

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FIM
Grand Prix of Limburg


Photo: Roczen in action at Lommel


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